The Bush Music Club: Chronologies & Compilations - Bundanoon Dancefest

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Chronologies & Compilations - Bundanoon Dancefest - 2006 to date

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Bundanoon Memorial Hall

Bush Traditions Bush Traditions Inc was established in 2006, and underwent some changes in direction in 2025. The committee decided to not run any more social events but to concentrate on the Australian Traditional Music Archive - a repository for collected Australian Traditional Music, which aims to make these tunes more widely available. The tunes are displayed with a music score, abc source, links to recordings, and links to related people and organisations. Most of the tunes come from the Bush Traditions National Folk Festival Collections, compiled by Ray Mulligan. There is also associated supporting biographical and documentary material. Interpretations of many of these tunes are provided, played by a number of folk musicians including the late Greg O'Leary. The archive is the successor to the former Bush Traditions Wiki (2015-2025).

Australian Social Dance & Music Australian Social Dance & Music - AUSDAM Inc was created to continue the work of running the Bundanoon DanceFest. Its constituted aim is "to promote healthy lifestyle and community cohesion by fostering interests and participation in traditional and contemporary social dance and music." Half of the funds held by Bush Traditions were transferred to AUSDAM in July 2025. 2026 is the first time for the DanceFest under AUSDAM with the usual 20 workshops and 4 dances.

Australian Traditional Music Archive - The October Goulburn Gathering was abandoned without funding by the Bush Traditions committee. However, this popular and unique folk music event, which has been running since 2006, was taken on and is now being run by the Bush Music Club. 2025 was the usual congregating of bush music enthusiasts from all over enjoying a program of workshops dances and sessions. Plans are already in hand for 2026.

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2009
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2009.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2010
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2010.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2011
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2011.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2012
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2012.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2013
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2013.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2014
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2014.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2015
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2015.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2016
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2016.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2017
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2017.html

Bush Traditions Bundanoon DanceFest, Friday 8th to Monday 11th June 2018
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/05/bush-traditions-bundanoon-dancefest.html

Bunders celebrates 10 years by Colin Fong
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/bunders-celebrates-10-years-young.html

Report on Bundanoon DanceFest, 2018
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com/2018/06/report-on-bundanoon-dancefest-2018.html