Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement of Country The Top End Folk Club is based on the traditional lands of the Larrakia people, and we would like to pay our respect to elders both past, present, and emerging. Club Logos...
History
The Top End Folk Club began with an inaugural meeting on 14 April in 1971. Early members included Ted Burns, Dr Lionel Crompton, Alex Green, Glenn Gaskill, Paul and Vinny Lawler, Bazza Martin, Guy Nichols,...
Festivals
Even in the year the Club was formed, 1971, Peter Bate records that a busload of crazies made the trip from Darwin to Alice Springs for a concert at the Central Australian Folk Society’s clubhouse...
Sessions & Workshops
Session Our regular monthly session is at the Lucky Bat in Nightcliff, on the second Sunday of the month. Slow session from 4:30pm - 5:30pm. Come along early and enjoy sharing your favourite tunes at...
The Club Today
Today the Club has a small core of active members and players, with a wider group of interested people who support special concerts and the Top Half Festivals. Like in most folk clubs in Australia...
The Library
From its creation, the Club established a library of records and books to enable members to access, listen to and understand folk music and dance not easily available in Darwin or even Australia. While the...
The 50th Top Half Folk Festival
The 50th Top Half Folk Festival was held on the long weekend 11-14 June 2021 at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat. Newsletters and links are below. IN SUMMARY By all accounts the 50th Top Half...
What’s On
Take a look below to see what's happening on our Facebook page. You'll find upcoming events, and all the Top End Folk Club news that's fit to print... Top End Folk Club
Links
www.alicespringsfolkclub.comThe Alice Springs Folk Club (or CAFS - Central Australian Folk Society) has been around for over 40 years and has close linkages to the Top End Folk Club. CAFS organises the Top Half festival...
Membership Form
You can join TEFC at any of our events, or you can fill out this page: Membership form 2022 Email to: secretary@topendfolkclub.org Or print and post to: Secretary - Top End Folk Club PO Box...
The Committee
In accordance with the Associations Act, the club has a management committee that must be elected every year at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee of the Top End Folk Club for 2022/2023 is: ChairJohn...
Annual General Meeting
The Club is an incorporated association under NT Government legislation (the Associations Act) and must hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) each year. The Club’s Constitution, which is registered under the Act, sets out processes...
