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A soiree of songs celebrating sartorial splendour or sleaze. Put on your High Heeled Sneakers and your wig hat on your head …  dress in Denim and Lace or slip into your Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini … be an Angel in Blue Jeans or a Devil with a Blue Dress On … as long as your song mentions clothing! Details 7 PM Saturday 9th May Newport Bowls Club 4 Market Street Newport Admission: $5 performers $8 members $12 non-members Solo acts can perform one song, duos

The Annual General Meeting of the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club will be held on Tuesday 24 March. Come along and celebrate our achievements over the last year. The Annual Report will be presented, all Committee positions will be declared vacant and an election will be held. Committee nominations All financial club members are eligible to be nominated for a Committee position. If you wish to nominate: Download the nomination form ,  print it, fill in your details and have it si

3 Band Night A number of Newport Fiddle and Folk Club members have come together with many and varied styles of music to give you a 3 Band Night covering a mix of retro, folk, blues and Rock and Roll.  A night with something for everyone.The performers are: The Inklings Miss Otis Regrets    Danny and the Rockets Book tickets

Come join us for a free family-friendly event in the Newport Lakes Amphitheatre, which will feature traditional Australian bush music provided by the Newport Bush Orchestra as well as other local musical acts, The Bobcats and Danny and the Rockets. Bring a picnic and your dancing shoes and we will teach you the dance steps. There will be other family-friendly activities on show as well. We also need a few volunteers on the day to help as marshals and guides.  If you can spare

The Newport Fiddle and Folk Club will be once again holding their Biennial Music Camp at Cave Hill Creek (via Beaufort, Victoria) on the weekend of Friday 17 - Sunday 19 April. Last camp was a raging success with everyone enjoying the music ,good vibes and great food ,conviviality and lots of fun. The program will be similar to last time with some possible additions. It will include a welcome blackboard concert and Celtic session ,various  workshops including guitar, songw

Here are a few photos from the Scottish Festival at Overnewton Castle on 30 November, where the Newport Craic played.

Thanks to photographer Bill Field, we have lots of great shots from the Club Showcase on Sunday. From African drumming to classical strings, the whole range of club activities was on show, and it made for a wonderful afternoon's entertainment. See the photos on Flickr

Here are some photos from our fabulous InDaHouse theme night. Thanks to photographer Bill Field for the shots! View the photos

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Membership is only $20 or $25 for families. Members get discounted entry to our events.

On 26 November we got to appreciate just how big and diverse the club has become at our Club Showcase event at the Bowls Club. Starting...

See all the photos on our Flickr page

The Newport Bush Orchestra's performance at the Rotunda on Sunday was a big success. It was beautiful morning and the music soon drew a...

It's been a long time coming, but finally our new website is live! All the information you need about our activities is here, in a new...

A fun time was had by all at the Bush Dance on 20 March. Check out these photos.

Here are a few photos from our "Night at the Bowls Club" on 4 Dec 2021.

The Newport Community Choir rehearsed outdoors at Newport Lakes Park in Term 4. Despite competition from the birds and the attentions of...