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There are currently 6 events listed in the Festivals categories..

Wollombi Music Festival
© Wollombi Music Festival

Wollombi Music Festival
Date: 11 September 2010
Category: Music Festival
Coming 11 September 2010 is the funky, definitely groovy, high energy Wollombi Music Festival. Located at 2758 Wollombi Rd Wollombi NSW, 2 minutes outside of the beautiful village of Wollombi, just 1.5 hrs from Sydney, 45 mins from Newcastle - be there!

Line-up: Deep Street Soul - Tijuana Cartel - King Tide - The Rhythm Hunters - Street Warriors - A French Butler Called Smith - Chase The Sun - Grandmaster Monk - The Dennis Boys Band - Wollombi Radio - Ngurra Bu Dancers

Broke Village Fair
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The Broke Village Fair
Date: 12 September 2010
Category: Festivals
Sunday 12th September 2010 will be the biggest day of the year for the village of Broke with the annual Broke Village Fair.

This long running annual event is a market day for local produce, a display of classic vintage farm machinery - all still operating! Hundreds of classic and vintage cars, motorbikes, trucks and tractors will converge on McNamara Park in Broke to show off for the day.

Woodchopping - food & wine - animals and reptiles - all to raise funds for the local school, RFS, Village Hall and churches.

Singleton Show
Date: 24 to 26 September 2010
Category: Festivals
Sideshows, Rodeo, Demolition Derby, Ring Events and Competition, Craft Pavilions, Animal Nursery and ALL Agricultural Activities.

Spirit of the Vine
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Spirit of the Vine
Date: 23 and 24 October 2010
Category: Festivals
Come to Broke - You are invited to come and meet our winemakers and taste award winning wines from the Broke Fordwich wine region.

FolkinBroke 2010
© Eden Anthony

Folk in Broke Festival
Date: 5 to 7 November 2010
Category: Music Festival
2 days and 2 nights of music, food, wine and markets.

Paul Robert Burton - Feature Headliner
(Songwriter, Producer, Sound Engineer,
Vocals, Upright Bass, Guitars, Foot
percussion, Harmonica, Ocarinas &
Ukuleles)

FIG - Feature Headliner + workshop
convenor - FIG is a quartet playing a
melange of African, jazz, funk, Eastern
European Celtic instrumentals mixed
with improvisation and madness.

Wheeze and Suck Band - Feature
Headliner 5-piece band formed in 1997
around a nucleus of roots musicians
and fertility dancers who shared a
desire to sing a principally UK traditional
reportoir.

Wollombi Valley Country Fair - Taste the History
Date: 6 and 7 November 2010
Category: Festivals
The 2010 Wollombi Valley Country Fair including the Wollombi Tavern Woodchop, Lantern Parade, Endeavour Museum Open Day, lots of games for kids of all ages and two days of local produce markets.