Thanks rich-joy for that terrific piece of advertising for the nicest bit of Queensland - not that I'm biased you understand - and to continue.....If you're up around the lovely Blackall Range near Maleny and it's Sunday, a great weekly session kicks off around 2.30pm in the Celtic Tearooms, on Mountain View Road, just a couple of km from Mary Cairnscross Park where you can see unparalleled view of the Glasshouse Mountains.
The Tearooms are run by a great couple of friendly folk and their willing staff of fairies.... check out the garden and you'll see what I mean... Stepping into the Tearoom is like stepping into one of the better Scottish pubs. Great atmosphere, BYO, top class lunches, snacks, devonshire teas or just coffee and cake.
The sessions go until around 5.00pm and the range is imncredible. Regulars include Hammer Dulcimer, Hurdy-Gurdy, Small Pipes, and we even let the occassional guitar and mandolin join in! Old-fashioned turn-about stuff with the musoes at the centre table. Gold coin donations are divided up among the musoes, and anybody and everybody is welcome.
There are also (fairly) regular monthly Staurday night concert events, featuring top local performers in an intimate atmosphere. Always good stuff and sometimes unusual for a folk venue. F'r instance - the midwinter Christmas in July - and August (due to popular demand) is a six-part baroque & renaissance group.
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See you there some day.