House Concert 3

March 30, 2018

Five stars

Sound Shell Sunday

April 1, 2018

Four stars

The Four Winds Easter Festival commenced in 1991. Nine kilometres from the town of Bermagui, land owned by Carrillo Gantner has been developed into an impressive facility comprising an outdoor Sound Shell, its stage meeting a small dam, and on an upper level an impressive shoe-box shaped acoustically refined 180-seat room, the Windsong Pavilion. The vision of the Festival was the late Neilma Gantner’s (1922-2015), a fountain of life and enthusiasm to all who knew her.

The Festival is now a yearly event in the week leading up to and including the Easter long weekend. This is far more than a series of concerts, however, with a very deep engagement with the local community and particularly the Indigenous community (the Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation). The Festival’s heart is a love of nature and a respect for the environment, education for everyone, sustainability, and the very highest quality music and performers, offered in a variety of indoor and especially outdoor venues. Spotted eucalyptus gums surround the venue and the ambience is enhanced by birdsong accompanying the outdoor performances. The festival has a casual feeling and is strong on hospitality....