The Port Fairy Folk Festival has today announced Kasey Chambers will be the Artist of the Year.
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It’s a major coup for the festival as Chambers became the youngest woman to ever be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in November.
This year the Artist of the Year Award will include a donation to Our Rainbow House, an Australian-owned primary school in Zambia, Africa, for which Chambers is ambassador.
Chambers said she was thrilled the award would help the school.
“Our Rainbow House is a beautiful small school with only 50 primary students which provides education, nutrition and lots of love to orphans and particularly vulnerable children in a special local community in Zambia,” she said.
“I am proud to be their ambassador and I visit there often, teaching music, songwriting and just generally helping out on the ground, and to have this award support Our Rainbow House is just overwhelmingly beautiful! Thank you!”
The Artist of the Year Award is sponsored by Towards Zero TAC.
The annual award was established in 1995 and recognises artists who have made a significant contribution the music community, culture and industry.
The inaugural recipient was the late Danny Spooner and previous recipients include John Butler, Archie Roach, The Waifs, Mick Thomas, Dobe Newton, Kavisha Mazella, Tiddas, Margret RoadKnight, Neil Murray, Rick E Vengeance, Judy Small, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Marcia Howard, Mic Conway and Eric Bogle.
With 12 award-winning albums under her belt, Chambers will perform at the 43rd Port Fairy Folk Festival this March and bring her world-class performance to the seaside stage.
Chamber’s latest album, Campfire, invited fans to join her in sharing captivating songs and stories that have inspired her unique musical journey.
Chambers will perform songs from Campfire plus many of her much-loved songs from way back to The Captain, Barricades and Brickwalls days, up until now for a special festival performance.
The folk festival will take place from March 8 to 11.
The Artist of the Year concert will take place on Stage 3 on Saturday evening, and Chambers will join a line-up for North East x South West on Stage 1, Sunday.
