The Illawarra Folk Festival will celebrate its 35th anniversary in January.
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Festival favourite Eric Bogle will join Shellie Morris, Nicky Bomba, Marcia Howard, the Toe Sucking Cowgirls and about 150 other acts at the annual event.
The four-day event will take place at Bulli Showground on January 16-19.
Artistic director David De Santi said the line-up was particularly strong, with top international, national and local acts and one of the largest contingents of young performers in the event's history.
"This will be Eric Bogle's fifth appearance in our 35 years, and he always attracts large audiences," Mr De Santi said.
"It's great to have him back."
The Scottish-born singer/songwriter, whose anti-war song And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda is an international classic, first played at the festival in 1988, and returned in 2012, 2014 and 2018.
The first 20 years of the festival took place at Jamberoo, with the past 14 installments at Bulli Showground.
"For our 35th festival our featured instrument will be the violin, which is certainly the most played instrument at folk festivals," Mr De Santi said.
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