GAMC Presents Bidibids
With lush harmonies, intricate arrangements, and beguiling melodies, the Bidibids explore what it means to play folk music in New Zealand. The Bidibids are Sarah August on banjo and guitar, Simon Carryer on cello-banjo, and Brendan Schenk on mandolin and guitar. The trio came together at the 2020 Wellington Folk Festival, where they were each supposed to be playing in different groups. Late night jam-sessions lured them away from their original lineups, and a new group was born, steeped in Americana and bluegrass, but inspired by the idea of creating an authentic home-grown folk sound.
Driven by Sarah's honest, intimate songwriting and Brendan's blazing musicianship, the Bidibids balance soulful ballads that will tug your heart-strings with upbeat numbers which will get your toes tapping. Influenced by American bluegrass and folk bands like Watchhouse and Nickel Creek, they're also inspired by local acts like the Eastern and Marlon Williams who are forging an authentic New Zealand folk tradition. Personal and heartfelt, eccentric and irreverent, always looking for that blend of the familiar and the new, that feeling of recognition and belonging but also reinterpretation and revelation that makes folk music so exciting.
Driven by Sarah's honest, intimate songwriting and Brendan's blazing musicianship, the Bidibids balance soulful ballads that will tug your heart-strings with upbeat numbers which will get your toes tapping. Influenced by American bluegrass and folk bands like Watchhouse and Nickel Creek, they're also inspired by local acts like the Eastern and Marlon Williams who are forging an authentic New Zealand folk tradition. Personal and heartfelt, eccentric and irreverent, always looking for that blend of the familiar and the new, that feeling of recognition and belonging but also reinterpretation and revelation that makes folk music so exciting.
Sunday 12 April 2026 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM (UTC+11)
Location
Tyers Hall
Main Road, Tyers Vic 3844
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GAMC Presents Bidibids
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