Buttongrass Ball (with Live Music & Called Bushdancing) - Has Ended
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Support the Tas National Parks Association* as they continue their efforts to prevent the persistent attempts to exploit our wilderness, while having some folk dancing fun!
Keep the Tyndalls wild
29th annual BUTTONGRASS BALL
Sat 30th May, 2026
7:15 for 7:30-11:30pm
St James Hall, 462 Elizabeth St, New Town
(off Rupert Ave, enter behind church)
Lively Tasmanian and other traditional music by the Roundabouts & Friends
Collected and new Tasmanian bush/folk dances dedicated to the natural and cultural heritage of Tasmania.
Dance caller: David "Oddsocks" Wanless.
No dancing experience or partner required.
All ages and identities welcome.
Dress for a ball or a bushwalk!
Tickets: $7-24
https://events.humanitix.com/buttongrass26
or at the door
BYO water bottle and a plate of supper to share.
The beautiful, remote Tyndall range on the west coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania is threatened by Tasmania’s "Next Iconic Walk". This sort of high-end, high environmental impact, exclusive walking corrupts our National Parks, which are supposed to be for the protection of nature and use by the general public. The track and luxury huts will be substantial and intrusive and be restricted to only those who are able to pay a great deal.
This ball was founded in 1998 to honour, with a little humour, buttongrass and the rest of Tasmania's natural environment, all Tasmanians who in the last 40,000 years have walked the buttongrass moorlands, and the many musicians and dancers who have helped shape Tasmania’s unique culture.
Proceeds of the ball will go to the Tasmanian National Parks Association (https://tnpa.org.au/), working to protect our natural heritage.
Tread lightly on the land, even if you stomp on the dance floor.
Conditions, health, safety and inclusion: https://folktas.org/conditions
Facebook event page:
https://facebook.com/events/1939807220201909
6273 2127
Facebook: Dance Folk Tasmania or Folk Federation of Tasmania
Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
* TNPA - a non-profit NGO - is not the same as Parks and Wildlife - an underfunded State Gov department unable to prevent the Laberal mindset that the Wilderness should be commercialised. See https://tnpa.org.au/
