06/04/2026
Gday from Bilyana. We hope you've had a good Easter out an' about.
We have some news
~Working bee coming up
~Gig coming up
~Meetings with CFA
We would like to invite a few people to come up, give us a hand, and camp next week, the second week of the school holidays.
We are planning a working bee to get a few things done.. It is not a gig at all next week
If you want to camp for a few nights next week come on up.
The loos are open but you will need to look after yourselves with food. We can make space with a few BBQs and we will also have the pizza oven. Quite happy for people to to eat together too - just depends on how many people come up.
You can do your own thing as well - although we would love a hand doing a few things getting hands dirty
Some track erosion control
chucking stuff in a skip
Some fencing
Preparation and painting of shipping container office
Some planting and garden maintenance / creation of wicking beds.
We will also be testing out our new PA we have bought on the Friday 17th. So defo come together on the Friday night with a few bevvies to thank people for the work done. People will need to leave by midday Sat 18th as Bilyana is booked for a particularly private function.
We are working towards a one day gig on May 16. A pre Winter warm up if you will. It will be in a marquee next to the creek stage, awesome tunes, fire barrels, great tucka, good people and nice and cosy - around 500 people, quite similar to the private parties we have been having..
We have seen quite some movement from the CFA. District 23 visited the site for the first time in years and are returning to the default position of yes and work together to ensure the risks have appropriate mitigations ( as we always have had). We are working hard right now to get clarity from all parties that events can happen here during the fire danger period as long as the actual fire risk is appropriate.
The future is good my friends, hence time for spruce up, get the PA going and share how absolutely stunning Bilyana is in Autumn.
We have full intention of having at least four single night concerts and at least one multi day event. We are certainly aiming for the first weekend of December this is the 30th anniversary of the inspirational first festival in 1996..
