Festival of Small Halls returns to Orange in January

INTERNATIONAL: Siobhan Miller is a three-time winner of the Scots Singer of the Year award and will be performing at Bloomfield Hall on the Australia Day weekend.
INTERNATIONAL: Siobhan Miller is a three-time winner of the Scots Singer of the Year award and will be performing at Bloomfield Hall on the Australia Day weekend.

Singer songwriters Siobhan Miller from Scotland and Australia's Jack Carty will headline the 2020 version of the Festival of Small Halls.

The folk music festival event will return to Orange on Saturday January 25 and again play at the Bloomfield Hall.

The Small Halls Festival tour will start in Tasmania on January 4 and continue up the east coast of Australia.

Along the way the touring acts will also play at the key Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania and the Illawarra Folk Festival at Bulli with 19 regional stops.

ON THE BILL: Australian songwriter Jack Carty will perform at Bloomfield Hall as part of the 2020 Festival of Small Halls event.

ON THE BILL: Australian songwriter Jack Carty will perform at Bloomfield Hall as part of the 2020 Festival of Small Halls event.

The Orange event is again being organised by JAM Orange with tickets, costing $25 each, available online and at Landers Music in Summer Street.

This year's acts include Ms Miller, a three time winner of the Scots Singer of the Year who also had a role in the TV drama series Outlander.

Jack Carty has been recording and performing his own music since 2010.

VENUE: JAM Orange's Robyn Ibester, Tam Wilson, Paul Kelly, Alan Ford and Rod Maxey at Bloomfield Hall in 2018. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

VENUE: JAM Orange's Robyn Ibester, Tam Wilson, Paul Kelly, Alan Ford and Rod Maxey at Bloomfield Hall in 2018. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

He has released five albums and performed with artists including Bernard Fanning. Josh Pyke and Katie Noonan.