
UPCOMING GIGS
PAST GIGS
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Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets
SE Australia Tour April 2025
with Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan duo
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Thursday 3rd April ARC Switchroom, Yinnar 7pm tickets here
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Saturday 5th April Stratford Courthouse 7pm
Tickets here
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Sunday 6th April Bar 303, Northcote 4pm
with Special Guests Morrigan & Wilding
Tickets here
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Friday 11th April The Muddie, Mallacoota 7pm
Tickets here
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Sat 12 April Goulburn Workers' Club 6pm
(Fundraiser for Parkinson's NSW - proceeds go to providing a local Parkinson's Nurse)
Tickets available from the venue 02 4821 3355
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Sunday 13th Smith's Alternative, Canberra 6pm
Tickets here
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28 Feb - 2 March 2025
Cobargo Folk Festival
With the Stranded Assets
18-20 October 2024
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
with the Stranded Assets
30 MARCH 2024
NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL - Budawang Stage
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27-31 DECEMBER 2023 - STRANDED ASSETS
Woodford Folk Festival, QLD
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25th -27th JUNE 2022 - STRANDED ASSETS
Denmark Festival of Voice, WA
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20-23 JANUARY 2022
Newstead Festival with The Good Girl Song Project (Voyage)
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16-17 APRIL 2022
The National Folk Festival with The Good Girl Song Project (Voyage), & The Stranded Assets
THEATRE
3-23 MAY 2021
Voyage tour. Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo.
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STRANDED ASSETS
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29 APRIL -1 MAY 2021
GANEAA Across the Arts Festival, Wangaratta
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17-26 JAN 2020
The Supper Club @ Tamworth Country Music Festival
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PENELOPE SOLO GIGS
While the Pandemic made things quiet on the gig front, Penelope has played literally thousands of solo gigs over the past 30 years. Highlights include Australia:
Woodford Folk Festival (16 festivals)
Port Fairy Folk Festival (7 festivals)
National Folk Festival (5 festivals)
Maldon Folk Festival (5 festivals)
Yackandadah Folk Festival (3 Festivals)
Tamworth Country Music Festival (3 Festivals)
Nanga Folk Festival
Fairbridge Folk Festival
Yungaburra Folk Festival
Yandina Folk Festival
West End Folk Festival
Majors Creek Folk Festival
Gulgong Folk Festival
Cygnet Folk Festival
And many more.
New Zealand:
Auckland Folk Festival
Wellington Folk Festival
USA:
Estfest Women's Music Festival, NY (Headline)
Forksville Folk Festival, PA (Headline)
Philadelphia Folk Festival
UK:
Sidmouth Folk Festival
Reading Folk Festival
Cambridge Folk Festival
Stonehaven Folk Festival
Ireland:
Rose of Tralee Festival
Penelope has also done venue tours of the above countries, house concert tours of Canada and the US, and gigs in major cities in Asia, including Japan, Beijing, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Bands She has also toured Europe and Australia several times with her band Totally Gourdgeous, which has played many of the same Australian Festivals. In addition, she has appeared at Mountaingrass and The Great Alpine Pick with bluegrass band Lonesome Still. She plays whistles with The Good Girl Song Project and has played Elizabeth Wade with the one-act festival version of Voyage at festivals around Australia and New Zealand. She continues to understudy the role in the new, full-length theatre production.