Backwater

Backwater is a Victorian based traditional bluegrass band, founded 8 years ago by Rob Lewis and Mark Pottenger. The band is made up of:

Rob Lewis - Guitar and vocals.. Mark Pottenger - mandolin, guitar and vocals

Mark Wardle - Banjo, guitar, mandolin and vocals

Andrew Barcham- double bass and vocals

Jono Hicks- Fiddle and vocals, our most recent band member - plays Gypsy jazz, classical and Bluegrass too.

Anthony McTigue

Hailing from County Clare in the west of Ireland, Anthony McTigue found his love of Irish music after his dad took him to his first Wolfe Tones concert when he was 8 years old. He has been playing Irish tenor banjo since age 15, after his dad, who had always wanted to learn banjo, bought one on impulse in Walton's Music on a trip to Dublin. Anthony learned his first tunes from the likes of Paddy Commane, Frank Custy and many of the interesting and eclectic characters that form County Clare's rich and deep traditional Irish music scene. He was a prominent member of the Traditional Irish Music Society at the National University of Ireland, Galway, until he migrated to Australia in 2012. He attended his first session at the Corkman Irish Pub in Melbourne less than a week after arriving in Australia, and is regularly found at Irish sessions around Victoria. Though a regular at Victoria's many folk festivals, this is his first time at the Guildford Banjo Jamboree. Anthony is excited to share the music he grew up with and delights in the music of fellow banjo enthusiasts from other traditions.

Pip Avent's Mouldy Jazz

Come one, come all, and witness Pip Avent's Mouldy Jazz deliver a swinging, soulful, foot-stomping good time! Comprising of Tuba, Banjo, Clarinet, Trombone, Washboard, and Trumpet, they're always cooking up a heady musical brew: a dollop of swing, a pinch of ragtime, and a sprinkling of bop, all served up with a large side of blues. They're a rip-roaring knees-up from go to woah!