Tickets are available at clubarham.com.au for the event featuring talented artists including Brian Letton, Diane Coombs and Evan Platschinda.
Independent recording artist Evan Platschinda has been performing at the festival for more than 10 years.
Evan highlighted the connection between country music and ballads in Australia.
“There is not a lot of difference when you talk about country and ballads,” he said.
“In Australia, we have got what we call our Australian Bush Balladeers Association, and they promote and foster the Australian bush ballad style.
“A ballad is like a poem; it is a story done in song.
“There are always songs, usually about factual things in a lot of cases, maybe with a little poetic license.
“Most balladeers, like me, we write a lot of our own material as well.
The most well-known Australian balladeer was Slim Dusty.
The festival features two venues with performances running from 10am to 10pm daily.
“At the Balladeers at Barham, there are two venues, the auditorium with its big stage and big dance floor, as well as a stage out front in the main lounge,” Evan said.
“Each artist gets an individual hour out in the lounge area and that is when you usually promote your own material.
“The one I get requested most for is a song that, surprisingly enough, wasn't written by me, but I wish it was.
“Slim Jones, who passed away some six, seven years ago now, Slim gave me this song to put on my last balladeer’s album, and it’s called Unsuitably Dressed, and that’s probably the one that I find that I get most request for.
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