Folk festival meets foodies

CYGNET, TAS

With tickets sold in record time for this year’s Cygnet Folk Festival ( cygnetfolkfestival.org) – which has been running since 1982 – buzz is building around this hippie enclave, one hour from Hobart. It’s always been a magnet for creative types, but there’s an undercurrent of change afoot. “There is a bit of foodie culture that’s coming into town, there’s a wood-fire bakery that’s opened up just next door… and there are lots of small, vegetable growers and producers around,” says Joe Pickett, co-owner of vegetarian cafe The Velvet Lounge. redvelvetlounge.com.au