The Village Green Preservation Society
VGPS Chris & Shiralee s20
The Village Green Preservation Society (VGPS) creates a community in music which is non threatening and provides a growing experience for the artist.

The event presents an informal atmosphere with 30 to 40 audience members and 6 or so artists. Both the audience and the artists are represented from within and outside the Village. The VGPS represents a variety of musical styles, instruments and material ranging from covers to originals. The format is one of an “Open Mike” with each artist having 30 minutes or so.




The Village Green Preservation Society was created:
  • with the knowledge there were musicians in the Village and greater local community,
  • with the aim to develop the awareness that local musicians are in the region,
  • to provide a outlet for emerging artists to hone performance skills,
  • to develop an audience,
  • to assist existing artists to develop new audiences as well as try out new material.
VGPS Ian Mason s20
The local region is also of interest as it is part of the McLaren wine growing area providing wineries, restaurants, cafes and the like for performance opportunities. The VGPS has already provided a feeder for other events with provision of artists for the Tour Down Under at Kangarilla, the Leafy Sea Dragon Festival at Normanville, and the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2008 event, “A Day at the Green”, at the Arts EcoVillage. The next major VGPS event will be the 2009 Fringe Festival “Day at the Green” on Saturday 21 March 2009.

For details of forthcoming VGPS events, have a look at the Village Calendar or email the coordinator, Lou de Leeuw at: lou@ecobusiness.com.au