News
16 March, 2025
Woodfordia closer to $5.7M campaign goal
WOODFORDIA, the not-for-profit owner of the Woodford Folk Festival site, has raised over $1 million in donations and pledges for it’s Forest of Goodwill campaign, aimed at reclaiming its historic festival site from the City of Moreton Bay by July 2026.
Woodfordia launched the bold $5.7 million fundraising campaign last year, offering donors of $1,000 or more the chance to become founding patrons of the newly envisioned Woodfordia Foundation. As of the first week of March, $1,002,536 were raised in donations and pledges.
Following the 2010/11 floods, the City of Moreton Bay purchased the “land only” value of the property, with a buy-back clause set to expire in 2036. The lease agreement is for the unimproved land value only, not the $20 million plus assets and improvements on the land.
According to Festival director, Amanda Jackes, to protect both the land and the assets, they both need to be secured in a trust.
“Securing the land and improvements in trust would contribute to the sustainability of Woodfordia, with Woodfordia secure and debt-free for all future generations,” she said.
“The partnership with Council enabled Woodfordia to use the funds from the sale of the ‘land only’ to Council to undertake the repairs to the site and outstanding event invoices from the 2010/11 flood-affected Festival.”
Woodfordia thanked everyone who has donated and/or shared the word in a statement, saying “they are well and truly on the journey of securing the land in trust for the future.”
