Franklyn B Paverty

Traditional Australian Folk, Bush and Dance music.

One of the nation's finest bush bands, Franklyn B Paverty entertains audiences with a carefully crafted mixture of songs and dances.

Since the mid 1970s Paverty has performed in Canberra and the nearby region and travelled extensively to appear at the nation's major folk and entertainment venues. The band has made six albums and many TV and radio appearances, including the ABC TV series Peach's Gold.

Paverty has shared the stage with Billy Connolly, The Dubliners, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Slim Dusty, Eric Bogle and many others, and performed at the National Folk Festival, the official opening of the new Parliament House and the celebrations marking its 10th anniversary in 1998. Paverty's own Ainslie Hotel folk club created attendance records in the 1970s and presented many fine local and interstate performers to Canberra audiences.

Since 2002 Paverty has performed at The Lodge each year for the Prime Minister's Australia Day celebrations and, in late 2003, presented Australian music to guests at a lunch for visiting US President George W. Bush. Franklyn B Paverty is a fantastic choice for international conference delegates and creates an atmosphere of outstandning fun and entertainment. They also play weddings, Christmas and birthday parties, and folk and other clubs in Canberra and elsewhere.

Franklyn B Paverty is Mal Bennett, Bob Buckley, Graham Chalker, Peter Hobson, Peter Logue and Bryan Rae. Other great musicians who have been associated with the band over the years include David Chalker, Ros Haskew, Fiona Mahoney, Frank and Bernie Nizynski and Dave O'Neill.