Billet Host Application -


Billet Host Application

Cygnet Folk Festival
9–11 January 2026


Guidelines and Information

The Cygnet Folk Festival relies on the hospitality of community members to provide accommodation for overseas and interstate visitors. Each year the Festival committee receives wonderful feedback from many of those who provided billets telling us how much they enjoyed having their performers stay with them. If you live in Cygnet or are within a 20-minute driving distance, we would love to hear from you.

Period of Accommodation

Accommodation is required for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the Festival weekend, Jan 9–11, 2026 inclusive.

Meals – Breakfast Only

We ask only that simple breakfasts be supplied to performer guests, and you will be able to discuss this with your guests ahead of time to ensure that you don’t need to go to any unnecessary trouble.

Volunteer Benefits

You will be invited to the Volunteer Thank You on the Monday afternoon following the festival at a time and venue to be confirmed closer to the event. Catering and some limited drinks will be provided.

Billet Host Passes

Free passes are offered to accommodation hosts on the following negotiable basis:

  • Up to 3 guests : 1 x weekend pass or 2 x day passes
  • 4 or more guests : 2 x weekend passes or 4 x day passes

Once guests have been allocated, you will be asked to specify the combination of weekend or day passes you would like, based on the number of guests.

How to Register

Registration to provide accommodation for performers can be made using the following form.

First Name
Last Name
Email
Mobile
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City/Town
State
Postcode

Other roles

A number of our supporters are so enthusiastic that they apply for more than one role! Some volunteers are also billet hosts, and some billet hosts may be artists. To ensure the smooth operation of our management processes, we need to know if you are applying to help in more than one area. Thanks!

Are you also intending to apply to be a volunteer at the festival?

Volunteer

Have you submitted an Artist Application?

Artist

If there are two hosts, please provide the secondary name here

Secondary Contact Name

How far is your accommodation from Cygnet?

Distance from Cygnet (km)

How long does it take to drive from Cygnet from your accommodation?

Driving time from Cygnet (min)

Are you able to offer transport to your performers during the festival?

Transport

Are you able to pick up your billets from the festival site when they first arrive?

Pickup on arrival

Are you able to host children with parent(s)?

Child Billet

Do you have children on-site?

Child/ren

If you have children living on-site, please list their ages.

Child/ren details

Do you have pets on-site? Please select all that apply.

Pets

Are you able to accommodate individual dietary requirements?

Dietary requirements

Can you accommodate smokers (outside only)?

Smoking

Any other relevant details of your home or accommodation being offered?

Other Details

Festival pass preferences

If you are asked to host 1–3 people, you will be offered ONE Adult Weekend Pass OR TWO Adult One Day passes.

If you are asked to host 4–6 people, you will be offered TWO Adult Weekend passes.

Please nominate your preference and specify which day/s if you wish to have the Day passes.

(If you are allocated 4 or more performers, the Performer Services Coordinator will contact you to confirm your desired pass options.)

Please note: Sometimes, when we have more single performers than couples needing billets, double beds may be occupied by only one person. Therefore, if two doubles are occupied by only two single performers, only ONE Weekend pass or TWO Day passes will be offered.

Passes

Thursday Night Accommodation

Some of our international and Interstate artists arrive on Thursday.

Are you able to offer accommodation on Thursday night in addition to Friday-Sunday nights?

If Yes, please add 9/01/2025 to the Bed Start End Date in Rooms Available below.

Thursday

Rooms available

You need to complete the following section for each room you are offering. If you only have one room, please select Room number "1"

To add another room, click the + Add another. For the second room, please select "2" and so on.

Please select Start and End Date: Start 10/01/2025 1.00 PM, End 12/01/25 10.00 AM. If you are offering hosting on the Thursday for the few artists that need it, the Start should be 09/01/2025 1:00 PM.

We don't have a way to set this as the default date/time; we need you to set the Start/End as above! Please do this for every room so it works with our scheduling calendar.

Bed Start End
to

Rooms

You need to complete this section for each room you are offering. If you only have one room, please select Room number "1"

To add another room, click the + Add another. For the second room, please select "2" and so on.

Room Number

How many double beds does this room have? Leave blank if none.

Doubles

How many single beds does this room have? Leave blank if none.

Singles

Is the accommodation self-contained?

Self-contained

Does the accommodation have a private bathroom?

Private bathroom

Please upload a named image for each room being offered

Note that the uploaded image will not show in your completed application – only the name of the attached file.

Room Photos