The didgeridoo, or more commonly known as the didge, is an Aboriginal musical instrument that can be considered a “drone pipe” in some cases. Thought to be the world’s oldest musical instrument, natives acquired the didgeridoo by the grace of the lowly termite, which hollows out the center of the branch and creates the cavity needed for the sound to be produced. Thus, didgeridoos were also considered as “natural” musical instruments, since no human intervention was added; aside from selecting the branch itself; cutting and shaping it into the more familiar figure of a hollow stick.

The tenth Annual Didgeridoo Festival will be held on the three days of August 14-16 of 2009. This 10th festival will be the last of the Didgeridoo Festival, as it has celebrated over the past ten years. Texas would never have been finer and more fun had it been for the Didgeridoo Festival. And with the last festival this year, the organizers hope to make the biggest bang out of this one.

The main star of the festival is you, of course! You would have the jitter bugs trying to fit in with people you would not know if this was your first time ever to come to the Annual Didgeridoo Festival. The location was changed for the last festival, but almost all of those who had attended the previous ones will surely be there to see this event for one last time.

After all, this festival is the culmination of all didgeridoo players, international musicians and music lovers that have come from different parts of the world to witness this very unique musical instrument. It is an art form, it is a form of music. It is but an enigma that could only be understood if one takes the time to listen.

The festival site is a nice, decent place for music. Under a grove of shade trees with a quiet mountain stream flowing with cold river water; its the perfect spot to didgeridoo. The kids can amble in the water if they want to. At night, you can sleep in the grass and under the stars as the last of the didgeridoos blow their final tune as a salute to the last leg of this festival.