This is a collection of sites which may be of interest. Several of these sites maintain lists of regular sesions. Compiling a list like this is daunting because things change and there are groups all over the place. Hopefully this will help you locate local sessions.
The National Folk Festival: Easter in Canberra
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival October
Bush Traditions: Details of the Goulburn Gathering in October and the Bundanoon DanceFest in June. The site also contains a massive archive of Australian Dance Tunes with dots and audio and of songs. It has a listing of sessions for Australian Music.
A festival calendar is maintained by the Australian Folk Alliance.
Searching for your State or Territory Folk Federation will lead to a list of events including sessions.
Melbourne slow Irish Sessions: details of McDonnell's Traditional Irish Music Slow sessions in Melbourne. The site also includes a list of Irish sessions in Victoria and some music and a rythym tutor.
Brisbane Folk Rag: The sessions and workshops section includes details for slow sessions at Malaney.
Two other sites for tunes are The Traditional Tune Archive and Paul Hardy's Tunebooks
In Canberra the Tuesday Night Group runs weekly. For details of monthly slow Irish sessions in Canberra and Australian Music Sessions email us.