Tag: Tamworth Country Music Festival

It’s the biggest event of the year for Australian Country Music – and it’s finally arrived. The 46th Tamworth Country Music Festival kicked off today but celebrations will continue well into the night.

With tens of thousands of people hitting Tamworth over the next two weeks for the Country Music Festival, we’ll also see a stronger police presence. Operation Sherbrook was launched today, with police ready to tackle crime in every corner of the city.

Growing traffic ahead of the Country Music Festival is already causing chaos along Brisbane Street. It will remain open during the event, while some closures are already in place. From 6 o’clock this morning, Fitzroy Street between Smith Place and Kable Avenue, and Kable Avenue from Brisbane to Fitzroy streets, were shut to motorists. They’ll…

Tamworth residents will begin to see some movement across the city as council prepares for its biggest event of the year. While campers have been set up at the Riverside fields for a number of weeks – amenities blocks are only just being installed. The camp ground is expected to be opened by Friday, with…

Up and comers of the country music industry put pen to paper this morning for the opening day of a two week boot camp. The academy of country music gives students a unique chance to learn from some well known country artists – with a few even travelling from New Zealand to take part.

Recycling isn’t the first thing you associate with the Country Music Festival, but each year a staggering eight tonnes of recyclable material is collected during the 10-day event. Today country music star Troy Cassar-Daley hit Tamworth to launch the ‘Tune into Recycling’ campaign, which has now been successfully running for 16 years. “It got to…

Two of country music’s top US artists will be venturing down under next year. Kip Moore and Lee Brice will stop in to the Country Music Capital on April 23rd as part of a five show tour. It’s one of two regional shows, as well as Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Tickets go on sale from…

It’s less than six months until Tamworth transforms once again, for its annual Country Music Festival. The line up was announced today with crowd favourites Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and the McClymonts all set to return for the 46th festival. Presale tickets are available from tomorrow.   (VISION ONLY)