Tag: Tamworth Country Music Festival

A group from Tamworth Council will to head to China next week, on a mission to boost tourism and economic ties with the Asian nation. It comes as council seeks approval for another overseas trip at tonight’s meeting- this time to Nashville.

Aspiring stars are in the country music capital to learn the ins and outs of the industry. The junior academy has kicked off – welcoming 24 young artists from across the nation.

     The Country Music Festival may be done and dusted for the year but many artists will return to the city next month for a very intimate, mid-year festival.      Hats Off To Country will see more than 100 country singers in Tamworth – performing at a number of small venues.

Golden Guitar winner and Country Music Festival regular Lyn Bowtell has bowed out of the current season of The Voice. The Hunter Valley local came up against Sarah Stone in last night’s Battle Rounds.. The pair going head-to-head singing Annie Lennox’s song ‘Why?’. Despite three of the judges naming Bowtell as their top pick… Boy…

The festival may be over for another year. But official duties for the Queen of Country Music are just beginning. Taylor Fletcher was crowned winner – she’ll spend the next 12 months working as an ambassador for the region.

A 21-year-old from Cherrybrook in Sydney has taken out this year’s StarMaker competition. 10 finalists took to the stage in Bicentennial Park last night – but it was Rachael Fahim’s rendition of a Dolly Parton classic that won the crowd and judges over.

Meanwhile festival organisers say a change in venue for the StarMaker Concert is just one of the changes pushing up visitor numbers at this year’s Country Music Festival. Council-run venues estimate they’re seeing a 10 per cent jump in numbers – and it’s only day four.

Diners at Tamworth’s Centrepoint food court were treated, to an impromptu performance today by senior students from the Academy of Country Music. Singing the John Denver classic Country Roads – they were joined by some well-known artists including Amber Lawrence, Catherine Britt and Lyn Bowtell. The flash mob was to promote the group’s graduating concert,…

The North West has cleaned up at the New South Wales Inland Tourism Awards. Overnight, Tamworth’s Country Music Festival walked away with two awards, while two local attractions were inducted into the Hall of Fame.