Tamworth Country Music Festival:
Toyota's Free Concert for Rural Australia
All roads lead to Tamworth in January for the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival.
It's a must do event, the largest music festival in the southern hemisphere and
one of the top 10 in the world.
The variety of country music is endless with over 2,200 events and 4,000
different performances or gigs in 80 different venues. There are over 600
buskers in Peel Street alone, providing a diverse range of entertainment each day,
it's no wonder it attracts over 50,000 visitors.
The pinnacle event of the festival is the CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia,
when the who's who of Australian country music gathers with country music fans to
see who will win the famous Golden Guitar Awards.
The Awards are held on the second Saturday of the festival at the
Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre.
A feature and largest event at the festival is the Toyota Free Concert for
Rural Australia starring Lee Kernaghan. Highlights from the 2010 concert is
featured in the video above.
The next Tamworth Country Music Festival will be held from Friday, 14 January
to Sunday 23 January 2011.
