Festival patrons urged to act responsibly
Tamworth police are encouraging people attending the Tamworth Country Music Festival to enjoy themselves responsibly.
View ArticleSuccess predicted for festival, despite concerns
The secretary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival Stakeholders Association says he will continue to work to preserve the festival's roots.
View ArticlePyke surprised by warm Tamworth welcome
Indie pop artist Josh Pyke was pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome he got n Tamworth.
View ArticleTamworth festival 'hijacked' by rock, pop
Promoters have enlisted rock and pop acts including Guy Sebastian to attract a younger crowd to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
View ArticleBigger loss for music festival than forecast
The 2010 Tamworth Country Music Festival was over budget and ran at an even greater loss than predicted.
View ArticleTenterfield honours Peter Allen
Peter Allen will be honoured in Tenterfield today as the northern New South Wales town winds up a week of celebrations with its Wintersong Street parade.
View ArticleTamworth stars back flood fundraising
Country music's biggest stars have vowed to turn this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival into a fortnight-long fundraiser for Queensland's flood victims.
View ArticleIan Burkinshaw leads CMAA inquiry into Awards bungle
The Country Music Association of Australia has announced Ian Burkinshaw will head up its inquiry into the bungled award presentation at last weekend's Country Music Awards.
View ArticleThousands flock to Taste of the Liverpool Plains
Several thousand locals and visitors converged on Caroona, in the state's north-west, on Sunday to celebrate Taste of the Liverpool Plains.
View ArticleAustralian record smashed at Pumpkin Festival
Records tumbled at this year's Kootingal Pumpkin Festival as 6000 people passed through the gates yesterday.
View ArticleFestival organisers launch 2012 brand
A white guitar, rubies, and classic songs old and new will feature in the branding of next year's Tamworth Country Music Festival.
View ArticleFleece festival impossible without support of the flock
Merriwa's Tina Taylor says the town's annual Festival of the Fleeces would be impossible without the support of volunteers. But four years ago it took Ms Taylor's a firm hand on the shepherd's crook to...
View ArticleFestival theme a nod to country music legend
One of Slim Dusty's award winning song titles will be the statement theme for the 40th Tamworth Country Music Festival.
View ArticleTamworth: boots made for scooting
Wherever there's country music there's often line dancing, and so it is at the Tamworth Country Music festival this week. There's plenty of boot scooting action with the annual Australian...
View ArticleChristmas sing-a-long at Garah, Boomi & Mungindi
The Mayor of Moree Plains Shire Council, Katrina Humphries, and about 30 musicians spent Sunday travelling the shire, spreading Christmas cheer to a number of small towns.
View ArticleGuyra's Lamb & Potato Festival kicks off
Guyra's Lamb and Potato Festival kicks off today for another year, with a packed program of entertainment and activities.
View ArticleNashville and Tamworth become country cousins
A delegation from Tamworth is on its way to Nashville Tennessee to forge a sister-city deal with the spiritual home of country music. Nashville's now one of the most significant songwriting, recording...
View ArticleNashville and Tamworth become country cousins
A delegation from Tamworth is on its way to Nashville Tennessee to forge a sister-city deal with the spiritual home of country music. Nashville's now one of the most significant songwriting, recording...
View ArticleNENW pipe bands compete at Aberdeen Highland Games
Four pipe bands from the New England North West are taking part in Saturday's Highland Games in Aberdeen, in the Upper Hunter.
View ArticleGrant for North West Film Festival
Gwydir Shire Council has received $8,000 to hold this year's North West Film Festival.
View ArticleMoo-ving launch for Tamworth Country Music Festival
It's no bull, a thousand kilogram bovine has been used to promote the Tamworth Country Music Festival in Tamworth for 2014.
View ArticleAboriginal Cultural Showcase more centrally located at this year's TCMF
Parts of the annual Aboriginal Cultural Showcase will take place in a more central location at this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival.
View ArticleThe Morning Show Gallery: TCMF Monday
It's all systems go for the Tamworth Country Music Festival at ABC New England North West ... take a look inside what happened on Monday morning...
View ArticleThe Morning Show Gallery: TCMF Tuesday
Take a look inside the studio here at ABC New England North West as the Tamworth Country Music Festival rolls on ...
View ArticleThe Morning Show Gallery: TCMF Wednesday
A look behind the scenes of continued coverage of the Tamworth Country Music Festival
View ArticleGlen Innes Show keeping the community connected
A well earned break away from the drought and a chance to catch up with friends at the Glen Innes Show
View ArticleA little piece of Russia in Tamworth
Celebrating cultural diversity in the North West with a little bit of Omsk
View ArticleRay and Lee Kernaghan inducted into Tamworth's Roll of Renown
'This is the greatest honour of my country music life.' -Lee Kernaghan
View ArticleBundarra Poultry Show honours young life dedicated to agriculture
The success of the inaugural Bundarra Poultry Show 'knocks everyone off their perch'
View ArticleNumbers down for Aboriginal Cultural Showcase, organisers call for better...
The organisers of January's Aboriginal Cultural Showcase say there were less crowds at this year's event, and are blaming it on the location.
View ArticleFriends plan memorial tournament for Nicholas Tooth
The memory of the late Quirindi Lions player Nick Tooth will be recalled during an upcoming charitable rugby tournament being organised by his friends.
View ArticleKasey Chambers joins country music greats on Galaxy of the Stars
One of Australian country music's most well-known artists has been inducted into the Galaxy of the Stars.
View ArticleTamworth town crier retires following Australia Day proclamation
The northern New South Wales town of Tamworth is looking for a new town crier as Errol Bourne bows out after delivering his final address to the city as part of its Australia Day civic ceremony.
View ArticleTamworth Country Music Festival attracts campers from all over Australia
Campers flood to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
View ArticlePolice praise Tamworth Country Music Festival attendees
Tamworth Police say the behaviour of Country Music Festival attendees this year has greatly improved on previous years.
View ArticleOnline streaming a hit for Tamworth Country Music Festival
The director of the Tamworth Country Music Festival said the online live-streaming of a number of big events at this year's event has proven incredibly popular.
View ArticleWheat, sheep or Elvis Presley? Rural Australia has had to change its tune
Festivals can never effectively replace agriculture, but all have a part to play in making regional Australia a richer and more vibrant place.
View ArticleTamworth second only to Nashville in the country music stakes, according to...
Tamworth still claims itself as the best country music festival in the country.
View ArticleTamworth Country Music Festival: Aleyce Simmonds brings domestic violence to...
Country music often depicts the hardships of relationships and living on the land, but there is one issue you do not often hear sung about domestic violence.
View ArticleFrom ABBA to Elvis, is the regional events calendar getting too congested?
Almost every town in regional Australia has a festival, celebrating everything from potatoes to poets and balloons to beer, but are there too many?
View ArticleParkes has Elvis, Trundle has ABBA, and Tenterfield will have Peter Allen in...
Well-known Australian entertainer Peter Allen to be focus of a new festival in northern New South Wales next year.
View ArticleHow ABC Landline championed Australia's country music icons and got...
From bouncing through the bush on the back of a ute with Lee Kernaghan to taking over the Tamworth town hall with Felicity Urquhart, Landline has played a part in the making of many a country music star.
View ArticleHow a rural town is attracting internationally renowned bands to its doorstep...
Matt Clifton grew up with a passion for music, but his small-town upbringing meant live music events were few and far between, so he brought one home.
View ArticlePixie O'Harris paintings, missing for 60 years, mysteriously reappear at NSW...
More than 20 Pixie O'Harris artworks are being restored for an exhibition after the final paintings, which had been missing since the 1950s, mysteriously turn up without note or explanation.
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