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Tamworth Country Music Festival

Locality: Tamworth, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6767 5555

Address: 437 Peel Street 2340 Tamworth, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.tcmf.com.au

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23.01.2022 Tamworth Region Councillors tonight voted to suspend all Tamworth Regional Council run events for the 2021 Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth. With the current public health orders in place, which include the prohibition of music festivals and mass gatherings, coupled with travel restrictions and venue capacity challenges, Councillors could not in good conscience vote to proceed with the event. Festival Manager, Barry Harley said: Today is a sad day, not only for Tamwo...rth, but for the artists, and the country music industry. We have remained as optimistic as we could and continued with our planning in the hope that conditions would ease. Unfortunately, like so many others in our situation, we have had to surrender to the challenges COVID has placed on us and make the difficult decision to suspend TCMF2021. In making the final decision Tamworth Region Mayor, Col Murray said: Tamworth Region Councillors faced a difficult decision tonight, one that had the health and safety of our community, our fans, the artists, volunteers, local businesses, staff, and the wider country music industry front of mind. It is hard to believe that we have had to make this decision, and it most certainly has not been an easy decision to make. Still, the impacts of introducing COVID-19 to our community far outweigh the impacts cancelling the Festival would have on our community. While the Festival itself will not proceed in 2021, the annual presentation of the Country Music Awards of Australia, the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, will still go ahead. The Awards that are the longest standing music awards in the country, will be delivered via an online stream on the night, and the ABC will continue to be the broadcast partner for the Awards. It is important that we continue to recognise country music talent at the 49th Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, despite not being able to hold a live event, explained Mr. Harley. Artists have faced an extremely challenging year, but many have continued to work hard and release new music, under the most difficult of circumstances, and we want to pay tribute to them by hosting a remarkable event, that is streamed far and wide so that everyone can experience the best of Australian country music. The Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth, is one of the best Festival experiences on offer. It is the country’s most prominent supporter of Australian country music, and it will be back to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022. We appreciate all the support shown to us to date, and we encourage everyone to support your favourite country music artists in any way, in the coming months, as we look forward to a bigger and better Festival in 2022, said Mr. Harley. To keep up to date with plans for the 2021 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards and the 2022 Toyota Country Music 50th Anniversary event, visit www.tcmf.com.au.

22.01.2022 If you are still obsessing over the amazing talent from today’s Nominees announcement, you NEED to check out this Apple Music playlist: https://fal.cn/3bHaO Just in time for the weekend!

22.01.2022 If you're a country music fan, you need to get your hands on a copy of Country Music Capital News! They are now offering a 1 year digital subscription for only $15! Head to www.capitalnews.com.au for more info.

21.01.2022 Snap a selfie with the iconic Big Golden Guitar, grab some merch and check out the newest National Guitar Museum! The National Guitar Museum features guitars from Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles and many more and is a must see when you stop in Tamworth!

20.01.2022 And the nominees for the Toyota Australia Album of the Year are: Speed Of Life - Adam Brand (Luke Wooten) Town Of A Million Dreams - Casey Barnes (Matt Fell, Michael Paynter & Michael DeLorenzis) Fallow - Fanny Lumsden (Matt Fell)... Mayhem To Madness - The McClymonts (Andy Mak) Wreck Me - Travis Collins (Travis Collins & Luke Wooten) #GoldenGuitars

20.01.2022 IMPORTANT NEWS Jokes, we have no news... With January coming around faster than you can say 'COVID-19' and restrictions changing almost daily, we understand our loyal festival fans are wanting to know if the festival will go ahead in 2021.... The truth is, at this stage, we don't know. Our events team are hard at work planning for a number of different scenarios that can be rolled out by the time January arrives. While of course we would love to go ahead with the big amazing festival that TCMF is, the safety of our community, fans and visitors is our number one priority and we will be taking direction from authorities when making any decisions. Over the coming months, we will advise our fans as soon as any decisions are made via our social media channels and email database. Stay safe, Team TCMF

19.01.2022 The latest Tamworth TV episode out and it's the amazing Roo Arcus. This episode was filmed during #TCMF2020

18.01.2022 Today it was announced that the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards, will proceed as a LIVE event from the Capital of Country Music in Australia, Tamworth! The event will be held at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre (TRECC) on Saturday 23 January 2021. Due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, the event will be open to industry only but will be live streamed for our country music fans!... Click here to read more: https://fal.cn/3b6FC

17.01.2022 We have been advised that some fans will still be visiting the Tamworth region during January despite the festival not going ahead. We would like to confirm that the Riverside Camping will not be open and no camping will be permitted anywhere in this area. However the Tamworth region has a range of fantastic caravan parks, public camping grounds & recreation reserves as an alternative - click here for more information: https://fal.cn/3boCz

16.01.2022 The nominees for Alt Country Album of the Year are Bonedigger - Allison Forbes Music (Shane Nicholson) 3 Minute Movies - Angus Gill (Angus Gill) Fallow - Fanny Lumsden (Matt Fell)... Two Kids & A Radio - Melody Moko (Neilson Hubbard & Michael Muchow) The Lost and the Found Rob Hirst and Jay O’Shea (Brent Clark) #GoldenGuitars

14.01.2022 And the nominees for Contemporary Country Album of the Year are: Town Of A Million Dreams - Casey Barnes (Matt Fell, Michael Paynter & Michael DeLorenzis) Lion Side - Jasmine Rae (Lindsey Jackson) Daydream - The Buckleys (Chad Carlson)... Mayhem To Madness - The McClymonts (Andy Mak) Wreck Me - Travis Collins (Travis Collins & Luke Wooten) #GoldenGuitars

14.01.2022 Our last TCMF Car Karaoke episode with the always funny Pete Denahy and Luke Dickens! And why Luke prefers to keep his two feet on the ground. Filmed at #TCMF2020

11.01.2022 Some call it the 'Boulevard of Dreams' and others call it Peel Street. Where for 10 days, up to 400 buskers line the street and perform for the Country Music fans from across the country. Some of country music's biggest stars including Keith Urban, Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers and Beccy Cole started busking right here on Peel Street.

11.01.2022 The Australian music scene has been hit hard this year with the pandemic. Ausmusic T-Shirt Day is a massive nationwide celebration of Australian music and a day to donate funds to Support Act which provides crisis relief and mental health and wellbeing support to thousands of artists, crew and music workers. If you can spare just a few dollars, click here to donate: https://fal.cn/3bvS4... And don't forget to wear your favourite Ausmusic T-Shirt on Friday 20th November!

10.01.2022 The nominees for Traditional Country Album of the Year are No Headlights - Kristy Cox (Jerry Salley) There In The Ochre - Luke O'Shea (Luke O’Shea) Tumbleweed - Roo Arcus (Tim Crouch & Roo Arcus)... Seasons - The New Graces (Garth Porter) These Are The Changes - Warren H Williams (Warren H Williams) #GoldenGuitars

10.01.2022 Slim Dusty and Joy McKean are some of the biggest names in Australian Country Music. Coming to Australian cinemas from September 10 is 'SLIM & I', a feature documentary that tells the incredible story of that partnership and of the brilliant woman who lived beside, rather than behind, the legend. Australia’s own "Queen of Country Music", Joy McKean.

09.01.2022 What is one country song that ALWAYS puts you in a good mood? Comment below! We will add your song suggestions to a Spotify playlist and share on our page to spread some good vibes during these hard times.

07.01.2022 Grab one of the legendary Toyota hats at Toyota Zone and check out the latest Toyota Australia vehicles on display! In 2020 the Toyota Hat Promotion raised much needed funds for Rural Aid.

07.01.2022 We won't be able to make any memories this January but check out the fun times that were had when Pete Denahy and Ashleigh Dallas caught up during #TCMF2020! Check out our other TCMF Car Karaoke videos: https://bit.ly/2GRdVYr

06.01.2022 Support an awesome local brewery in the New England region, and they’ll in turn support your favourite artists! What an amazing initiative from The Welder's Dog Brewery, who also happen to be home to live music at The Welder's Dog Tamworth all year ‘round and during TCMF!

05.01.2022 As promised, here is an update for TCMF2021 Council will consider a recommendation at next Tuesday's Council Meeting to suspend all Council run festival events for the 2021 Festival. These include Toyota Park, Cavalcade, Coca-Cola Country, Busking, FanZone and the stalls in Peel Street.... We will update you with the outcome next Wednesday after a decision has been made by the Councillors at the meeting.

05.01.2022 Enjoy some 'Wine Time' with Pete Denahy and Beccy Cole on your Friday afternoon! Filmed during #TCMF2020! Ps. We do not condone climbing the Big Golden Guitar

04.01.2022 The newest Tamworth TV episode is now live with Aaron Jurd!

03.01.2022 The CMAA Academy Of Country Music have today announced the first ever ‘Academy X’ online educational event to take place Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 January, 2021. The Academy X program takes place of the usual face to face program in Tamworth in January. It will feature superstars and leaders of the country music industry giving students invaluable information on various aspects of the music industry, including songwriting, record labels, publishing, management, festivals and tou...ring, recording, performance, video production and media strategies. There will be a focus on resilience, innovation and mental health in a post-COVID world. For more information on how to apply visit www.academycountrymusic.com.au