Australia’s largest celebration of country music and longest running Festival will return to the country music capital, in January 2025, with a huge line-up of artists and ticketed shows announced for the Toyota 53rd Tamworth Country Music Festival.

The festival will kick off on 17 January 2025 with the Opening Concert in Toyota Park – the Festival’s largest venue, which will see 10-epic nights of free entertainment including Americana In the Park, Toyota Best of the Buskers and the Toyota Star Maker Top 10 Grand Final, while Toyota FanZone will see hundreds of artists perform for free in the main Festival precinct.
Fan favourites Troy Cassar-Daley, recipient of the most Golden Guitar awards, and Lee Kernaghan will return to TRECC on Thursday, 23 January while Australian icon John Williamson will be kicking off his 80th birthday year with a special performance on Friday 25 January at TRECC.

According to data collected from Destination NSW during 2024’s Festival, surveys indicated a massive 96% visitor satisfaction rating, with 82% of the respondents indicating they will be back in 2025.