Tamworth Country Music Festival

The Toyota Country Music Festival Tamworth is a family-friendly extravaganza like no other and runs every January. It’s Australia’s largest music festival and one of the top 10 music festivals in the world.

Peel Street is lined with buskers and street performers from across the country and even the world – the Toyota Country Music Festival boasts 10 nights of FREE family-friendly concerts in Tamworth’s biggest outdoor venue, Toyota Park.

And in between all of that, check out the family-friendly activities Tamworth has to offer!

Key features

Kids’ club
No

Educational programs
No

Lockers
No

Restaurants
Yes

BBQ areas
Yes

Help desk
Yes

Family ticket packages
No

Guided tours
Yes

Wheelchair accessible
Yes

Daily shows
Yes

Kids rides
Yes

Parenting rooms
Yes

Play

The Regional Australia Bank Family Zone is an area dedicated to family fun with loads of rides to suit all ages.

Family-friendly concerts dedicated to kids, as well as 10 days and nights of FREE Concerts at Toyota Park and Fanzone!

You can also spend hours in Peel Street listening to the talented buskers and taking in the amazing atmosphere the festival has to offer!

Kids only

Tamworth Regional Playground

Marsupial Park & Adventure Playground

Family Zone

Fun for all

Over 400 buskers

Street performers

Markets

10 nights of free family-friendly concerts in Toyota Park

Street stages

Grown ups

Bars

Pubs

Clubs across Tamworth

Getting there

Tamworth city is at the junction of the New England and Oxley Highways and lies 100 kilometres from the Tamworth Regional Council’s northern boundary and about 90 kilometres from the southeastern tip of the region.

Drive

Tamworth is an easy five-hour drive from Sydney. The Hunter Expressway enables easier travel to and from the region including a shortened three-hour trip from Newcastle. See a Sydney to Tamworth road map.

Tamworth is a seven-hour drive from Brisbane. See a Brisbane to Tamworth road map.

Fly

Tamworth Regional Airport is the largest of the regional airports in Australia. It is serviced by three airlines (Qantas, Virgin Australia and Fly Corporate), offering flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane.

Tamworth Regional Airport has a cafe, airline lounge access, car hire service desks, an ATM and Wi-Fi. Short- and long-term parking is available adjacent to the terminal.

The Tamworth CBD is about 10 minutes’ drive from the airport. Taxis can be arranged on board your flight or when you arrive at the terminal.

For more information, head to the Airport‘s website.

Train and bus

There are daily train and bus services to Tamworth, both interstate and from across the region. Tamworth Railway Station is only a couple of minutes’ walk from the CBD.

For more information on train and bus services and timetables, visit Transport NSW.