GGMI Events

Tamworth Country Music Countdown: Friday 7th January – Thursday 13th January 2011
Introduced in 2000, the Festival Countdown program provides additional country music for early visitors in the lead up to the largest music Festival in the Southern Hemisphere. Details available on www.tcmf.com.au

Tamworth Country Music Festival: Friday 14th January – Sunday 23rd January 2011
Everywhere you go in Tamworth during the Festival, you'll discover sensational live entertainment, street buskers and the hottest happening shows with some of the most famous faces in Australian country music.  The highlight of the Festival is the 38th CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia.  For more information visit www.tcmf.com.au 

National Paragliding Championships: February 2011
Manilla’s frequent rising currents of warm air known as thermals, combined with the geography of Mount Borah allows pilots to take off in almost any wind direction making Manilla one of the world’s best launch locations.

NCHA National Finals Show: February 2011
This 3 day event held at the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre (AELEC) is fiercely competitive as it is the last opportunity for competitors to gain earnings towards their current standings. The NCHA present national awards to riders and horses from the previous year 2009, at a dinner and presentation night.

The Cutting Edge Beer & Wine Fest: Saturday 19th March 2011
The 4th Cutting Edge Beer and Wine Festival is a charity event with all proceeds going to the Tamworth Base Hospital Operating Theatres. The day consists of a banquet of wine, beer and food tasting from regional producers complimented by a bevy of musical entertainment.

Nundle Go For Gold: Easter Weekend Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th April 2011
Come to Nundle for two amazing family fun days which celebrate the area’s Chinese Heritage and Gold Rush period of the 1850’s.  Pan for gold, taste a variety of Chinese and Australian cuisine, hear a variety of live music and visit Nundle’s many historic and fascinating attractions.

TASTE: 11th April – 2nd May 2011
3rd April – Feast on a Long Lunch
17th April – TASTE
Guests are able to enjoy some of the best food and wine that the region produces such as coffee, wine, olives and cheese at a diverse range of events, dinners and other culinary feasts during this autumn period.

Kootingal Pumpkin Festival: April 2011 
The Kootingal Pumpkin Festival features many unique pumpkin attractions and competitions including the Pumpkin Princess and Pirate competition for girls and boys aged 5 to 11, pumpkin cooking, pumpkin bowling, the wheelbarrow race timed trial, Wood Chopping, sheep shearing demonstrations, the Cloverleaf Square Dancers and many more.

Bendemeer Colours of Autumn: 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th April 2011
Bendemeer warms up every autumn with the Annual Colours of Autumn Art and Craft Exhibition being held at the Bendemeer Hall with a huge array of fine art on display as well as woodturners, blacksmith and silk scarf painting demonstrations and an artist in residence over the course of the weekend.

The Great Nundle Dog Race: 1st May 2011
The major fundraiser of the Nundle P&C and attracts families and their dogs from around the North West region. 2011 will be the running of the 32nd Great Nundle Dog Race with exhilarating races for dogs and their owners, an agility course and high jumping competition.

NCHA Futurity: May/ June 2011
The month of June is one of the busiest at Tamworth’s Australian Equine Livestock and Events Centre  with the staging of the largest ever National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity, the flagship for the NCHA which showcases hundreds of elite national cutting horses. 

Hats Off to Country: July 2011
The 2010 Hats Off to Country Festival is a mid year winter celebration of country music in Australia’s Country Music Capital over four days of entertainment from some of Australia’s finest country music talents.  It follows on from two weeks of the CMAA Australian Academy of Country Music.

Antiques and collectors 29th, 30th & 31st July

Frost Over Barraba: Thursday 30th June, Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd July 2011
The township of Barraba turns the season of winter into an art form and visitors can view and purchase regional quality paintings, photography and pottery.

Jehovah's Witness conference dates for 2011 are 5th to 7th August.

Barraba International Festival: 4th, 5th & 6th November 2011
The Barraba International Festival will welcome the 17th consecutive year of being delivered celebrating a different national culture each year, the 2010 theme was Spain. This festival will offer a range of entertainment with musical performances and a range of local delicacies as well as ethnic food to feast on.

The Christmas Fair: 20th November 2011
Get into the Christmas spirit at the Tamworth Racecourse and enter the season of giving by purchasing beautiful gifts for family and friends while assisting in raising money to generate awareness for the Australian Brain Foundation.

Nundle CWA Art Exhibition: November 2011
Since 1969 it has established itself as a prestigious cultural event attracting many talented artists from throughout the region and entries are received from all areas of NSW, Southern Queensland and Victoria.

For an extensive calendar of What’s On head to www.visittamworth.com