Erecting signs to direct traffic away from hot spots, and reduce congestion. Pre-Festival advertising and promotional campaigns. Extensive road maintenance. Blocking traffic from four blocks of Peel Street, the central shopping district. Co-ordinating and tidying the expansive camping grounds. Co-ordinating with the CMAA (Country Music Association of Australia) in connection with events. Co-ordination with law enforcement and security bodies. Artist lineups The Tamworth Country Music Festival attracts many country music, bluegrass, rock and folk musicians to the city each year. Performers perform at various venues in the city. The festival attracts over 800 different artists which perform over 5000 shows. Artists who perform regularly at the festival include Kasey Chambers, Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan, John Williamson and Colin Buchanan. Other's include Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole. The late Slim Dusty was also a regular. The festival is noted for being the launching platform of Keith Urban and Kasey Chambers' careers. The Australian country icon Smoky Dawson was also a regular and has a grill called "Smoky's Grill" named in his honour. The prominence of the festival is such that artists from outside Australia are frequent performers at Tamworth. New Zealand performers in particular are regular attendees, including the likes of Suzanne Prentice, Patsy Riggir, Brendan Dugan, Dusty Spittle, and The Warratahs. Many hundreds of musicians played at the 2012 festival at clubs, pubs and in Peel St, busking. Some of the better known artists that performed at the 2012 festival or have performed in the past include: See also List of country music festivals List of festivals in Australia Gympie Muster Mildura Country Music Festival References External links Official website Tamworth Country Music website 2014 Tamworth Country Music Festival Radio Special from Ben Sorensen's REAL Country 2015 Tamworth Country Music Festival Radio Special from Ben Sorensen's REAL Country 2015 Tamworth Country Music Festival Guide 2016 Tamworth Country Music Festival Radio Special - Part 1 from Ben Sorensen's REAL Country 2016 Tamworth Country Music Festival Radio Special - Part 2 from Ben Sorensen's REAL Country List of Golden Guitar winners The History of 2TM Folk festivals in Australia Music festivals established in 1972 Busking venues Tamworth, New South Wales Country music festivals in Australia 1972 establishments in Australia Bluegrass festivals Festivals in New South Wales