Toyota Country Music Festival  Postponed to 18 - 24 April 2022

Following the announcement made 7 January 2022 of major changes to COVID-19 safety measures for NSW and a subsequent meeting with Mr. Kevin Anderson, Minister for Hospitality and Racing, Tamworth Region Mayor Russell Webb, Tamworth Region Deputy Mayor Mark Rodda, Toyota Country Music Festival venue managers, and key stakeholders, Festival organisers announce that the 2022 Toyota Country Music Festival and Toyota Golden Guitar Awards has been postponed.   

Toyota Country Music Festival Manager Mr. Barry Harley said: “The decision to postpone the Festival, just a week out from the event, was a difficult, yet necessary, decision to make.  Given the current state of COVID transmission in our communities, and the impact the changed Covid safety measures have on our venues, it is the best decision for the health and safety of everyone involved particularly the Tamworth and country music community.”

Mr. Harley said that organisers are now planning to hold the 50th Festival from 18-24 April 2022, with many of the same features, including the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards held over a shorter period. 

Tamworth’s long-running Country Music Festival prides itself on being the country’s largest and longest-running country music festival in Australia, often seeing over 50,000 people over 10 days in January. 

This is the second year, the Festival has been impacted by COVID-19, but Mr. Harley says “there’s still a lot to celebrate and we will be able to do so in April this year.”

Ticket holders for Entertainment Venues Festival shows will be contacted directly by our ticketing team.  A further update on the rescheduled events at Entertainment Venues will be made next week.    

We are currently working through with artists about which shows will be rescheduled to 18 to 24 April 2022. These events will be announced and go on sale 9am Friday 14 January.  If customers have previously purchased for an event that has been reschedule they will need to re-purchase for these April events.  Refunds will be automatically actioned and may take up to 3 weeks to appear back in your account.

For updates on Entertainment Venues shows, please visit www.entertainmentvenuescom.au or for more festival related information, visit www.tcmf.com.au. 

Note:  AELEC venue events will not be effected by this Festival postponement.  Our Ticketing Team will be in contact early next week regarding these performances.