Venues in Tamworth

Venues in the Tamworth Main Street

		Peel Street The main street is one giant outdoor venue during the festival. Check out the famed Peel Street buskers. Four blocks on both sides. Vote for your favourite busker by giving them money - with extra marks for enthusiasm, effort and especially potential.
		The Court House Hotel A front bar and large music room out the back.
		The Post Office Hotel This hotel features local songwriters plus country bands. Previously called the Fitzroy Tavern.
		The Tudor Hotel A small hotel with three rooms of entertainment. The action is upstairs.
		Hog's Breath Cafe Restaurant on the ground floor, entertainment on the first floor via stairs at the rear of the restaurant.
		Tamworth Council Chambers In the middle of Peel Street. Tickets, information, leaflets.
		Capitol Theatre in the Centrepoint Arcade Regular concerts upstairs in the largest cinema.
		Tamworth Power House Museum Working steam engines. Tamworth had electric street lighting in November 1888.

Venues Near the Tamworth Main Street

		Wests' Diggers The Diggers is right in town next to the river. It's now a part of Wests, only one membership card is needed. If you have purchased a ticket to something run by Wests, make sure you go to the right place, as they are about 2 Km apart.
		Tamworth Town Hall Famed and much loved community hall built in the 1930s. Continual events during the festival. Mainly free shows during the day and paying concerts at night.
		The Services Club Lots of music free on the ground floor and paying concerts are held downstairs.
		Tamworth Hotel The best olde-worlde hotel decoration left in Tamworth. The music is out the back in the beergarden. A dignified hotel.
		Tamworth Community Centre Mainly traditional country music. Quiet, olde-worlde historic building, ex Tamworth Council Chambers. Not too sure about the pink paint scheme.
		The Red Cross Hall Step back in time and have a scone, biscuits or bacon and eggs and a cuppa while being serenaded by walk-up artists. Donations go to a good cause.

Venues in the West Tamworth and Bridge Street Area

		West Tamworth Leagues Club A big, well run club by any standards. Commonly known as Wests or just WTLC. The main bar is called Legends and is always free. The auditorium for ticketed shows is called Blazes. The Outback Room is downstairs, with some free shows and some ticketed.
		The Pub About 2 km out on the Gunnedah Road. Top entertainment.
		The Southgate Inn Opposite Wests and the swimming pool.
		The Family Hotel At the second roundabout going out along Bridge Street. A good venue for small concerts.
		The Golf Club Restaurant upstairs, very occasionally some music downstairs.
		West Tamworth Bowling Club
		Tamworth Shopping World Continual music on a stage inside the shopping centre. Just over the bridge from the city centre and up the hill a little.

Venues in the South Tamworth Area

		The Golden Guitar Tourist Bureau or Visitor Information Centre. Waxworks and a good music shop selling CDs and DVDs. The Longyard Hotel is directly behind. Plenty of parking.
		The Longyard Hotel Iconic Tamworth hotel built in the mid 1980s. Concerts are in the Goonoo Goonoo room including the beer garden behind the hotel. A large deck at the front extends the public bar and has an adjoining stage on the back of a truck.
		TREC - Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre This huge venue has major concerts during the festival, including of course The Awards on the last Saturday night. Huge car park.
		The Balladeers Homestead The main venue for old-style Aussie music concerts. Many performers in lots of shows. Outside festival-time, the Balladeer's Homestead is the Salvation Army Citadel.
		Lindsay Butler Studios Butler's Auditorium is on the left driving out to TREC or The Longyard. Inspect the studios on the open day, also several concerts with mainly Aussie music. Friendly.
		South Tamworth Bowling Club Chinese restaurant, but no country music.

Venues in North Tamworth and East Tamworth

		Joe Maguires Hotel This hotel is essentially the spiritual home of the original festival and its original fringe supporters. The hotel has been modernised out the back with a huge beer garden. Good fun. Mainly bands with an Aussie flavour. Good pub food.
		North Tamworth Bowling Club Good paying concerts. This is the home of Andrew Clermont's Supper Club.
		Australian Country Music Museum The history and heritage of Australian country music. Now at the eastern end of Peel Street.
		Oasis Hotel, Nemingha Some music, in the evenings.

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