Saddle up for six days of music, fun and festival flair on our Tamworth Country Music Festival tour! Travel in Diamond or Gold Class luxury as you journey from Brisbane through coastal and country towns to the heart of Australian country music. Enjoy included afternoon and evening shows, free concerts, line dancing, buskers, and the electric atmosphere of FanZone. Visit the Big Golden Guitar, explore country music museums, and savour wine and lunch at Ballandean Estate. With fully escorted touring, carbon-neutral travel, and handpicked experiences, this is your ticket to celebrate country music in unforgettable style.
16 January 2026 - Gold Class
11 Meals Included 1 Eco Experiences 3 Cultural & Heritage Experiences
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We depart from the Brisbane Coach Terminal on our opulent ‘Diamond Class’ or luxurious ‘Gold Class’ coach, ensuring responsible travel with 100% offset coach emissions. We stop at Tropical Fruit World for morning tea and a tour. We then travel south for lunch in Ballina before continuing on to Coffs Harbour.
Travel along Waterfall Way to Ebor Falls for morning tea and a short walk to the lookout. In Armidale, we enjoy a wine tasting and lunch at Petersen’s Winery, then head to the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Experience Australia’s largest music festival, featuring over 4,000 performances day and night.
**Dinner is at your own expense tonight.
Days 3 & 4
Enjoy two days of the talents, sights and sounds of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, including free concerts, talented buskers, bush poets, line dancing and the FanZone Stage in the CBD precinct, running daily from 10am till late. On both days Fun Over 50 Holidays has included an afternoon or evening show ticket.
**Included shows are value added by Fun Over 50 Holidays and cannot be refunded if you do not attend. Lunch and dinner at your own expense over festival days. Show program available December 2025.
Our first stop today is the Big Golden Guitar, featuring the National Guitar Museum and the Country Music Wax Museum. Later, we explore the memorabilia collection at the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame. Leaving Tamworth, we travel to Bendemeer for lunch before heading to Uralla to walk the heritage trail and visit McCrossin’s Mill Museum. We conclude the day in Armidale.
1 Night Stay: Cotswold Gardens or Rydges Armidale
We depart Armidale to travel on to Glen Innes, breaking at the Celtic Standing Stones. We continue on via Tenterfield stopping at the Tenterfield Saddler and historic Cork Tree. Arriving in Stanthorpe we enjoy our finalé lunch together at Ballandean Estate Wines before returning to the Brisbane Coach Terminal late afternoon.
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