The Wandong Country Music Festival was an annual
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
festival held in
Wandong, Victoria
Wandong is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is about north of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Hume Highway. It adjoins the town of Heathcote Junction, and at the , the two towns had a population of 1,340. The main centre nearest W ...
, north of the state capital, Melbourne. The earlier incarnation started in 1972, which was one of Australia's two largest country music festivals.
In 1979 the festival's committee issued a 2×
LP record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a ...
by various artists, ''Wandong Country: the First Live Souvenir Recording of Australia's Top Country Artists'', via the R.I.M.S. record label, Melbourne.
Dwindling crowds in the early 1980s led to the festival's cessation.
In 2001 the 21st century version was inaugurated. The 2006 festival was held in early March at the LB Lavern Reserve in Dry Creek Crescent.
As of 2012, the festival was no longer running, "due to circumstances beyond our control", according to the committee's website.
See also
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List of country music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of country music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on country music. This list may have some overlap with the larger topic list of folk festivals, and may also overlap with the related top ...
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List of folk festivals
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
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Country music festivals in Australia