The Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival, originally established as the ''Canberra Country Music Festival'', is a 3-day event held annually in November with a focus on all subgenres of country music, dance and workshops. The event has been held in various locations around Canberra including
Tuggeranong Homestead
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Exhibition Park in Canberra
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, and the Hall Showgrounds
This festival went on hiatus in 2020.
Highlights
The festival has a reputation for giving national and international exposure to Australian Indigenous country music performers. The festival is also the home of the Canberra Country Music Awards, Canberra Country Songwriting Awards, Country's Got Talent competition and Canberra Ute Car + Truck Muster. The latter event has been unique in featuring Top Gear's Arctic Explorer Hi Lux vehicles as well as the first electric and hybrid awards for utes and trucks in Australia.
See also
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List of country music festivals
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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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List of bluegrass music festivals
This is a list of bluegrass music festivals that have Wikipedia articles or are otherwise verified by an independent, reliable, published source. This list may have some overlap with the umbrella topic list of folk festivals, and more complete o ...
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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, ...
References
External links
canberracountry.com
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Folk festivals in Australia
Country music festivals in Australia
Festivals in Australian Capital Territory
Events in Canberra
Music festivals established in 2009