Other festival opportunities:

The NZ Gold Guitar Awards are one of more than 60 events at the Bayleys Tussock Country Festival. This year, there are many workshops (Performance, artist development, waiata and more) available throughout the week. Make sure you check out the full festival programme to get the most out of your visit to Gore.

If you’re a songwriter, we highly recommend you consider entering the MLT Songwriting Awards that are presented at the Country Music Honours. This songwriting award is for unreleased songs only and entries must be recorded with one vocal + one instrument.

You don’t need a fancy recording of your song, a clear voice memo from a phone works fine! For more info, head to: countrymusichonours.co.nz/