Mildura Country Music Festival

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Genres Classical - Hip hop - Jazz - Country- Rock (Indie · Hardcore punk)
Organisations ARIA
Awards Australian Music Centre · ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys
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Festivals List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Stompem Ground
Tamworth (Country) · Womadelaide · Splendour In The Grass
Media CAAMA, Countdown, Rage, Triple J, ABC
National anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
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Adelaide - Brisbane - Canberra - Perth

The Mildura Country Music Festival is an annual Australian country music festival based in Mildura, Victoria. In 2005 it was sponsored by Telstra Countrywide. It focuses on independent country music artists (about 95 percent of performers in the Australian country music industry).

Much of the Festival is free and a live concert and radio presentation of the Australian Independent Country Music Awards recognise the achievements of the independent recording artists. Previous Independent Country Music Awards finalist and winners include:

  • Kate Ballantyne
  • Vanya
  • Darren Coggan
  • Michael O'Rourke
  • Dianna Corcoran
  • Carter & Carter
  • Brendon Walmsley (1999)

Performers have included:

  • Felicity Urquhart
  • Craig Giles
  • Peter Horan
  • Tracy Coster
  • Reg Poole
  • Glenn Jones
  • Fisk & Cristian
  • Pater Pratt
  • Owen Blundell
  • Terry Gordon
  • Sweeney Killeen
  • Michael King
  • Carter & Carter

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