Taranaki's first outdoor country music festival is set for a repeat performance, this time at a more central venue. In 2017, the four Crawford sisters organised the Egmont Country Festival, which they described as half country music festival and half open mic session, in Tikorangi. READ MORE:* Sisters are setting up Taranaki's first outdoor country music festival* A small Taranaki town is now a hotspot for country music* Gore to host nine-day Tussock Country Music FestivalThe three-day festival will run from February 7-9 at the New Plymouth Raceway. Different country clubs have pitched in, New plymouth bands are involved, and the support has been "overwhelming", Crawford-Putt said. None of the artists at the festival "do country the same way", she said.

Source: Stuff January 29, 2020 19:30 UTC