In Conversation With Fanny Lumsden: Tamworth Country Music Engagement Day
We are thrilled to offer those attending Tamworth Country Music Festival the opportunity to attend the Country Music Industry Engagement sessions.
This unique event, part of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, brings together artists and industry professionals of all levels to share expertise and insights. From budding musicians to established artists, gain valuable knowledge on songwriting, gig planning, mental health and wellbeing, education & training programs and exporting Country music, all under one roof.
Entry is free, with a gold coin donation accepted to support Support Act.
On Wednesday January 22nd at 11:30 am, AIR will be hosting an In Conversation with the iconic Fanny Lumsden who will talk about starting a label and releasing your own music as an Australian Country music artist and the challenges and opportunities this presents through the lens of her own journey and career.
RSVP HERE by Friday 17th January 2025
ABOUT FANNY
Growing up on a sheep farm in western NSW all the way to Glastonbury UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia, 2x ARIA and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden's journey has been a unique one. Having “established herself as one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) and with her new album HEY DAWN having just taken out the 2023 ARIA for Best Country Album, the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and 2024 Country Album of the year at the AIR Awards, Fanny is a force to be reckoned with. Debuting at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, being the 4th highest selling country album of 2023 and being her second album in a row to crack the ARIA global top ten. Fanny is continuing to break the rules and confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current era”(Capital News).
Following up her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took out the ARIA, five CMAA Golden Guitars and the AIR Country Albums, Fanny is known for her regional Country Halls Tour and has recently taken her joyous, energetic, and brilliant live show to debut in the UK to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and followed up with two hugely successful tours , including a self-produced and promoted sold out Country Halls Tour run in Scotland. Wrapping up her Hey Dawn tour which sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan, The Australian).
This event is supported by the NSW Government through Sound NSW.