Five regional tours taking place across NSW this Spring – including the NSW Central West in September.
From Tumut to Tathra, regional NSW will be filled with homegrown sounds this Spring, courtesy of the fifteen acts selected to partake in our 2026 Regional Tours.
This opportunity provides artists with essential touring experience and helps forge new touring routes across the state. Whether inside of a theatre, brewery or arts school, venues from Grong Grong to Pokolbin will nurture local, live music for this year’s regional touring opportunity.
Receiving mentorship from the MusicNSW Regional team, five local promoters have worked tirelessly to bring these tours to life. We are so excited to present to you The Groove & Brew Tour, West Bound & Down, The Takeover Tour, Wild Hearts Tour & MUVE Beyond the Curtain Tour. Read on to see where and when you get along to a show near you!
WEST BOUND & DOWN
Joe Terror + Jessie May + Peel River Ramblers
24 Sep: Keystone 1889, Bathurst / Wiradjuri (Tickets here)
25 Sep: Grong Grong School of Arts, Grong Grong / Wiradjuri (Tickets here)
26 Sep: Rosnay Organic Wines, Canowindra / Wiradjuri (Tickets here)
Joe Terror is a genre-bending artist hailing from the North Coast of NSW. Currently performing solo, he highlights the softer, alternative country aspects of his prolific catalog. Joe’s performances are an emotive journey, where his captivating voice and heartfelt personal stories intertwine with intricate acoustic fingerpicking, creating a unique and immersive experience for his audiences.
Jessie May is a fiddle-playing singer-songwriter from Armidale NSW, blending classical roots with a country-folk heart. For many years in Central Australia, she taught classroom music, developed her songwriting craft, performed with bands of many genres, hosted jams, formed a women’s choir, and recorded her debut EP ‘Petrichor’. Now based in Dubbo, she plays locally, and around the state, sharing raw, heartfelt songs about the people and places that shape her.
Formed in 2024 and hailing from Tamworth, Peel River Ramblers is made up of Travis, Chloe, Ethan, and Ben. Stitched together by a love of bluegrass, country, western, old-time, and everything-in-between music, their shows are lively and loose with songs full of stories. This year, they’ve performed at Tamworth Country Music Festival, with upcoming performances in Dubbo and Krambach, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, and closer-to-home appearances at Tamworth’s Hats Off To Country festival.
Regional Tours are supported by Create NSW and Sound NSW and are delivered in partnership with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) as part of Community Hubs. Community Hubs is a partnership program to build capacity for regional NSW community radio stations to engage with live music, develop sustainable partnerships with local music industry, and participate in touring programs. The initiative will support 10 stations across 5 regions through workshops, networking sessions, and hands-on experience with MusicNSW’s Regional Touring Program.
Get tour-ready with this playlist of all acts partaking in our 2026 Regional Tours.
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