The 50th anniversary event is still expected to go ahead, but GPs and organisers say the 'timing couldn't be worse'.
Organisers of Tamworth's Country Music Festival say they're hopeful the milestone event can still go ahead, despite New South Wales Government's latest COVID modelling.The spike coincides with Tamworth's Country Music Festival 50th anniversary, attracting hundreds of thousands peopleMinister for Health Brad HazzardAlthough this has been labelled asTamworth's Country Music Festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary on January 14, 2022, with a 10-day event.
"It's timing couldn't be worse, at the same time that the state government's relaxed most of the restrictions applied to venues," festival manager Barry Harley said."The reality of the situation is whatever the health orders are of the day, we and the venues obviously will comply." The famous cavalcade through Tamworth's main street has changed to a static event due to COVID-19, the second time since the 1980s."The serious side of the festival is it injects somewhere up to $70 million in the economy and in 2021 we took that away, and we have a community that is $70 million less already.""We'd like to be risks adverse, but given the latest easing of restrictions, we like to think it's still going ahead.
"For those who are vulnerable it may be important for them to take some personal responsibility and be careful in what they do."Dr May said if the modelling comes to fruition, it would place significant pressure on the health system in the New England North West region.
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