There are many options to getting around town during the Festival but some are better than others. There are options for Buses, car hire, bicycling and walking.
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Buses
There are regular buses (with additional stops, keep an eye out for the temporary signs) which can get you from wherever you are staying to gigs around town.
Over the 10-days the Festival Express bus service runs. It’s $10 a day or $35 for 10 days for all the rides you want (to all Tamworth venues, most accommodation and even out to Nundle). It will run from Friday January 19 to Sunday January 28. Wrist bands will be available from festival express ticket booth on the corner or Peel and Brisbane Streets, or any bus driver. It’s so popular even the locals stump up for the festival bus pass - it’s the quickest way to get around
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Taxis
Taxis (and by festival our local equivalent of Uber) will be up and running.
You can all for one too. Tamworth Taxi's phone: (02) 6766 1111.
Taxi ranks can be found throughout the CBD on Brisbane Street, Marius Street and Peel Street.
Walking
It’ll be hot, so walking great distances probably isn’t ideal but if you’re fleet of foot you can reach most gigs in town within 10-15 minutes. Much of it under the shade of the big verandahs and trees down Peel St.
TRECC and AELEC are probably an hour or more from the CBD on foot.
Cars
You’re unlikely to strike a traffic jam, even with 50,000 more people in town, but it can take a while to get around. And the parking might be a little light on.
There are also venues within a 20 minute drive of the CBD and those further afield such as Nundle and Manilla are going to take you up to an hour, so plan ahead.
The good thing is if you head out of town, there are plenty of other sites you can see along the way. Check out our Other Things To Do list. (Coming soon)
Car Hire
You’ll find all the major hire companies at Tamworth.
Thrifty Car & Truck Rental Tamworth
- 22, Bridge St, Tamworth
- (02) 6765 3699
- Hertz Tamworth
- 9 Denison Street
- 02-67625545
Budget Car and Truck Rental Tamworth
- 1 Wilkinson St, Westdale
- 0477 008 606
Avis Tamworth Car and Truck Hire
- 1 Wilkinson St, Tamworth
- (02) 6765 2000
Europcar Tamworth
- 75 Plain Street, Tamworth
- (02) 6578 8744
Bike hire
The Broken Spoke - 4 bikes to hire
Unit 4 /, 186 Marius St, Tamworth
(02) 6766 9557
Local Bicycle Paths
A variety of bicycle paths run throughout the various parts of Tamworth. You can find a map here.