TAMWORTH residents and visitors alike turned up in their thousands for the country music festival cavalcade this morning.
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The annual star studded parade featured the usual crowd; from big name country acts like Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and Beccy Cole to local community, charity and business groups.
About 90 floats, cars, trucks - and even a few horse drawn carts - carried them along Peel St, in Tamworth's CBD.
The cavalcade is always held on the final Saturday of the ten day festival, which officially wraps up tomorrow.
It just happened to coincide with Australia Day and parade participants were happy to show their Aussie pride with country tunes and Aussie flags and green and gold adorning their rides.
The annual star studded parade featured the usual crowd; from big name country acts like Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and Beccy Cole to local community, charity and business groups.
About 90 floats, cars, trucks - and even a few horse drawn carts - carried them along Peel St, in Tamworth's CBD.
The cavalcade is always held on the final Saturday of the ten day festival, which officially wraps up tomorrow.
It just happened to coincide with Australia Day and parade participants were happy to show their Aussie pride with country tunes and Aussie flags and green and gold adorning their rides.
The annual star studded parade featured the usual crowd; from big name country acts like Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and Beccy Cole to local community, charity and business groups.
About 90 floats, cars, trucks - and even a few horse drawn carts - carried them along Peel St, in Tamworth's CBD.
The cavalcade is always held on the final Saturday of the ten day festival, which officially wraps up tomorrow.
It just happened to coincide with Australia Day and parade participants were happy to show their Aussie pride with country tunes and Aussie flags and green and gold adorning their rides.
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![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB06 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB06](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/02a90ae0-cce6-4653-9d09-9603b2fa9925.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB06 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB06](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/d2c2506f-2e9e-4628-a562-483b79a10a9e.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB26 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB26](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/7877e1b0-569c-4798-a831-0cb07aecaa23.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB32 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB32](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/d6017d20-eef1-43ac-bc34-a130ee5380ef.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB68 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB68](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/9db53acb-73a8-4a05-979a-f88ff2ced7d6.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB103 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Paul Mathews 260112PMB103](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/34acbe9f-eb86-49a6-b225-8d5cf5989e43.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Barry Smith 260112BSA005 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Photo:Barry Smith 260112BSA005](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/42398b32-bf8a-4e0b-bafc-4b22dbaff078.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
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![The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Barry Smith 260112BSA026 The fans were out in force to watch their music idols parade down Peel St in the city's annual Country Music cavalcade. Photo:Barry Smith 260112BSA026](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/storypad-v2CS7EADUXATFc4uVq3VgX/1ef09e9b-0d3c-428d-b3c8-c3db98153546.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
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