Hottest Australian Artists Sign Up for the 2010 Urban Country Music Festival
The Urban Country Music Festival, to be held at Caboolture on the northern part of Brisbane, Australia is a four-day festival revolving around concerts and events dedicated to country songs and country lifestyle. With 11 musical stages and 15 free events, this festival is guaranteed to give attendees a rollicking good time through the concerts featuring the best of country music and events, exhibition booths, and markets featuring related activities and other merchandise. This event will be held from April 3- May 10, 2010. 
The festival is set to start with an inaugural Burbs ‘n Bush Party wherein people of all ages can come on down to the Town Square and help open the festival with free concert featuring a great line up of country music artists followed by fireworks display at 7:30 in the evening. This shall kick off the four-day festival featuring events such as the Songwriters Cafe, theBush Poets B’fast, the talent search, the Beaut Ute Show, the Urban Blaze Concert, the Bush Balladeers program, the Farewell Concert, and many more. Of course, the highlight of the festival will be the Main Concert on Saturday which will feature the best country stars in Australia for eight hours of non-stop country music.
Already, the list of artists set to perform for the main concert includes the best of what Australia has to offer. Headlining the event will be Troy Cassar-Daley and John Williamson who will be joined onstage by fellow Australian country music luminaries, Harmony James, Kasey Chambers, Amber Lawrence and Beccy Cole, to name a few.
Troy Cassar-Daley is well known throughout the Australian country music scene for his critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums including his most recent effort, “I Love This Place,” which was released last April. Cassar-Daley is currently touring sold-out venues around Australia in support of this album. He has 14 Golden Guitars and three ARIAs to accompany his wildly successful tour dates. Fellow headliner John Williamson is best known for his timeless tunes such as ‘‘Raining on the Rock,” “Mallee Boy,” “True Blue,” “Rip Rip Woodchip,” and “Cootamundra Wattle.” Throughout his illustrious career, Williamson has won Golden Guitars and other prestigious awards.
Meanwhile, the lady musicians will be ably represented by Harmony James and Amber Lawrence. James is the singer behind the two hit singles, “Somebody Stole My Horse” and “Tailwind,” which was the first Australian song ever to win the country category of the International Songwriting Competition. This year, Harmony released her first full-length studio album, also entitled “Tailwind.” On the other hand, Amber Lawrence is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has performed at all the major festivals across Australia. She recently won Song of the Year at the Australian Independent Country Music Awards for the single “The Mile.”
If you would like to watch these artists perform live, you may purchase tickets sold at $26.90 – $54.90 (Early Bird); $29.90 – $64.90 (Standard); and $35.00 – $70.00 (Sold at the gate). To purchase the tickets and view other event details, you may visit the country music blog http://www.urbancountry.com.au/
