THOUSANDS of country music lovers, kitted with paper fans, have braved the stifling heat to see Adam Brand and Melinda Schneider open this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Festival organisers are expecting more than 50,000 visitors to pack out more than 80 venues thought Tamworth between January 18 and 27, with thousands taking up camping spots on the banks of the Peel River.
The festival visitors will double the city's normal population.
The opening event, an open air concert in Bicentential Park, included performances from Aussie country music stars Adam Brand and Melinda Schneider while international acts Craig Campbell and Elizabeth Cook also entertained the crowd.
Schneider, whose five-month-old baby was supporting mum backstage, told AAP Tamworth was the highlight of a country musician's calendar.
"There's nothing like Tamworth anywhere in the world," she said at the opening concert.
"It's where it started and where it continues to produce amazing new talent and stays loyal to all of us who've been in it for a long time.
"The fans of country music are just so lovely, it's great to see them every year."
The 41-year-old former Dancing With The Stars contestant and first time mum said having her son with her at the festival was "so special."
"He's inspired some songs," she said. "Just every day the joy that comes into your life having a baby is amazing."
US-born country artist Elizabeth Cook, who is in Australia for the first time and performs alongside former Midnight Oil member Bones Hillman, said Tamworth had already impressed her in just 24 hours.
"It's a really fun fun vibe," she said.
More than 800 artists will make the annual pilgrimage to Tamworth to put on 4000 performances at more than 2000 events across the 10 days.
Some of those artists are country music stars Beccy Cole, Troy Cassar-Daley, The McClymonts and John Williamson.
Tamworth Country Music festival's most keen have been camping out for weeks to secure prime camping positions.
With temperatures hitting 40C on day one, Tamworth's local pool played host to hundreds of festivalgoers looking to cool off.
Makeshift Akubra stores were erected and starting to sell the iconic hats synonymous with country music.
More than 600 buskers will line-up along Peel Street, a strip often credited for launching the careers of Kasey Chambers and Keith Urban.
This year, festivalgoers can rub shoulders with their favourite country music artists in the newly created Fanzine, an air conditioned marquee where artists will be able to meet and greet fans.
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