nzcountrymusicfest

MEDIA RELEASE December 9 th  2025 Tussock Country Bringing Ten Days of Talent to Southland Tussock Country Music Festival is set to return to Eastern Southland this May and the action packed 2026 line up has just been released. Now in its fifth year, the festival has grown again, with more than 80 events taking place across ten days from May 22nd, its biggest calendar yet. Next year’s festival welcomes a wave of new events, iconic names and fresh faces. Kiwi legends The Warratahs join the...

The announcement of sponsorship from Air New Zealand for the Tussock Country Music Festival is being greeted as a "major boon" for the event.

Country music enthusiasts, musicians and other festival-goers have rolled into Gore for its country music festival, and so too have its volunteers.