Grab all your festival information from 6am with the award-winning Jon Wolfe on Toyota Festival FM 106.1, then get out and get into it with Fibber's 'Ave a Go Show at the Courthouse Hotel from 8am.

To see Amber Lawrence in acoustic, fundraising mode, get to Addimi at 9am. Or, if you'd rather strip the willow, get to the Giant Bush Dance with the Bushwackers in Bicentennial (Toyota) Park.

That will keep you occupied for a while.

Or, if you prefer airconditioning, at 10am the 11th annual Golden Fiddle Show is at the Capitol Theatre.

My pick for today is Pat Drummond and Friends at the Longyard Hotel at 11am, though.

Grab some lunch while you're there and hang around for the Hillbilly Goats on the front deck from 1.30pm.

At 2pm, the John Deer Band, all the way from Austria, are at Toyota Park, so check them out.

The Shine Showcase is on again with Carter & Carter, featuring the top young talent around.

For something a little laidback, but with some fast picking, Karen Lynne's Bluegrass Circle is at the Tamworth Community Centre at 2.30pm.

If you want to get outta town for a while, my pick would be the Harmonators, Sally-Anne Whitten and the Rumour Mill unplugged at The DAG Sheep Station, Nundle, at 3pm.

I am loving Roovelution at the moment, so at 4pm get to Bob Corbett at The Pub, and at 6.30pm Sam Hawksley and Band play at the Tamworth Hotel outdoor garden.

Rocking the Imperial Hotel at 7pm is the Viper Creek Band, and Country Music Cares at the Tamworth Town Hall at 7.30pm, or you can get your tickets and head to Paul Kelly with his Merri Soul Sessions at TRECC.

I'll be at the James Blundell single launch at the Courthouse Hotel rear stage from 8pm.

Others may choose to party at the Coyote Ugly Bat at Wests' Diggers, or, at 10.30pm, catch Trainwreck Trio and the Kings of Trash, because the name is fantastic.

They're playing at the Tamworth Services Club.