Photos: SIMON McCARTHY
RAIN did not deter thousands of Festival goers from celebrating the official opening and a soggy start to the Tamworth Country Music Festival on Friday night.
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There were lights, music and fireworks as Bicentennial Park was transformed into a country music mecca.
Organisers had earlier held their breath as mid-afternoon torrential rain took hold of city, leaving camping sites water logged and Peel St wanderers ducking for cover.
However there was some reprieve about 4pm on Friday when the rain subsided and the sky began to clear.
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