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Tamworth is nationally famous as the " Country Music Capital of Australia ", annually hosting the Tamworth Country Music Festival in late January ; the second biggest country music festival in the world.

The city is recognised as the " National Equine Capital of Australia " because of the high volume of equine events held in the city and the construction of the world class Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre, the biggest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

The city additionally is known as the " First City of Lights ", being the first place in the Australia to use electric street lights.