Opened 1999 Owner Tamworth Regional Council | Capacity 5,100 | |
Location Greg Norman Drive, Tamworth, New South Wales 2340 Operator Tamworth Regional Council Address Hillvue NSW 2340, Australia Similar Wade Park, Little Llangothlin Nature R, Beardy Waters, Tamworth Country Music Fe, Australian Equine and Livestock | ||
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Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre is an Australian arena, located approximately 5 km south of the Tamworth Central Business District, in the suburb of Hillvue. It is a multi-purpose centre, with a capacity of 5,100 and is the biggest of its kind, outside the NSW and south-east Queensland metropolitan areas.
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Centre uses
Its biggest event, each year, is the CMAAs, The Country Music Awards of Australia, held in January, during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Other uses for the centre include:
Centre history
The construction of a large event centre capable of housing a variety of functions on a year-round basis and providing a facility capable of hosting Award ceremonies and concerts associated with the Annual Tamworth Country Music Festival has been on the “drawing boards” in Tamworth for at least 20 years.
Tamworth City Council has decided to construct the Tamworth Regional Exhibition Centre as community owned asset.
The Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre has been designed to provide a venue suitable for the staging of multiplicity of large major events, including indoor sports events of an international standard.
Concerts and events
Artists that have performed at TREC include Bob Dylan, Cold Chisel, The Seekers, Leo Sayer, Silverchair, Powderfinger & Missy Higgins, among others.
Australian bands Silverchair & Powderfinger played at the Centre, on 4 September 2007, during their Across the Great Divide Tour, in front of a crowd of 4,500 people.
Other events
- 2008 Young Drivers Expo
- Arrive alive Eastern University Games
- Australian Idol
- Capers School Specatucular
- Catholic Schools Celebrate…
- Case IH Product Launch
- Cold Chisel
- Concert of the Century
- Country Energy – Conference
- Doobie Bros
- Drums Tao – Unrivalled Drumming Sepctacular
- Dwight Yoakam
- Energy Safety Solutions Exhibition & Competition
- Food Services Industry & Exhibition
- Jayco Australia/CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia
- Jehovah Witness Annual Convention
- Leo Sayer
- Local Government Stores Suppliers Exhibition
- Longway to the Top
- Livestock & Bulk Carriers Association – Conference & Exhibition
- Hats Off to Slim Dusty
- Harlem Gospel Choir
- Home & Leisure Shows
- Annual Jehovah's Witness District Convention
- Namoi Landcare Forum
- National MG Car Club Rally
- National View Club Conference
- North West Dance Festival
- NSW Country Gymnastics Championships
- Pink Floyd Tribute
- Rotary District Conference & Dinner
- Rural Critical Care Conference
- School Presentations & Formals
- Shell Rimula Rig of the Year
- Silverchair & Powerfinger Tour
- 75th Anniversary Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concert
- The Seekers
- Toyota Country Theatre featuring Troy Cassar-Daley, Sara Storer, John Williamson, Melinda Schnieder, Colin Buchanan, Adam Brand, Gina Jeffreys and more!
- Tamworth & District Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Awards
- Thirty Merc
- Uniting Church Synod Conference & Dinner
- Westpac Helicopter Annual Ball & Auction
- Willie Nelson In Concert