THE 2025 Tamworth Regional Heritage Festival, is underway and will continue until Sunday, May, 18.

This year, the festival will take place over a three-week period, allowing plenty of time for community members and visitors to immerse themselves in the Tamworth region’s rich heritage and history, said Tamworth Regional Council’s director liveable communities.

“Celebrating the region’s heritage is something we are very passionate about. We are pleased to have a range of events taking place as part of this, and some new events on this year’s calendar,” she said.

Tours of the Nundle Woollen Mill are part of the 2025 Tamworth Regional Heritage Festival.

While some events started from Sunday 26 April, others that will be happening over the next few weeks include:

Guided tours at the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame, including a free foyer exhibition talk with Kamilaroi man Len Waters, who will tell the stories of several prominent First Nations Country Music Artists;

Stationary John Fowler steam engines running at the Tamworth Powerstation Museum;

Stories from Tamworth’s cemeteries with local historian Mike Cashman at the Tamworth Library;

A range of open days with the Tamworth Film and Sound Archive, Manilla and Moonbi Museums, Family History Group, Nundle Courthouse Museum and Odgers and McClelland Exchange Store;

Unearthed Exhibition on display at the Tamworth Regional Gallery and a guided tour;

Daily tours at the Nundle Woollen Mill; and

Official reopening of the Gil Bennet Rocks, Gems and Minerals Collection that recently finished moving to its new home at the Council office in Nundle.

In alignment with the NSW Heritage Festival, the overall theme being explored this year is Unearthed.

Further information about the Heritage festival program can be found here Tamworth Regional Heritage Festival.