Tamworth is Australia's most important place for country music. Every year the best country music is awarded the 'Golden Guitars' there. Not far outside Tamworth, at the Country Collection, you can see a 12 m (39 feet) tall replica of the award. At the Hands of Fame, country music stars are commemorated and the Noses of Fame at Tattersall's Hotel serves the same goal. There are four recording studios in Tamworth.

There are many hotels and restaurants in Tamworth. The town is in the New England region of New South Wales, 315 km north of Sydney and 505 km northeast of Canberra.