Hundreds of people responsible for making the giant Tamworth Country Music Festival the success it is today will come together to celebrate their efforts at a special party next Sunday.

The 40 Festivals Party will bring together those people who played crucial roles in the earliest days of the annual festival as well as the many who continued to build the event to become one of the top 10 music festivals in the world.

Fittingly, the party will be held in the historic Tamworth Town Hall where the first Golden Guitar Awards were staged in January 1973. Although there had been plenty of country music happening in and around Tamworth prior to 1973, it is generally accepted that it was the staging of the Awards that created the first festival event.

Although the word has been spread far and wide, and hundreds of people have already registered to attend the Party, organisers are issuing a final call today in an effort to catch people in Tamworth for the Festival who have not heard about the event.

Patrons of the event are the first lady of Australian Country Music Joy McKean, Country Music Capital Founders John Minson and Eric Scott and Tamworth Regional Council Mayor Col Murray.

Anyone intending to attend who has not already registered can do so at the website http://www.40festivalsparty.com or telephone Deniese Morrison on 02 6767 5581 or 0407 276 934 or Bob Kirchner on 0419 998 386.