WHITTLESEA’S Country Music Festival electrified punters on Saturday, who got to see acts as hot as the muggy conditions at AF Walker Reserve.The twilight concert brought some of the best country music performers, both nationally and locally, to the town across the weekend.On Friday night, the festival was officially opened by Tilly Rose at the Whittlesea Bowls Club, while...
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