Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre (TRECC)
Greg Norman Drive, 2340 Tamworth
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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.
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:
Concerts
Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Product Launches
Educational exhibitions
Markets/Fairs
Major event Dinners/Functions
Conferences
Indoor sporting events
Community events
Charity events
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.
