Gympie Muster
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The Gympie Music Muster is an Australia
n country music
festival held in Gympie
, Queensland
. It was started as a community fundraiser in 1982 and has grown to a six-day festival attracting musicians from Australia and elsewhere. The 2011 Gympie Muster attracted a crowd of 60,000.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
festival held in Gympie
Gympie
Gympie may refer to:* Gympie, a city in Queensland, Australia** Gympie Airport** Electoral district of Gympie** Gympie Region, its local government authority* Gympie Gympie , a stinging plant...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. It was started as a community fundraiser in 1982 and has grown to a six-day festival attracting musicians from Australia and elsewhere. The 2011 Gympie Muster attracted a crowd of 60,000.