ABOUT OUR AWARDS

This year will be our 37th NZ Sun City Country Music Awards! We were so pleased with our 2023 competition and we are gearing up to make 2024 the best yet.

An exciting addition to our awards this year is our affiliation with the New Zealand Country Music Association, allowing our overall winners of each age group to compete at the NZCMA Entertainer of the Year competition in 2025!

We hold our competition in Club Waimea which is located in Richmond, Nelson. It has a large carpark and plenty of accommodation available in the area. The Nelson Country Music Club holds their fortnightly club nights at Club Waimea so we are grateful to be able to use the facility. There is food and drink available all weekend also.

On Friday, we have a registration evening followed by a Country Showcase which features our judges for the weekend. Auditions then begin Saturday morning, with a Rock 'n' Roll section and social evening Saturday night, and continues on Sunday morning. The judges select their finalists in each section which then go on to compete in the Finals Showcase. We also have a Veteran Finals Showcase on the Sunday afternoon which features some special guests.

EVENT PROGRAMME

25 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

07:30:PM - 10:30:PM

TBA

Country Showcase ft. our fantastic judges for the weekend

25 Oct 2024

Club Waimea Foyer

02:00:PM - 07:30:PM

Free

Registrations & Programme Sales

26 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

08:00:AM - 05:00:PM

Door charges apply

Auditions

26 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

07:00:PM - 10:30:PM

Door charges apply

Country Rock section auditions (all age groups)

27 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

06:30:PM - 11:30:PM

Door charges apply

Finals Showcase ft. finalists selected by our judges from each section over the weekend

27 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

02:30:PM - 04:00:PM

Door charges apply

Veteran Finals Showcase ft. the top veteran performers from each section over the weekend selected by our judges

27 Oct 2024

Club Waimea

08:00:AM - 02:00:PM

Door charges apply

Auditions

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