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Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville
A week-long chamber music festival held each July into August in Townsville, North Queensland, drawing internationally recognised musicians for concerts across the city's cultural venues. The program mixes core chamber repertoire with contemporary and Australian works, giving this regional city an outsized presence on the national classical music calendar.
Townsville hosts one of Australia's most respected classical music events each year in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, drawing internationally recognised musicians to North Queensland for roughly a week of concerts across venues including the Townsville Civic Theatre and other cultural spaces in the city.