CENTRAL COAST busking duo Denim (aka Mitchi Renegen and Meagan Jane) has been named the 14th Australian National Busking Champions.
The award to the acoustic/folk/rock/country duo was made following a day of tough competition at the Australian National Busking Championships two day-three night busking and music festival in the Snowy Mountains town of Cooma, NSW, at the weekend (November 15-16).
ANBC founder and president Alan Spencer congratulated the duo and said the event was “the best yet”. “We had more entrants, we had big crowds on both days, amazing support from the local community providing over $14,000 prizemoney and prizes and the music community and great work from many volunteers,” he said.
Celebrity judges Kerrie Gambley (Haystack Mountain Hermits), John Littrich (The Water Runners) and Kyle Kash (Tamworth Busking Coordinator) said they had had a tough day judging “an amazing array of talent” and were impressed at the wide variety of genres and talents on display in Cooma’s streets during the festival.
Runners up in the Open division were Perth ukulele comedian Tomas Ford (Woody Campfire) and country artist Amanda Heartsong. Woody Campfire won his way into the national grand final with a win in the Cooma heat the previous day, impressing the judges with his wicked comedy and high energy off the stage antics.
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Winners at the national grand final of the Australian National Busking Championships in Cooma, with founder Allan Spencer
2025 Australian National Busking Champions Denim (Meagan Jane)
2025 Australian National Busking Champions Denim (Mitchi Renegen)