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MEDIA RELEASE: Australia’s best buskers on the road to Cooma for $12k national grand finals
November 24 2024 ANBC national grand final at a glance: Australia’s top buskers will play four, 30-minute sets at busking stations around the Cooma CBD from 10am-2.30pm with the presentation on the stage in Centennial Park at 3pm. Members of the public can buy tokens...
MEDIA RELEASE: Australian National Busking Championships develops links with Tamworth Country Music Festival: top judge and Masters awards announced
May 1 2025 COOMA's Australian National Busking Championships has produced many musicians who have gone on to great things, including Felicity Kirchner who won the Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this year. Now, the ANBC has made a...
MEDIA RELEASE: ANBC announces local ambassador for Gympie Muster
June 27 2025 COOMA’S Australian National Busking Championships (ANBC) has announced a local emerging musician as its 2025 Ambassador. Berridale singer/songwriter Gabi Forman, 19, will represent the ANBC at the prestigious Gympie Music Muster in Queensland in August...
The Winners_2025 ANBC Central Coast_The Entrance
Congratulations to the winners! Denim Duo, Maverick Leslie-Fitch, Hunter Harding have qualified for the 2025 ANBC National Grand Final to be held on Sunday 16 November 2025 in Cooma NSW. These performers have also been invited to compete in the Grand Final:...
MEDIA RELEASE: Entries open for Cooma’s double-up 2025 Australian National Busking Championships
RELEASE DATE: Sept 29 2025 ENTRIES have opened for the final heat and grand final of the Australian National Busking Championships, with an unprecedented prize pool of $14,000 cash up for grabs. The not-for-profit ANBC is seeking musicians and performers of all...
2025 Cooma Heat & ANBC National Grand Final
Sponsorship Opportunities for the 2025 ANBC National Grand Final
It's all happening on the weekend of 15-16 November in Cooma NSW! Check out these sponsorship opportunities.
Putting Busking On The Front Page
One of our aims is to raise the profile busking and street performance.
The Winners_2025 ANBC Busking Kilmore
The Winners Are_2025 Braddon Busking Festival
Congratulations to all the wonderful buskers and organisers of the 2025 Braddon Busking Festival - the ACT Regional Heat of the Australian National Busking Championships. The winners are: 🏆Open First Jonathan Mettes $1,000 donated by SpaceLab & $150 Better Music...
Results_2025 ANBC Stanthorpe Busking Championships
Busking Kilmore 2025
Busking Kilmore 2025 will be on Saturday 12 April 2025. This popular event, facilitated by the Southern Mitchell Rotary Club, is part of the Australian National Busking Championships or ANBC. The ANBC is a network of busking competitions (or heats) that are held each...
2024 ANBC Grand Final – Photos
Here's a great video of highlights of the day - click here.
2024 ANBC Grand Final – The Winners…
The 2024 ANBC Grand Final was a great success. Despite the rain, the buskers, the community stage performers, the volunteers, the spectators, the businesses and organizers all had a fabulous day. Click here for more photos. Click here for our YouTube Channel. Here's a...
Winners-2024 ANBC Bombala
2024 ANBC Grand Final
The main features of this year's Australian National Busking Championships - Grand Final: ️Top buskers from around Australia compete for generous cash prizes & awards. ️Welcome party on Friday Night 29 November, 6pm at the Alpine Hotel Cooma hosted by the fabulous...