The Wolfe Brothers' Wolfefest to rock out St Helens, Forth

The inaugural Wolfefest events will be held at St Helens and Forth in January.

Lead singer Nick Wolfe was excited to bring the festival out to Northern Tasmanian crowds.

"We have decided to produce our own festival shows to kick off the new year and our intention is to do one or two Wolfefest events every year from now on," he said.

"The idea is to present Wolfefest at different locations each January, it will be a moving festival.

"We hope to build it to become a major event in years to come and we are very proud to announce the first two Wolfefest events will be in our home state of Tasmania in January 2020."

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The Wolfe Brothers have had a massive year. They raked in four Golden Guitars at the Australian Country Music Awards in January, a feat never before accomplished by a band in the awards' history.

The peak was taking home Album of the Year for their latest release, Country Heart.

Bassist Tom Wolfe said the festivals were the perfect way to get a start on what is expected to be a massive

"We are so pumped about the inaugural Wolfefest events," he said.

"There will be no better way to kick off every new year than presenting our own festival every January for many years to come.

"We hope to build it and make it bigger every year and create an event that people look forward to every January.

"We will be inviting artists that we really enjoy working with to join us at Wolfefest and hopefully in the future we will build the event to the point where we can invite some of our musical heroes to join us at Wolfefest."

Also on the lineup are The Bad Dad Orchestra, Jake Sinclair, and Natalie Pearson.

The Bad Dad Orchestra formed in 2015 and consists of nine dads.

The lineup consists of vocals, electric guitars, bass, drums, Hammond organ, and a three-piece horn section, and has been described as classic pub rock with a twist.

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Hailing from regional Victoria, Jake Sinclair discovered his love of music at six years old and it hasn't waned. He was a graduate of the Tamworth Country Music College in 2005, and his debut EP was released in 2017.

Rising country star Natalie Pearson is rapidly earning a reputation for her vocals and massive live performances.

She won hearts with her performance at Gympie in 2018, and also took out an Australian Independent Music Award for Best Country.

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