Boyup Brook Country Music Festival packs the small town with unparalleled country music talent.

WA’s country music capital was the place to be last weekend with bootscootin’, crazy cars and country music taking over the town.

The Boyup Brook Country Music Festival rolled in on Thursday, with dance workshops and songwriting courses keeping the early arrivals entertained.

The festival fully got into gear on Saturday morning with the country music awards kicking off the celebrations.

Boyup Brook Country Music Club president Jason Forsyth said this year’s line-up was fantastic, having an excellent mix of established and emerging artists.

“It’s really important for our emerging artists to play to such a large audience,” he said.

Mr Forsyth also paid recognition to the efforts of the club’s committee for helping arrange the event.

“This amazing festival wouldn’t be possible without the tireless efforts of our incredible committee who volunteer many hours in the year to make this happen,” he said.

Traveling to the festival from Pemberton Terrie Clifford and Collette Kowald were a constant sight on the festival’s dance floor.

“There is all the dancing we can do here,” Ms Clifford said.

Gaile Beattie and Mike Cherry said they make their way to the festival yearly, and loved the music of JoKeria.

“Even in the heat we wanted to get up and dance,” Ms Beattie said.

For some the festival was an excuse to meet new people.

Michelle Kennedy-Baxter said she only recently moved to Boyup Brook and wanted to know the community. She was thrilled when the festivals ‘hat cam’ turned on her.

For her enthusiasm and dancing skills Ms Kennedy-Baxter won a stack of signed CDs.

“The festival is really good, I’m loving it,” she said.

Testing their own musical talent Beavan Jones and Caroline Gaffney spent their morning busking for the community before enjoying the concert in full swing.

Beyond the sea of portable chairs, comfortable cowboys and bootscootin’ parties sat the truck and ute muster yard.

Packed with a litany of flamboyant cars and the roars of V8 engines, people mingled admiring the machines.

As the concert kicked off the yard was electric with the crackle of whips, as cowpoke practiced and competed against each other to show off their whip skills.

As the night went on, the yard was flooded by the mist of a water truck as party goes dashed under the refreshing spray.

Separate from other years, the festival gave out the Western Australian County Music Awards early in the afternoon.

Country music video clip of the year award winner Lynn Hazelton said it was an amazing surprise after returning from other festivals overseas.

“Everyone just got behind me and I just feel elated, it’s really cool,” she said.

Kicking off the music after the opening ceremony was Allan Caswell, who got the crowd into a humble guffaw with his mix of children songs and edgy music.

Following him was JoKeria, whose upbeat tunes filled the dancefloor despite the intense summer heat.

As the sun started to set, Dianne Lindsay and Peter Simpson took to the stage.

Ms Lindsay said Boyup Brook was a great festival.

“We’ve had a wonderful time here, everyone’s been so friendly, with great artists and a good vibe,” she said.

Following them was Brandon Poletti and the Eagleton Brothers who packed the dancefloor as the afternoon breeze drifted in.

Mr Poletti said they had a great time playing at the festival.

“We played at a few different festivals, and this is by far our favourite one that we do,” he said.

As darkness fell, the crowd continued to grow and Helen Townsend and The Wayward Hearts played for a packed park.

Following her was Troy Cassar-Daley and Bunbury’s own Codee-Lee.

Closing the festival was the winner of the people’s choice award for 2024, Jonny Reid, who played for a transfixed crowd until 12am.

The festival wrapped up on Sunday with several more performances throughout the day.