Music Tours Sightseeing by day — Music by night! Tours planned for 2009/2010 include a fabulous NEW Music Cruise to New Zealand in 2010 (see below) Music Tour of Outback Queensland 2009. 15 day tour from Saturday 18th July 2009 - Saturday 1st August 2009. Sydney, Tamworth (including "Hats Off to Country Festival), Bourke, Charleville, Barcaldine, Longreach, Winton, Mount Isa, Lawn Hill, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cobbold Gorge, Undara, Cairns Music Tour of Ireland (& Edinburgh Tattoo) 2009. 18 Day Cruise and Tour from Wednesday 20th August - Wednesday 10th September. Edinburgh, Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Galway, Westport, Donegal, Derry, Omagh, Belfast. New Music Tour — Cruise of New Zealand February 2010 on Princess Line — Sun Princess. 14 Day/13 Night Cruise on the luxurious Princess Line cruiser Sun Princess departing from Sydney on Thursday 18th February to Thursday 4rd March 2010. Exclusive, private on-board concerts featuring Adam Harvey, Wayne Horsburgh, Laura Downing, The Howie Brothers, Hamilton County Bluegrass Band and The Chaps as well as private concerts in New Zealand. Sightseeing tours of Bay of Islands, Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin are included. To find out more about a particular tour, click on the tour title above or the relevant tour 'icon' at the left hand side of your screen. John Howie's Music Tours have been operating successfully since 1995. The tours are high quality sightseeing tours with a focus on music, especially in the evenings. The main idea, with the music, is to see and hear the local musicians. Performances range from major international shows, such as the Edinburgh Tattoo and the Grand Ole Opry, to performances in pubs and concert halls. John also involves his tour groups in lots of informal, fun-filled music making; i.e., singing on the coach, bush poetry nights, informal evening sing-a-longs, and dancing. However, you do not have to be a musician, or be particularly interested in music, to enjoy John's tours; they are fabulous sightseeing tours.......the music is a bonus! Accommodation for the tours is generally in centrally located 3 star (or better) hotels. Since 1998 John has been running the tours in partnership with Travelrite International Pty Ltd, a Melbourne based company with particular expertise in special interest tours. Travelrite has been organising special interest tours for almost 30 years. What People Have Said About Recent Tours Music Tours: a mighty way to see the world!   Music Tours <America> <Scotland/Ireland> <Outback Australia> <New Zealand> <Europe> <home> <About JH> <Mailing List> <Contacts> <Links> © John Howie 2009 website design by curlis-gibson design upgraded by Frank Newstead June 2009