In one day, thirty music acts at 15 businesses will create the largest community festival Shellharbour City Council has every produced.
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The Shellharbour Live and Local Music Festival will be held on June 22 as part of the council's 160th birthday celebration.
The milestone marks the proclamation of Shellharbour as a local government area.
Council will host events from June 14 to 22 across various locations in the city.
The event program includes free walking tours in Albion Park, a museum exhibition at Shellharbour Civic Centre which includes the first mayoral chair and robes, a community public art exhibition with dioramas made by school students, workshops and more.
The music festival will include a line up of artists from the area including Dear Violet, Nick Rheinberger, Kay Proudlove as well many new and emerging artists.
Many of the artists will perform for the first time on the day.
The musicians will perform inside and outside businesses in Shellharbour village with local designers, artists, and event crew coming together to create a vibrant celebration in the village's shops, restaurants, cafes and bars.
Mayor Marianne Saliba said the birthday party would recognise the city's rich historical past and its vibrant exciting future.
"This is such a significant milestone for Shellharbour," she said.
"We have a wealth of historic sites, people and industry that paved the way for the city we now have today."
Kay Proudlove said she was looking forward to performing, especially alongside emerging musicians, and was appreciated the council supporting young artists.
"It will be great to play with a bunch of my musician friends at the event," she said. "I'm keen to hear the emerging artists to see what talent is coming next.
"The council is utilising the village which means the performances will be accessible to people here rather than them having to pay high ticket prices or travelling to Sydney.
"I was like playing locally."
Cass and Co business owner Cassandra Bradley said she also appreciated the council encouraging residents and visitors to go to the village for the festival because it could be a "ghost town" at this time of year.
"It is great the council is supporting local artists and businesses," she said.
Cr Saliba said the music festival was a wonderful example of how the city was embracing the future and creating opportunities for young musicians.
"Music and entertainment are one of the best ways we can celebrate a milestone and it creates a party vibe," she said.
"Council's birthday belongs to the community and is recognition of the who we are as people, why we love the city and I hope everyone comes out to celebrate."
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