Wollongong's last record store, Music Farmers, turns 15

Glen Humphries
Updated August 17 2020 - 3:58pm, first published December 6 2019 - 2:30pm
Birthday: Music Farmers co-owners Jeb Taylor (left) and Nick Irwin at the Keira Street store Picture: Robert Peet
Birthday: Music Farmers co-owners Jeb Taylor (left) and Nick Irwin at the Keira Street store Picture: Robert Peet

While other Wollongong record stores have fallen by the wayside, Music Farmers is celebrating 15 years of turning people onto new sounds and inspiring them to do their own thing.

Back in 2004, if you were placing bets as to which record store in the Wollongong CBD would be the only one left standing today, you probably wouldn't be putting your money on Music Farmers.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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