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In February it was revealed that the music icon would perform at A Day On The Green at All Saints Estate next month in his global Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.
In the biggest musical coup for the Border and North East, Sir Elton will showcase his career at Wahgunyah on January 29 as part of his 15-date Australian tour.
The All Saints stopover will be one of three A Day On The Green performances by the man who was crowned by Billboard as the most successful performing male solo artist of all time.
The news came just ahead of the 17th staging of A Day On The Green at All Saints Estate at Wahgunyah in February, when it was headlined by Missy Higgins and John Butler.
It was the first time the duo had toured together since the early 2000s.
The Border live music scene sizzled in March when the Red Hot Summer Series 2 returned to Gateway Lakes in Wodonga.
American rock star Suzi Quatro was joined in the lineup by The Angels, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets, Moving Pictures and Chocolate Starfish.
Crowds were keen to catch Baby Animals vocalist Suze DeMarchi, who had to cancel last-minute in the 2018 tour after a family emergency.
The Border's own home-spun 10-piece indie band The Northern Folk continued to make its mark in 2019.
Two years since moving to Melbourne and making their last album, The Northern Folk released their much-anticipated third album, Watermark, at The Cube Wodonga.
Border theatre underwent a revolution in March when a new theatre company began to raise money for the charitable work by Albury Wodonga Community Chest.
Still along revolutionary lines, HotHouse Theatre presented State Theatre Company South Australia's outstanding adaptation of Animal Farm at The Butter Factory in Wodonga in May.
South Australian actor Dale March expertly breathed life into myriad characters that inhabited Manor Farm and post-revolution, Animal Farm.
This one-man show was a theatrical highlight in what was another extraordinary HotHouse season.
Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company took on the widely-celebrated Kinky Boots in May with Albury's Mali McKie and Wagga's Abu Kebe.
It was McKie's first major role since Les Miserables.
With 37 Golden Guitars, four ARIAs and 38 number one chart hits, Kernaghan hit Albury in June as part of the 41-date tour.
Featuring 50 children aged eight to 18, it also recruited Border radio personalities Matt Griffith and Riley-Rose Harper as camp leaders.
Conway and her partner in life and song Willy Zygier were celebrating their 10th studio album The Words of Men and the 25th anniversary of their first musical collaboration Bitch Epic, featuring the top-charting single Alive & Brilliant.
Australian Idol runner-up Anthony Callea brought his Unplugged and Unfiltered show to Albury in July.
The Melbourne singer showcased seven albums from his 15-year career.
Im represented Australia at The Eurovision Song Contest 2016, when she placed second performing in front of an audience of 200 million with her international smash, Sound of Silence.
Revolution Theatre Productions put on its first show at Albury Entertainment Centre in September as Jesus Christ Superstar returned to the Border stage.
Hot on its heels in Albury, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company backed up with Mamma Mia!
Having sold out her first Wodonga gig in 10 minutes, ARIA award-winning Australian indie pop songstress Amy Shark put on a second show in late October.
Shark saved her hit single I Said Hi to last, for which we were all glad she did!
During October, the Blood Moon Tour was announced as part of A Day on The Green bill at All Saints Estate on January 7, 2020. Cold Chisel will be joined by Birds of Tokyo and Magic Dirt.
