Muswellbrook Shire will enjoy a half-day public holiday on Tuesday, 4 November, to cap an unprecedented series of events to wine, dine and thrill visitors and locals in their thousands.

Muswellbrook Shire Council can confirm NSW Minister for Industrial Relations, the Hon. Sophie Cotsis MP, has endorsed a local public holiday from midday to 6pm on the first Tuesday in November, capping a mammoth five days for the Shire, beginning with the Blue Heeler Film Festival opening night in Denman.