Former resident Dave McCarthy is calling on the district’s youth and music fans to get involved to bring the triple J One Night Stand concert to Cootamundra.

The ABC’s youth radio station brings the One Night Stand, a free concert, to a regional location around Australia each year.

Triple J last brought the event to the region in 2007 at Cowra – Mr McCarthy said two full buses of music fans travelled from Cootamundra for the event.

“Accessibility to the arts is something that’s really important and I would love for young people across the Riverina to have the opportunity to experience something like triple J’s One Night Stand,” Mr McCarthy said.

“It’s an experience you don’t get out in the regions and places with a small population,” he said.

Festivals like One Night Stand and Groovin’ The Moo, which originally started in Narrandera, were a huge boost to the towns which hosted them.

“[Groovin’ the Moo] showed that Narrandera was more than a weird name on a map,” Mr McCarthy said.

Mr McCarthy said getting involved was simple.

“People need to jump on Facebook, jump on Twitter or Instagram any social media they have and comment on triple J’s posts to bring the One Night Stand to Cootamundra,” he said.

Before filling out the application form, Mr McCarthy got Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council on board.

“They’re fully behind it,” Mr McCarthy said.

“I thought we could bang it straight onto Fisher Park, in the middle of town.”

He said ideally camping could be arranged in Nicholson Park to keep everything together and a short distance from “the best chips in Australia” at the swimming pool.

The Showground could also be a potential location for the event.

“There’s Bradman’s Birthplace down the road and around the corner there’s the southern hemisphere’s largest railway signal tower,” he said.

Mr McCarthy said Cootamundra’s location on the main southern rail line would allow thousands to make their way to town and from Sydney, Melbourne and beyond.

Triple J will announce the location and line-up in May.