THE curtains closed just over a week ago at the Bony Mountain Music Festival, but event co-ordinator Norma O'Hara Murphy is already thinking about what she can do to make next year's event bigger and better.

And building a toilet and shower block is just one of her ideas.

"We spend a lot of money on hiring facilities so our big push this year is to get a toilet block," Ms O'Hara Murphy said.

"Then the extra money we bring in from the festival can be spent around the community to help a few people out."

With three successful years under the festival's belt, Ms O'Hara Murphy is investigating a range of ways to deal with the event's growth.

"If we can, we would like to put in an indoor arena," she said.

Ms O'Hara Murphy said the arena would not just be for the festival either.

"If we do have one in place we will have to look at holding more than one event a year," she said.

"Obviously it is also pending council approval.

"But it could be used by the pony club if it was raining when they had an event scheduled or by other community groups."

Ms O'Hara Murphy is hoping she will be able to get all the changes and upgrades in place in time for next year's festival.

"I had a lot of plans for the main camping area this year, like getting some grass and things like that in place, but it all fell apart when the tornado hit," she said.

"It took us three months to clean up. It was a real setback, but we did manage to come through it."

The festival has become so popular Ms O'Hara Murphy said organising it had become a year-long task.

"But I love it," she said.

"I have been in the industry for nearly 30 years now and this is mostly all I do now."

And when it comes to getting the line-up for next year in place Ms O'Hara Murphy does not mess around.

"I have already booked in the lead act for next year's festival," she said.

"I saw them play in Glen Innes. They are an Irish folk band called Mercy Pigs, from Brisbane.

"There are 10 of them in the band and they all play fiddles and banjos."

Well-known singer Errol Gray has also agreed to take to the stage again next year.

Of course, Ms O'Hara Murphy will be performing as well.

Ms O'Hara Murphy said this year's festival, which attracted 245 caravans, 45 tents and the day visitors, would not have been possible without the help and support of the community.

"I would love to give a special thanks to the volunteers and helpers, the neighbours for helping and the rural fire brigade," she said.

"Also to Graham Buchner for his help, and the staff at the Warwick Daily News for helping to promote the event.

"We are just so grateful for all the support.

"I think we really are getting the word out there with people coming from all over Australia for the event."