The New Beginnings Music Festival is planned to be held on the weekend of January 15 and 16.

Newcastle entertainment company Big Apachee aims to attract 1000 to 1500 people to the event.

Music would be played from 11am to midnight on Saturday and 9am to 11pm on Sunday, with revellers camping out until Monday.

Joy Edmonds, who lives near the showground, said she could accept an event with music from 6pm to midnight on one day.

"I can't accept two full days of rock music and why should I have to put up with that?" Mrs Edmonds, aged 84, said.

Big Apachee has applied to Lake Macquarie City Council to hold the event.

Its application said the festival targeted people aged 20 to 30 from the Hunter and Central Coast.

It aimed to offer a "cheaper alternative to other festivals of its kind in the summer season".

It described the event as a "two-day camping music mini-festival".

"The festival aims to showcase the region's emerging talent, with a few small headlining artists," it said.

Alcohol would be sold at the event, but people cannot bring their own alcohol.

Alcoholic drinks would be no cheaper than $6 each.

The application said noise would be controlled so it did not exceed state environmental criteria at residential areas.

Mrs Edmonds said a Buddhist temple and Seventh Day Adventist Church were across the road from the showground and the Community Christian Church operated from a nearby community centre at weekends.

She questioned whether the showground was big enough to accommodate the event.

"The showground is not suitable for so many people to set up camp sites," Mrs Edmonds said.