No matter what time of year you visit, chances are there will be an event or festival in or around Armidale.
Events not to be missed include the Autumn Festival, Big Chill Festival, The Bach Festival, The New England Garden Festival, Armidale International Film Festival and Guyra Lamb and Potato Festival. Other great annual events include New England Sings, The Armidale Cup, Guyra Trout Festival, Armidale Youth Orchestra Garden Party, Vintage Truck, Machinery and Heavy Horse Show and the NEGS Equestrian events. The calendar is full with premier sport events including the TAS Rugby Carnivals, Tour de Rocks and the 12hr Mountain Bike Enduro.
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The Whitebull Hotel is hosting a three-course luncheon upstairs at Manny's On marsh with 100% of the proceeds going directly to Can Assist, supporting cancer patients and their families across regional NSW. Let’s come together for a great cause and a wonderful meal! Ticket includes: three-course meal and your choice of beer, wine or soft drink. Purchase ticket from Whitebull Hotel.
Will irresistible force overcome immovable object: solar photovoltaics and the energy transition? - John Quiggin (2011 UNE Distinguished Alumni and 2004 AARES Distinguished Fellow) Looking at the role of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the energy transition is reminiscent of the paradox arising from the clash of an irresistible force and an immovable object. John will argue that the irresistible force of low-cost solar generation will win out over the apparently immovable obstacles of entrenched attitudes and network structures. John Quiggin […]
The Fly Fishing Film Tour is the original and largest fly fishing film event of its kind in the world and is now partnered with local fly fishing film festival RISE to bring you even more fly fishing. Come for the action and stay for the giveaways and camaraderie that will feed your fishing addiction.
Interactive games show style, free to play, prizes and giveaways, $5 schooners, $7 house wines.
New poets, old poets and poets from far away, everyone is welcome to perform or listen.
$500 jackpot! 35k starting stack, early bird 10k 30 mins prior to start, late registration end of first break,18 players.
Join a table, test your knowledge and have a great night.
Win 1st Place - $100 cash; 2nd Place - $50 pub voucher, trivia jackpot, hotseat and more.
Come and enjoy a meal, good company and increase your knowledge.
Prizes for best dressed, themed drinks, mini games and more…!
Matisse: Simple Beauty - Paul Chapman (UK) Matisse is regarded as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century. During WWI he moved from Paris to the South of France, where his work became more figurative and traditional. He was heralded as an upholder of the French Classical tradition and in later age he had a second flourish as an avant-garde artist. Paul Chapman is […]
Book Launch – Marty Branigan @ Boobooks VENUE: Boobooks Bookshop, 175 Beardy Street Mall. TIME: 6.00pm. COST: Free. For more information, phone 0400 859 250. Uralla Councillor, Adam Blakester, will launch the book, The Cultural Dimensions of Peace-building, followed by a Q&A with the author, Marty Branigan, led by Yvonne Langenburg.
Come along to Boobooks again for a fun night of jamming music playing and singing. No experience needed. Doesn’t matter at what level you are at. It’s a place where everyone is welcome.
Bistro opens 5.30pm, bar meals available until 8.30pm. Grab a team together and have some fun. Great prizes up for grabs.
To celebrate a new trout fishing season, the Guyra Trout Fest is coming. The Rotary Club of Guyra will be hosting a book fair with second-hand books for all to enjoy so it can raise money for projects in the community. The genre of books which have been kindly donated range from: Animals and kids; biographies and history; CDs DVDs and tapes; cooking and crafts; farming and gardening; fiction and non-fiction; magazines and travel; medical and reference; sports, cars and thrillers, […]
Come along and support the Children’s Ward at Armidale Hospital. Raffle tickets: $2 (single ticket) or $3 (for five) or $7 (for 10) – ticket sales from 6.00pm, drawn 7.00pm. Five meat trays, donated by Pete’s Mountview Butchery, to be raffled. Happy hour from 4.00-7.00m, drink specials and delicious meals available.
NECOM Lets Loose! - Jack Cavanagh (pop music on electric cellos) In this exciting new venture coming out of the New England Conservatorium of Music, our brilliant teachers - mostly known for nurturing our young instrumental students to their potential in classical music - will be performing contemporary commercial music from Jazz to Beatles and Bowie. You will get to feel the sheer enjoyment of these musicians as they play some of their favourite popular music.
16+ event A night of mysterious and sensual entertainment after dark. Dress to impress, slip on a mask and join the Masquerade, NERAM’s latest cabaret extravaganza directed by Melissa Killen. Grab a cocktail at the pop-up bar and be delighted by the sultry show! It will be an evening of debauchery and allure. Ticket includes: Drink on arrival; Canapés; Cabaret performance featuring professional and local talent. Bookings close Sunday 13th October
Come along for a great night of good company and foot tapping music.
