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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 Crucible” @ Belgrave Cinema

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Olivier Award-winner, Lyndsey Turner, directs this electrifying new production with designs by Es Devlin in a magnificent restaging (UK Telegraph) of Arthur Miller's masterpiece, a gripping parable of power and its abuse. Written during the McCarthy witch hunt era in the USA, the 1950s, this classic continues to resonate. "A witch hunt is beginning in Salem…. Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power. As a climate of fear […]

$22 – $25
Event Series Killer Pool Competition @ the Royal

Killer Pool Competition @ the Royal

Royal Hotel 107 Beardy Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Runs for eight weeks at a time. 7.00pm registration, 7.30pm start. All the money collected goes to the winner of the overall eight weeks!!! Weekly prizes, $60 venue voucher, $20 venue voucher, $10 venue voucher - may not be spent in bottleshop or for gambling credit. There will be a scoring board to see everyone’s progress. Each player starts with six lives one for every letter in the word “killer” If you miss six shots, you are out of the game. […]

$2

Jazz, Blues & Alt. Grooves @ the Dog

Welder's Dog Bar cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW

John Hoffman & Friends - Distinguished jazz trumpeter, John Hoffman, has performed with many world-class bands including Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and the Glen Miller Orchestra. John is joined by Sharny Russell on piano and vocals, Bruce Stephen on bass and Cary Bennett on drums and vocals, for a very special night of swinging music hMusic washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

Culture Fest

Curtis Park 75 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

We are showcasing the rich diversity of cultures that are in our region and what better way to do that than through food, music and dance! Come and join us for an evening of international food stalls, live music, cultural dance and song, pop-up bars, a kid's art tent, jumping castle and more! Featuring live music by local artists Charlie Fittler and Fergus Lupton, get ready Armidale this will be a night you won’t want to miss. All welcome.

International Women’s Day (with an inspirational guest speaker) – Guyra

Guyra Soldiers' Memorial Hall 163 Bradley Street, GUYRA, NSW

Cost includes complimentary glass of champagne, wine or soft drink. Tickets also available via www.facebook.com/cwaguyraeveningbranch - NO door sales. For more information, please phone Mary on 0429 345 255 CWA Guyra Evening Branch is proud to host another wonderful event, this time to celebrate International Women's Day. The 2023 theme of Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender-equal future will be acknowledged, and we have no doubt you will be inspired by our Guest Speaker. We warmly invite you to […]

$11.50
Event Series Chess in the Mall

Chess in the Mall

Beardy Street Mall Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Come and enjoy a relaxed morning of Chess and coffee. Boards are also set up inside Boobooks. All welcome!

Free

Thor Phillips @ McCrossins

McCrossin's Mill Museum 29-31 Salisbury Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia

Thor is coming ladies (sorry not Chris Hemsworth)! Meet Thor Phillips, the Australian singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso whose passionate, powerful performances are stirring up storms across the nation.

$20

Armidale Farmers’ Market

Curtis Park 75 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

A monthly open-air market that offers fresh seasonal produce, meat, cheese, eggs, baked goods, coffee and other food products from growers and producers around the New England and Coffs Coast regions. Celebrate our community and the unique offerings of this wonderful region! BYO bags and re-useables.

CanAssist Charity Golf Day

Armidale Golf Club Golf Links Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Four-person Ambrose ($200 per team), shotgun start followed by lunch, raffles and prizes on the day. All proceeds go to CanAssist to help cancer patients in Armidale.

$200

“Mary Cassatt: Painting…” @ the Belgrave

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman - fine portrait of a neglected artist Released nationally only this week, to coincide with International Women's Day. Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker (1844-1926). She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. A study of a female painter who exhibited with the first impressionists in 19th-century Paris, but saw little of their renown […]

$17 – $20

Fergus Lupton @ Tatts

Tattersalls Hotel 174 Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Come along for a wonderful Sunday afternoon of live music, good company at a great venue.

Friends of McMaugh Gardens Charity Bowls Day

Uralla Bowling & Recreation Club 52 Hill Street (cnr Queen Street), URALLA, NSW, Australia

Sausage sizzle lunch, registration, afternoon tea and cold meat salad for dinner. There will be raffles, auction, trading table and prizes. The event is an open triples (subject to change depending on numbers). Nominate your team, single entries welcome. Dress up if you wish, theme is Hawaiian - prize for best dressed team. No experience required, bowls available.

$20

Australian Vocal Ensemble featuring Katie Noonan

Armidale Town Hall 127 Rusden Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Tumbling Like Stars Using the human voice to tell the stories of our time and place through song four of Australia’s finest vocalists come together in a visionary performance combining heavenly vocals in a chamber setting. Katie Noonan’s new project, Australian Vocal Ensemble - AVÉ intertwines Australian compositions by Cawrse, Davidson, Green, Humphries, Hurren, Leek, Noonan and Wells, alongside new arrangements of music by Bach, Handel and Tomás Luis de Victoria creating a beautiful tension between ties to more traditional […]

$25 – $55

Jazz, Blues & Alt. Grooves @ the Dog

Welder's Dog Bar cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW

Briny Sea - Swathed in homespun tunes; lyrically dipping, swelling, sailing afore a qusty rhythmic headwind to reckless foolhardy wood and rope adventure, the Briny Sea features Mike Croft on keys, bass and vocals; Mark Fisher on electyric guitar; Matt Benham on drums; and Matt Knights on guitar and vocals. All aboard! Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

St Patrick’s Day Lunch @ Uralla Golf Club

Uralla Golf Club 31 Plane Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia

An invitation is extended to all interested persons to attend. A great Irish day with a bit of Irish humour for everyone! Competitions: Best St Patrick's Day dress-up; Best Green Hat; Best Irish Joke plus some Trivia and a sing-along. Lunch will be cold cuts and special salads plus dessert. Essential to RSVP (Bev on 02 6778 4328 or Faye on 0412 399 204) prior to 10 March for catering purposes.

$25

Official Opening – Art Exhibition and Sale

Uralla Memorial Hall (adjacent McCrossins Mill Museum) 23 Salisbury Street, URALLA, NSW

St Patrick's Day theme Viewing from 6.30pm, with Official Opening by Mayor Robert Bell at 7.30pm. Music  by The Rocky Bottom Girls. Come and enjoy the art and entertainment. Nibbles will be provided, with one (1) drink on arrival and further refreshments available to purchase. Catering by the Uralla Central School.

$10
Event Series 32nd Annual Gem & Craft Show

32nd Annual Gem & Craft Show

Armidale Showground 5 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

See (and for sale) a spectacular array of gems, rocks, crystals, jewellery, crafts, beads and lapidary books/supplies/equipment. There will be a kid's treasure hunt and fossicking, raffle tickets ($1.00), great prizes, BBQ breakfast and lunch/light refreshments also available.

Jex Lopez @ McCrossins

McCrossin's Mill Museum 29-31 Salisbury Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia

Jex Lopez is an artist masquerading as a skeleton and creating dark and quirky tales with piano and voice.

$30