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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.

Have an event to add to the calendar?

Your Soul Expo @ the Servies

Armidale Ex-services Memorial Club 137 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

This Expo brings together a community of soul-inspired and heart-centred individuals and businesses focused on providing services and products that assist, support and enhance your self-development journey. There will be holistic healers, psychics and mediums, speakers, demonstrations and products for your Mind, Body and Soul.

$5

“Walk Kindly” – Dog Walk and BBQ

Curtis Park 75 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Walk with friends, family and furbabies - pram and wheelchair accessible. Bring your dogs and walk to raise funds for animals. Join Kindly Animal Sanctuary for a 2km walk. All participants/attendees are asked to gain sponsorship and raise as much funds as possible to donate to Kindly. To purchase ticket, please transfer total ticket amount to: Kindly Animal Sanctuary, BSB: 932 000; Acc: 100 4622 58; then email screenshot of transfer, along with number of people and dogs attending. A reply […]

$8 – $38

Annual ANTaR Reconciliation Bridge Walk

Curtis Park 75 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Walk together across Stephen’s Bridge, do a circuit of Curtis Park and then gather to listen to short speeches and enjoy dance and music by Bob Blair and the Garlu Gindari Trio. It is a great opportunity to meet and chat with friends, old and new, enjoy the entertainment and have lunch together. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy this friendly, fun, free event. Bring a picnic – tea, coffee, sausages and curry will be provided. Organised by […]

Free

National Theatre Live: “Nye”

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

From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the National Health Service, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence over the UK without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories led him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill. Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia […]

$20 – $25

Annual Human Rights Lecture 2024

The Armidale Playhouse 309 Beardy Street (cnr Ohio Street), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Building Unity through Hope: Creating a more Compassionate Society - Elijah Buol OAM, MAICD, CEO Act for Peace Elijah Buol OAM, was appointed CEO of Act for Peace in January 2024. Act for Peace is an organization, now in its 75th yea, that works to empower people displaced  by conflict and disasters across the globe. Elijah brings a deep understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing displacement. After losing his parents to conflict when he was a child, he spent many […]

Donation

House of Jazz Collective @ McCrossins

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

The House of Jazz Collective is a marvellous group of world-class musicians staging glamorous, fun-filled concerts on a monthly basis in regional areas. Based in Tamworth, the House of Jazz features local and touring talent, inviting guest artists to showcase their musical prowess each month. The concerts are vibrant, dynamic and ever-evolving - a feast for the senses for jazz lovers of every persuasion. We will be welcoming back virtuoso gypsy jazz master Ian Date (guitar), as well as our eternally brilliant House Band - Anthony Walmsley (guitar), […]

$31.25

Armidale Birdwatchers

Yarrowyck Crossing Road TSR off Bundarra Road, YARROWYCK, NSW, Australia

8.00am departure from Visitor Information Centre, 82 Marsh Street. Bring food (morning tea and lunch), water, binoculars, sunscreen and hat, and wear stout shoes, bring a picnic chair as many bush spots do not have facilities. The scheduled visit may be changed or cancelled if conditions on the day are likely to affect the excursion.

Free
Event Series Uralla High Country Markets

Uralla High Country Markets

Uralla Showground 8 King Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia

Visit the Uralla Showground on the first Sunday of the month, and get a taste of what the region has to offer at these wonderful markets with 30+ producers, artists, crafters and hand-makers. Pop on over to the Poultry Auction from 9:30, also held at the Showground.

Free
Event Series Armidale Eisteddfod 2024

Armidale Eisteddfod 2024

New England Conservatorium of Music Armidale Teachers' College, Cnr Mossman and Faulkner Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Armidale’s Eisteddfod is an important cultural event in the New England calendar that continues a wonderful cultural tradition established in Wales over 900 years ago. Welsh Eisteddfods were festivals celebrating the performance of literature and music, and this concept holds true to this day. Down the centuries, Eisteddfods have evolved to reflect changing societies but they remain an enduring part of Australia’s cultural heritage as important training grounds for emerging entertainers – our musicians, dancers and actors. Venues: OTC (Old […]

$3 – $80

Gyan & Si in Concert

The Armidale Studio Cnr Mossman and Chapel Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

ARIA award winning artist, Gyan, sings for one night only accompanied by multi-instrumentalist, Simon Greaves, and special guest, Kez Watson, on the violin. It is 30 years since ARIA recipient ,Gyan, sang her hit Wait from the cliffs of Kiama on Countdown. Since then her career has followed an international trajectory working with the likes of Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin and LeAnn Rimes before returning to Byron as part of The Museagency, scooping a Sydney Theatre Award for her collaboration […]

$21.97 – $27.19

Pysc-Flicks: About Time @ Belgrave Cinema

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

Come along for a short intro to the movie About Time from Clinical Psychologists Amanda and Anna, then stay afterwards for an insightful dissection of the movie from a mental health perspective with a roaming mic Q&A! Psyc-Flicks explores psychology through the world of cinema. Hear about the psychological concepts in each film with a short talk before the screening and an audience Q+A afterwards from UNE’s leading researchers, educators and local mental health professionals.

Free

Myall Creek Memorial Art Exhibition

Ceramic Break Sculpture Park 2335 Allan Cunningham Road, WARIALDA, NSW, Australia

Celebrate First Nations artists and see their works in the galleries. Live music at the opening and Arts North West Aboriginal Artisan, Gather and Trade markets. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase, catered by Warialda Rotary Club.

Free

INXS Tribute Show @ Welder’s Dog Brewery

Welder's Dog Brew Bar and Entertainment Centre 101 Beardy Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

The critically acclaimed Live  Baby Live: The INXS Tribute show is THE ultimate live INXS concert experience! Across Australia far and wide, live music lovers are consistently floored and captivated by Live  Baby Live who are recognized as the most authentic and electrifying INXS tribute on the market with an uncanny resemblance to the energy and excitement that once took the whole entire world by storm. You will be simply floored and captivated by the performance delivered from six of […]

$28.60

Colin Buchanan’s 10, 9, 8…God is Great Tour

Multi Purpose Centre, Armidale Secondary College 182 Butler Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Colin Buchanan’s 10,9,8…God is Great National Tour is ready for blast off! Colin Buchanan’s kid’s Christian music has forged a unique place in the lives of generations of Aussie kids and families. With a heart for biblical truth and catchy, memorable lyrics, “Colin songs” are treasured amongst families, churches and schools across Australia and across the globe. Over two decades ago, Colin’s space-themed banger, 10, 9, 8…God is Great! joined the likes of Who’s The King Of The Jungle, The […]

$19

Jumpin Jack Jordon @ Little Welder’s Dog

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

Jumpin Jack Jordan (JJJ) (aka Tim Thornton) is a regular on Melbourne’s live music scene, playing a heady mix of rock, pop, jazz, blues, and funk. You get the ‘whole enchilada’ with the JJJ & Friends experience and this homecoming show will certainly be no exception – it will be a complete avalanche of good-time, genre hopping covers and originals. What’s more, there will be a stellar parade of cameos throughout the evening! It’s all so exciting we better switch […]

Free

ArtsNational: “Joy Hester: Love,…”

Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre The Armidale School, 87 Douglas Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Joy Hester:  Love, Loss and Redemption - Kendrah Morgan (AUS) From the late 1930s to the end of the 1950s Joy Hester forged a body of work that was distinctly her own, groundbreaking in its conception and assertions. Working almost exclusively with ink and gouache on paper she broke with convention and used drawing as a tool to grasp the essence of being human. She portrayed life in all its complexity, tackling subjects that were highly provocative during her lifetime: […]

$25
Event Series Bundarra Markets

Bundarra Markets

Bundarra Anglican Church 64 Bendemeer Street, BUNDARRA, NSW, Australia

Community run: by the community, for the community. Local small businesses and families - food and drinks, handmade products, condiments and preserves, gifts, fresh produce and much more.

Free

Armidale Motor Show Fundraiser

Armidale Racecourse 12 Barney Street, Armidale, NSW, Australia

All proceeds will go towards supporting the Hutton family's son, Tyson, who has an ultra rare disease (MNGIE) and will need treatment in Sydney for 6 to 12 months. Classic, muscle and custom cars, hot rods, bikes, machinery and trucks. Trophies, raffles, food and drink, kids' amusements, auction Saturday night.

$10

Recital: Ziggy Harris, Baritone

Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre The Armidale School, 87 Douglas Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Recital of Operatic Arias and German Lieder (approximately 45 min of music, 20 min interval). Refreshments available from the Hoskins Centre Bar. After a year abroad in Germany and Canada, Armidale native baritone, Ziggy Harris, has returned to town for a short time, and will be conducting a recital of operatic arias and German lieder. Retaking the concert stage with Ziggy is the orchestrally-minded, magnificent pianist Dr Robert Manley. This recital is to showcase his work and development thus far […]

$15 – $25