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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Teens 16+ welcome if accompanied by family group Try your hand, with step-by-step assistance, to paint Blue Cockatoo - acrylic painting on canvas. Optional BYO drinks.
The Australian Army Band is a 15-piece show band, including vocalists, bagpipes, rhythm section and winds. For several numbers the Army Band will be joined by the New England Wind Ensemble (NEWE), Armidale Youth Winds (AYW) and students from local school concert bands.
New poets, old poets and poets from far away, everyone is welcome to perform or listen.
Details to follow
New dinner menu! Cocktails, live music and dinner.
Kids eat free all day! East Egg hunt (11.30am), meet the Easter Bunny and get your photo with him in the photo booth, Basket of Arts craft sessions (from 12.00pm); enter the Easter Colouring-in Competition and win various vouchers for each category (1-5, 6-9 and 10-12 years) – runs from 1 March to Easter Sunday.
Dave Eddy Cyber Blues is an electric/electronic music project inspired by the first page of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, which depicts the Chatsubo Bar in Night City. Cyber Blues explores the world of livewire voodoo guitar and the Ghosts in the Machines. Dave Eddy is a versatile performer with years of experience, providing appropriate musical backing for a diverse range of events including weddings, nightclubs, arts festival, theatre productions, school fundraisers, poetry performances and visualizations of world annihilation.
Music, comedy, drink specials.
Cancelled Cathedral Light Spectacular and Concert Friday, 5 April: 5.00-6.00pm - music in the Cathedral grounds by local artists; 6.00-6.45pm - canapés on the grounds; 7.00pm - Dakota Love and Sue Metcalf in concert in the Cathedral (showcasing the special lighting in the Cathedral). Saturday, 6 April: 3.00-5.00pm - mini fête in the grounds (various stalls - books, cakes, produce, craft and bric-à-brac; Poetry Readings: 3.00-3.20pm - Steve Goldsmith; 4.30-5.30pm - Noel Brennan; 6.00-7.00pm - High Tea with background music; 7.00pm - […]
CORNFEST returns for its third year with something special. Four cities, six bands and some good corn fun! Get ready for a wild and unforgettable night at CORNFEST '24 where good corn and good times collide!
Welcome to Appleton, a tidy country town with a population of 1557. Stop in at the pub in the arvo, try your luck with the pokies and why not stay for the annual Potato Race? It’s the highlight of the year. Only this year Dr Penny Anderson is back home in Appleton, and she has a question. Why should the prize money for the race be more for the men than for the women? Cousin Nikki thinks Penny is up […]
Pancake breakfast with the Armidale City Band This major fundraiser has been running for more than 40 years and is an Autumn Festival institution. Take in the classic sounds of the brass band while Armidale Dumaresq Lions Club, Quota Club of Armidale together with the Country Women's Association cook up a wonderful pancake breakfast.
Join the community for the much-loved Autumn Festival, hosted by Armidale Regional Council. At the most beautiful time of the year in Armidale with all of the glorious autumn colour, we come together to celebrate our diverse and wonderful community. Due to weather considerations some events have been cancelled - please see revised programme below. Programme: 7.00am - Breakfast with the Band in Civic Park (if still raining will take place in Armidale City Band Room in Dumaresq Street, opposite […]
The Campus to City Canter is a 5km fun run starting from SportUNE Consett Davis sporting fields then following the cycleway into the city and finishing at Civic Park. It is an annual event held in conjunction with SportUNE as part of the Armidale Autumn Festival. The event is a community event aimed at all ages and ability and is open to the general public as well as Armidale Athletics Club members. Medals are awarded to the 1st, 2nd & […]
Join in for a friendly game with popular host Cheryl.
Walcha Golf Club in the New England area will host the women's World Sand Greens Championship which is likely to attract plenty of interest with a purse of $140,000 on offer.
1954-1973 - The Beginning: Madgwick & McClymont Celebrates the University of New England's 7- year history in a series of panel discussions that will take a trip down memory lane. Focusing on the last seven decades, UNE will be hosting panelists from Alumni, staff and students to talk about their experiences and how its history has shaped their future. Wendy McCarthy AO - completed her teaching degree at UNE and was a Duval College resident. She went on to become […]
Donations welcome. Come along for afternoon tea, a free health check and chat or just come check out our bikes. Health checks provided to adults 18 years and over. Psychs on Bikes is a volunteer organisation of motorcycle-riding mental health professionals supporting rural and remote communities across Australia.
Songs from the Porch of Life, is based upon the songwriters in the round format, a format which is enormously popular in the USA in places like Nashville. In simple terms it is two or three singer-songwriters on stage at once performing their original songs, as well as songs by other writers that influenced them in their writing. Basically it is two or three solo acts on stage at once, or as we like to say, three stools, three microphones, […]
