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.
Reader's Companion
124 Beardy Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Enjoy some live music, good vibes and limited edition Record Store Day exclusive releases. Make sure to BYO coffee to drink with the RSD morning tea treats Michelle will be baking for this once-a-year day!
McCrossin's Mill Museum
29-31 Salisbury Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia
Deta C. Rayner (accordion and vocals) and Rob Rayner (guitar and vocals) will be presenting a yodellin´, thigh slappin’, lederhosen wettin´ fest of Beez music featuring the Beatific Beats of their Bavarian Boombox. You will thrill to comic classics from the likes of Rammstein and Bonnie Tyler; you will tear off that dirndl and shake a Teutonic Tailfeather when you catch a glimpse of Nena´s 99 Red Balloons; you will swoon to Marlene Dietrich´s Lili Marlene but, most of all, […]
Armidale Uniting Church
114 Rusden Street, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Donation includes post-concert afternoon tea. Gloria RV 589 by Vivaldi and two Chorales by J S Bach (BWV1, No 1 and BWV186, No 6). Conductor: Robert van Gend; Chamber Ensemble (courtesy of Armidale Symphony Orchestra).
Armidale City Bowling Club
92-96 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Full facilities available. Bistro Grill open for lunch from 12.00pm and dinner from 5.30pm. Join us for Armidale's biggest and best 2UP from 4.00-7.00pm.
The Armidale Playhouse
309 Beardy Street (cnr Ohio Street), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
To this day, the Great Strike of 1917 is still Australia's largest industrial upheaval. The story of the Strike has long been dormant in archives, and is now re-told with original film footage from the era. The story explores three elements to the strike – the reasons behind it, the murder of a striker and an early and compelling case of film censorship. This is a film to remind audiences today that the confluence of new technology, power and politics […]
Belgrave Twin Cinema
145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Get your science facts with your science fiction! An action-thriller centred on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Hear about the real-world science in 2011 hit film, Contagion, with a short talk and audience Q&A with UNE Professor of Nursing, Kim Usher.
Armidale Uniting Church
114 Rusden Street, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Season ticket - $180, $120 - season ticket available at www.trybooking.com/CFKNV. All tickets may also be purchased at branches of Regional Australia Bank or by posting booking form and cheque to 21 North Street, Armidale 2350. Catgut and Quills - Gamba and Harpsichord - Jennifer Eriksson (Marais Project) and Anthony Abouhamad perform solo and duo sonatas by J S Bach and his contemporaries and a new work by Benjamin Thorn.
Welder's Dog Bar
cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW
Ant Walmsley & The Articulate Mutes is led by Anthony Walmsley, a highly respected Tamworth guitarist, musical director and arranger in the industry, known for his versatility and professionalism. Along with Ant, the Articulate Mutes include Glen Innes-based James Haselwood on bass and local musician, Cary Bennett on drums. This genre- defying trio will leave you in ecstasy. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey
Armidale Uniting Church
114 Rusden Street, Armidale, NSW, Australia
All tickets may also be purchased at branches of Regional Australia Bank or by posting booking form and cheque to 21 North Street, Armidale 2350. 12.30pm - Uniting Church, 114 Rusden Street - $20, $15 - www.trybooking.com/CFKOJ - booking fee applies Double Suites - Cello and Percussion - Cellist, Rachel Scott (Bach in the Dark) plays Bach cello suite no. 1 and is joined by percussionist, Ben Sibson, playing a range of different drums in suite no. 3 to highlight […]
Boobooks Books and Coffee Shop
176 Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Warkon is part psychological, part bildungsroman, part crime mystery fiction, helped largely by the clever interweaving of storylines and the author's fine feel for language and tone that is quintessentially Australian. It manages to blend stark existential horror with unbearable beauty, told as if it were an incandescent fever dream, and achieves to create a deep, unforgettable impression
Uralla Showground
8 King Street, URALLA, NSW, Australia
This is an Australian Cutting Horse Group event promoting Cutting and Snafflebit horses, offering competition events for the whole family to enjoy. Come and see riders of all ages compete in this traditional horse sport.
Old Manse Garden
4 Urandangie Street, GUYRA, NSW, Australia
Enjoy the delights of Guyra's main street shops, eateries and tourist attractions, and wander through the beautiful Old Manse Garden. A history of this magnificent garden, as well as light refreshments, and a selection of pieces for sale by local makers, will all be available at the garden. Event brought to you by the Guyra & community Progress Association to raise funds for the improvement and beautification of Guyra.
All tickets may also be purchased at branches of Regional Australia Bank or by posting booking form and cheque to 21 North Street, Armidale 2350. 10.30am - Hanna's Arcade, 126 Beardy Street (East Mall) - free The Peasant Cantata - A dramatized version of the cantata that explores the vagaries of dealing with the taxman. 12.30pm - Uniting Church, 114 Rusden Street - $20, $15 - www.trybooking.com/CFKPT - booking fee applies Cello and Guitars - Cellist, Rachel Scott, is joined […]
Beardy Street Mall
Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Celebrate Youth Week at the Markets in the Mall. On stage will be Archie Todd. Archie, a 17-year-old musician, guitarist, and singer/songwriter. He loves music and hopes it will be part of his life forever. He writes indie/folk music and is very excited to be performing for you.
All tickets may also be purchased at branches of Regional Australia Bank or by posting booking form and cheque to 21 North Street, Armidale 2350. 12.30pm - Uniting Church, 114 Rusden Street - $20, $15 - www.trybooking.com/CFKQJ - booking fee applies Heroic Marches and Recorders - Telemann's Heroic Marches in a new arrangement and music of Bach for recorder quartet. Joanne Arnott, Alana Blackburn, Benjamin thorn and friend. 2.30pm - Uniting Church, 114 Rusden Street - $30, $20 - www.trybooking.com/CFKQO […]
Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre
The Armidale School, 87 Douglas Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Gala performance (Friday, 5 May - 6.00-10.30pm) is a special fundraising performance for TAS Creative Arts Scholarships. Ticket includes drinks, canapés, and tax-deductible donation. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keef and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach. The story follows Elle Woods, a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, and in the […]
Australian Standing Stones
Centennial Parklands, Watson Drive, Glen Innes, NSW, Australia
Save the Date! Tickets on sale 1 March 2023. An action packed two-day program at the Australian Standing Stones with: Celtic concerts, Gather of the Clans, pipe and instrumental bands, Australian Celtic Cultural Awards, Australian Celtic Dance Championships, Highland Games (strongman competition), Celtic markets and kids marquee, poet's breakfast. Plus many more events held at venues around Glen Innes highlands.