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.
Armidale Jockey Club
Barney Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Racing returns to Armidale this Monday. Bring the family over before they go back to school and enjoy a fun day out at the races. Seven TAB races, full bar and catering with plenty of bookies and tote.
Welder's Dog Bar
cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW
MC and the Squares (Australia Day) is a collective of musicians brought together to bring to life songs written and sung by Mark Cooper. Mark's songs offer a diverse musical experience from country to pop to other grooves with observations of post-adolescent life, love, mobile phones, summer holidays and living in a small town on a mountain. This version will feature Wendy Griffith on bass and Gary Daly on drums along with Mark on the guitar and harmonica. Music washes […]
Welder's Dog Bar
cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW
Katy Haselwood Quartet - Glen Innes chanteuse, Katy Haselwood, excites audiences wherever she goes. Katy is jointed by Steve Thorneycroft on guitar, James Haselwood on bass and Cary Bennett on drums for a night of jazz, R&B and pop standards with a kick. Katy and the band guarantee to put the right grooves on your face. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey
New England Regional Art Museum
106-114 Kentucky Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Celebrate the launch of NERAM's 2023 Exhibition Program and the museum's 40th Anniversary year with the opening of six new exhibitions: Wonders of HINTON; NERAM's Imaginarium; Coventry Noir; Illustrating Armidale; Picturing the New England, and Fifty/50.
New England Regional Art Museum
106-114 Kentucky Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
A night of art after dark to celebrate the launch of NERAM's 2023 program and the opening of Wonders of Hinton. Put on your best 1920s-inspired outfit and explore new exhibitiions, grab a cocktail at the pop-up bar and be delighted by the sultry cabaret show! It will be an evening to stimulate your senses. Ticket includes: drink on arrival; access to all NERAM exhibitions; nibbles provided by Six Counties Restaurant; cabaret performance directed by Melissa Killen; prize for best […]
Mother of Ducks Lagoon
Lagoon Road, GUYRA, NSW, Australia
Mother of Ducks Lagoon Nature Reserve is turning 50 and to celebrate we are holding an anniversary event in conjunction with World Wetland Day. Come celebrate with us and experience the reserve first hand in a unique and special way! Mother of Ducks is an important place for local Anaiwan and Banbai people and is a rare breeding place for many freshwater wetland bird species and a resting place for numerous migratory birds. Visit nswparks.info/motherofducks50 for more information.
Welder's Dog Bar
cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW
The Dan Hopkins Experience - Australian Blues/Roots/Gospel artist, Dan Hopkins, plays a punchy brand of modern roots that has a distinct delta flavour with soul and gospel overtones. With his music partner, Eddie Fisher, on drums, Dan creates an experience that could be described as Ash Grunwald, Eric Bibb and Paul Kelly meeting down at the crossroads. This culminates in an emotionally driven journey down a sweetly plucked, but often, dirty slide guitar-borne road across the Southern blues idiom. Music […]
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.
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.
New England Regional Art Museum
106-114 Kentucky Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Wonders of Hinton NERAM will be running guided tours of the new Wonders of Hinton exhibition throughout the month of February as part of the Seniors Festival. Guided through the new exhibition, NERAM’s curator Belinda Hungerford will share insight and inspiration with participants as they view many works that have not been on display for some time. Guided tour dates are below and we invite participants to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee to conclude the tour.
Welder's Dog Bar
cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW
Swansea Hit & Run - gigging mainly in Sydney's Inner West, Central Coast, Melbourne for last six years - is coming to the New England region for the first time. Their ambient, trippy, Jazz-influenced electronica is the perfect soundtrack for an Arthouse film that is waiting to be made. Featuring Phil Stallard on vocals, bass guitar and beats and John the bat Cobbin on guitar. Sit back and close the eyes…think about open space and distance. Music washes away the […]
Stud Show Ring Marquee
Guyra Showground, 27 Marne Street, GUYRA, NSW, Australia
Includes three-course lunch and complimentary drink on arrival. Celebrate the 115th Annual Show and support the show society. Enjoy a gourmet lunch prepared by "Relish Catering" with drinks available for purchase.
Walcha Showground
159N Derby Street, WALCHA, NSW, Australia
Street parade (including best decorated pushbike), vintage trucks, bikes, cars and engines, vintage chainsaws, late model trucks and forestry machinery, market stalls, food stalls. Tractor parade (2.00pm Saturday, 18 and 10.00am Sunday, 19); Live entertainment Saturday night; Tractor trek (Friday, 17 - approximately 65 km). Proceeds going to charities.
Auditorium (2nd floor), Armidale Teachers' College
Cnr Mossman and Faulkner Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Over the holidays NECOM took delivery of our new concert grand piano, a Shigeru Kawai SK7, proudly funded by the NSW Government through the Creative Capital Funding Program. The new piano will be launched on Sunday 19 February at 3:00pm, in a concert featuring the NECOM piano staff and advanced students. The concert will showcase the new piano in its full capacity: as a solo instrument, a duet and accompaniment instrument, plus a work for 8 hands (4 pianists)! During […]
The Armidale Playhouse
309 Beardy Street (cnr Ohio Street), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
After the successes of the last two year's variety concerts, the ADMS once again presents a concert of hits from our previous shows as well as some from shows we are yet to present. Featuring solos, duets, and ensemble numbers presented by the cream of Armidale musical talent. Created by and directed/musically directed by Neil Horton and Bruce Menzies. A show not to be missed. Once weekend only. The Playhouse 309 Beardy Street, (cnr Ohio Street) ARMIDALE, NSW