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?
Join the Errol Russell Sinfonia as they perform a tribute to movie magic - from Silver Screen to Studio Ghibli, movie themes that will transport you straight to Hollywood!
Jamie is a multi-instrumentalist doing a set of his original works. There will be Blackboard open mic prior to Jamie, so if you are interested in playing/singing etc., please put your name on the Studio Folk Club list on the outside wall.
Become a child again and experience the Christmas spirit by visiting our display and Santa. Window viewing - from 10 December; Visit Santa - Price includes lolly bag - photograph with Santa may be taken with own camera - no videos) 11.00am-2.00pm (16 December); 11.00am-2.00pm (17 December); 2.00-4.00pm (18 December); time not confirmed (20-22 December); 11.00am-2.00pm (23 December)
Get your Christmas gifts for family and friends. Fabulous handmade, unique pieces from local artists.
Come and be merry with our FREE Christmas-themed Family Funday Sunday! This fun-filled day kicks off the silly season with a FREE photobooth, FREE playground, FREE face painting as well as FREE gifts and lollies for the kiddies! Plus, plenty of games and Christmassy activities, including a Candy Cane Toss Competition and visit from Santa Claus himself!
Ticket also available at the door. Sunny, serious and silly songs for a hot Australian Christmas performed by the Armidale Choral Society with Conductor Inge Southcott and Accompanist Sheila Guymer, and guest artists Sharon Davidge (flute) and David Rowe (oboe)
Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection is the story of an architectural revolution carried out by a solitary genius who changed the appearance of Rome forever, by taking up a personal challenge against convention and prejudice, by having the humility to learn from the past in order to invent the future, and the courage to pursue an idea by paying the price to the full.
Candles and BBQ available for purchase. Santa will drop in around 8.00pm.
This celebration brings together a three-decade legacy of Australian choral music. Get ready for new commissions, ground breaking classics, alumni performances, former artistic director appearances, major announcements, record number collaborations, and more
Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Tomless – Kate and Sam Frazier are a sibling duo who occasionally jam without their brother, Tom, who couldn’t make the night, leaving the duo tomless. Their sound is cool, relaxed and pared back. A mix of originals and covers, they play what they feel and feel what they play. Come along tonight and you’re sure to enjoy the fun vibes of tomless. Music washes away the dust of everyday […]
All you can eat buffet - 25 varieties and includes one Sri Lankan beer or wine. Garden dining with candlelight vibes. Live music by Ishara. Booking essential.
Carols with choir, organ, brass and woodwind.
Come and support your local community: the pre-Christmas markets will have Christmas gift specials; stalls from local country folks; cake stall, local produce; sausage sizzle, church café; face painting, music and more.
If your jam is bluegrass, old timey, skiffle or slightly folk, you are invited to the Armidale Jam Circle. It is not about how well you play or sing, just that you come along and join in. Tune List: Old Favourites, Rollin in my Sweet Baby’Arms, Cornbread & Butter Beans, Wagon Wheel, East Virginia Blues, Rosewood, Worried Man Blues, I’ll Fly Away, Wayfaring Stranger, Will the Circle be Unbroken, Cripple Creek, Sittin’ on Top of the World, Boil Them Cabbage […]
A toe-tapping evening of live music.
Good music, good company, good evening!
More than 50 different stalls and live music from local band, Four Book Trilogy. A variety of stalls offering a huge range of quality handmade and handcrafted items, cupcakes, candles, bath and body products, skincare and makeup, handmade clothing, bags, shoes, linen, pottery, woodwork, plants, art, homewares, toys, puppets, stamping and scrap booking plus so much more.
Food van (Ed’s Tucker Box) and the Herd Bar available for the hungry ones. Armidale Friday, 15 December – 3-6 mths Sweepstakes (Gundogs, General Specials); 6-12 mths Sweepstakes (Non-sporting); Toys; Working Dogs; Terriers; Hounds; Utility. Saturday, 16 December – Hounds; Toys; Terriers, General Specials; Gundogs; 3-6 mths Sweepstakes (Utility); Workings Dogs; 6-12 mths Sweepstakes (Non-sporting). Sunday, 17 December – Terriers; Hounds; Gundogs; Utility; Non-sporting, General Specials; 6-12 mths Sweepstakes (Toys); 3-6 mths Sweepstakes (Working Dogs). Uralla Friday PM, 15 December […]
