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Click to view the Spring 2024 events calendar! (PDF 3MB), or view the list below.

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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New England Garden Festival – Spring Garden Trail – Guyra

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

This inaugural Trail, organized by the New England Garden Festival, will travel across the beautiful New England region in six days, opening approximately 18 cold-climate gardens. Each town will open three gardens. Visitors are encouraged to stay in each town the night before to make most use of the gardens' opening hours. When the gardens close, visitors are encouraged to visit the locally recommended hot spots from each town before moving on to the next town. Specific details will be […]

$5

New England Garden Festival – Spring Garden Trail – Glen Innes

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

This inaugural Trail, organized by the New England Garden Festival, will travel across the beautiful New England region in six days, opening approximately 18 cold-climate gardens. Each town will open three gardens. Visitors are encouraged to stay in each town the night before to make most use of the gardens' opening hours. When the gardens close, visitors are encouraged to visit the locally recommended hot spots from each town before moving on to the next town. Specific details will be […]

$5

Melbourne Cup @ White Bull

White Bull Hotel 117 Marsh Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Daily food specials, raffle prizes and sweeps available to purchase. Races on TV all day.

Free

CanAssist Melbourne Cup Luncheon

Armidale Golf Club Golf Links Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Tickets available for pick up from Concepts of Armidale (Shop 60B, Armidale Plaza, 195 Beardy Street). Cost includes two-course meal and complimentary champagne/drink on arrival. Red and white wine on tables, Fashion of the Field, best-dressed prizes, sweeps and raffles, charity auction. RSVP - 27 October.

$90

Melbourne Cup Lunch @ Manny’s

Manny's on Marsh 117 Marsh Street (upstairs), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Catch all the Melbourne Cup excitement LIVE at Manny’s! Enjoy the race that stops the nation on the big screen while indulging in  delicious pizza and pasta specials.

$55

Melbourne Cup @ Tatts

Garden Bar, Tattersals Hotel 174 Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

For this special Melbourne Cup afternoon the Trio features the musical artistry of Sharny Russell on piano, Wendy Griffiths on double bass and Cary Bennett on vocals and drums, performing classic popular songs from the 1930s through to the 1970s, tunes made famous by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin and others. Come and join us for a great afternoon of fabulous music and drinks.

Free

New England Garden Festival – Spring Garden Trail – Tenterfield

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

This inaugural Trail, organized by the New England Garden Festival, will travel across the beautiful New England region in six days, opening approximately 18 cold-climate gardens. Each town will open three gardens. Visitors are encouraged to stay in each town the night before to make most use of the gardens' opening hours. When the gardens close, visitors are encouraged to visit the locally recommended hot spots from each town before moving on to the next town. Specific details will be […]

$5

Alex Raineri @ the Playhouse

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

Fairytales Music in the Regions presents award-winning, internationally renowned artist, Alex Raineri, performing a thrilling program of Australian contemporary classical works for solo piano. Described as “a born communicator” (The Australian), Raineri’s touring profile in 2024 includes performances throughout the USA, UK, Ireland, Finland, Netherlands, and throughout Australia. The program features two major works – John Rotar’s Eastern-inspired ‘Bells and Gongs from the Black Bamboo Cathedral’ and Melody Eötvös’ ‘A Story from the Sand Dunes’ which derives inspiration from a […]

$30

Twilight Market @ NEGS

New England Girls' School (NEGS) 13-83 Uralla Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Food and market stalls, live music, drinks, entertainment and much, much more.

Free

NECOM Lets Loose! @ Boobooks

Boobooks Books and Coffee Shop 176 Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

NECOM Lets Loose! - Robert van Gend and Sharny Russell (Stephanie Grappelli-style jazz: violin and piano) In this exciting new venture coming out of the New England Conservatorium of Music, our brilliant teachers - mostly known for nurturing our young instrumental students to their potential in classical music - will be performing contemporary commercial music from Jazz to Beatles and Bowie. You will get to feel the sheer enjoyment of these musicians as they play some of their favourite popular […]

$15.88 – $21.00
Event Series Backgammon in the Mall

Backgammon in the Mall

Boobooks Books and Coffee Shop 176 Beardy Street Mall, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Come and enjoy a relaxed morning of Backgammon and coffee. For all ages and stages. Lapsed players and complete beginners welcome. Bring your own board or borrow one from the bookshop. Feel free to approach any players you see and ask to join. For more information, visit armidale-backgammon-fanciers.mailchimpsites.com.

Free

Black Gully Festival

Black Gully Reserve 106-114 Kentucky Street (behind NERAM), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

With the themes of music, art, environment and the community, Black Gully Festival is a wonderful and free family-friendly event that celebrates all that is good about living in Armidale and is an essential event on the community calendar. The heart of the festival is live music, with performances on three stages. The music is by local performers and includes a wide range of musical styles with bands, soloists and small groups highlighting the fantastic talent in this region. Supporting […]

Free
Event Series Armidale Farmers’ Market

Armidale Farmers’ Market

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.

Event Series New England Heritage Festival

New England Heritage Festival

Armidale Showground 5 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Vintage working machinery, small engines, steam-powered engines, tractors, working draught horse demonstrations, Australian  muscle cars, tractor pulls, sawmilling and blacksmithing, Bush Poets (Mel and Suzie) and, of course, the Grand Parade. Food trucks, coffee vans etc. will be in attendance. There will be a special exhibition this year...a 1963 Aston Martin which featured in the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger (not the exact car) along with other Bond movies. On Sunday at 10.00am, Armitage & Buckley will manage a mega […]

$10
Event Series Bundarra Garden Festival

Bundarra Garden Festival

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Event includes: six gardens - "Fairview", 16 Bakers Creek Road, Bundarra: "Box Moor", 1936 Gwydir River Road, Camerons Creek; "Abingdale", 1202 Bakers Creek Road, Bundarra; "LongEvity", 55 Bendemeer Street, Bundarra; Bundarra Preschool, 9 Court Street, Bundarra; "Among the Willows", 41-43 Dawkins Street, Bundarra (Saturday only). Seeker's garden and  nursery; CWA Café with Devonshire Teas and Sandwiches; garden lunches at Bundarra Commercial Hotel; Rotary BBQ lunch at "Box Moor"; café  at "LongEvity" Country Kitchen; light refreshments at "Fairview"; hot and cold […]

$5 – $20