Armidale Events

Full Christmas Buffet including Entrée (Prawn and Fennel Soup, breads, Green Beans with Orange and Barley Salad); Main (Roast Turkey, Beef, Lamb and Pork with accompaniments); Dessert (Pavlova, Truffle Balls, White Chocolate Mousse, Christmas Pudding). Complimentary drink on arrival. Dining room hall will be decorated for Christmas, live piano music, Christmas Carols, fun and frivolity.

A spectacular masterpiece of sonic grandeur, Monteverdi’s Vespers blends the grand traditions of Venetian sacred music with the new world of the baroque: opulent choruses, dramatic solo arias and duets, and some of the most ambitious instrumental music the world had ever heard. Grand yet intimate, prayerful yet sensual, Vespers is a musical experience like no other: a dazzling array of textures and sonorities that will amaze and delight. Artists: Erin Helyard (conductor and keyboards); Cantillation; Orchestra of the Antipodes. […]

Come along for a night of good music.

This is Eden performed by Emily Goddard Be transported back to 1839 to Tasmania’s infamous Cascades Female Factory, where in a solitary cell Mary Ford waits alone in the darkness. Left for dead, she plots her escape and reveals, with biting mockery, the untold tales of her captors. With a tour-de-force performance by Emily Goddard, This is Eden is an extraordinary tale that has largely escaped our nation’s history books. This powerful, ground-breaking one-woman show is equally dark, funny, insightful […]

Melissa is a multi-award winning Bundjalung novelist from Brisbane. She is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction writing and a founding member of human rights group, "Sisters Inside". She won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2019 for Too Much Lip. Our coffee cart with wonderful homemade cakes will be open.

The Armidale Choral Society presents Handel's Messiah conducted by Graham Maddox with chamber ensemble led by Eliza Scott. Soloists are: Samantha Cobcroft (soprano); Ruth Strutt (alto) from Opera Australia, Kent McIntosh (tenor) from Opera Australia; Sitiveni Talei (bass) from Opera Australia.

For those of you yet to experience the delight of group singing - in harmony - with your mates - at a pub - here's the dealio. No experience needed, no commitment required - just you, some mates, some classic tunes and a cheeky bevie or three. Grab a meal if you are peckish and a bevie, pick up a lyric sheet and we will fill you up on solid gold classics and send you home before bedtime with a […]

The Cary Bennett Trio performs classic popular tunes from the 1930s to the 1970s, songs made famous by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé and others. The band features the musical talents of James Brinkhoff on piano, Wendy Griffiths on double bass and Cary Bennett on drums and vocals. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

Owl’s aren’t born wise you know, they have to learn it from somewhere. A young owl named Poot Poot is sent to study at Owl School. On his journey he meets an Echidna, a Wombat, a Kookaburra, a Lyrebird, a Kangaroo and a Platypus who each share with him their own special kind of wisdom. But will he pass the final test and become wise enough to save the forest? The Owl’s Apprentice is an interactive show for families combining […]

Program: Vivaldi, Piazzolla, De Falla, Shostakovich, Suk; Performers: Madi Sim, Joanna Fairs-Wu, Eliza Scott, Charlotte Low, India Smith and Arlie Brag; Accompanist: Robyn Bradley. All proceeds go towards purchasing a quality violin and bow for Madison's future musical endeavours. Madi Sim, an advanced NECOM HSC violin student is holding a concert to raise money towards purchasing a new violin and bow. Madi has saved a significant amount of money herself working as a barista, but needs some community support for […]

Be the Mountain - Tibetan-Australian singer songwriter, cultural ambassador and activist, Tenzin Choegyal, is an artist keeping Tibet's music alive in the freedom of exile.

Come along for the screening of Opera New England’s celebrated productions sung in English. Ticket price includes drink from the bar. All proceeds to the Armidale Playhouse.

In the 1920s there was no Australian style in women’s dress.  In 1921 David Jones advertised modestly priced reproductions and adaptations of Paris fashions. Almost overnight, the depression brought a serious tone to society and the carefree age of the flapper was over.  Then, as Australia entered WW2, the traditional role of women shifted, with many joining the Land Army.  Women were taught to ‘Make Do and Mend’.  By 1947, Christian Dior’s New Look had restored femininity to the fashion […]

The Rocky Bottom Girls play a mix of bittersweet originals, old-time dance tunes and selected Irish and Americana ballads. Combining the musical connection of sisters Jhana (vocals, mandolin and fiddle) and Sujata (vocals, banjo and fiddle), Craig (guitarist/vocals) and Clara (IRL/UK) , the Rocky Bottom Girls bring you soaring four-part harmony, driving fiddle and banjo tunes and heartfelt stories from Anaiwan high country. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

Meat raffles (3 tickets for $5 - available all week at Wollo Shop) - drawn at 7.00pm. Evening hosted by Hillgrove Campdraft Association.

TIME: 8.00-10.00pm - Friday, 12 and Saturday, 13 August. Forget about Winter in Armidale for a night and come to the warm and comfortable surroundings of TAS Hoskins Theatre. Immerse yourself in a high energy rock music sci-fi experience and re-live the golden age of concept albums. Be thrilled by images of Martian invaders, and inspired as the characters of H G Wells’ story of War of the Worlds come to life. The Martians are Coming Back to Armidale for […]

Have you been intrigued by the specimens on display as part of The Art of Nature exhibition at NERAM? Then join us at UNE for an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Natural History Museum. Collections Manager, Professor Karl Vernes, will guide small groups through the museum displays and the collection space to share some stored specimens not seen by the general public. You won’t want to miss this very rare opportunity to peek behind the scenes!