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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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS 3.00am - put clocks FORWARD one hour. Departure at 8.00am from the Visitor Information Centre carpark, 82 Marsh Street. Bring food (morning tea and lunch), water, binoculars, sunscreen and hat, and wear stout shoes. The scheduled visit may be changed or cancelled if conditions on the day are likely to affect the excursion.
Colour Me Love - 1/10 VENUE: The Armidale Playhouse, 309 Beardy Street. TIME: 3.00-4.30pm. COST: $30 (adult), $25 (concession) – tickets available via www.trybooking.com (50₵ booking fee applies). For more information, visit www.adms.org.au/armidale-playhouse. Well-known, seasoned Australian jazz singer, pianist, composer and educator Sharny Russell, and her daughter Lauren Lucille, also a jazz and pop vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, are part of a rich musical family heritage, so music is in their DNA. Sharny is now resident in Armidale and […]
BBQ and footy fun - watch the game and support Variety Bash.
Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Ducky Buzz plays music they love - jazz, bossa nova, blues, soul and funk. Featuring Alan Hardaker on guitar, Maria Rummery on vocals, Laurie Knight on saxophone, Geoff Croft on bass and Dick Kaehler on drums and vocals, they have been known to jazz up some modern pop tunes, mod up some jazz classics, bossa up some eighties rock, funk up some blues, soul up some Motown and some originals. […]
VENUES: Armidale Sports Ground (58 Dumaresq Street) and Rologas Playing Fields (Taylor Street). Teams from Coffs Harbour, Tamworth, New England and Macquarie (Dubbo) will battle it out over a 2-day carnival. This mini carnival is the first two rounds of our inter town Doug Walters Cup Competition – part of NSW Veterans Cricket. – BBQ for purchase at the Sportsground after the game on Saturday. Spectators welcome. Draw Saturday, 7 October New England versus Macquarie @ Sportsground; Tamworth versus Coffs Harbour @ Rologas […]
A community family event with meals, raffles etc. Fundraising proceeds to Variety Bash.
For more information, phone 02 6772 3718 or 02 6711 1584/0490 073 650. The Expo will being together Armidale Bicycle Centre and Bicycle Central, people who own ebikes, and those who want to own ebikes. Both will be offering demo bikes to try and special Expo prices for the day. Join the revolution or just have a sticky beak and lust at the new ebikes that have hit the market. If you haven't ridden an ebike up a hill - […]
King Leontes, tortured with jealous imaginings about his loving wife, Hermione, destroys his family in crazed nihilistic violence. But after winter comes the spring, and 16 years later, the lost Princess is found and in Shakespeare’s most extraordinary coup de théâtre, an enthralling moment of magical realism will leave audiences profoundly affected. Empty Space Productions' bold re-imagining of The Winter’s Tale, will envelop the audience in a visceral experience of soundscape, immersive audio-visual, live music and stunning image-making. Some of […]
Habitat being destroyed today. Can we protect it for tomorrow Join an evening with Armidale Branch of the National Parks Association. Hear what current logging is doing to the local forest - Share ideas and help formulate a community response to protect our forest, river and wildlife. RSVP for catering numbers: npaarmidale@gmail.com. Programme: 5.30pm - Armidale Branch AGM; 6.00-6.45pm - Soup and crusty bread; 6.45-8.30pm - Short presentations, discussion and planning.
Swansea Hit & Run is back with ambient, trippy, jazz influenced electronica, reminiscent of a 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 your eyes…think about open space and distance. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey
After touring the east coast of Australia in ’22 and receiving national and international airplay of their single Bohemian Driftwood, NASCENT is hitting the road again with a new record Tails From The Vault. Think of the energy of pop-punk, the grit of grunge and the swagger of rock ‘n’ roll. NASCENT’s live show is full of engagement, fun and energy. Promising big drums, guitars, analogue synth and Tim’s unmistakable fierce vocals. Guest artists: Filth and The Milfs and Tim […]
Ticket includes BBQ lunch. Gather your friends and family and immerse yourself into the golfing experience for the JK Rendering X St Joseph’s School Fundraiser charity golf day! The four-person Ambrose event is guaranteed to be a great day out with so many prizes up for grabs including 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes, card draw, longest drive and nearest to pin. A small auction with signed footy jersey by Greg Inglis and meat raffles will follow after the golf. […]
Bundarra Lions Club presents this year's free Goat Races. Kid's activities, full bar and canteen, family fun day out - cash only event (no ATM facilities in Bundarra). Enter the Mighty Duck Race to win $1,500 prize money - $10 per ticket.
Ticket also available at door. The first concert of its NSW Regional Tour will feature the Sydney Male Choir with guest artists from the Armidale Choral Society - concert not to be missed. The Sydney Male Choir (SMC), in existence since 1913, is a group of entertainers who love to sing and has an extensive repertoire,including favourites from music theatre, jazz, pop, folk and spirituals. The Choir's recent concert in Sydney Town Hall got rave reviews. The Armidale Choral Society […]
There is an oft-quoted saying about there being “nothing more beautiful than a guitar, save for perhaps two…” Purely subjective of course, but if you enjoy your strings plucked, you’re in luck as the New England’s premier guitar duo, EphenStephen, is returning with a special programme to mark their 35 years of guitar collaboration. Please book early, and don’t miss out otherwise everyone’s going to have something to be highly strung about and fret over. EphenStephen: “35 years and STILL […]
Music will be with the Country Dance Revival band. Supper will be provided
This is a show not to be missed! From the first minute Jade hits the stage, you will clap your hands, stamp your feet, rock and sway from side to side, sing along and laugh at Jade’s comic antics. Jade continues to present his high energy Rock & Roll and Country Music show Australia-wide today to packed audiences and standing ovations.
VENUES: Armidale Sports Ground (58 Dumaresq Street), Bellevue Oval (University of New England, Meredith Street), Recreation Ground (Park Avenue, Guyra), Lambert Park (108 Butler Street), Harris Park (144-150 Kirkwood Street) and Rologas Playing Fields (Taylor Street). This year Armidale is hosting the NSW Veterans Cricket Over 70s State Championships. Twelve 12 teams from across NSW attending will be attending. Games will be played on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday will be a rest day. No canteen, but spectators most welcome. […]
Registrations closed for participants. Presented by the Northern NSW Square Dance Association, this three-day gala event, features international caller Joachim Rühenbeck from the Triangle Club in Germany, with round dances cued by Ed Coleman from Sydney.
Black Comedy is a one-act farce by Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1965. The premise of the piece is that light and dark are transposed, so that when the stage is lit the cast are supposed to be in darkness and only when the stage is dark are they supposed to be able to see each other and their surroundings. A young sculptor and his fiancée have borrowed some expensive antique furniture from a neighbour's flat without his permission to […]
