Armidale Events

COST: $30 (adult), $15 (child) - purchase ticket from Koorong Bookstore (120 Rusden Street) before 20 November - cash payment please. Performances: Pete Stanley, Aboriginal Gospel Singer, Neil Horton and Sara McNeil, Bollywood, Bhumi Patel, People of Bhutan, Emily and Ebony from Liberia, Bibeck Thapa and Deepraj from Nepal, Filipino Dance, St Andrews singers, Sisters and Brothers of Immuculata, Sam Reynolds our Story Teller, Joie Joy Fernandez, Thai Community, Kristian Streinbeck, Lewis Forgarty, Naomi Miller. Wheelchair accessible venue. Maximum 300 […]

The Great American Songbook: The Singers, The Songwriters, The Songs! The Great American Songbook is the name given to those timeless popular songs written in what many consider to be the golden age of songwriting: 1920s-1960s. Songs penned by such musical giants as Irving Berlin, Col Porter, Rogers & Hart/Hammerstein, the Gershwins, Duke Ellington,  Lerner & Loewe, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Jimmy McHugh, Bacharach & David, Henry Mancini, to name a few; and performed by some of the […]

Come along for a great night of music.

Tickets at the door - $25 (adult), $5 (student). Booking online incurs fee. This concert features the Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G major. This work was first performed at the ceremony in which Haydn was awarded the Doctorate of Music from Oxford University, and has thus been known as 'the Oxford symphony'. This work will be conducted by James McKay. Also featured is Cherubini's Requiem in C minor. The Orchestra will be joined by the Armidale Choral Society for […]

Please RSVP by 22/11/22. Armidale Care for Seniors is organizing a getaway for some Christmas shopping out of the way or just window shopping, either way it will be a nice day out! Seats are limited. Masks will be required while on the bus.

A service commemorating 80th Anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Armidale. Guest Speaker: Matthew Ryan RAN.

Armidale's favourite Christmas celebration! Festivities will commence with Santa and his Elves making a special appearance at the festive fun event. Beardy Street Mall will be transformed into a street of market stalls, food vans, live entertainment and kids activities. This year we have a special surprise.... Santa is bringing his real live Reindeer!!!!!    

3UP is a new jazz trio featuring Bellingen musicians, Christ Frater on saxophones and Bruce Stephen on double bass, and local drummer Cary Bennett. They bring their unique take on jazz grooves and styling, as well as some quirky original com[positions, to Armidale for a night of contemporary jazz. The exciting interaction between these three master musicians is something not to be missed.wel

Come and meet Santa, presents for kids, lighting the Christmas Tree, Christmas Carols and music, market and food stalls, BBQ.

Directions: from airport roundabout, exit to Armidale, travel down the hill and turn right into Galloway Street, take fourth right into Perrott Street (becomes Kellys Plains Road), continue 4.1km and turn left to "Kamarra"). Devonshire teas, lunches, plant and book stalls, raffle - all proceeds to Australian Garden History Society Heritage Rose Garden at Saumarez Homestead.

Lena Schmalz and Eloise ford (her student in organ) are developing the concept of an Organ Scholar at the Uniting Church. Supporting Eloise (organ) will be Nickie Murcell (recorders), Fiona McDonald (baroque flute, recorder), and Lena Schmalz (organ, piano, recorder), performing music by J S Bach, M Praetorius, J L Krebs, C A Campioni and C Franck.

Barry, Fay and Warren Gasping in the Greenhouse - A Climate Change Adventure, will be launched by Professor Nick Reid. The exhibition will be in place for just one day. Our environmental detectives, Barry, Fay and Warren, are back! After solving dieback in Dazed by Dieback they have embarked on a new adventure in which they uncover the causes of climate change and what can be done to reverse it. Gasping in the Greenhouse is a new comic book by ecologist, […]

Featuring: Cigany Weaver; Wild Thyme; Elekoustika; Strung; Tri; Jhana Allan Find yourself dancing with your heart and not your feet when you join us for a beautiful Saturday evening. With national band Cigány Weaver headlining, you will be swept away with the summer breeze in a dazzling fusion of Jazz, classical and folk music. Thriving, dynamic, and fiery, Cigány know how to weave a night you won't forget! Enchanting you with vibrant and unique tunes, some of the New England's most incredible local artists will be supporting […]

Join the Errol Russell Sinfonia as they champion some of the greatest works for strings. This vibrant chamber orchestra is made up of music teachers from the New England Conservatorium of Music, specially invited elite pre-tertiary and tertiary students and professional musicians from around the region. Working in collaboration with one of Australia’s most respected musicians Max McBride and ERS conductor Robert Jackson they will be performing: Bach Double Violin Concerto (Eliza Scott & David Tan violin); Mendelssohn Sinfonia No.10; […]

Christmas BBQ will start at 6.00pm. Please bring your own meat and a salad to share. Places and cutlery will be provided. Tea and coffee are available throughout the night. You can bring your own refreshments. There will be no supper break. For more information, phone Phil on 0466 068 722 or email philamel@live.com.au. Dance Programme - Two brackets of each dance Festival Glide; 2. Alpha Waltz; 3. Sindy Swing; 4. Carousel; 5. Mayfair Quickstep; 6. Miami Rumba' 7. Eugene […]

Great venue, great music for a catch-up with mates or just a night out.

Proceeds to the Playhouse, only 50 seats available - book 0418 249 912. International Peace Conference Documentaries Screening - An oratorio by Richard Harvey with Libretto by Ralph Steadman. Early morning, December 27 2003: over 300 excited Armidalians are getting out of their tents pitched in the Woodford Festival mud. Today is the day that 24 months of rehearsals, performances and planning come to fruition. That evening an 80-voice adult choir, 44-voice children's choir, 56-piece orchestra with didgeridoo, 24 dancers, […]

You are invited to celebrate the most beautiful time of the year at the Golf Club. Come and enjoy spectacular Christmas lights, excellent food and an unforgettable Christmas ambiance and make this and make this Christmas one to remember.

UNE is pleased to announce the resumption of Graduation ceremonies. Invitations are currently going out to graduating students who have completed their degree since December 2021. It is especially exciting to also offer additional ceremonies to our alumni who had to sadly miss out on their 2019, 2020, or 2021 graduation ceremonies.