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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Bring the family and a picnic blanket to enjoy a free Christmas event and movie for the community. There will be plenty of family-friendly activities, while Armidale local, Fergus Lupton, provides live music. There will be market stalls, food trucks, and so much more. From 8.00pm, the movie Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, will screen.
Playing the best of the best Aussie rock hits, following the Rock the Boat members' draw; Dress to impress with lucky door prizes to be won!
GlenFest Events presents Australia's newest punk sensation.
Family Fun Day! Camel rides; games; Christmas stall; café and coffee; Wishing Tree; lucky dip; books; Treasure Island; icecream; food stalls; sausage sizzle; dunk'n' machine; plants; fresh produce; entertainment.
Let there be light! The Choral Society will be performing Haydn - The Creation with the Armidale Symphony Orchestra. Soloists Samantha Cobcroft (soprano), Kent McIntosh (tenor) and Benjamin Caukwell (bass) will feature on the day.
Chilli Jam is a local Armidale Band bringing you a variety of songs from Blues, Rock, World Latin, Jazz and originals with a unique twist. Chilli Jam - Massiel, Gary Daly and Mick Houlahan share a unique connection, provide a great mix of sounds and vocals, and a fun vibe that caters for chilling and upbeat fun.
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Darren Hanlon grew in a place described in tourist brochures as: “the town that saved Queensland”. The grandiose statement refers to the discovery of gold in Gympie in 1867. The house overlooking the river in the Southside of the regional town contained his parents, his sister and their scant record collection but it seemed the two albums played continually were Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits and Slim Dusty's This is Your Life which they’d all listen to from their rooms at […]
Converting to Christianity in Late Antiquity: What we can learn from Augustine of Hippo - Dr Katie Chambers. . She teaches at UNE in History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies and is a specialist on the thought of Augustine of Hippo, especially his moral and political thought and its reception in the Middle Ages and Modern Era. Her latest publication is Augustine on the Nature of Virtue and Sin (Cambridge University Press, 2023). This talk looks at how ‘conversion’ has been understood […]
A TAS Junior School production. Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr is based on the 2000 made-for-television movie Geppetto with original music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a few tunes from the 1940 Disney classic Pinocchio. In this twist on the traditional Pinocchio story, things don’t work out exactly as expected. The Blue Fairy is convinced that she granted Geppetto’s wish perfectly, but the toy maker is less than thrilled with his new son Pinocchio. Geppetto tries to convince the Blue Fairy of […]
Starring very talented children. A beautiful theme with wonderful nonsense adapted by Gordon Cope with original music by Benjamin Thorn.
Get set for Christmas in the Armidale Mall on Friday 29 November. Come and meet Santa, enjoy live music and entertainment, a petting zoo, face painting, over 80 market stalls and food vendors and lighting of the Christmas tree.
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is an hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs White, Mr Green, Mrs Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the […]
Chilli Jam is a local Armidale Band bringing you a variety of songs from Blues, Rock, World Latin, Jazz and originals with a unique twist. Chilli Jam - Massiel, Gary Daly and Mick Houlahan share a unique connection, provide a great mix of sounds and vocals, and a fun vibe that caters for chilling and upbeat fun.
8.00am departure from Visitor Information Centre, 82 Marsh Street. Bring food (morning tea and lunch), water, binoculars, sunscreen and hat, and wear stout shoes, bring a picnic chair as many bush spots do not have facilities. The scheduled visit may be changed or cancelled if conditions on the day are likely to affect the excursion.
There will be a BBQ, raffles throughout the day, many stalls of goodies, games and activities for the kids. Santa will also be visiting! Cakes; BBQ; Drinks, tea and coffee; Crafts; Tombola; White Elephant; Face Painting; Plant Stall; Lucky Draw prizes; Wood and Gift Hamper Raffles; Brass Band; Christmas Hams to be won on Chocolate Wheel.
Four-man Ambrose - 9.00am smoko - 10.00am shotgun start. Drinks on course, prizes, charity auction, nearest to pin, longest drive, bar and facilities available all day. Funds raised donated to Mates in Construction
Come and meet Santa, children's activities, lighting of the Christmas tree, Christmas carols and music, market and food stalls.
Come along for a great night of good company and foot tapping music.
Are you wondering where to take your staff, family and friends for this year's Christmas party? Well, wonder no longer! Why not join the Armidale District MS Branch for a fabulous Christmas Party. Two course dinner, live music with Chilli Jam, table prizes, raffles, a great night out AND raise funds to assist local people with Multiple Sclerosis to live their best lives. Ticket also available at Armidale City Bowling Club Reception Desk.
