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Armidale Events

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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.

Have an event to add to the calendar?

Bundarra Cup Day

Armidale Racecourse 12 Barney Street, Armidale, NSW, Australia

Catch all the local racing action plus Group 1 racing from Randwick with Epsom Handicap Day. Lock in the date, book your tickets and see you trackside!

$8

Cold Chisel @ Petersons

Petersons Winery & Guesthouse - Armidale 345 Dangarsleigh Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Red Hot Summer Tour - special guests: Cruel Sea, Birds of Tokyo, The Superjesus and Karen Lee Andrews Cold Chisel is back to celebrate its 50th birthday in style. The band is marking a golden anniversary with a national tour, kicking off in Armidale where it was based back in 1974. The Big Five-O will be a night like no other. This time the band is not touring to promote a new album, it is touring for the best possible reason...because we […]

Event Series Hillgrove Halltel Socials

Hillgrove Halltel Socials

Hillgrove Rural Community Hall 76 Brackin Street, HILLGROVE, NSW, Australia

A community family event with meals ($5 sausage sandwich with tea/coffee), BYO alcohol, cards, games, raffles (when advertised) etc. Fundraising proceeds to Hillgrove Museum.

Free

Armidale Dance Group

Hall, Masonic Retirement Village 100 Cooke's Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

$1 raffle tickets. Please bring plate of goodies to share for supper and your own cup. Tea and coffee will be provided. Just a reminder that Masonic Hall is an Aged Care Facility, so if feeling unwell, please do not attend. Save the Date: Charity Dance at Glen Innes Town Hall (265 Grey Street, Glen Innes), Saturday, 26 October and a practice dance on the Friday night with Phil’s Music. At each of our dances there will be a featured […]

$10

Armidale Birdwatchers

Dangar's Lagoon Thunderbolt's Way, URALLA, NSW, Australia

DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS - put clock FORWARD one hour. 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.

Free

Australian Orienteering Championships

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Seven events, nine days, four arenas! The Anaiwan and Kamilaroi people are the traditional owners of the country that encompasses current day Armidale and Uralla, and the local Indigenous population is still more than double that of the Australian average. The Anaiwan people settled the New England Ranges around Uralla and Armidale whilst the Kamilaroi headed west to the Inverell region. Welcome to the land of The Granite Belt which runs along the Great Dividing Range crossing state borders. The Granite belt […]

Armidale Riding Club Championships

Equestrian Centre Kennedy Street (cnr north end of Douglas Street), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Let's get back into riding! Come along for a great day and see some fabulous horses and riders in action. Canteen will be operating. Saturday, 5 October: Official Competitive - Preliminary, 1.2, Preliminary 1.3, Elementary 3.2, Elementary 3.3, Advanced 5.2, Advanced 5.3, FEI Prix St George, FEI Intermediate I, FEI Intermediate A. Unrestricted - Preparatory 1, Preparatory 2, Novice 2.2, Novice 2.3. Sunday, 6 October: Official Competitive - Novice 2.2, Novice 2.3, Medium 4.2, Medium 4.3, FEI Intermediate II, FEI […]

Free
Event Series Karoake @ Rafters

Karoake @ Rafters

Rafters Diner 87 Malpas Street, GUYRA, NSW, Australia

Try your hand at our Open Mic event, it's not just for singers but also comedians, poets and musicians. Happy hour 2.00-3.00pm. Come check out the local talent for an awesome afternoon. People’s choice of best performance will win a $50 food and drinks voucher.

Free
Event Series Rotary Book Fair – Guyra

Rotary Book Fair – Guyra

Guyra Soldiers' Memorial Hall 163 Bradley Street, GUYRA, NSW

To celebrate a new trout fishing season, the Guyra Trout Fest is coming. The Rotary Club of Guyra will be hosting a book fair with second-hand books for all to enjoy so it can raise money for projects in the community. The genre of books which have been kindly donated range from: Animals and kids; biographies and history; CDs DVDs and tapes; cooking and crafts; farming and gardening; fiction and non-fiction; magazines and travel; medical and reference; sports, cars and thrillers, […]

Free

Ohmasoul @ Welders Dog Bar

Welder's Dog Bar cnr Marsh and Rusden Streets, ARMIDALE, NSW

Ohmasoul will be bringing some soul to the  Bar. Listen in as they cook up an eclectic mix of soul, jazz, blues and shoegaze. Featuring Jemimah Hiscox on vocals and James Brinkhoff on keys, they put their own laid-back spin on well known, unknown and new songs from the 60s to yesterday.

Free