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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.

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Comic Launch

Michael O'Keefe Woodland Education Centre, Armidale Tree Group 80 Mann Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

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, […]

Event Series Armidale Tree Group Tour

Armidale Tree Group Tour

Various ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

To celebrate Armidale Tree Group's 40th anniversary, two members’ farms that have had thousands of trees planted over the years, will be opened to the public. Tours will be self-guided with the opportunity to speak to the landholders and to see before and after pictures of their land. Refreshments will be available and plants on sale. Saturday, 21 October: Selwyn's Wood, 303 Castledoyle Road (6,000 trees and shrubs were planted in 2017 and 2021). Sunday, 22 October: Liberty Plains, 300 […]

$10

Woodford Folk Festival @ the Playhouse

The Armidale Playhouse 309 Beardy Street (cnr Ohio Street), ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Plague and the Moonflower An 80-voice adult choir, 44-voice children's choir, 56-piece orchestra with didgeridoo, 24 dancers, 3 jugglers, 3 actors, a narrator, 5 soloists (2 sopranos, boy soprano, violin and guitar). The Gypsy Hot Club 5-piece band, fire eater, 5 tonne tip truck, a crew of 35 and 100 extra family and friends, 40 microphones, 4 cameras, a gigantic mixer; 3 huge props including a 6m-high Plague Demon built from 3,00 plastic shopping  bugs. Bill Hauritz: Armidale's Plague and […]

$20.50

Bush Dance @ Dangarsleigh

Dangarsleigh Hall 874 Dangarsleigh Road, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Great fun for all ages with the Big Hairy Bush Band who will teach you all the steps as you do-si-do the night away. Bring your friends and family. Light refreshments and supper available. Prizes to give away! Directions to Dangarsleigh Hall - take Dangarsleigh Road for about 10km (past the Dangars Falls turnoff to left) and Hall is on the right just after this turnoff. Tickets available at the Armidale Tree Group nursery (80 Mann Street) or at door.

$10 – $20