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?
Belated International Women's Day event - The Rocky Bottom Girls plus an open mic list (poetry, music, reading, soapbox welcome!).Kids welcome. For more information, phone 02 6771 2994.
For more information or to book, email newenglandhoneybees@outlook.com or info@boobooks.net.au or phone 02 6771 2994 or 0432 474 591. Boobooks, together with New England Honey Bees, are hosting morning tea. Special guest The Easter Bunny! There will be an Easter Egg Hunt and prizes, enjoy Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Hot Chocolate and a selection of cakes and cookies.
For more information or to book, email newenglandhoneybees@outlook.com or info@boobooks.net.au or phone 02 6771 2994 or 0432 474 591. Boobooks, together with New England Honey Bees, are hosting morning tea. Special guest The Easter Bunny! There will be an Easter Egg Hunt and prizes, enjoy Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Hot Chocolate and a selection of cakes and cookies.
For more information or to book, email newenglandhoneybees@outlook.com or info@boobooks.net.au or phone 02 6771 2994 or 0432 474 591. Boobooks, together with New England Honey Bees, are hosting morning tea. Special guest The Easter Bunny! There will be an Easter Egg Hunt and prizes, enjoy Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Hot Chocolate and a selection of cakes and cookies.
Archie and Zoe are two young and very talented musicians and songwriters. A $5 donation for the musicians will be appreciated.
Tildy's Sausage Sensation is a delightful, touching and beautifully written book for children of all ages. It is in memory of Peta Kerr and to raise awareness and money for Children's Brain Cancer research. Meet Kate Kane, Peta's mother, to hear why Kate published the story written by Peta about her little dog, Tildy and, of course, meet Tildy the dog. Children very welcome as Tildy loves people of all ages. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and, of course, our wonderful […]
Melissa is a multi-award winning Bundjalung novelist from Brisbane. She is a Walkley Award winner for her non-fiction writing and a founding member of human rights group, "Sisters Inside". She won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2019 for Too Much Lip. Our coffee cart with wonderful homemade cakes will be open.
A student at New England Girls' School for seven years, Apple Gidley returns to Armidale to discuss her nomadic life, and her latest book, Have you Eaten Rice Today?
Come and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music. Café open.
Warkon is part psychological, part bildungsroman, part crime mystery fiction, helped largely by the clever interweaving of storylines and the author's fine feel for language and tone that is quintessentially Australian. It manages to blend stark existential horror with unbearable beauty, told as if it were an incandescent fever dream, and achieves to create a deep, unforgettable impression
