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Armidale Events

Click to view the Summer 2024/25 events calendar! (PDF 1MB), or view the list below.

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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UNE Sci Flicks – “Contagion”

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Get your science facts with your science fiction! An action-thriller centred on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Hear about the real-world science in 2011 hit film, Contagion, with a short talk and audience Q&A with UNE Professor of Nursing, Kim Usher.

$10

“Volcano” @ the Belgrave

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

When a massive earthquake rocks Los Angeles, Emergency Management department head, Mike Roark (Tommy Lee Jones), and seismologist, Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche), use every resource to divert the volcano’s lava flow from consuming the whole city! Join us for a short intro from a UNE expert, Dr Kieran Meaney, about Volcano (1997) the movie then stay afterwards to ask all your burning questions! Dr Kieran Meaney is an expert on all things geological, with a passion for finding out […]

$10

Pysc-Flicks: About Time @ Belgrave Cinema

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Come along for a short intro to the movie About Time from Clinical Psychologists Amanda and Anna, then stay afterwards for an insightful dissection of the movie from a mental health perspective with a roaming mic Q&A! Psyc-Flicks explores psychology through the world of cinema. Hear about the psychological concepts in each film with a short talk before the screening and an audience Q+A afterwards from UNE’s leading researchers, educators and local mental health professionals.

Free

“Singin’ in the Rain” @ the Belgrave

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

UNE Sci-Flicks and Psyc-Flicks come together with Regional Cinemas Australia for this special screening celebrating the Value of Cinema and commemorating Belgrave Cinemas’ exciting next chapter! Immerse yourself in the glory of old Hollywood and then engage in a nostalgic and stimulating Q&A with Kieren Dell (CEO of Regional Cinemas Australia), exploring why it is people keep coming back to the big screen and the value of this for 9individuals and communities.

$11.00 – $58.00