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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Full canteen in operation - breakfast, lunch and dinner (Friday), breakfast and lunch (Saturday). Working Western Rail, Ranch Pleasure, Trail, Ranch Riding, Ranch Reining and Ranch Conformation.
Gourmet food trucks, food stalls, dedicated dessert section, boutique retail and craft stalls, kids' rides jumping castles and games, snow machine. Free on-site parking available.
See (and for sale) a spectacular array of gems, rocks, crystals, jewellery, crafts, beads and lapidary books/supplies/equipment. There will be a kid's treasure hunt and fossicking, raffle tickets ($1.00), great prizes, BBQ breakfast and lunch/light refreshments also available.
Featuring: Cigany Weaver; Wild Thyme; Elekoustika; Strung; Tri; Jhana Allan Find yourself dancing with your heart and not your feet when you join us for a beautiful Saturday evening. With national band Cigány Weaver headlining, you will be swept away with the summer breeze in a dazzling fusion of Jazz, classical and folk music. Thriving, dynamic, and fiery, Cigány know how to weave a night you won't forget! Enchanting you with vibrant and unique tunes, some of the New England's most incredible local artists will be supporting […]
TIME: 9.00am-4.00pm (Saturday), 9.00am-2.00pm (Sunday). COST: $10 (adult), free (school child) - EFTPOS available. Theme is anything Ferguson or Massey Ferguson. Vintage working machinery, small engines, steam engines, tractors, working draught horse demonstrations, vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles, tractor pull, military vehicles, post ripping, raffle, swap and stalls, mini tractor pull for kids and, of course, Grand Parades (Saturday and Sunday). Catering available.
A night of retro fun, raising funds for Breast Cancer Research.
