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Armidale Events

Click to view the Spring 2024 events calendar! (PDF 3MB), 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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Astronomy Arvo with Professor Fred Watson

NOVA - UNE Smart Region Incubator 122 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Tomorrow’s Universe – The discoveries that will change science Get ready for an afternoon of stargazing and cosmic exploration. Astronomy today is going through a golden age with amazing new facilities exploring the Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope is re-writing the textbook on baby galaxies, while gravitational wave observatories are detecting vibrations in space caused by colliding black holes. But there is much more to come, with gigantic new telescopes in the pipeline that truly boggle the imagination. What are […]

Free

International Women’s Day Breakfast

NOVA - UNE Smart Region Incubator 122 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Come along for a delightful morning celebrating women's achievements at a International Women's Day Breakfast! There will be a panel of inspiring women lined up to engage in a Q&A discussion, led by Rachael Parsons, Art Museum Director of the New England Regional Art Museum. These women hail from different industries and have collectively spent decades going against the grain, following their instinct, and disrupting traditional work structures and social bias. Join in on the discussion on forging women's economic […]

$25

Heritage Matters

NOVA - UNE Smart Region Incubator 122 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

Are you interested in history and heritage? Involved in museums, research groups, living history? Presentations and networking about collecting, researching and presenting history.

$35 – $65

Book Launch

NOVA - UNE Smart Region Incubator 122 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia

NOVA - next to Folk Museum - old library. Armidale: A history in stories and photos by Ian M Johnstone (stories) and William Oates (photos) will be launched by Peter Chambers. Tea, coffee and nibbles will be served prior to launch.