What’s on inArmidale?

Events in Armidale

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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Ongoing

“Big Chill” Ice Skating @ Curtis Park

Curtis Park 75 Faulkner Street, ARMIDALE

What screams winter wonderland more than an ice-skating rink? The Armidale region will be able to experience the magic of skating on ice and gliding under festoon lighting for two weeks in May, with a 25m ice-skating rink being installed at Armidale’s Curtis Park from 13 - 29 May. Grab your family and friends to share the winter wonderland experience which also includes a snow machine!. All ages and abilities are catered for including ‘quiet’ sessions and disability access. Sessions […]

Travels with Mary – Stories from the Suitcases

Saumarez Homestead 230 Saumarez Road, ARMIDALE

TIMES: 10.00am-4.00pm -  Wednesday, 18 May, Friday, 20 May and Sunday, 22 May. The Mary White Saumarez Collection is made up of a newly discovered array of stunning art deco travel posters and original documents collected by Mary White throughout her voyages from 1939-1947 which were found inside a set of attaché cases, now on show for the first time. Redeem your NSW Discover voucher when you purchase your ticket on arrival.

$8 – $25

Roger & Julie @ The Playhouse

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

TIME: 2.00pm (Sunday), 7.30pm (Friday, Saturday). We are never too old to fall in love. Roger & Julie is Armidale local, Benjamin Thorn’s rewrite of Shakespeare’s famous Romeo & Juliet. This much shorter and modernised play moves the age of the characters forward and into their lives in two nearby nursing homes. The play is suitable for teenage children. Producer: Diana Helmrich; Directors: Margaret Sims and Benjamin Thorn. Payment by NSW Government vouchers available by contacting the event organiser.

$25 – $29

French Film Festival

Belgrave Twin Cinema 145 Dumaresq Street, ARMIDALE

$70 (Festival pass). All films are presented in their original language with English subtitles. 3.40pm - A Tale of Love and Desire Ahmed (the remarkable Sami Outalbali, Sex Education) is a talented 18-year-old Algerian from the outer Parisian suburbs, who has received a grant to study literature at the prestigious Sorbonne. Though the same city, it’s a disorientingly-foreign world for the conservative Ahmed, and he is rattled by the discovery of a rich canon of ancient, erotic Arabic texts in […]

$12.50 – $17.50