Events in Armidale

Following the dawn service there will be the usual cricket match between Wollomombi and Hillgrove at the Hillgrove Reserve from around 8.30am. The Wollomombi Stores' annual BBQ, 2UP and entertainment, provided by local legend AJ Williams will commence around 10.00am. Everyone is welcome.

The service will be followed by morning tea at the Hillgrove Museum, Scouler Street, Hillgrove. Discover ANZACs from Hillgrove, Jeogla and Wollomombi at the museum. Tea, coffee, ANZAC biscuits and BBQ egg and bacon sandwiches will be available at Museum immediately following the service. Everyone welcome.

2-up will be at the Wollomombi General Store (110 Wollomombi Village Road) commencing at completion of cricket (approximately 3.00pm). All profits to Chandler Primary School - come and enjoy a fabulous fun day out.

Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Josh Kreusler Quintet showcases a series of compositions inspired by the local landscape. The band features Joshua Kreusler (guitar), Pat Harris (bass), Dave Van Tongeran (kit), Steve Harris (percussion) and Jhana Allen (violin). Fusing Cuban-infused drumming cycles with jazz and folk sensibilities, this group sits in expansive improvisation. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

UNE is pleased to announce the resumption of Graduation ceremonies. Invitations are currently going out to graduating students who have completed their degree since December 2021. It is especially exciting to also offer additional ceremonies to our alumni who had to sadly miss out on their 2019, 2020, or 2021 graduation ceremonies. In the event of wet weather, the ceremonies will be held in Campbell Hall at Sport UNE due to the damage Lazenby Hall sustained during the October storm.

UNE is pleased to announce the resumption of Graduation ceremonies. Invitations are currently going out to graduating students who have completed their degree since December 2021. It is especially exciting to also offer additional ceremonies to our alumni who had to sadly miss out on their 2019, 2020, or 2021 graduation ceremonies. In the event of wet weather, the ceremonies will be held in Campbell Hall at Sport UNE due to the damage Lazenby Hall sustained during the October storm.

UNE is pleased to announce the resumption of Graduation ceremonies. Invitations are currently going out to graduating students who have completed their degree since December 2021. It is especially exciting to also offer additional ceremonies to our alumni who had to sadly miss out on their 2019, 2020, or 2021 graduation ceremonies. In the event of wet weather, the ceremonies will be held in Campbell Hall at Sport UNE due to the damage Lazenby Hall sustained during the October storm.

5.30pm - Dinner at the Top Pub (23-27 Bridge Street). Dancing commences at 7.00pm. A great social night with dances by request. Dances requested so far are Bluebird, Serenade, Blue Wren Cha Cha, Animation Saunter, Shamrock Schottische, La Bomba, Fascination Waltz, Engagement Waltz, Trinity Waltz, Presentation Waltz, Firefly Tango, Emmerdale.

Come along for the screening of Opera New England's celebrated productions sung in English. Ticket price includes drink from the bar. All proceeds to the Armidale Playhouse.

For those of you yet to experience the delight of group singing - in harmony - with your mates - at a pub - here's the dealio. No experience needed, no commitment required - just you, some mates, some classic tunes and a cheeky bevie or three. Grab a meal if you are peckish and a bevie, pick up a lyric sheet and we will fill you up on solid gold classics and send you home before bedtime with a […]

Tickets also available at door. Please note: You are welcome to use the Discover voucher from Service NSW, however, it cannot be processed with an online purchase at this time. Please present your voucher (printed or digitally on a device of your choice) on arrival and your ticket will be discounted. After viewing the Travels with Mary exhibition, join our ‘What we know about Mary’ tour set to delve into Mary White’s interests, works and deeds through various works and […]

This lecture will examine the harrowing story of an outstanding portraitist caught in the deadly divisions of Revolution.  Copley, born in 1783 to poor Irish parents in Boston, became a highly sought after painter of the professional and mercantile elite of this small colonial port.  Increasing friction between Britain and her American colonies after 1763 polarised this elite into warring camps.  Copley found himself caught between old friends and family and by 1774 had to make a choice which would […]

Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Buddy Knox - Born into an Aboriginal family of country rock performers, Tamworth-based musician, Buddy Knox, is a sensational funky blues artist. From Bridgetown to Bluesfest, Buddy has been carving up the Blues scene around Australia. Armed with his signature 335 Gibson, his devotion to the artform is genuine, playing with an authentic, effortless style of the old masters, though without losing his own unique identity.

Formed in 1991, The Catholics are one of Australia’s most distinct contemporary ensembles. Over three decades, they have formed a unique body of beautifully crafted music that takes in various African, Caribbean, Latin, and Eastern influences. Band leader, composer and bassist, Lloyd Swanton, is well-known across Australia and internationally for his work with improvising legends, The Necks, as well as appearances on over 100 albums, many of them ARIA Award winners, for artists including Vince Jones, Wendy Matthews and Bernie […]

Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Kez & Steve  - Kez Watson (all kinds of fiddles/strings) and Stephen Tafra (guitar/banjo/accordion) draw on their classical roots and diverse musical heritage to explore instrumental music traditions from around the world. Their performances are infused with idiomatic essences and techniques from the Celtic regions, Spain, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Appalachia and beyond. Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

$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 […]

With his 7th album on the way and music featured in movies and documentaries such as The Emu Runner and John Pilger’s Utopia, Nhunggabarra, Kooma man and international touring singer-songwriter, Glenn Skuthorpe, is a powerful lyricist and composer who gives voice to those whose stories must be heard. A compelling performer whose playing style is captivating, engaging audiences in the stories behind his journeys. Prepare for an infusion of urban street blues to dusty plains and wide open skies.

Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. The Gravy  - One of the most nascent groove collectives in the High Country, The Gravy features Dave Brown on bone, John Corcoran on guitar, Emily (EJ) Jane on vocals, Brendan Passey on bass and vocals and Ian (Mitch) Mitchell on skins. This succulent sauce has a base of contemporary soul, notes of 80s funk and naughties groove, topped with a healthy dollop of home-cooked original flavour. Music washes away […]

The Bridge Walk is held every year during National Reconciliation Week – a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, and to explore how each of us can join the national reconciliation effort. This year’s national theme for Reconciliation Week ‘Be Brave. Make Change’. The event starts with a smoking ceremony, then we walk across Stephen’s Bridge, followed by a circuit of the park. We then listen to a couple of short speeches and […]

After viewing the Travels with Mary exhibition, join our What we know about Mary tour set to delve into Mary White’s interests, works and deeds through various works and objects, especially in her room and her own cottage garden in the grounds of Saumarez Homestead, for an exclusive insider’s look into Mary’s life at home. A private person with a social conscience who gave herself to public works, possessing a strong sense of responsibility and social duty, Mary White was […]

For those of you yet to experience the delight of group singing - in harmony - with your mates - at a pub - here's the dealio. No experience needed, no commitment required - just you, some mates, some classic tunes and a cheeky bevie or three. Grab a meal if you are peckish and a bevie, pick up a lyric sheet and we will fill you up on solid gold classics and send you home before bedtime with a […]

Come and enjoy jazz at one of Armidale's grooviest venues. Herbie Gets Out - If you dig your blues on the edge of green, your jazz country-tinged, your country with a side of noir and your funk with a garnish of surf, we might be getting somewhere. Just call it music. I do. Mr Herbie engages the services of Steve Harris (drums), James Haselwood (bass) and Steve Thorneycroft (guitar). Music washes away the dust of everyday life - Art Blakey

$70 (Festival pass). All films are presented in their original language with English subtitles. Lost Illusions An all-star cast dazzles in the spectacular and exhilarating new film by Xavier Giannoli (The Singer, Marguerite), an adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold. 1821. Handsome poet Lucien (Benjamin Voisin, in a star-making turn) is poor, but highly ambitious. Failing to make a name for himself in his provincial hometown, he naively […]

$70 (Festival pass). All films are presented in their original language with English subtitles. 3.00pm - Farewell Mr Haffmann Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the Jewish community are instructed to come forward and identify themselves to authorities. Dedicated jeweller Joseph Haffmann (Auteuil), fearing the worst, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers his employee François Mercier (Gilles Lellouche) the chance to take over his store until the conflict subsides. But his own attempts to escape are […]