What's On in Armidale

Come chill out, laugh together, and get a little competitive at our Family Games Day. The games station features a variety of family friendly games, be it a regular well-loved favourite or an exciting new board game, there’s something for everyone.

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon of smooth jazz with the Jordan Jive Swing Band at Jazz on The Terrace. Bring your friends and furry pals for good vibes every first Sunday of the month.

Join us at The Ol' Factorie Studio in Armidale, NSW for a hands-on Air-Dry Clay Play Day. This session is perfect for kids aged 6-11 who want to explore the world of clay, have fun with their imagination, and take home their very own creations!

Get ready for a night of laughter and amazement with Australia's naughtiest hypnotist, Mark Anthony! This is a night of good, clean, adult hypnosis fun. See the show or be the show. It's guaranteed to be the best show you see this year!

JUKEBOXXIN’ in the 21st century! It’s a retrospective of singles time! A fistful of fizzers poppin’ packets over a hard driving 32 years plus. REGURGITATOR have spun the dial and played it each and every way. Sui generis jukebottin’ amid droids of repetition, jabbin' society in the eye with a groove full of politics. 55 tablatures of candy fix… punch a coin in the slot. Press play, hit repeat. After last year's INVADER of the new comes a deep droid into those much loved plateaus of the nostalgia machine. Blister packin’ energy tracked in cycles of repetition - single after single after single adds up to some decent multitudes. Siftin' through their deca-drome of albums and slew of EPs. Robotic arms clawing in muscle memory. Wry rotations juking that stimuli… from Like it Like That’s and Kong Foo Sing’s... to Black Bugs, Polyester Girl’s through the Songs Formerly Known As, to the Pest’s and Cocaine Runaways… the shuffling bots - Quan, Ben, Pete, and latest keytaring effervescence Sarah - with their selector effects will cram as many hits as they canned into near on two hours of aural sugar that drips and drops. “A perpetual possibility, in a world of speculation.” (T.S. Eliot) Smack, bang up for it. Let’s arcade the fun! consume presents JUKEBOXXIN’  - with a fistful of fizzers  2025 retrospective singles tour! REGURGITATOR 30 plus years. 10 albums and rising. One just being together.  Pop goes the culture! Like a stun to the head it leaves one careering across the highway of a neverending invasion of cultural detritus... strewn across the landscape of your mind with blips and beeps and repetitive phases.  Forming late ‘93 in Brisbane, core members Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely set off on a malformed trajectory of numerous EPs and albums recorded in idiosyncratic scenarios: TU-PLANG (1996) in the jungle outskirts of Bangkok; the pixel obsessed 80s jolt of UNIT (1997) in a condemned Fortitude Valley warehouse; …ART (1999) in a sun soaked Byron Bay beachside house; EDUARDO & RODRIGUEZ WAGE WAR ON T-WRECKS (2001) amidst the red bricks and cigar smoke of Andy Gill’s (Gang of Four) London house studio; MISHMASH (2004) in Melbourne's Federation Square glass panopticon studio for the disruptive Band in a Bubble reality pastiche; LOVE & PARANOIA (2007) in a bullet riddled studio in Rio de Janeiro under the looming arms of Corcovado with a gang of dueling Brazilian sound engineers; SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS (2011) in Ben's old Melbourne Northcote shopfront; DIRTY POP FANTASY (2013) in the upper levels of a Hong Kong skyscraper apartment; the digital meta-virus that is HEADROXX (2018) fabricated over the internet; the recent cultural coloniser that is INVADER (2024). The past has trekked them live across Australia, NZ, Japan, UK, Europe, USA, Asia, Middle East, as much as an incessant barrage of festivals (Big Day Out, Good Things, Meredith, Golden Plains, Mona Foma, Spring Loaded, Clokenflap, Reading, Fuji Rock, Groovin’ the Moo, The Falls etc); tours with Boredoms, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Helmet, The Melvins, Weezer and KISS. Always drawn to the odd they collaborated: contemporary dance/live music project ‘Rock Show’; puppetry on Raised by Wolves at the Melbourne Fringe; a self-written live soundtrack to Japanese film AKIRA at the Sydney Opera House; performed the debut Velvet Underground album inconjunction with Chinese collaborator Mindy Meng Wang on guzheng; and the riotous kid fun of the POGOGO SHOW! Latest expedition to the peak mountain of sounds - 2024 heard the invasive notions of INVADER… now joined by Sarah Lim on keytar/guitar. More steps than one can wonder up a craggy trail of precarious independence lingering on the kindling embers of a bloated spectacle - capitalism sucks the culture out of life. All in the face of an industry fabricated in a vortex of froth and culture packed and canned for your homogenous convenience. REGURGITATOR available here: https://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/ [https://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/] SOCIAL RABBLE www.regurgitator.net [http://www.regurgitator.net/]  http://regurgitator.bandcamp.com/ [http://regurgitator.bandcamp.com/] www.facebook.com/regurgitators [http://www.facebook.com/regurgitators]  www.youtube.com/user/Regurgitators [http://www.youtube.com/user/Regurgitators]  https://www.instagram.com/regurgitators/ [https://www.instagram.com/regurgitators/] https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/regurgitator/18222978 [https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/regurgitator/18222978]

Australian rap icon Chillinit is hitting the red dirt this Summer, taking his boundless energy and smoked-out catalogue on the All Aussie Adventures Tour - a 25-date run spanning coastlines, country towns and everywhere in between.  From underground prodigy to chart-dominating force, Chillinit has redefined Australian rap with raw authenticity, unfiltered lyricism and an untouchable independent spirit.  Armed with multi-platinum hits, hundreds of millions of streams and a reputation for igniting chaos on and off stage, Chillinit’s upcoming AAA Tour marks his first regional tour since 2023’s wildly successful ‘420 Oz Crawl’ where he sold over 20,000 tickets touring Australia. Now, he’s bringing that same fire to regional Australia. So pack your swag, lace up your boots and get ready to ride shotgun – this isn’t just a tour, it’s a convoy. It’s chaos, it’s community, it’s an All Aussie Adventure – and you don’t want to miss it.

This half-day symposium explores the social, cultural, educational, and economic impact of music in regional Australia. Hear from the Regional Music Research Group and special guest Dr. Gavin Carfoot, a CMAA Songwriter of the Year, producer, music researcher, and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Queensland University of Technology.

Get creative and make your own festive decorations at the Christmas Wreath Workshop! Join us for a fun-filled evening.

An Evening with Fatty & Sterlo at Armidale Ex Services Memorial Club. Enjoy a night with two legends. There are different VIP packages available, including photos and signed memorabilia.

The Wellingrove Progress Association invites you to the Annual Christmas Party. This is an all-ages event with dinner, nibbles, and dessert included in the ticket price. There will be a visit from Santa and music. Parents are asked to arrange a small gift per child for Santa to hand out.

Celebrate Christmas with a twist! Join Sally-anne Whitten & friends for a nightmare before Christmas, inspired evening of music and fun! Get ready for a night full of creepy carols and cocktails. Prizes for best dressed.