1 JULY 2021 SATURDAY 26 JUNE - SUNDAY 11 JULY In 2021 the festival theme is 'People and Place'. Through the theme People and Place we will celebrate everything that makes our community and our region special: individuals and groups, diversity, four seasons, heritage, activities, culture, entertainment, resilience and more. Familiar faces and quiet places. Keep an eye out for the unique interpretations of this year's theme as you wander along the Illumination Light Walk and check out the Brighten Up Bathurst locations around town. Fill your winter school holidays with fun family adventures. Celebrate the magic of winter at the annual 16 day Bathurst Winter Festival. Stunning light shows, boutique food events with local wines and craft ales, outdoor ice skating, carnival rides, live music and more. • Ice Skating • Brew & Bite • Illuminations • Kids' Day • Pets' Day • Around Town
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2 UNTIL SUNDAY 25 JULY BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Location: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5pm; Saturday & Sunday 10am - 2pm; Closed Monday Cost: Free entry Contact: 6333 6555 Website: bathurstart.com.au STIRRING THE ASH: EUAN MACLEOD AND ANDREW MERRY Stirring the ash is a collaboration between painter Euan Macleod and photographer Andrew Merry. The series is set in the liminal landscape of Napoleon Reef, near Bathurst. Macleod and Merry’s synergetic collaboration is a many-layered journey not only into the natural world but also into the nature of image-making. The elemental, complex narrative of fire is acknowledged and explored as both a destructive and creative force in the Australian landscape. This multimedia exhibition acts as a portal into the otherworldly imagination of Macleod’s iconic figurative landscapes. Macleod’s paintings are reimagined and transformed, through Merry’s lens, into the medium of photography, video and performance. Macleod becomes an actor in the theatre of Merry’s photographs. The end-result is a combined body of work that is both cataclysmic and quietly reflective, that blazes, flickers and glows. Wellington-based poet Gregory O’Brien—author of the 2010 monograph Euan Macleod— the painter in the painting-- adds another layer to the exhibition with his text Written in ash, which brings together memories of the artist’s studio, landscapes he has travelled through with Macleod, and meditations on both the photographer’s and the painter’s art. A BRAG Exhibition. ANGELA MALONE: WINTER PAINTINGS Over the last ten years, Orange-based artist and poet Angela Malone has been drawn to a friend’s orchard to paint. Her recent paintings are an attempt to coalesce the landscape’s fleeting external reality with her own emotional and inner world by working vigorously and quickly, often abstracting elements of the landscape through the process of reduc- tion. A Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Local Artist Project. CHESTER NEALIE: ETCHED IN FIRE Over six decades, the charismatic New Zealand-born, Gulgong-based master potter Chester Nealie has amassed a wealth of scientific and technical knowledge of the clay and glazes he uses in his pursuit of aesthetics through the making of his woodfired ceramics. This survey charts his career and will show works by Frank Boyden (US); Barry Brickell and Richard Parker (NZ); and Peter Rushforth, Alan Peascod, Owen Rye, Janet Mansfield and Ivan McMeekin (Australia). Nealie is represented in numerous collections, including Musée National de Céramique, Paris; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Christchurch Art Gallery; Te Papa National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington; Art Gallery of Ballarat; and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. A BRAG Exhibition curated by Jan Irvine-Nealie.
3 UNTIL SATURDAY 10 JULY T.ARTS EXHIBITIONS Location: T.Arts Gallery, 80 George St Time: Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm; Saturday 10am - 2pm Cost: Free entry Contact: 0490 332 699 Website: tartsgallery.com GREG CROSS – 'SEEN IN PASTELS' In this exhibition Greg is portraying some beautiful seascapes, calm horizons and movement of white wandering clouds – as good as being there at some of these locations. When Greg sees something he likes , he tries to capture that moment in his favourite medium, pastels. Greg follows the pastels art world , developing ideas and concepts based sometimes on the work of established American landscape artists. LOUISE RANSHAW – 'REEF' This exhibition draws on Louise’s love of organic materials and objects found in the environment. A visit to Burrendon Arboreatum last year saw her develop ideas and forms from the many seed pods, foliage and bark she observed there. Some of these drawings and early projects crossed boundaries and morphed into forms reminiscent of marine corals and algaes.
JULY 'NEW START FOR WINTER' Location: Rankin Cottage Crafts, 117 Rankin St Time: Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm; Closed public holidays, Mother's Day & Father’s Day Cost: Free entry Contact: 0497 015 964 Facebook: facebook.com/rankincottagecrafts Winter is here and Rankin Cottage Crafts are busy making warm handmade items for you and your family.
UNTIL SUNDAY 4 JULY FIREFLY FOREST & GLOW Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: Free entry Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Firefly Forest is an immersive magical lighting installation created by Patch Theatre’s Artistic Director, Geoff Cobham, and his longtime collaborator Chris Petridis. This timeless piece, inspired by an unexpected sublime moment in a paddy field under a full moon and next to a volcano, is an inspiration for all ages. The fireflies leave trails of ever changing ember coloured light. Sit beneath them and be transported to another time and place. Glow is an interactive installation that allows playful exploration of light and shadow. Glow will spark your imagination and give you an immersive ‘hands on’ experience you will never forget. Visitors will enter this installation every 20 minutes. Please reserve your visit with the Box Office. 4 UNTIL SUNDAY 11 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY BATHURST FARM EXPERIENCE Location: 1080 Trunkey Rd, Perthville Time: By arrangement Cost: Charges apply - Bookings essential Contact: 0429 337 439 Website: barcoosbarn.com.au Meet the animals, feed lambs, chickens and horses and learn about their uses. Take a ride on a led Shetland pony or draught horse, a sled ride behind a draught horse or even a sulky ride. Lots of fun activities to enjoy.
UNTIL SUNDAY 11 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY GOLD PANNING TOURS Location: Hill End area Time: By arrangement - Bookings essential (Closed 25 Dec) Cost: $10 per person (1 hour) Contact: 0421 729 955 Enjoy gold prospecting with an experienced tour guide. Be taught how to pan for gold. Equipment supplied.
UNTIL SUNDAY 11 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY HISTORY HILL Location: 3458 Hill End Rd, Hill End Time: 10am – 4pm - open 7 days during school holidays. Normal hours: 10am - 4pm weekends and long weekends Cost: Adult $10; Child $7 Contact: 0428 378 222 Website: historyhill.com.au History Hill has the largest privately owned gold rush collection on display in Australia focusing on the land, the time and the people of Australia's gold rush era.
UNTIL SUNDAY 11 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY SOFALA GOLD PROSPECTING Location: Sofala Collective, 23 Denison St Time: 9am – 11am & 1pm - 3pm (arrive 15 mins early prior to panning) Open 7 days during school holidays Cost: Adult $20; Child $10; Under 10yrs $5 Contact: 0400 406 551 Facebook: facebook.com/sofalagoldprospecting Come to Sofala and learn the art of panning for gold. Be taught the correct technique so you can be sure that you are not losing the gold you have worked so hard to find!
5 THURSDAY 1 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY GAME ON Location: Bathurst Library, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: 10.30am - 1pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Games morning at the Library! Are you a Monopoly master, cluey with Cluedo or an Uno champion? If so....get your friends together and bring your boards games or card games and play together in the Library. Some board games will be supplied. BYO snacks and water. Ages 8yrs+.
THURSDAY 1 & FRIDAY 2 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY CREATE COLLABORATIVE COLUMNS Location: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 1st 1.30p - 3pm; 2nd 10.30am - 12pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6555 Website: https://bit.ly/3wPaW7L Join in creating an awesome collaborative painting of the poles along the Art Gallery/ Library awning inspired by the artworks on display. Over a series of workshops, participants will paint onto black vinyl their responses to the current exhibitions and artworks on display at BRAG as well as ‘Adaptation’ inflatable by GAS.
THURSDAY 1 & FRIDAY 2 JULY NIGHTS @ AUSTRALIAN FOSSIL & MINERAL MUSEUM Location: 224 Howick St Time: Open until 8pm Cost: Adult $15; Concession $10; Child $12; Family $45 Contact: 6331 5511 Website: museumsbathurst.com.au The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum will be open late to celebrate the Bathurst Winter Festival. Standard Museum admission applies. Show your Bathurst Winter Festival Ice Skating ticket for 10% discount on admission.
THURSDAY 1 & FRIDAY 2 JULY WALK-IN SUCCULENT POTS WORKSHOPS Location: Bespoke & Co, 23 Keppel St Time: Between 10am - 4pm Cost: $5 Contact: 6331 5161 Website: facebook.com/bespokeandcobathurst Pop in to Bespoke & Co. Bathurst anytime between 10am and 2pm to make your own Succulent Pot browse around the local crafted items in the warm shop and then make a mess around our workshop space!
6 THURSDAY 1 & FRIDAY 2 JULY MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 9 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY BATHURST GOLDFIELDS HOLIDAY PANNING Location: 428 Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama Time: 1pm - 3pm Cost: Adult & high school age $20; primary age $10; under 5yrs free. Children must be accompanied by paying adult. Contact: 6332 2022 Website: bathurstgoldfields.com.au Be guided through the museum displays and see the various methods of gold mining, the tools and machinery used, from man and horse power through to steam power. At the outdoor museum help operate the authentic machines used during the 1850s. Then head to the blacksmith shop where the guide will create a work of art in steel. Try your hand at panning for real gold. Keep what you find! THURSDAY 1 & FRIDAY 2 JULY MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 9 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY PCYC Location: Cnr Morrisset & Commonwealth Sts Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm Cost: Half day $25; full day $35 Contact: 6331 2191 Website: pcycnsw.org.au/bathurst Fully supervised activities which often include indoor and outdoor ball games, gymnastics, circus skills, boot camp, in club movies, laser tag and tenpin bowling. For ages 5-15 years. FRIDAY 2 JULY LUETH AJAK - LIVE LOCAL & FREE MUSIC Location: Victoria Hotel, 3 Keppel St Time: 5pm - 8pm Cost: Free Contact: 6331 5777 Website: thevictoriabathurst.com.au Lueth Ajak will be playing this installment of Live + Local at the Front Bar of the Victoria Hotel Bathurst. FRIDAY 2 JULY MUSIC TALK FEST @ BATHURST LIBRARY Location: Bathurst Library, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 6pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Facebook: facebook.com/BathurstLibrary Explore the magic that music and musicians bring to our lives with this interactive panel discussion led by Simon Marnie (ABC Radio broadcaster). Featuring Amanda Brown (composer, songwriter, member of The Go-Betweens), Wendy McDougall and an exhibition of her amazing rock photography, Greg Appel (musician, writer, producer - including the acclaimed “Long Way to the Top” documentary), representatives of Scratches Records (an independent music label venture of Sydney Hip-Hop icon P.Smurf). Local musicians, including Genni Kane, Andy Nelson and Jon7 Wilby will play live! FRIDAY 2 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY RAP, RHYME & RHYTHM Location: Bathurst Library, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm Cost: $5 - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Join hip-hop artist and record label manager, P.Smurf for this interactive workshop. Be shown how to write/build, record and perform raps and rhyme with assistance from a professional artist. All equipment supplied, just bring your creativity!. Ages 9yrs+.
FRIDAY 2 JULY SUCCULENT & WILLOW WREATH WORKSHOP Location: The Greens on William, 29 William St Time: 6pm - 8pm Cost: $95 Contact: 6331 3187 Website: thegreensonwilliam.com.au Workshops usually take between 1 - 2 hours. All succulents and materials are supplied as well as plenty of tips for maintaining your wreath.
SATURDAY 3 JULY MACQUARIE RIVERSIDE MARKETS Location: Berry Park, Lions Club Drive, Kelso Time: 10am - 2pm 1st Saturday of the month Cost: Free Contact: 6337 1203 Website: macquariebathurst.nsw.lions.org.au Come and explore the stalls under the trees beside the Macquarie River, with a kids’ playground and Lions Club BBQ offering drinks and hot food. A wide range of interesting stalls are on hand.
SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4 JULY BATHURST ARTS TRAIL Location: Various Time: 10am - 4pm Cost: Free entry Contact: 0400 130 792 Website: bathurstartstrail.com The Bathurst Arts Trail is a collective of artists throughout the Bathurst region who open their galleries to visitors on each Art’s Trail Open Weekend, which is the first weekend of each month. All artists are happy to have visitors to their galleries by appointment. Painters, potters, glass artists, sculptors and printmakers showcase their talents in town and country studios and galleries. Golden Bali flags indicate an artist nearby. Download map from the website.
8 SATURDAY 3 & 10 JULY LET'S MISBEHAVE Location: Keystone 1889, 99 Keppel St Time: 6pm - 12am Cost: $110 Contact: 0411 058 704 Website : keystone1889.com Let’s Misbehave is Bathurst’s own Cabaret Show and Gala dinner set to take hold of the Bathurst Winter Festival in 2021. Take a step back in time as you walk through the doors of Keystone 1889 to the jazzy 1900s, a time when curiosity for the new world bound society and speakeasies ruled the underground.
SATURDAY 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 JULY BRAG EXHIBITION TOURS Location: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 11am - 12pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6555 Website: bathurstart.com.au A free guided tour by a BRAG staff member of the current exhibitions lead by BRAG staff.
SUNDAY 4 JULY BEGINNERS' KNITTING WORKSHOP Location: Rankin Cottage Crafts, 117 Rankin St Time: 10am - 1pm Cost: $15 Contact: 0497 015 964 Facebook: facebook.com/rankincottagecrafts If you have always wanted to learn how to knit and are an absolute beginner, this workshop is for you. Learn how to hold the needles and yarn, basic information about yarn and needles, and basic stitches – cast on, knit and purl, and depending on time then how to cast off.
SUNDAY 4 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY TRACE OF MAGIC Location: Bathurst RSL, 114 Rankin St Time: 10.30am Cost: $10 per person - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 2999 Facebook: bathurstrsl.com.au This one is a great activity for families! Get out of the cold and enjoy a one hour Magic Show followed by a one Kids Magic Workshop. This will be a fun and memorable morning of entertainment for the kids - they'll even learn something!
9 MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 9 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY LEARN TO FLY Location: P J Moodie Memorial Dr Time: See website for details Cost: $990 Contact: 6337 3737 Website: panair.com.au Learn the fundamentals of flight, experience hands on flying training in our flight training aircraft and certified flight simulators with our qualified flight instructors. Program includes fun aviation STEM activities, sight tours and much more.
MONDAY 5 - WEDNESDAY 7 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY TENNIS COACHING CLINICS Location: Bathurst Tennis Centre, 261 Durham St Time: 9am -12pm Cost: Charges apply Contact: 0431 354 480 Website: bathursttenniscentre.com.au Hit the courts and keep the kids active this school holidays with a tennis coaching clinic catering for beginners, intermediate and advanced.
MONDAY 5 - FRIDAY 10 JULY WALK-IN CLAY KEY CHAIN WORKSHOPS Location: Bespoke & Co, 23 Keppel St Time: 10am - 2pm Cost: $5 Contact: 6331 5161 Website: facebook.com/bespokeandcobathurst/events/ Pop in to Bespoke & Co. Bathurst anytime between 10am and 2pm to make your own cool clay key chain, browse around the local crafted items in the warm shop and then make a mess around our workshop space!
TUESDAY 6 JULY KEEPING ON TRACK @ BATHURST RAIL MUSEUM Location: Bathurst Rail Museum, 126 Havannah St Time: 5.30pm - Bookings essential Cost: Adult $20, Concession $15, Child $12, Family $45 Contact: 6338 2850 Website: https://museumsbathurst.com.au/bathurst-rail-museum-see-do/ Join a Bathurst Winter Festival behind the Scenes Tour of the Bathurst Rail Museum and learn about what it takes to keep the layout on track.
10 TUESDAY 6 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY NIGHT LIGHT Location: Bathurst Library, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: 10.30am - 12pm Cost: $10 - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Don't fear the dark! Tutor Fiona Howle will guide you in a workshop to colour and light up your Winter. Create a collage that is interactive with torchlight, perfect to align with the Bathurst Winter Festival Illumination. BYO torch. Ages 5yrs+.
WEDNESDAY 7 JULY HUMAN NATURE - PEOPLE GET READY Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 7.30pm Cost: $89.90 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Australia’s homegrown heroes & Hall of Fame inductees Human Nature are returning to their roots, bringing together 30 years of performances for a never before seen intimate concert tour of the Aussie heartland. Get ready for a night of the best songs ever written, including their original hits, Motown classics and more!
WEDNESDAY 7 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY MOVIE MATINEE Location: Bathurst Library, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: 2pm - 3.35pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Enjoy an afternoon movie matinee screening of Paper Planes. Watch the movie on a big screen in the Library. Bring a smack and water bottle. Receive a paper plane template pack to take home. Ages 5yrs+.
WEDNESDAY 7, 14 21 & 28 JULY BATHURST HARNESS RACING Location: Group 1 Feeds Bathurst Paceway, 169 College Rd Time: 5pm - 9pm Cost: Adult $10; Pensioner $5; under 16 free Contact: 6333 5000 Website: bathurstharnessracing.com.au Join the Bathurst Harness Racing Club for four race meetings during the month of July. Watch the racing excitement from the heated Clubhouse with excellent meals supplied by the Bathurst RSL Club bistro, a cold beer from the bar and a flutter with the on course TAB.
11 THURSDAY 8 JULY NO MAN'S LAND Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 2pm & 6pm Cost: Adult $28; Concession $26; Child $15 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au National Theatre Live - Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic.
THURSDAY 8 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JEFF DOHERTY Location: Bathurst Library, 70 - 78 Keppel St Time: 10.30pm - 12pm Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Local children's author and illustrator Jeff Doherty presents an interactive and practical workshop for kids on how to find and build on ideas to write stories! Kids will leave with a list of places to find ideas, strategies to recognise them, practical skills on how to build on the ideas, plus a free charm gift. Ages 9yrs+.
THURSDAY 8 JULY SECRETS OF THE STORE Location: 224 Howick St Time: 5.30pm Cost: Adult $15; Concession $10; Child $12; Family $45 Contact: 6331 5511 Website: museumsbathurst.com.au Join a Bathurst Winter Festival 'Behind the Scenes Tour' of the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum. Bookings are essential as numbers are limited.
THURSDAY 8 JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY KIDS' NIGHT TOURS @ ABERCROMBIE HOUSE Location: Abercrombie House, 311 Ophir Rd Time: 5.30pm - 6.45pm Cost: $15 per person Contact: 6331 4929 Website: abercrombiehouse.com.auSOLD OUT Bookings: 1800 68 1000 or book https://bit.ly/3uL7JFi Enjoy a tour of the house and garden walk. Bring a torch or borrow one. Wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes. The tour concludes with chocolate milk and cookies. For children aged from 7yrs (with adult).
12 FRIDAY 9 JULY THE GREENS ON WILLIAM NIGHT MARKET Location: The Greens on William, 29 William St Time: 5.30pm - 8.30pm Cost: Gold coin entry Contact: 6331 3187 Website: thegreensonwilliam.com.au A wonderful selection of local businesses that clothing, jewelry, candles, soaps, gourmet products and so much more.
FRIDAY 9 JULY CHUTNEY @ LITTLE ALBERTS Location: Victoria Hotel, 3 Keppel St Time: 6pm Cost: $38 Contact: 6331 5777 Website: thevictoriabathurst.com.au Chutney is playing at Little Alberts during the Bathurst Winter Festival! They will be joined by Ilan Kidron (lead singer of The Potbelleez, Glassbreakers) for an unforgettable night of passionate music making that will have you swooning in your seats and dancing!
FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY 10 JULY KANGAROO Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 9th 8pm; 10th 2pm & 8pm Cost: Adult $42; Concession $37 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Three strangers, intricately entwined by the events of one fateful night. In a small regional town, three people share their own funny, yet tragic, stories that cause their lives to converge.
SATURDAY 10 JULY ARTIST TALK - TALK & POETRY READING WITH ANGELA MALONE Location: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 11am Cost: Free - Bookings essential Contact: 6333 6555 Website: bathurstart.com.au Join artist and poet Anglea Malone as she discusses her working process for creating the paintings in her solo exhibition Winter Paintings.
13 SATURDAY 10 JULY KATH & KIM DRAG BINGO Location: Bathurst Panthers, 132 Piper St Time: 8pm - 10pm Cost: $40 Contact: 6330 0600 Website: bathurst.panthers.com.au Tickets: kathandkimdragbingo.com Kath & Kim Drag Bingo is coming to Panthers Bathurst - hosted by two foxy morons: Prada Clutch & Conchita Grande! Play to WIN $1,000 cash & prizes. Enjoy five -rounds of bingo plus live Kath & Kim shows. Dress as your favourite Kath & Kim character for your chance to win our best dressed prize. It’s noice, it’s different, it’s unusual. SATURDAY 10 JULY FIVE COURSE DEGUSTATION Location: Harvest Café & Store, 1 Kendell Ave Time: 6pm Cost: $140 per person - Bookings essential Contact: 6323 1811 Website: harvestcafestore.com.au/ Tickets: https://bit.ly/DegustationJuly Harvest Café & Store have teamed up with the fabulous local vineyard Renzaglia Wines to bring you a five course degustation menu and wine pairing evening. Chef Chris has collaborated with the vineyard to bring you a special night of these exemplary wines, each paired with a meal made specifically to enhance its flavours and using locally sourced products for the menu as well. The Renzo team will be on hand to discuss the wines with you. SUNDAY 11 JULY FOREVER DIAMOND Location: Jack Duggans Irish Pub, 135 George St Time: 6.30pm Cost: $30 - Bookings Essential Contact: 6331 2712 Website: jackduggans.com.au Forever Diamond is a 40 year tribute to the music of Neil Diamond covering albums from Hot August Night, Love at The Greek, Beautiful Noise and the Jazz Singer. With hits including “Cracklin Rosie” Solitary Man” “Sweet Caroline” “Song sun blue” plus Grammy Award winning duet “You don’t bring me Flowers”. SUNDAY 11 JULY THE WIGGLES Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 10am; 12.30pm & 2.30pm Cost: $29.90 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au It's time for The Great Wiggly Road Trip Tour! The world's most popular children's entertainment band, The Wiggles are travelling across regional New South Wales to perform for you! Celebrating thirty years of Wiggly fun, join Emma, Lachy, Simon & Anthony as they sing and dance their way around New South Wales in celebration. 14 WEDNESDAY 15 JULY DAUGHTER OF THE RIVER COUNTRY - AUTHOR TALK Location: Bathurst Library, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 6pm - 7.30pm Cost: Free Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/what-s-on.html Join Dianne for a conversation about her memoir 'Daughter of the River Country'. From a victim of the stolen generations comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival – and ultimately hope.
THURSDAY 15 JULY MONTHLY MUSTER - A TALK BY KIM BAGOT-HILLER Location: Bathurst Rail Museum, 126 Havannah St Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm Cost: $2 gold coin donation at the door Contact: 0422 162 041 or [email protected] Bookings: https://bit.ly/3j8sh7N Joseph Benedict Chifley or simply Ben a railway man, and local leader who rose from engine driver to Politician, becoming the 16th Prime Minister of Australia on the 13 July 1945. A Leader who through his humility, and humanity stood as a statesman, described as the “Abraham Lincoln of Australia”, while remaining “Chif”, come and spend an evening with Bathurst Local Statesman.
FRIDAY 16 JULY AARON HOPPER Location: Abercrombie House, 311 Ophir Rd Time: 6pm - 8.30pm Cost: $25 Contact: 6331 4929 Website: abercrombiehouse.com.au Bookings: 1800 68 1000 or book https://bit.ly/3uL7JFi Join Abercrombie House for a very special evening with Aaron Hopper, acclaimed guitarist, sonic innovator and composer. Aaron will be performing his latest works from Bathurst to the Pilbara and now north west Tasmania. He is a unique voice on the contemporary and new music landscape. Supper is included at the end of the performance.
FRIDAY 16 JULY 19-TWENTY: BLUES AND ROOTS Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 7pm Cost: Adult $35; Concession $30 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Orphan Music presents Blues and Roots in Bathurst! After a massive two day sold out festival in Moruya, Orphan Music is bringing their Blues and Roots train to Bathurst with 19-Twenty, Kay Proudlove and Jazzy Gold on board! Over three hours of music by some of Australia’s hardest working and talented blues, roots and folk musicians.
15 THURSDAY 16 JULY BUBBLES & BRUSHES Location: The Greens on William, 29 William St Time: 5.30pm - 8.30pm Cost: Gold coin entry Contact: 6331 3187 Website: thegreensonwilliam.com.au Enjoy a fun painting party! Have a couple of drinks, bring a couple of friends and take home an amazing piece of artwork.
THURSDAY 16 JULY DAUGHTER OF THE RIVER COUNTRY- AUTHOR TALK Location: Bathurst Library, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 6pm Cost: Free - Bookings Essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html From a victim of the stolen generations comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival – and ultimately hope.
FRIDAY 16 & SATURDAY 17 JULY CARILLON THEATRICAL SOCIETY’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY Location: Keystone1889, 99 Keppel St Time: 7.30pm Cost: Adult $60; Child $45 Contact: [email protected] Website: ctsbathurst.com.au Delve into a delicious Christmas buffet while enjoying a range of pantomime, cabaret performances, games, raffles, prizes and lots of other fun activities in the beautiful Keystone Bathurst.
THURSDAY 22 JULY DON PASQUALE Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 2pm & 6pm Cost: Adult $28; Concession $26; Child $15 Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Anne Netrebko sings Norina, the role that made her a Met favourite, in this hilarious comedy by Donizetti. Alongside the superstar soprano, the exceptional bel canto cast features tenor Matthew Polenzani as Ernesto, baritone Mariusz Kwiecień as Dr. Malatesta, and bass-baritone John Del Carlo in the title role.
16 THURSDAY 22 JULY JONI MITCHELL GREATEST HITS - CLASSIC ALBUM NIGHT Location: Victoria Hotel, 3 Keppel St Time: 6pm - 10pm Cost: $30 Contact: 6331 5777 Website: thevictoriabathurst.com.au ‘Jen Does Joni’ is an immersive musical experience that gives the ultimate backstage pass to the stories and songs of Joni Mitchell. You can almost smell the paint on Joni’s brushes, taste the wine at the Mermaid Café and feel the California breeze through Laurel Canyon as Mize masterfully guides you through the life and art of this true icon.
FRIDAY 23 JULY FLACCO AND THE SANDMAN (LIVE) Location: Bathurst Library, 70-78 Keppel St Time: 6pm - 7.30pm Cost: Free - Bookings Essential Contact: 6333 6281 Website: bathurst.nsw.gov.au/library.html Bathurst Library will host 'The Rhymes, Reasons and Rhythms of The Sandman & Flacco', where Steve Abbott and Paul Livingstone will revive their flamboyant alter egos who achieved cult status on Triple J, Good News Week and The Fat in the 80s and 90s.
SATURDAY 24 JULY BATHURST FARMERS’ MARKETS Location: Bathurst Showground, Kendall Ave Time: 8am - 12pm Cost: Gold coin donation Contact: 0409 924 182 Website: bathurstfarmersmarket.com.au Shop for the freshest seasonal produce the region has to offer. Enjoy a gourmet BLT and a locally roasted coffee for breakfast or try a taste of the wines of Bathurst. Proceeds support projects sponsored by the Lions Club of Bathurst.
SATURDAY 24 & SUNDAY 25 JULY YULEFEST JENOLAN CAVES BY 4WD Location: Katoomba to Jenolan Caves and beyond Time: 24th 9.15am; 25th 4pm Cost: See website for details Contact: 0415 641 343 Website: simmosoffroadtours.com This is a fully accommodated and catered weekend 4WD adventure for couples. Two action filled days and a decadent evening. Staying in deluxe accommodation in historic caves house, Jenolan Caves. Celebrate Yulefest - or Christmas in July with cocktails on arrival and a decadent three course Christmas dinner in Chisolm's Restaurant.
17 SUNDAY 25 JULY CHRISTMAS IN JULY WINTER LUNCHEON Location: Abercrombie House, 311 Ophir Rd Time: 12pm - 3pm Cost: $55 per person Tickets available at Bathurst Visitor Information Centre, 1 Kendall Ave (6332 1444) and Abercrombie House 0417 258 318 Contact: 6331 4929 Website: abercrombiehouse.com.au Christmas in July Luncheon, celebrating 52 years of heritage tourism at Abercrombie House. Enjoy a yuletide feast set in the ballroom amongst the crackling fires . The the entire proceeds go towards the restoration, maintenance and preservation of Abercrombie House for the future. BYO table wines.
SUNDAY 25 JULY FLUTE FEST WEST Location: Mitchell Conservatorium, Russell St Time: 6pm - 8pm Cost: $25/$40 Contact: 6331 6622 Website: mitchellconservatorium.edu.au MitCon is proud to host Australia's premier flutist, Geoffrey Collins, in a luxurious evening recital, showcasing his skill and finesse.
SUNDAY 25 JULY OLD GOVERNMENT COTTAGE Location: 16 Stanely St Time: 12pm - 4pm, 4th Sunday of the month Cost: Adult $4; Concession/Child $2 Contact: 6332 2522 or [email protected] Facebook: bathursthistory.org.au The history of the house can be followed alongside the history of Bathurst, which has been displayed inside the cottage - from the Wiradjuri peoples to European settlement until now. Wander through the beautiful heritage garden which is based on a typical mid-nineteenth century cottage garden.
TUESDAY 27 JULY DADS Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 7.30pm Cost: Check website for details Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Dance Makers Collective have discovered a secret underworld of Dad dancing and for their new show they have asked their Dads to help them create it. The team interviewed their Dads and revealed secret headphone and tambourine routines, African Dance lovers, 1960’s Rock n Roll partner dancing and more. The dads won’t be busting their moves on stage in Dads, but audiences will hear the interviews recorded by their sons and daughters, and their musical preferences form the soundtrack to the show. 18 TUESDAY 27 JULY BATHURST THOROUGHBRED RACE MEETING Location: 55 Eleven Mile Drive Time: 12pm - 5pm Cost: Check website for details Contact: 6331 2719 Website: btracing.com.au Come along to the Bathurst Thoroughbred Race Track for a fun day out and experience some real ‘horse power!’
SATURDAY 31 JULY EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES Location: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William St Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm Cost: Check website for details Contact: 6333 6161 Website: bmec.com.au Never underestimate the determination of a child! Young Emil catches a train to visit family in the big city. Something valuable is stolen. But the thief soon discovers Emil was not such an easy target. A group of quick-thinking and resourceful children rallies around. Can a bunch of kids work together to uncover and outsmart the true criminal?
SATURDAY 31 JULY LIP SYNC BATTLE 2021 Location: Bathurst Panthers, 132 Piper St Time: Doors open 5pm, battle starts at 7pm Cost: Adult $10; Child $7 Contact: 6330 0600 Website: bathurst.panthers.com.au Are you tired of singing into your hair brush, raising the roof in the shower or busting a move in your car on the way to work? Come and share your talent in a Lip Sync Battle! Do it for a dare, do it for a giggle, do it to show off your amazing hidden talent.
SATURDAY 31 JULY WINTER LUNCHEON Location: Holy Trinity Hall, Gilmour St Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm Cost: $25; Primary school children $15 Contact: [email protected] Website: bathurstpanorama.com Delicious three course 'Soup & Slice' luncheon with trading tables, raffles, lucky door prizes and a performance by the Chorus.
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