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Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
Multi award winning performer, Darren Coggan, returns to his country roots 'Like A Rhinestone Cowboy', delivering the vocal authenticity and guitar prowess of the great Glen Campbell. In a personal reflection, Darren respectfully honours the indelible voice behind the golden hits of the 60’s and 70’s including Gentle On My Mind, Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Try A Little Kindness, Galveston, True Grit, Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy and many more.
“Glen Campbell has always been an inspiration to me, from a very early age, he was the reason I wanted to be a country singer, in fact my parents have cassette tapes of me singing Rhinestone Cowboy at the age of about 4. I had the honour of touring with Glen on his Australian tour in 1997, opening up his show each night as a fresh faced, twenty-four-year-old from Wagga Wagga. Glen went out of his way to make me feel welcome, watching my performance from the wings each night and encouraging me to take the road less travelled and be myself.” Reflected Darren.
During a career that spanned six decades, Campbell sold over 45 million records. His guitar touched the landmark recordings of his time. That’s his rhythm line on Sinatra’s ‘Strangers in the Night’, he played bubble-gum riffs for the Monkees; his guitar rings out on the ‘Viva Las Vegas’ soundtrack album by Presley and, alongside his voice, his guitar playing grooved on the Beach Boys’ landmark album ‘Pet Sounds’.
He was a rare breed in the music business, a hybrid stylist at home in both country and pop music, a chart-topping singer and hit television host, a prime mover in the creation of the country crossover phenomenon that made the careers of Kenny Rogers and many other artists possible.
At the age of 81, following his long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease, Glen Campbell took his final bow, but the legacy he leaves behind is expansive, songs that the whole world sang along with, now, remarkably re-created live, by Darren Coggan.
Marina Prior & David Hobson 'The Two of Us' - Encore Show
After selling out their 2018 show well in advance, Soprano and Tenor powerhouse legends of Musical Theatre & Opera, Marina Prior & David Hobson, announce their 2019 ENCORE SHOW at the Albury Entertainment Centre. Such is their vast repertoire and careers’, there will be new songs and stories, so best you come along.
‘The 2 Of Us’, ‘Up Close & Personal ‘ is accompanied by renowned pianist David Cameron, in a two-hour intimate performance. Marina and David will perform their classics from productions such as The Phantom of The Opera, Les Miserables, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and La Boheme, to name but a few - as well as favourites from their award-winning albums.
“It’s great that we have the opportunity to take the show to the people in areas around the country that we may not have otherwise been able to get to with some of the bigger productions we perform in.’ - Marina.
‘With the Up Close & Personal show, its like you’re in our living room and we’re in yours, singing both yours and our favourite songs with a few funny career stories thrown in.' - David.
David Hobson is one of Australia’s best-known operatic tenors, musical theatre performers and recording artists. He has sung many roles for Opera Australia, performed lead roles in musical theatre, sung for the Queen, featured at the AFL Grand Final, Carols by Candlelight, Spicks and Specks, Dancing with the Stars, It Takes Two and has been a presenter on Foxtel’s Arts Channel, Studio.
Marina Prior is regarded as Australia’s leading lady of musical theatre. She is best known for her lead role in The Phantom of the Opera. She has also performed with international stars including Richard Harris and Jose Carreras. Well known for her Carols by Candlelight performance each year, she was recently seen on the ABC TV series The Divorce. In 2006, Marina was honoured with an induction into Australia’s 100 Entertainers of the Century.
Hear the classics, their recorded favourites and a hint of humour thrown in! Definitely a show not to be missed!
Click here to view a brilliant new promo video of Marina & David 'The 2 Of Us' 2019 Tour.
The Robertson Brothers 60's Variety Show
Relive the good old days the The Robertson Brothers 60s Variety Show featuring direct from Jersey Boys, Simon Brook McLachlan. An amazing interactive live Variety TV style show, featuring hits from The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli, and The Four Seasons, The Everly Brothers and The Hollies.
Take a trip down memory lane with hit after hit that will have you singing, dancing, laughing and crying! With half a million record sales, 22 MO and ACE Awards, along with two ARIA and Golden Guitar nominations, The Robertson Brothers are unquestionably Australia's leading vocal duo.
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Banff Mountain Film Festival 2019
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the world's most prestigious mountain film festival now in its 42nd year. After premiering in the mountain town of Banff in Canada, a selection of the best short films about adventure tour the globe.
The 2019 tour promises 3 hours of captivating footage, shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. Sure to set your pulse racing, this carefully curated program showcases a selection of films packed full of mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenaline-inducing action sequences.
Experience incredible highs and agonising lows through the lenses of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, mountain bikers, explorers and adventure filmmakers alive today!
The Celtic Tenors
THE CELTIC TENORS
Touring Australia 2019
When you put together three brilliant Tenor voices with natural Irish charm, singing spine-tingling Classical, Folk, Irish, Gaelic, and Pop favourites in stacked three-part harmonies, then mix them up with quick witted banter, you have THE CELTIC TENORS.
The charismatic, globe-trotting trio are the most successful classical crossover artists ever to have come out of Ireland.
They sing songs they love and they most certainly don't take themselves too seriously. It's all about the music, the harmonies and the fun.
Three unique solo voices, but when called upon - one tenor sound!
The Celtic Tenors will perform The Irish Songbook on their Australian tour with such classic's as Finnegan's Wake, In The Gloaming, Song For Ireland, Danny Boy, The Dutchman, Caledonia, You Raise Me Up and many more favourites.
With a polished international reputation and just over a million album sales world-wide, The Celtic Tenors offer something truly unique. The skill, range and ability of world-class tenors combined with the personality and fun of genuine Irish performers.
No babes in arms or children under 2 permitted.
Celtic Illusion
The premier Irish dance and Illusion sensation that Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong are going crazy over! Celtic Illusion is a unique combination of two incredible art forms in one unforgettable theatrical experience the whole family will enjoy.
Remastered timeless classics, incredible new choreography, impossible illusions and spine-tingling orchestral music will blow you away. This is a sensory experience like no other.
Showcasing a stellar cast of champion and internationally-acclaimed dancers, including performers from both Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, Celtic Illusion offers some of the fastest taps in the world as the dancers’ thunderous rhythm fills the stage in perfect unison. The show is led by Australia’s very own Anthony Street, the first Australian to perform leading roles in Michael Flatley’s widely-acclaimed Lord of the Dance, including the very role that Michael Flatley originally performed himself.
Since its premiere in 2011 the show has performed to sell-out audiences across Australia and New Zealand, with audiences blown away by the combination of scintillating dance and illusion.
Now it is your chance to witness the magic that is Celtic Illusion.
A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
After performing to thousands of audiences nation wide, The Irish Music & Dance Sensation ‘A Taste of Ireland’ is touring Nationally in 2019.
Witness the World Champions directly from the West End’s Lord of the Dance, as they tell the tale of the World’s most loved nation in one incredible live performance.
Told through Irish music and dance, ‘A Taste of Ireland’ reveals the magical tale of two star crossed lovers leaving their Emerald home forever.
Produced by Australia’s golden duo, Brent Pace & Ceili Moore, ‘A Taste of Ireland’ transports the audience to a time and place where tunes, taps and tradition are all the very essence of celebrating the Irish spirit.
Featuring an unparalleled cast of World, All Ireland & National Champion Irish dancers, and musicians from around the globe, A Taste of Ireland is unique for a production in this genre and features music & dance reflected through raw talent, which is impressively 100% LIVE!!
Irish accordion, paired with raw guitar and rhythmic banjo, combined ballads and songs from across the counties and provinces as the audience is transported on a journey through the Celtic motherland.
Choreographed and led by ex-Gaelforce Dance & Rhythms of Ireland Lead Principal, World Medalist and 6 Time Champion Brent Pace, ‘A Taste of Ireland’ is the quintessential Irish tale, a show never to be missed!
Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots is the winner of every major Best Musical award, including the Tony, the Grammy and London’s Olivier Award. Based on true events, this huge-hearted hit tells the story of two people with nothing in common—or so they think! Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business. Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learns to embrace their differences and creates a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen! But in the end, their most sensational achievement is their friendship.
Featuring 16 original songs by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, this joyous sensation “struts its stuff with sparkle, stilettos and heart!” (Sydney Morning Herald).
Tickets on sale Monday 3rd December, 9am.
Performance Dates & Times
Friday 10 May, 7.30pm | Saturday 11 May, 7.30pm | Sunday 12 May, 2.00pm | Thursday 16 May, 7.30pm | Friday 17 May, 7.30pm | Saturday 18 May, 2.00pm & 7.30pm*
*Please note prices differ between performances
Saturday and Sunday Matinee Performances
$52 Premium, $42 Adult, $37 Concession, $32 Child under 12, $140 Family of 4, $47pp Group 8+ (Premium), $37pp Group 8+ (General)
Friday and Saturday Evening Performances
$55 Premium, $45 Adult, $39 Concession, $35 Child under 12, $150 Family of 4, $50pp Group 8+ (Premium), $40pp (General)
Thursday Evening Performance
$52 Premium, $42 Adult, $37 Concession, $32 Child under 12, $140 Family of 4, $47pp Group 8+ (Premium), $37pp Group 8+ (General)
Premium Ticket Information
Please note that Concession, Children and Family prices do not apply to Premium tickets.
To apply the 8+ group price all tickets need to be selected as Adult.
Audio Description is available for this performance.
Les Divas
Bookings: 16+ (under 16 accompanied by an adult)
Les Divas: An all-male revue
From the producers of Prada’s Priscillas comes Les Divas: An all-male revue.
Australia’s six-foot something songstress Prada Clutch & her divas, take you on a star-studded journey, celebrating the divas that have shaped music history.
The ninety-minute all-male revue includes some of the world’s greatest divas including: Cher, Barbara Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion & Diana Ross.
Relive their greatest hits including: If I Could Turn Back Time, Get The Party Started, Proud Mary, I Will Always Love You & I'm Coming Out.
The show is headlined by Prada Clutch; one of Australia's most in demand live-singing drag queens. Prada has headlined stage shows across Australia, playing both major cities & regional towns.
The show is Creatively Directed by one of Australia’s original divas from Les Girls of Kings Cross, Monique Kelly. Monique was a cast member of Les Girls from 1973 to 1997.
The show features a cast of seven, choreographed by Stephen Clarke. Stephen has been Dancing and Choreographing professionally since 1985. Stephen’s experience extends to working with Aussie divas Kylie & Dannii Minogue, as well as international divas Cyndi Lauper & Diana Ross.
Witness the greatest divas being impersonated like never before as they tour Australia in 2019.
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A true diva spectacular not to be missed!
Dami Im - 'Dreamer' Tour
Prices: Adult $65.00, Concession $60.00, Child (under 16) $35.00, Group 6+ $60.00pp, Member $60.00, Babies under 18 months are free on adult knee.
Limited V.I.P. Meet & Greet Tickets: Adult $95.00, Concession/Member $90.00, Child $65.00.
The HIT Network Presents Australia’s most revered pop artist of the new millennium, Dami Im is set to take her all new national tour on the road in 2019. Bringing her exciting band along, concertgoers can expect to see something special in Dami’s live show; an array of established hits and fan favourites from X Factor, power ballad and international Eurovision smash, “Sound of Silence” and a mix of new material including ‘Dreamer’.
Dami is no stranger to the stage, since performing in intimate venues along the east coast of Australia, Dami reveals “I’ve always felt most confident when I’m on stage performing and it’s been a dream of mine to live this life as a performer. It’s going to be a very special tour where I get to show my musical evolution as I sing my previous repertoire as well as the new music that I’ve been working on this year.”
Dami Im has amassed a multitude of hits and achievements during her relatively short career. The Korean born singer and musician first came to national prominence when she won season five of The X Factor in 2013. Dami walked off The X Factor stage victorious and strode, without delay, into the #1 spot on the ARIA charts with her platinum self-titled album DAMI IM.
Since then, she’s released three more acclaimed studio albums, including the Gold accredited 2014 release, CLASSIC CARPENTERS, which peaked at #3 on the ARIA album charts and gave rise to a sold-out national tour. Dami then traveled to Sweden to represent Australia at The Eurovision Song Contest 2016—where she placed second in the world performing in front of an audience of 200 million with her international hit, ‘Sound of Silence’. Early 2018, Dami released her fourth studio album I HEAR A SONG which peaked #3 on the ARIA Album Charts.
Please note: Tickets go on sale online on Saturday 1 December via the website, or Monday 9.00am over the phone 02 6043 5610 or in the Box Office.
Menopause The Musical®
Bookings: Includes menopausal themes and sexual references. Ladies get ready to laugh! 15 years and over
The original New York and Las Vegas hit Menopause The Musical® returns to Australia in 2019!
Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra, memory loss, hot flushes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex and more.
Inspired by a hot flush and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical® is a celebration for women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived “The Change”.
This sidesplitting musical parody set to classic tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles!
See what 11+ million women (and brave men) have been laughing about for 17 years. It’s the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!®
“Impossible not to laugh” – New York Times
“Ninety minutes of extraordinary fun” – Australian Stage
“You’ll love it. It’s hilarious. Go see it” – Joy Behar, The View
“A rollicking girls’ night out!” – Boston Globe
“Dollar for dollar… it’s the best show in town!” – The Las Vegas Review Journal
Audio Description is available for this performance.
Evening Stars - Jane Rutter & Peter Cousens in Concert
West End Musical star, Peter Cousens, and Legendary Flutist Jane Rutter (Chevalière des Arts et Lettres) join forces to bring you a Magical Night of Musical Romance, performing popular Classical pieces and Romantic songs by some of the World’s greatest popular composers: Gershwin, Cole Porter, Massenet, Offenbach, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ravel, Lehar, Lerner and Loewe, Bernstein and more…
The duo takes you on a romantic journey, with best-loved songs from Peter's starring roles in West Side Story, Camelot, Showboat, Aspects of Love, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables and featuring luscious romantic pieces from Jane's 23 solo albums.
Jane and Peter have attained National Treasure status in Australia - a sensational duo that sold out its debut Sydney Opera House Concert Hall performance. Don’t miss this endearingly intimate, witty take on all things Romantic. Evening Stars: an evening of elegance, guaranteed to make your heart sing!
From My Life - Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Quartet
As the maxim says, those who know the rules are best placed to break them. Haydn, having co-authored the rule book for string quartets and the Classical style, throws convention aside in his daring G minor quartet. Rhythmic jokes, harmonic twists of the knife, and razor-sharp wit come together to give us Haydn at his best.
In 1876, afflicted by deafness, the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana wrote one of the most ambitious string quartets of the Romantic period, From My Life. A deeply personal statement, the quartet is imbued with the biographical vignettes of the title, from lively dances to heartfelt yearnings of mature love and tragedy. With Czech passion at the fore and virtuosic use of all the members of the quartet, this is a wonderful musical experience for new listeners and connoisseurs alike.
Haydn String Quartet in G Minor Op 20 No 3 Hob III:33
Smetana String Quartet No 1 From My Life
Namatjira Project
From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace – this is the iconic story of the Namatjira family, tracing their quest for justice.
Albert Namatjira was a man caught between cultures – paraded as a great Australian, whilst treated with contempt. He was the first Indigenous person to be made a citizen by the Australian Government. The founder of the Indigenous art movement in Australia, his artworks gave many Australians their first glimpses into the outback heart of the country. He was widely celebrated, exhibited globally, and introduced to Queen Elizabeth. In 1957 he was imprisoned for something he didn’t do, and in 1959 he died, a broken man. In 1983 the Government sold the copyright to his artworks to an art dealer. Today his family fight for survival, justice and to regain their grandfather’s copyright.
This is one of Australia’s most potent stories – illuminating the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people today, in Australia and globally.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the Namatjira Project documentary contains images & voices of deceased persons.
Namatjira Project - Trailer from Big hART on Vimeo.
Toni Childs - Retrospective
Join the legendary Toni Childs for a special two hour performance as she celebrates her 30 year anniversary of Union. Toni will be performing hits and fan favourites from Union, House of Hope, the Woman’s Boat and Keep the Faith. The second hour will be your introduction to Toni’s new music from two very special albums It’s All a Beautiful Noise and Citizens of the Planet.
Emmy Winner and three-time Grammy nominated recording artist, Toni is a celebrated singer/songwriter known for her powerful voice, inspiring independent spirit and crafted storytelling
With fans in over 50 countries around the world, Toni has produced a list of international hits such as: Don’t Walk Away, Stop Your Fussin’, Walk and Talk Like Angels, Zimbabwe, Where’s the Ocean, Many Rivers to Cross, I’ve Got To Go Now and Because You’re Beautiful, to name a few.
Toni has opened for Bob Dylan, and performed duets with greats such as Al Green and Peter Gabriel.
“...EVOCATIVE, EVANESCENT MUSIC THAT ALLOWS YOU TO IMMERSE YOURSELF AND DRIFT AWAY.” - ROLLING STONE
“IN A YEAR OF AUSPICIOUS BREAK-THROUGHS FOR WOMEN WRITER- PERFORMERS, CHILDS WAS THE STANDOUT.” - TIME MAGAZINE
VIP Meet & Greet prior to performance during soundcheck and a drink backstage after the concert, at a special ticket price of $150 which also includes a VIP lanyard.
The 3 Chinese Tenors
“Australia’s answer to Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo”
(Panorama Magazine - Qantas).
The 3 Chinese Tenors are an internationally recognised ensemble that have inspired audiences across Australia and South East Asia performing the most beautiful and evocative classical pieces ever written. The group was formed in the early 1990s when the three singers were invited to perform as part of Australia’s bid to win the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Since that time the group has performed across Australia as well as in China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. The 3 Chinese Tenors perform a rich and diverse ‘menu’ of classical and popular works including: Di Quella Pira(Verdi), Toreador song(Bizet), O Sole Mio(Di Capua), Some Enchanted Evening(Rogers and Hammerstein), Time to Say Goodbye (Francesco Sartori), Love Changes
Everything (Lloyd Webber), Maria (Leonard Bernstein), You Raise Me up(Rolf Løvland), Somewhere Over the Rainbow(Harold Arlen), Prayer and many more...
The 3 Chinese Tenors were created by Hao Zhou. Hao’s boyhood dream growing up in Chang
Sha, China was to learn opera under the tutelage of Dame Joan Sutherland and sing at the Sydney Opera House under the direction of Richard Bonynge. Hao came to Australia aged 20 and took up a kitchen hand role at the Victorian Arts Centre washing dishes at night. In this time the Italian cooks would sing Neapolitan folk songs and opera arias. One day Hao decided to perform ‘O Sole Mio’ to his kitchen associates with the response from management being instant. Within days Melbourne’s media had termed Hao the ‘Kitchen Caruso’. Within a month he was invited to sing at the Australian Vocal Symposium under the tutelage of Dame
Joan Sutherland. From this time Hao became a principal operatic performer with the Victorian State Opera and Opera Australia performing concerts directed by Richard Bonynge. ‘People are amazed that The 3 Chinese Tenors perform songs in Italian, French, German, English and Chinese, all in the one program. We take our audiences on a journey of music, beauty and delight. Our program showcases a wide range of traditional opera composers including Puccini, Bizet and Verdi. We also actively engage our audiences by performing humorous drinking songs including Brindisi”, says Zhou. The 3 Chinese Tenors bring energy, passion and operatic fireworks to the stage. A night spent in the company of these talented performers will have audiences captivated from the very first note by the beauty of the pieces, the power of the music and the energy of the performers. Don’t miss The 3 Chinese Tenors.
“Victorious Tenors from Victoria” - Opera Australasia
“These Tenors are a phenomenon” - The Australian
“Taking Singapore by Storm” - Straits Times
The Sapphires
The Sapphires is one of the Australia’s best-loved stories. Winning multiple awards as a play, film and soundtrack album there was one challenge left and that was to undertake a national tour of Australia. Bringing the raw energy, fun and emotion of this story directly to stages like Albury and across the nation.
Writer Tony Briggs will direct his work in a version he promises will be the most intimate telling of The Sapphires story yet.
“I hope the audience will feel a fresh sense of connection to a story that has already successfully infiltrated the psyche of the Australian theatre and movie going public and get a sense of joy and understanding of who Aboriginal people are and walk away from ‘The Sapphires’ with a smile on their faces." Said Tony.
Four young Aboriginal women from regional Australia, who like singing country music, suddenly get the chance to change their tune, their clothes and their lives. Wearing uniforms of sequins, armed only with microphones they find themselves trying to spread joy in the hell that is the Vietnam War.
The Sapphires is a funny, heart-warming tale inspired by the true story of writer Tony Brigg’s mother. It tells of the incredible journey of a singing group of four Yorta Yorta Women, who sing Motown soul hits against the backdrop of personal change and massive social upheaval. It is an energetic, fun and engaging play that affirms life and the realisation of dreams.
Audio Description is available for this performance.
Foster & Allen
Legendary Irish folk music duo Foster & Allen are number one stars across the globe, having 30 new-release charting albums over a 40-year career, the only act in the world to do so. This legendary Irish folk music act began in 1975 when Mick Foster & Tony Allen formed their duo after many years of playing together. Their big break came with the single 'A Bunch of Thyme' which stayed in the Irish Charts for an unbelievable 53 weeks and became a Number One single in the British Top 20. Foster & Allen's mega-hits include 'Old Flames' & 'Maggie' which has seen them amass record sales in excess of 20 million sales worldwide due to their loyal fan-base.
Foster & Allen's style and easy listening sound remains as fresh and exciting as ever. Join them on their 2019 Australian tour.
Tenorz Downunder In Concert
TenOrZ Downunder is a proud group of Australian Tenors, who have come together to mainly bring Australian music to the public. In this TenOrZ Downunder In Concert, they bring to the stage many of your old favourites that you have grown to love and know over the years. Songs such as Clancy of the Overflow, Click go the Shears and I Still Call Australia Home, are encompassed in a collection of favourites from Perhaps Love, Walking in the Air and The Impossible Dream with a few opera favourites, too! This concert truly has something for everyone and the boys are confident you won’t go home disappointed!
Only coming together a couple of years ago, these boys have over 90 years of experience in opera, operetta and concerts, throughout the world. Each are Principal Opera Singers in their own right and each have extensive concert performance experience. Since becoming this trio of formidable vocal force, TenOrZ Downunder is quickly becoming a favourite with audiences.
Tenorz Downunder also has the singular honour of having Glenn Amer as their Musical Director and in this production Glenn has kindly agreed to perform his own solo spot within the show. This will be a delight to many, given Glenn’s inimitable style and captivating presence on the stage.
Albury’s own Bagpipers from Scots High School have been specifically and specially invited to play in this show, as not only do we try and involve local talent wherever we go, but our own Thomas Strong was an old boy from Scots, too!
Point of No Return
Point Puer Boys’ Prison is located on a peninsula next to Port Arthur prison in Tasmania. Established in 1834, it was the first of its kind for the British Empire and an experiment that aimed to rehabilitate young offenders. On opening, there were 68 boys aged from 10 – 20. The boys were given some opportunities to learn a trade, read and write. But, this was sporadic and depended on the skills and attitudes of the guards, many of whom were once prisoners at Port Arthur. Living conditions were rough and punishments were often brutal.
Point of No Return centres on a group of young convicts transported to Point Puer. The group face terrible hardship and strive to find hope for a future beyond the horrors of prison life. The leader of the group cleverly protects his gangs and fights to keep them together. Their guard, Hawkins, has the difficult task of keeping them under control yet secretly protecting them from other guards who are playing their own brutal game. A new young convict arrives and challenges the dynamics and relationships of the group.
A lost piece of history. Fascinating - Unforgettable
Alaine Beek’s play manages to be historically responsible, educative, psychologically credible and entertaining to boot. - The Australian.
A powerful story. A totally enjoyable and sometimes confronting performance, I loved every moment. - Nigel Sutton, Director, NDS Productions
The actors deliver highly convincing performances in which the depth of their bond and affection is apparent. A play worth seeing. - Antonia Kent, Pop Culture-y.com
Audio Description is available for this performance.
The New Hip
It’s intelligent, insightful, bitingly honest comedy. Stephen Blackburn (TV Fast Forward & Australia You’re Standing In It, Choir of Hard Knocks) & his trio will present his very witty original songs aimed at modern absurdities, pretence & frustrations in a dizzying array of musical styles. His engaging patter from the piano takes the audience through unexpected moments of genuine poignancy spiked with belly laughs.
Canyon
Sharp musicianship and silken four part harmonies fuel this acoustic driven band who presents a flashback to 70’s radio sound.
Featuring impressively penned originals inspired by the big names of the era America, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, The Band, Little Feat, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Emy Lou Harris, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young.
Dr Hernandez
Dr Hernández play an exotic tonic of rootsy electro-cumbia, soulful boogaloo and funky reggae. Bringing a new twist to these traditions, the band combines electronic beats & Hammond-infused grooves with a three-piece horn section, percussion and Sally Ford’s soaring Spanish vocals. This is music for dancing, listening or just lounging. Guaranteed to be good for whatever ails you.
Anthony Callea 'Unplugged & Unfiltered'
Join this ARIA Award winner, and one of Australia’s finest voices, for an intimate concert experience: Unplugged & Unfiltered. Audiences will be captivated by Anthony’s extraordinary voice and infectious personality in it’s purest form, when he will be joined on stage by piano, guitar and vocals. Performing in an intimate setting, songs from his 7 albums and more, as well as sharing stories and experiences from his life in and out of music.
It’s been 15 years since hitting the spotlight, followed by national tours, performing for royalty, touring with the likes of Celine Dion and Whitney Houston, number 1 albums and countless TV appearances. Anthony is still at the top of his game with his undeniable flawless vocals.
His most recent studio album, ARIA Number 1 Hits in Symphony (recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), debuting at #1 on the ARIA album charts in 2017. This was Anthony’s third album to enter the charts at #1, and sees him join the elite ranks of Australian music royalty - John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, Keith Urban and The John Butler Trio - as the only Australian artists to have three or more albums debut at #1 on the national ARIA charts.
Please note: child under 2 years free on the knee.
Charmaine Wilson
Bookings: Recommended 16+. NO BABES IN ARMS
Charmaine Wilson is a world-renowned Australian medium, who has been consistently recognised for her skill and compassion since awakening to her gift in 1999. She was the winner of Channel Seven’s inaugural season of The One, and was also honoured as Queensland Psychic of the Year in 2008 and Australian Psychic of the Year for 2005. Charmaine tours extensively around the country, and runs workshops all year long.
She has lived through a lot of heartache in her life, including the death of her brother and her four-year-old daughter, both to tragic accidents. Her mother passed in late 2006. These deaths have made her a most compassionate and understanding reader, especially in relating to how her clients may be feeling.
Charmaine has been dedicated to giving accurate information about the spirit world to her clients since she began her work in 2002. She has toured extensively around Australia and works on radio stations throughout regional Australia.
Recommended for ages 16+ | NO BABES IN ARMS
The Phantom of the Opera by Trinity Anglican College
Based on the 1910 horror novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera is a thrilling and romantic account of the legendary Phantom, a musical genius who dwells deep beneath a majestic opera house in Paris. Shunned by society for his horrible facial deformity, he takes a promising young soprano, Christine, under his wing and grooms her for operatic fame, all the while falling deeply in love with her. As Christine grows ever more successful, and a handsome young man from her past begins to successfully court her, the Phantom descends into a jealous rage and terrorizes the opera company with increasingly dangerous threats. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score soars with such famous tunes as “Think of Me,” “All I Ask of You,” “The Music of the Night,” and the title song, “The Phantom of the Opera,” and Phantom has gone on to become a cultural tour de force, and one of the most successful musicals of all time.
Cliff Richard & The Shadows 60th Anniversary Tribute Concert
Sir Cliff Richard and the Shadows may not be coming to the Albury Entertainment Centre but the next best thing is - The Cliff Richard and the Shadows 60th Anniversary Tribute Concert. This is a show that delivers a captivating live performance recreating the unforgettable sound of Cliff Richard & The Shadows.
The group dominated British popular music in the late 1950's and early 1960's in the years before the Beatles. Cliff Richard and the Shadows were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, placing 69 UK charted singles from the 1950's to the 2000's, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows.
Performing all the classic hits including ‘Do You Want To Dance’, 'Singing The Blues’, 'Move It’, 'Lucky Lips’, 'Summer Holiday’, ‘Bachelor Boy’, ‘The Young Ones’, ‘Living Doll’, ‘Congratulations’. Also including legendary instrumentals from The Shadows including 'Apache’, 'Wonderful Land’, 'FBI’, 'Atlantis’, 'Sleep Walk’ amongst many more with a mix of Cliff Richard Solo Hits, 'Devil Woman’, 'Wired For Sound’, 'We Don’t Talk Anymore’, 'Some People’, plus ‘Dreamin’.
This is a tribute Show not to be missed.
Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical
After staging the hugely successful Xanadu Jr. in 2018, ByteSized Productions returns in 2019 with Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical. A fabulous feel good musical perfect for the whole family, the show opens with Mitchie and her friends arriving at Camp Rock, ready to spend another summer jamming out and having the time of their lives. But the new, flashy Camp Star across the lake now threatens Camp Rock's very existence. To keep the doors open, Mitchie steps up, rallies her fellow Camp Rockers and gets them into top shape for the ultimate showdown!
Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical, is a combination of The Disney Channel’s "Camp Rock" and "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" (starring teen idols, Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers) and will fire up the stage with over a dozen songs, including "This Is Me," "Can't Back Down," "It's On" and "We Rock."
2019 Stars of Border Dance for Cancer
Cancer Council NSW is proud to present, for the sixth year running, the exciting and much anticipated event for the Border and surrounding communities; Stars of Border Dance for Cancer!
Stars of Border is a gala fundraising event where 10 local, well known and influential members of the Border Community team up with local dance teachers to make and perform 10 dance routines all in the name of entertainment.
In a fresh, fun way and with your commitment Cancer Council NSW has a goal to raise valuable funds for our community in the fight against cancer.
Tickets include canapes on arrival, 2 course alternate meal and loads of entertainment!
We hope you will join us for a night of fun, dancing and food!
On sale Monday 4 March
Yamato: The Drummers of Japan
Following their hugely successful tour in 2017, the Yamato Drummers are back in Australia by popular demand.
Their acclaimed performances of Japanese Taiko drumming and music have captivated audiences of over 7 million people in 54 countries across the globe.
In a brand new show "Passion", the drummers challenge and push themselves to their absolute limits.
Yamato will leave audiences exhilarated by this visually spectacular, high-energy and explosive show.
★★★★★ 'Pure energy meets spiritual high' - The Scotsman
★★★★ 'A genuinely theatrical experience delivered with balletic grace & infectious humour' - The Times
'They are exuberant performers, leaping from drum to drum. It’s energetic, noisy, varied and exhilarating.’ - The Independent
'A delight. Elegant, gorgeous and a sheer joy.’ - Metro London
'Simply Breathtaking' - Daily Telegraph
Puttin' On the Ritz
Dig out your sequins and slip into your dancing shoes. It’s time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Back by popular demand, following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour and direct from London, Puttin’ On the Ritz is returning to Australia this May and June. Come and enjoy the all-singing, all-dancing celebration of some of the most iconic music of all time.
Delivering all the razzamatazz and style, this wonderful extravaganza celebrates the most famous songs which hark back to the glory days.
The soundtrack includes timeless classics by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter including Cheek to Cheek, Alexander’s Rag Time Band, Birth of the Blues, Swanee, Night and Day, I Got Rhythm, Easter Parade and of course Puttin’ On the Ritz.
In glittering costumes, the stellar cast of energetic dancers and multi-talented vocalists will give you a glamorous night out and a show you’ll never forget.
“A decadent visual treat. A wonderful reminder of times gone by.” - What’s On Theatre
Plastic Palace: Raffaello Rosselli
Australia is facing a plastic waste crisis. With China no longer accepting Australia’s mixed recyclables, some waste management facilities have been left to stockpile recyclables while a solution is sought.
Albury Waste Management Centre alone receives 4 tonnes of hard plastic per week. Where will this plastic waste end up? Can we possibly recycle it all?
In response to this question, MAMA has commissioned award winning architect Raffaello Rosselli to design and construct an experimental structure to stand in QEII Square over the summer period. The result, Plastic Palace, transforms 20 tonnes of hard plastics in a unique architectural design that engages our local community in this critical conversation.
Raffaello Rosselli is known as the sustainable architect, and challenges himself to embrace discarded and waste materials as potential building materials. Plastic Palace presented many technical challenges as the team worked to find new ways to use this abundant material. The structure represents just 5 weeks of hard plastic collection from Albury Waste Management Management Centre, and asks us to question our reliance on plastic as an everyday material, and the true cost of its production.
Summer Place is a new annual initiative, bringing art and architecture together in QEII Square over the Summer months. Plastic Palace will be repurposed within the community at the conclusion of the installation on 3 March 2019.
We invite you to explore inside the structure during our opening hours, however, Plastic Palace will be secured overnight.
Mark Eliott: Tales from the sky and land, day and night, sea and sand
Sydney artist Mark Eliott creates sculptural installations that combine glass, stop-motion animation, and writing to create multi-dimensional narratives across MAMA's five peephole spaces.
In his new series, Tales from the sky and land, day and night, sea and sand, each peephole is dedicated to one story.
Accompanying Dr Mermaid and the Abovemarine is a 'Flame-ation', a moving digital composition which combines stop motion photography with flame worked glass.
A contemporary artist, Eliott explores sculptural abstraction and the interplay between improvisation and structure, an indication of his love of jazz. He is fascinated by the way living organisms represented in art and cites 19th and 20th century glassblowers such as Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka as influences. Ever the storyteller, Eliott enjoys adding layers of narrative and mythology to his work, incorporating performance, text, music and other creative elements to enhance his work.
Andrew Tenison: Let Me Imagine You
Albury born artist Andrew Tenison reimagines history in Let Me Imagine You.
Inspired by a negative of a WWII serviceman found whilst rummaging in an op shop in Berlin, Tenison set out to explore the possible experiences the soldier may have encountered, recreating scenes and new hand printed silver gelatin photographs to go with the original.
Tenison is interested in the role photography plays in history, memory, and myth making. Photographs can enhance or deceive our understanding of events, losing context as they drift untethered into the future.
Part of the project brought Tenison to Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, as he researched the lives of German soldiers, particularly the Luftwaffe that served in WWII, and those that migrated post-war to Australia. Bonegilla was used as part of the recreated scenes in some of the photographs.
The exhibition will open together with Sarah Goffman's Bridge to Asia and CATPC - the artists from the plantation. A portrait by Baloji, 2018, as part of our Autumn season.
miniMAMA's Messy Mornings
Want to develop your little one's artistic eye from a young age? Join this relaxed morning program with our professional arts educators!
Enjoy age-appropriate tours of current exhibitions, hand-on art workshops, and an opportunity to interact with other art-loving families. Children will also enjoy art-based play, stories, and songs.
Running weekly on Wednesdays during NSW school terms, this workshop is suitable for pre-schoolers (aged 2-5 years) accompanied by an adult.
Maximum of 10 children per session
Sarah Goffman: Bridge to Asia
A global citizen, avid traveller and cultural appreciator, artist Sarah Goffman has long dreamed of a bridge between Australia and South East Asia, a bridge across which we embrace our neighbours and trade the best of each others cultures. The detail, care, tradition and aesthetic of Asia, combined with the casualness, humour, and the landscape of Australia. Goffman manifests this dream in the form of a 13 metre bamboo bridge spanning the foyer above the installation.
Goffman is an artist with an abundant imagination, and a delight in the everyday details of our material existence. She has long been obsessed with plastic, a material so plentiful, so available, so varied, it has formed the foundation of her artistic practice over the last 20 years. Always alert to interesting pieces, she collects and waits for the perfect match, contrast, or story to take hold of each object.
Bridge to Asia contains hundreds of small sculptures, creatively repurposed from garbage. Each piece has been lovingly transformed by time and imagination into objects of delight. Objects that now belong in a museum. Or do they? Is it real? Or a simulation, a projection of a set of treasured artefacts?
Image: Bridge to Asia (detail) by Sarah Goffman at Murray Art Museum Albury 2019.
Like all simulations Bridge to Asia is both real and unreal. There are physical works - carefully collected, slowly crafted, thoughtfully arranged. And yet, the connections between the objects are intangible. A backstory, a moment of inspiration, a comment on culture, a deliberate attempt to replicate tradition, and even more deliberate attempts to buck tradition.
Goffman describes her work as 'like a game show', a projection of reality, her reality, manifested into physical objects seeking balance, harmony, beauty, longevity, acceptance, and ultimately, peace.
Sarah Goffman will be leading a workshop during April, please register your interest here.
CATPC - the artists from the plantation. A portrait by Baloji, 2018.
The Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) is a cooperative from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that buys back land through participating in the global art market, profitably producing and selling critically engaged art.
Concerned that the value produced from the plantations is funnelled out of local communities, former plantation workers came together with the vision of creating community owned, inclusive, ecologically sensitive ‘Post-Plantations’.
This new social enterprise generated its capital from the production of artworks, notably, sculptures made from cacao, that were presented with acclaim to the global art market. It is the belief of the collective that it is not enough to simply make art about inequality, art can be made to redress inequality directly.
The first solo exhibition in the USA was hailed by the New York Times in their shortlist of the ‘best art of 2017’, naming it the most challenging exhibition of the year. The work has been exhibited across Europe, elsewhere in the US, together with the Biennale of Sydney.
MAMA is thrilled to present CATPC – the artists from the Plantation a video portrait of the collective by the Belgian-Congolese poet, musician and filmmaker Baloji. A dream-like sequence that dances through the plantation and its people, questioning the connection between the plantation system, its investors, and the funding of arts institutions globally.
Set in the lush landscape around Lusanga, in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where CATPC formed in 2014, the film is punctuated with portraits of individual artists and their artworks. Also depicted is the collective’s museum, a White Cube structure designed by OMA, on a 85 hectare plantation that has been gradually bought back as the group generates profits from its artwork sales.
The goal of the collective is to demonstrate that an inclusive, ecological and worker-owned plantation, driven by art is more profitable and more sustainable than the exploitative model of intensively cropping monocultures on behalf of investors that still prevails in many parts of the world.
Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from the Mondriaan Fund and Murray Art Museum Albury
Culture Connect
Monthly meetups in a welcoming space to meet new people, share stories, share food and be creative!
Free bus transport from Lavington, Wodonga and East Albury.
Navī’āṁ lōkāṁ nū milaṇa, kahāṇī’āṁ sān̄ jhī’āṁ karana, khāṇā sān̄ jhā karana atē racanātamaka baṇana la’ī ika savāgata sathāna vica mahīnāvāra mulākātāṁ! Lavaiṇṭaṭana, vōḍōṅgā atē īsaṭa alabarī tōṁ muphata basa ṭarānsapōraṭa
Mkutano wa kila mwezi katika nafasi ya kukaribisha kukutana na watu wapya, kushiriki hadithi, kushiriki chakula na kuwa wabunifu! Usafi ri wa basi wa Lavington, Wodonga na East Albury.
Nayām̐ vyaktilā’ī bhēṭna, kathāharū sājhā garna, svāgata sājhā garna ra svāgatatmaka ṭhā’um̐ mā māsika milana’apa racanātmaka hunuhōs! Lavington, Wodonga ra East Albury bāṭa ni: Śulka basa yātāyāta.
Dates for 2019
Sundays, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
17 February, 17 March, 14 April, 12 May, 9 June, 21 July, 18 August, 15 September, 13 October, 10 November.
Free events, all welcome, all ages, kids too!
For bus pick up points please call Sophie on (02) 6043 5806
School Holiday Art Camps
Break up the Autumn school holidays with a fun day of art and creative games at MAMA.
This comprehensive art experience includes guided tours of MAMA's current exhibitions, art workshops, as well as active outdoor play in QEII square.
Lunch and snacks are included.
- Tuesday 16 April
- Wednesday 17 April
- Thursday 18 April
24 places are available each day, however the children will be divided into two age groups (junior primary and senior primary) to allow for more tailored, age appropriate programming.
Beyond Plastic: Panel Conversation
With Australia’s recyclables no longer being accepted by China, we are faced with a new challenge to rethink our processes, markets and impacts to the environment. Albury is at the forefront of recycling, with the Halve Waste initiative aiming to reduce landfill by 50% by 2020.
Join us for a panel discussion exploring current efforts – both local and national - to reduce our waste and how innovations in manufacturing, recycling and creatively re-thinking materials in construction can assist in reducing landfill.
Our problem-solving panelists work across recycling, innovative waste manufacturing, and architecture to redefine the value of our discarded materials – towards a more sustainable future.
Meet the Panel
Raffaello Rosselli, Plastic Palace architect
Award-winning architect Raffaello Rosselli is well known for his interest in sustainable design by utilising waste materials in creative and innovative ways. In this latest experiment, Plastic Palace, Raffaello has transformed 4 weeks of hard plastic waste from Albury Waste Management centre into Plastic Palace, a 6 metre tall structure comprised of 20 tonnes of plastic, situated in Albury’s QEII Square. Through the re-contextualisation of these neglected materials, Raffaello would like to spur debate about our consumption and how to recycle these undervalued resources locally.
David Hodge, Plastic Forests
A self-confessed ‘eco-industrialist’, David is the Managing Director of Albury-based Plastic Forests, the first company globally to commercialise an innovative dry-cleaning process to recycle contaminated plastic films - without using water. The huge amount of ‘unrecyclable’ plastic film going to landfill due to its contamination, such as plastic bags from the food industry and agricultural silage wrap, motivated the dedicated team at Plastic Forests to develop their unique solution to this global problem. Plastic Forests seeks to rescue plastic waste from landfill and recycle it into sustainable products to create a circular economy.
Plastic Forests is winner of the NSW Green Globe Innovation Award 2018, Inside Waste’s Circular Economy Award and Outstanding Recycling Facility Award 2018, the Westpac Businesses of Tomorrow Award 2017, and the Moira Shire Excellence in Innovation Award 2015. 2015 Endeavour Award: Most Innovative Company.
Moderated by Phillip Nielsen
Phillip Nielsen is an architect and co-founder of Regional Design Service in Corowa, NSW. Regional Design Service is an Architecture and Design practice that is focused on delivering meaningful, thought-provoking and sustainable design outcomes; for Rural and Regional communities and their inhabitants.
Tech Talks
Drop in with your tech issues and our friendly staff with assist you.
Tech Talks
Drop in with your tech issues and our friendly staff with assist you.
Handcrafting
Join the Handcrafting group at the Lavington Library. Bring along your current projects and get help or give advice to other handcrafters with their projects. Dip into our swap basket and donate your unused handicraft bits and bobs.
Enjoy the social environment and a cuppa while you work on your masterpieces.
Handcrafting group meets on the Third Monday of the Month from 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm at the Lavington Library
Cards, Mindful Mandalas and Coffee: Multicultural Program
This is a great chance to drop in and catch up with old friends and make new friends, including recent immigrants and refugees, over cards, games, mandala making and coffee.
You’re also welcome to come along and practice your English with friendly volunteers.
During NSW School Terms. Also held at Lavington Library.
Bookings for all programs: 0473 740730 or email awce@vrb.org.au
The Cultural Exchange
The Cultural Exchange initiates and supports activities and events in our libraries that have mutual benefit for new community members from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, their cultural groups and for the wider Albury Wodonga community.
Homework Help: Multicultural Program
Are you from the CALD community and needing some help with schoolwork? Bring your reader, maths homework, projects you’re working on or anything that you need help with for school. Each session has qualified volunteers to help CALD students with homework and assignments.
Weekly during NSW School Terms.
Bookings for all programs: 0473 740730 or email awce@vrb.org.au
Albury Wodonga Cultural Exchange
AWCE initiates and supports activities and events in our libraries that have mutual benefit for new community members from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, their cultural groups and for the wider Albury Wodonga community.
Friends of the LibraryMuseum Book Sale
Browse through our selection of pre-loved books and find a treasure.
All funds raised help the Friends of the Libraries and Museum purchase new items for the collection.
Armistice: Albury's Armistice Celebration
At 7.30pm on Monday 11 November 1918, Alderman H.G. Davies appeared on the balcony of the Town Hall clutching a telegram addressed to the Daily News and shouted to the people on Dean Street that the Armistice had been signed and the war was over!
This exhibition examines life in Albury at the time of the Armistice. It looks at the immediate impact of war, peace and a soldier’s return home. Albury, like the rest of Australia, was no longer at war. World War One had significant impact on Albury and this display looks at the way the people celebrated, welcomed the returned soldiers and commemorated those that were lost.
Join us for the launch of the exhibition on Friday 9 November, 11.00am
Refreshments provided
AlburyCity Council Foyer
RSVP: 02 6023 8333
Don't miss the talk Assessing the Impact of World War One on Albury and District on Thursday 25 October
The Dressmaker
Revenge is back in fashion!
Explore the dusty 1950s town of Dungatar in this exquisite display of costumes from the iconic Australian film, The Dressmaker based on the novel by Rosalie Ham.
The exhibition will showcase the beautiful collection of haute couture costumes by award-winning costume designer Marion Boyce. The Dressmaker exhibition reveals how the costumes were made and developed and allows you to discover the immense level of detail and artisanship that went into these magnificent costumes.
Costumes courtesy of Film Art Media. This exhibition is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Image credit: Sarah Snook as Gertrude in The Dressmaker (2015, director Jocelyn Moorhouse)
The Way of the Reformer: Gough Whitlam in his Century
Gough Whitlam shaped the Australian nation, but before that, the Australian nation shaped him. This exhibition, which marks the centenary of Gough Whitlam's birth, tells the story of the man behind the legacy – the bright Canberra schoolboy obsessed with Greek myths, the RAAF navigator braving hazardous skies at the height of the Pacific war, and the young father starting a family on the urban fringe.
A touring exhibition of The Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University
Image: Pilot Officer Edward Gough Whitlam on 4 March 1943. Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection 16008.jpg
Voyages Botanical
Voyages Botanical is artist Christine Johnson’s tribute to the untamed treasures of Australia’s vast native flower garden. It is indeed a voyage: through rare and wonderful landscapes, but also through our botanical heritage and history.
Voyages Botanical was inspired by Johnson’s time as a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria. Her research, which drew on the Library’s collection of rare books of botanical illustration, took her back to the pioneering work of early botanical artists including Sydney Parkinson, Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Ferdinand Bauer. This was the beginning of Johnson’s own creative journey that at once honours our past, present and future.
Image: Solar-plate engraving, 56 x 47cm, Christine Johnson, Chorizema illicifolia
CHEERS! the hidden history of Albury's vineyards.
During the mid to late 1800s, Albury was one of the biggest producers of wine in Australia. Our streets, buildings and land around us are steeped in this history, but do we see it? This exhibition brings together decades of research to showcase this significant yet hidden part of Albury and Australian history.
Creative Colouring for Adults
Relax and chat with old and new friends as you revisit the muchloved pastime of colouring in.
Bookings essential
Creative Colouring for adults
Relax and chat with old and new friends as you revisit the much-loved pastime of colouring in.
Booking essential
Let Me Be Myself: The life story of Anne Frank
This exhibition reveals the life story of Jewish girl Anne Frank from her birth in 1929 to her death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Let Me Be Myself connects the personal story told in Anne Frank’s famous diaries to important historical events of that time: the rise of Nazism, the persecution of Jews and the Holocaust. Addressing the topics of prejudice, discrimination and exclusion, the exhibition also highlights the contemporary relevance of Anne Frank’s story.
CHEERS! Exhibition Launch
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333
Bookings: over 18s
Join us for a special launch of Cheers! The Hidden History of Albury’s Vineyards featuring special guest speakers Ken Helm from Helm Wines and Stephen Altmeir from Splitter’s Creek Vineyard. This night is one not to be missed for history and wine buffs alike. Includes wine tasting from local wineries, Splitter’s Creek Vineyard and Posh Plonk.
CHEERS! Exhibition launch dinner
Bookings: Albury Club 02 6021 2511
Bookings: Over 18s
Following the exhibition launch of Cheers! The Hidden History of Albury’s Vineyards, enjoy a special dinner matched with wines from our region.
Continue the night and join Ken Helm at a special four-course dinner matched with wines from Helm Wines and Chambers of Rutherglen, hosted by the Albury Club. Ken will reveal more about how Albury’s wine history shaped his career in winemaking and the story behind Helm wines.
Vintage Fashion Night
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333
Join us as we farewell the wonderful exhibition The Dressmaker with a night of vintage fashion and fun.
This event will feature some of the best of local vintage and textiles. Throughout the night there will be a mini fashion show from Chic to Chic Boutique, textiles from Julia’s Fabrics and expertise from milliner Elizabeth Hemsley PLUS trivia and competitions.
Come along and join in the fun
Featuring canapés, music and local fashion experts, this is an event not to be missed!
Bookings essential via eventbrite
Legacy of a Leader: Whitlam's Reforms and Modern Australia
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Address by Leanne Smith, director of the Whitlam Institute
Gough Whitlam’s government passed a record number of bills into law, enacting reform in nearly every field during a tumultuous period that ended dramatically with Australia’s first and only dismissal of a Prime Minister by the Governor-General. Whitlam’s government was responsible for shaping much of the institutional, legislative and cultural foundation of modern Australia.
Discover how the Whitlam Institute is continuing his vision for a more ‘equal, open, tolerant and independent Australia’ by delivering policy research and programs that promote common ground, inclusive national identity and civic engagement for all Australians.
Youth Week Launch (Retrofest!)
Bookings: 12-25
Come celebrate Youth Week with Retro! Pop in, play some Smash on the Nintendo Switch, check out the venue and listen to some great LIVE music. Snacks and good times @ The Retro! Come hang with us!
Da Vinci Machines
Discover the extraordinary designs of one of the world’s greatest minds in this award-winning interactive exhibition.
On loan from the Da Vinci Museum in Florence, the exhibition showcases 60 iconic machines and inventions inspired by Leonardo’s drawings. See 500-year-old contraptions brought to life, including da Vinci’s flying machines and digital reproductions of his most famous artworks, including the Mona Lisa.
Entry to the main exhibition in the LibraryMuseum is by donation.
This exhibition is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Created by Artisans of Florence - International Pty Ltd in collaboration with The Niccolai Group (Firenze).
Official Drive Partner SEW-Eurodrive
Addicted Band Comp
Bookings: 12-25
Are you a musician or in a band? We want you! RetroFest 2019 will kick off with the Retro’s Addicted 2 Acoustic competition, so grab your gear and book in now for your chance to win cash or even a chance to record your own original music!
Youth Week Lunchtimes
Bookings: 12-25
Right through Youth Week, we are showcasing local youth artists on our stage. Come down and support some of the best local young talent in the area! The schedule is available on our website.
Retro Official Smash Tournament
Bookings: helloretro.com.au/smash
Bookings: 12-25
GAMERS! Any good at Super Smash Bros? Head down to Retro and sign up for the Retro Youth Week Smash Tourney. $50 to the winner, food and drinks available onsite, bonus prizes and loud tunes.
Show off your Smash skills and meet some new gamers!
Tune Out: March
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, Nintendo and loud music! Who knows – you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Retro Pool Comp
Bookings: 12-25
Tied in with our Tune Out! program, the Retro Pool comp is your chance to show off your cue skills!
Live at the Retro
Bookings: 12-25
Are youinto live music? Retro’s most popular night of the month, formerly known as the ‘Retro Friday Night Gig’, has been rebranded! Retro hosts regular gigs throughout the year in a range of genres. We proudly support local artists and provide a safe place to enjoy live music free of charge.
All events are drug and alcohol free, with great food for sale at the café.
Interested in getting on the bill? Contact us at retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Open Mic Night: March
Bookings: 12-25
Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month!
Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night. All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause!
This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
Tune Out: April
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, Nintendo and loud music! Who knows – you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Tune Out: May
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, Nintendo and loud music! Who knows – you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Retro Pool Comp: April
Bookings: 12-25
Tied in with our Tune Out! program, the Retro Pool comp is your chance to show off your cue skills!
Retro Pool Comp: May
Bookings: 12-25
Tied in with our Tune Out! program, the Retro Pool comp is your chance to show off your cue skills!
Live at the Retro: March
Bookings: 12-25
Are youinto live music? Retro’s most popular night of the month, formerly known as the ‘Retro Friday Night Gig’, has been rebranded! Retro hosts regular gigs throughout the year in a range of genres. We proudly support local artists and provide a safe place to enjoy live music free of charge.
All events are drug and alcohol free, with great food for sale at the café.
Interested in getting on the bill? Contact us at retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Live at the Retro: May
Bookings: 12-25
Are youinto live music? Retro’s most popular night of the month, formerly known as the ‘Retro Friday Night Gig’, has been rebranded! Retro hosts regular gigs throughout the year in a range of genres. We proudly support local artists and provide a safe place to enjoy live music free of charge.
All events are drug and alcohol free, with great food for sale at the café.
Interested in getting on the bill? Contact us at retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Live at the Retro: April
Bookings: 12-25
Are youinto live music? Retro’s most popular night of the month, formerly known as the ‘Retro Friday Night Gig’, has been rebranded! Retro hosts regular gigs throughout the year in a range of genres. We proudly support local artists and provide a safe place to enjoy live music free of charge.
All events are drug and alcohol free, with great food for sale at the café.
Interested in getting on the bill? Contact us at retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Open Mic Night: April
Bookings: 12-25
Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month!
Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night. All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause!
This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
Open Mic Night: May
Bookings: 12-25
Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month!
Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night. All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause!
This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
Toddler Time
Bring your Toddlers to our weekly session for songs, rhymes and stories.
These sessions are for 1 - 3 year olds and parents.
For more information phone the Lavington Library on 02 6043 5645.
Law Week 2019
Book into one of the Law Week sessions at Lavington Library and the LibraryMusuem. Keep an eye out for further details closer to the time.
Baby Bounce
Come and join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at the Lavington Library for Stories and rhymes for babies and parents to share.
These sessions are for children under 1 year old.
For more information please phone Lavington Library on 02 6043 5645.
Baby Bounce
Come and join us on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at the Lavington Library for Stories and rhymes for babies and parents to share.
These sessions are for children under 1 year old.
For more information please phone Lavington Library on 02 6043 5645.
Preschool Storytime
Bring your little ones along for songs, rhymes, craft and a great story session at the Lavington Library.
These sessions are for 3 - 5 year olds.
For more information please phone Lavington Library 02 6043 5645.
Preschool Storytime
Bring your little ones along for songs, rhymes, craft and a great story session at the Lavington Library.
These sessions are for 3 - 5 year olds.
For more information please phone Lavington Library 02 6043 5645.
Preschool Storytime
It’s never too early to start enjoying books and stories.
Bring your little ones along for songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story. Storytimes run during NSW school terms.
Sessions are aimed at 3 - 5 yr olds.
For more information phone the LibraryMuseum on 02 6023 8333.
Tiny Tots Storytime
Come along and share some books, stories, songs and rhymes with your children at our weekly session at the LibraryMuseum.
This session is aimed at children under 3 years old.
Please phone the LibraryMuseum on 02 6023 8333 for more information.
Albury Family Day Care educator information night
Bookings: Sally Pocock 02 6043 5830 spocock@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Would you like to help children grow to be confident, self assure young people who have a grounding in social skills, pride in their culture and be happy and content.
Do you enjoy the company of children and want to make a difference in their lives by providing quality care and fun, learning experiences from your own home, then family day care may be right for you.
If you are interested in finding out more about becoming an educator, we invite you to our upcoming information session, which is designed to help you through the steps of the screening and recruitment process.
Find out more about the benefits of becoming an Albury Family Day Care educator
Kidsmake- Trash to Fash
Bookings: Bookings essential 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8+
Be inspired by The Dressmaker exhibition to create and model your own fashion masterpieces from recycled materials and garbage bags.
Get creative and crafty with a variety of fun after school activities at Kidsmake.
Pop in on the first Thursday of each month during the school term for our after school maker space, where children can enjoy a variety of activities, including art, craft and technology.
Cheers to Da Vinci: Albury's boutique wine festival in honour of Leonardo da Vinci
Bookings: for further information, please contact the LibraryMuseum 02 6023 8333
Bookings: Over 18s only
Come and celebrate the hidden histories of Albury’s vineyards and Leonardo da Vinci.
To mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, come and celebrate the iconic artist with our region’s food and wine.
Featuring links to the blockbuster exhibition, Da Vinci Machines, as well as local wine exhibition, Cheers! The Hidden History of Albury’s Vineyards, the AlburyCity Council and the LibraryMuseum invite you to come along to QEII Square for an evening enjoying the diversity of the food and wine from our surrounding regions. Featuring wine tasting, tours, workshops and Italian cooking – this is an event not to be missed!
This event is a part of the celebrations for the Australian Heritage Festival 2019.
Da Vinci Machines Exhibition Launch
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Don’t miss the chance to be at the launch of the award-winning blockbuster exhibition Da Vinci Machines. Explore the mind of artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci while enjoying classic Renaissance-themed musical entertainment and finger food and a fascinating talk by Luigi Rizzo from the Artisans of Florence.
Da Vinci Machines Special Guided Tour
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join Luigi Rizzo from the Artisans of Florence for a special guided tour of the Da Vinci Machines exhibition. Learn more about Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic inventions and the fascinating process of recreating them for display.
Da Vinci Joins Family Fun Night
Bookings: Bookings essential 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Spend the evening creating da Vinci inspired fascinating objects using your imagination, drawing your own Mona Lisa with a twist, all while having loads of fun! There may even be a Da Vinci Code inspired scavenger hunt mystery for the littlies to solve.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
This event will be Auslan interpreted.
(Photo by the City of Karratha, courtesy of the Artisans of Florence)
Da Vinci Machines Exhibition tour
Bookings: Bookings essential for all tours. 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join this informative discovery tour as we visit the highlights of the exhibition, including Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic inventions and the true-to-life reproduction of La Gioconda (Mona Lisa).
Da Vinci Machines Art Themed Tour
Bookings: Bookings essential for all tours 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Celebrate Italian Week 2019 by joining this art expert led tour that will focus on the Italian genius’s art works. Da Vinci’s art works in the exhibition are reproductions of La Gioconda (Mona Lisa), The Last Supper, The Annunciation, Lady with an Ermine and da Vinci’s Self-Portrait.
Da Vinci Machines Customised Tours
Bookings: Bookings essential 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Whether you are a group of friends, a Rotary Club, work colleagues or a seniors group, we can customise a tour around your group’s interest and at a time that suits you. Tours are available during or outside opening hours, but please note that the exhibition will remain open to the public if your tour occurs during opening hours. Price includes a 45-minute tour of the exhibition with one of our experienced guides followed by light refreshments.
Da Vinci Machines Special Guided Tour
Bookings: Bookings essential for all tours 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
An opportunity not to be missed! Join the Artisans of Florence who will guide you through the Da Vinci Machines exhibition and share with you the fascinating process of recreating da Vinci’s iconic inventions for display
Grandparents Day
As part of the NSW Seniors Festival we're celebrating seniors their grandchildren and families!
Grandmas, Grandpas, Omas and Opas, join us in the beautiful Botanic Gardens for a morning of fun activities, both popular for young and old.
Highlights include:
- Face painting
- Farmyard nursery - including baby alpacas, miniature Nigerian goats, lambs, bunnies, chicks and ducks (and perhaps a kitten or two)
- Lawn games
- Art and craft
- Thai Batik Dyeing
- Yoga demonstrations
- Jazz music by the Zoot Suit Trio
- Gem stone fossicking
- Albury Wodonga Table Tennis Club
- Croquet
- Friends of the Gardens plant sale
BBQ, Monumental Ice Cream and coffee available for purchase or pack a picnic lunch.
For a full list of Seniors activities check out the program here
Choir in the Cafe
Bookings: Bookings and enquiries for all programs 0473 740730 awce@vrb.org,au
Calling all rappers, rhymers, singers and musicians: do you have an interest in music and singing? If so, we want you! You don’t need to be good at singing or know much about music.
Includes afternoon tea and time to chat with others.
Bus pick-ups and drop-offs are available if needed.
National Simultaneous Storytime
Bookings: preschool children
For the 19th year, libraries and schools around the country will all be sharing the love of a great Australian story at the same time. National Simultaneous Storytime is organised each year by the Australian Library and Information Service (ALIA)
This year’s book is Alpacas with Maracas,written and illustrated by Matt Cosgrove. Macca and his pal Al are the best of friends and love spending time together. When there is an opportunity to enter a talent contest, they just can’t resist. But what will their act be? Come and join the fun as we read this delightful book together.
National Simultaneous Storytime at Lavington Library will be Auslan interpreted
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
Bookings: More information 02 6023 8333
Bookings: All ages welcome
Pop in and join us for a fun morning of coffee, tea and cake, and make a gold coin donation. All proceeds go to the Cancer Council to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.
Help raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Dress in yellow and bring a friend or two.
Sydney Writers' Festival Livestream
Bookings: For more information: writearoundthemurray.org.au/swf
Prepare to be stimulated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions as the Sydney Writers’ Festival brings the world’s finest authors to Albury in real time. As well as hearing new ideas from great thinkers, audiences have the opportunity to participate in Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions direct to the Sydney stage. Enjoy festival highlight events for a fraction of the cost without leaving town.
School Holiday Programs: Build a Bridge..And get over it (Hopefully)
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8+
Use your da Vinci inspired engineering concepts to design and construct a functional bridge.
One of our special School Holiday Programs to tie in with our Da Vinci Machines exhibition
School Holiday Programs: Artistic Endeavours
Bookings: bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8+
Channel your inner artist as you work together to recreate one of da Vinci’s most famous artworks.
One of our special School Holiday Programs to tie in with our Da Vinci Machines exhibition
School Holiday Programs: Miniature Mechanical Masterpieces
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8+
Be inspired by da Vinci’s genius as you recreate some of his inventions and maybe even invent some of your own.
One of our special School Holiday Programs to tie in with the Da Vinci Machines exhibition
School Holiday Programs: Discovering Leonardo da Vinci family tour
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Discover da Vinci’s world as a family during our interactive guided tour of the Da Vinci Machines exhibition. This tour revolves around interaction between the generations and will delight young and old alike.
(Photo by the City of Karratha. Courtesy of the Artisans of Florence)
School Holiday Programs: Brilliant Batteries
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645
Bookings: 5+
How does a battery work? Enjoy creating a battery using a lemon and a potato while learning more about chemical energy. Also, experiment with a glow salt circuit activity!
School Holiday Programs: Easter Egg Doily Craft
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645
Bookings: 5+
Get egg-cited over this fun Easter craft using doilies, washable markers, water and coloured paper to make a stunning decoration for Easter or create a card for someone special.
School Holiday Programs: Da Vinci Glider
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645
Bookings: 8+
Be inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's genius and make a model glider. Bring your intricate cutting and folding skills.
Not suitable for younger children as this activity involves lots of careful cutting, folding and gluing.
School Holiday Programs: Yarn Wrapped Leaf Art
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645
Bookings: 5+
Get unique with leaf art using yarn and coloured paper. Experiment with different patterns and enjoy mixing and matching yarn colours to create a gorgeous picture which captures all the wonderful colours of autumn!
Kidsmake: Easter Egg Baskets
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8-12
It’s almost that time of year. We all need somewhere to store our Easter eggs. Why not make your own to store your stash?
Get creative and crafty with a variety of fun after school activities at Kidsmake.
Pop in on the first Thursday of each month during the school term for our after school maker space, where children can enjoy a variety of activities, including art, craft and technology.
Code Club for Beginners - LibraryMuseum
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
For ages: 8-12
Come and learn how to make computer games, animations and websites, while strengthening your problem-solving skills at a beginner level. Runs during NSW School Terms. Book now for Term 2
Lego Club
For ages: 5-15
Drop in to our after school hub for all things Lego® and brick building. Meet other Lego® lovers, get involved in build challenges and extend your builds with robotics and electronics. You’ll be able to display your finished masterpieces in the LibraryMuseum to inspire others. Lego® and all other materials supplied.
School Holiday Programs: Silly Science
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645
Bookings: 5+
Let’s experiment with kinetic energy and have loads of fun creating a marshmallow catapult and leaping paper frogs. Then let’s have a competition to see how far they can go!