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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.
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
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 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.
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...
“Victorious Tenors from Victoria” - Opera Australasia
“These Tenors are a phenomenon” - The Australian
“Taking Singapore by Storm” - Straits Times
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.
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
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
Adam Thompson – Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack Live
When it comes to enigmatic front men, there are few that embody the power and passion quite like Chocolate Starfish’s Adam Thompson. He owns the stage, channels the music, and has audiences eating out the palm of his hand. So it is no surprise that when it came to picking his next great project, Adam chose to showcase the music of his hero Freddie Mercury and Queen in Bohemian Rhapsody the blockbuster movie soundtrack, live in concert.
Chocolate Starfish are known for paying homage to great music. They’ve put on a hugely successful run of Classic Album Series concerts, with an ode to Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell (2017) and INXS’s KICK (2018), bringing the music to life with their powerhouse performances. Now, the band are stepping aside to let their electric and engaging lead singer – lover of life, singer of great songs – pay tribute to the immeasurable talent of Queen, Freddie Mercury and the acclaimed soundtrack of the smash-hit Golden Globe winning music biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Performing with the We Will Rock You band is a special coup for Adam Thompson, and for audiences. In 2002, Queen’s Brian May and Rodger Taylor hand-picked the band in Melbourne for their hit musical. Featuring Simon Croft, Andy Swann and Andrew Patterson, it brings special revelry to the evening.
The Bohemian Rhapsody concert will feature hit after hit from Queen’s back catalogue. With tracks such as Somebody to Love, Killer Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, We Will Rock You, Another One Bites The Dust, I Want To Break Free and Under Pressure to name a few, it will be a spectacular evening from start to finish. Adam Thompson and the We Will Rock You band look forward to exchanging that love and energy of Queen with audiences.
Swan Lake
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to Australia & New Zealand with Swan Lake...the most loved classical ballet of them all.
This masterpiece ballet is presented in two acts and follows the original storyline. Subtle revisions and variations have been introduced by Gediminas Taranda, Artistic Director of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company.
Swan Lake crosses the world of magic and mystical creatures with that of the real world. It is a story where the virtues of love and forgiveness in the end conquer evil and betrayal.
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company was formed in 1994, headed by the Bolshoi Theatre soloist Gediminas Taranda. The Imperial Russian Ballet Company comprises 40 dancers from the major ballet schools of Russia.
“Bold, Brave Russians”
"In a night that overflows with all things ballet, you can't help be swept up by the sheer panache of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company dancers." - The West Australian
“The Russians Know Best.” - Jenny Stevenson, Dominion Post
“Perhaps it is true after all that only the Russians can do the classic Swan Lake.”
Rockin' Through the Ages
We have boldly gone where very few have gone before and created this awesome production show that is targeted at the baby boomers.
When the doors open and the audience enter the Albury Entertainment Centre, the big screens come to life showing original music clips and TV commercials from the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s to set the nostalgic mood in the room. You hear the audience laugh and chatting with each other as they reminisce over the old footage that sparks the memories of the days gone by.
The group enters the stage and kicks the first song off with the Bill Haley classic ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and in an instant you see the crowd dancing in their seats and watching the original video clips on the big screen. This high energy show encourages the audience to join in and sing along with some of the greatest number one hits of all times from Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, Tom Jones and also great bands like Daddy Cool, The Monkeys, Dr Hook, Queen and many more.
The show is performed and delivered by three seasoned professionals and cheeky entertainers in Greg (Bankxy) Bankx, David (Sprouty) Cail & Steve Cummins and is backed by the RTA Band.
‘Rockin' through the Ages’ is a totally fun and nostalgic show that guarantees to please.
Marshall McGuire - Harpist
Albury Chamber Music Festival presents Sundays at St Matthew's, a series of three afternoon concerts featuring some of Australia's finest chamber musicians.
In April hear renowned Australian cellist Zoe Knighton perform the sublime solo cello music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Be warmed in winter with mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell singing some of her favourite works.
And come spring, enjoy the virtuosity of harpist Marshall McGuire on a dance through European music!
Dr Seuss's The Cat in the Hat - Live on Stage
Premium: $35.00 Admit, $120.00 Family of 4, $25.00 Group 10+ pp
A Reserve: $29.99 Admit, $100.00 Family of 4, $22.50 Group 10+ pp
B Reserve: $25.00 Admit, $90.00 Family of 4, $20.00 Group 10+ pp
Few children’s books have stood the test of time quite like Dr Seuss’s 200 word masterpiece ‘The Cat in the Hat’. As the top selling children’s author of all time, the story is as popular now as it was in the 1950’s when Oxford University educated Theodor ‘Seuss’ Geissel wrote the book. Now both children and adults alike are sure to be left in raptures by this zany and imaginative stage show, that will bring the story to life on a 20 city, 40 show nationwide tour of theatres and arenas.
The play was adapted for the stage in 2009 by the National Theatre of Great Britain, but tells the story consistent with the book of a brother and sister, bored at home on a rainy day...(without their Mother!!??) when they are visited by none other than ‘The Cat’ in his red and white striped Hat....(which they let in the door!!??).Their outspoken and outraged pet Fish (yep the fish talks...and is the babysitter!!) is astounded and concerned, but this cat will not be deterred. He will teach us all to make our own fun with nothing but a little imagination. "It's fun to have fun, but you have to know how." Along with his friends, Thing One and Thing Two (Hey we all have those types of friends) they turn the house upside down leaving mess everywhere but have no fear because The Cat brings in his red ‘Picker-Up Machine’ and all is back to normal before Mum walks back in the door.
Over 2 years in the planning, The Cat in the Hat fresh from a SOLD OUT tour of New Zealand, features a full scale set of the house and over 70 props that the cast use to bring to life every detail of the well-known book.
Please note: On sale Tuesday 16 April at 9.00am
Jesus Christ Superstar
Audio Description available on Sunday 15 September, 2.00pm. This Audio Description includes a tactile tour beginning at 12:30pm.
It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent '60s, should have at its center a social and political rebel. Jesus' meteor-like rise in renown provides, as the title suggests, a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship.
As his radical teachings are evermore embraced, Judas increasingly questions the enlightened motives of this new prophet, resulting in betrayal. Christ's final days are dramatised with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality.
Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.
This Rock Opera challenges its audience with “I only wanna know”.
Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Warning: There will be loud noises (gunshots), strobe lighting and some violence
Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour - SOLD OUT
Showcasing over 2 hours of the most inspirational and entertaining films celebrating adventurous women from independent filmmakers around the globe.
Featuring a unique selection of films of varying lengths and styles, covering topics relevant to women in the outdoors the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour will enthral both the avid adventurer and the armchair adventurer alike.
The 2019 tour is excited to showcase Samantha Gash on her quest to run across India, an Australia paddler who doesn’t let size get in the way of her passions, two long haul cyclist in one of the most gruelling endurance bike races in the world and a crew of rad fat tyre snow bikers who know how to dream big.
Top Dog Film Festival 2019 - SOLD OUT
The Top Dog Film Festival is coming to Albury for the first time and you'd be barking mad to miss it. The program is comprised of short films by independent filmmakers around the globe and explores the connection between humans and their dogs through entertaining and insightful stories. The Top Dog Film Festival presents a 2-hour cinematic celebration honouring the bond between dogs and their people. This carefully curated program of canine-themed films is comprised of the most inspirational, heartwarming and entertaining stories about dogs and their human companions.
Strassman - The Chocolate Diet
Bookings: This performance is rated MA. Children 12 to 15 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No one under 12 admitted.
From London to New York, Strassman’s comic genius has shocked and surprised. Now it’s your turn to experience Strassman’s uproarious comedy with those infamous favourites, the loveable Ted E. Bare and the evil Chuck Wood.
Strassman’s newest show is The Chocolate Diet.
Ted E. Bare’s health quest is hilariously painful and one we can relate to. Meanwhile Chuck is going through an identity crisis.
Strassman is one of Australia’s favorite comedian’s, a master of his art.
Once again, he delivers the ultimate night out.
A truly remarkable performance appears to defy reality – The Adelaide Advertiser
Hilarious – The Scotsman (UK)
This performance is rated MA. Children 12 to 15 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No one under 12 admitted.
Now and Then
Two documentaries celebrating the first 40 years of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, The Greatest Little Show on Earth by Rob Scott and a new documentary by Helen Newman.
If you purchase tickets to two or more shows in the one transaction you'll receive a 10% discount off the total price.
Back in the Big Top
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus return to their birthplace - a big top circus tent in Hovell Tree Park. This Show will feature every single 2019 Fruities student, from age 8 to 19. See the Flying Fruit Fly Circus as you've never seen them before!
If you purchase tickets to two or more shows in the one transaction you'll receive a 10% discount off the total price.
Fruities at 40
An unforgettable night under the big top with performances from 40 years of alumni.
If you purchase tickets to two or more shows in the one transaction you'll receive a 10% discount off the total price.
Mamma Mia! by Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Audio Description is available on Saturday 12 October, 2.00pm
THE WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON COMES TO ALBURY WODONGA!
On a small Greek island, Sophie dreams of a perfect wedding — one which includes her father giving her away.
The problem? Sophie doesn’t know who he is! Her mother Donna, the former lead singer of the 1970s pop group Donna and the Dynamos, refuses to talk about the past, so Sophie decides to take matters into her own hands. Sneaking a peek in her mother’s old diaries, she discovers three possible fathers: Sam, Bill, and Harry. She secretly invites all three to the wedding, convinced that she’ll know her father when she sees him. But when all three turn up, it may not be as clear as she thought!
Told through the legendary music of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 60 million people around the world and is one of the top 5 highest-grossing Broadway musicals of all time!
Performance Dates & Times
Friday 4 October, 7.30pm | Saturday 5 October, 2.00pm & 7.30pm | Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm | Friday 11 October, 7.30pm | Saturday 12 October, 2.00pm (Audio Description is available for this performance) & 7.30pm*
*Please note prices differ between performances
Thursday Evening Performance and Saturday Matinee Performances
$52 Premium, $42 Adult, $37 Concession/Student, $32 Child under 12, $140 Family of 4 (2 Adults & 2 Children), $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 (2 Adults & 2 Children), $50pp Group 8+ (Premium), $40pp 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.
Concert 1 - Opening Concert and Reception - Mostly Mozart
Merlyn Quaife (soprano), Kaori Sparks (violin), Helena Kernaghan (piano) & Inventi Ensemble (Melissa Doecke (flute), Ben Opie (oboe), Peter Clark (violin), Jessica Oddie (violin) & Peter de Jager (organ))
Mozart Violin Sonata in G major, K.379
Mozart Ach, ich fühl’s (from The Magic Flute)
Mozart Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Mozart L’amero (from Il re pastore)
Adam Bravura Variations on a theme by Mozart
Mozart Church Sonatas
KV 329 in C major
KV 263 in C major
KV 241 in G major
KV 278 in C major
Concert 2 - Rising Stars Masterclass
Conducted by Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Helen Ayres (violin), Timothy Nankervis (cello) & Martin Alexander (viola).
A selection of up-and-coming stars from the Albury area perform works as part of a concert masterclass held by professional musicians involved in the festival. Details to be confirmed – watch this space!
Concert 3 - Inventi Ensemble & Seraphim with Martin Alexander
Seraphim (Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Helen Ayres (violin) and Timothy Nankervis (cello)) with Martin Alexander (viola)
Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV/25 “Gypsy”
Mozart Piano quartet No. 1 in G minor, KV 478
Inventi Ensemble (Melissa Doecke (flute), Ben Opie (oboe), Peter Clark (violin) and Merewyn Bramble (viola))
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Glynn Davies)
Rimsky Korsakov Scheherezade (arr. Glynn Davies)
Concert 4 - Letourneau Pipe Organ Recital
Martin Setchell – pipe organ
Takle Celebration
J. S. Bach Prelude to Klavierûbung III in E flat major BWV 552
Albinoni (arr. Giazotto) Adagio in G minor
Vivaldi (arr. Walther) Concerto in B minor
Bossi Scherzo in G minor Op. 49, No 2
Vierne Romance from Symphony IV
Grison Toccata in F
Concert 5 - Seraphim & Orpheus play Dvorak & Brahms
Scots School Chorale, conducted by Alison Mitchell
Forrest Psalm 8
Orpheus Piano Trio (Kaori Sparks (violin), Sam Goble (cello), Helena Kernaghan (piano))
Brahms Trio Op.8 in B major
Seraphim (Anna Goldsworthy (piano), Helen Ayres (violin), Timothy Nankervis (cello)) with Martin Alexander (viola)
Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 87
Concert 6 - Thorwald Jorgensen & Merlyn Quaife
French & Russian repertoire in celebration of Leon Theremin, the inventor of the Theremin in its centenary year:
Merlyn Quaife (soprano) & David Lempriere-Laughton (piano):
Duparc (i) L’invitation au voyage (ii) Extase (iii) Le manoir de Rosamunde
Debussy (i) C’est l’extase (ii) Il pleure dans mon cœur (iii) Romance
Ravel Deux Mélodies Hébraïques (i) Kaddisch (ii) L’enigme Éternelle
Vocalise in the form of a Habanera
Fauré (i) Ici-bas (ii) Après un rêve (iii) Rêve d’amour
Thorwald Jorgensen (theremin) & Helena Kernaghan (piano):
Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Auerbach 10 Preludes (Australian premiere)
Tschaikovsky Serenade Melancolique
Alyabieff Solovey
Rimsky Korsakoff Flight of the Bumblebee
Schillinger Bury Me, Bury Me Wind
Concert 7 - Thorwald Jorgensen & Acacia Quartet
Featuring Thorwald Jorgensen (theremin) & Acacia Quartet (Lisa Stewart (violin), Myee Clohessy (violin), Stefan Duwe (viola) & Anna Martin-Scrase (cello))
Pärt Fratres
Jørgensen Distant Shores
Warsaw Transformation
Rachmaninoff Ne Poy Krasavitsa
Jessop Maticevski Shumack – New work for theremin and string quartet – world premiere
Schumann String quartet no. 3
Bertrand The Invisible Singer
Albury Chamber Music Festival Pass
The fourth annual Albury Chamber Music Festival takes places this November 15 to 17. Don't miss out on the world's best classical musicians coming to Albury for 7 amazing concerts over 3 days.
Your Festival Pass entitles you to VIP seating at all 7 concerts over the 3 day festival.
Seussical the Musical
St Augustine's Wodonga proudly presents: MTI's 'Seussical the Musical'
Seussical is fun for the whole family! Students of St. Augustine's Wodonga are excited to portray the characters from the familiar Dr. Seuss fables. The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child in constant trouble for his "thinks". Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of disbelievers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never lose fair in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Someone Like You - The Adele Songbook
With 2019 marking 11 years since the sensational debut album ‘19’ was released, Katie Markham brings an incredible performance to theatres across Australia, recreating the magic that the legendary Adele started more than a decade ago.
When X Factor UK finalist Katie Markham was selected by Adele to appear in the BBC Adele Special presented by Graham Norton, she never dreamed she would be both singing live with her idol on stage in London, and launching a brand-new UK touring show all within a year.
This immaculate concert production recreates the magic of Adele’s music from her three hit albums, ‘19’, ‘21’ and ‘25’, reminding audiences why they first fell in love with her beautiful music ten years ago.
Katie says: “There is a real beauty to Adele’s music. I think that’s why it appeals to so many people, she lays raw emotion out for all the world to see.”
Featuring the smash hits ‘Chasing Pavements’, ‘Make You Feel my Love’, ‘Set Fire to the Rain’, ‘Someone Like You’, ‘Rolling in the Deep’, ‘Hello’ and the multi-million seller ‘Skyfall’, as well as featuring a selection of songs by some of the legends that inspired Adele, Someone Like You is the quintessential show for any fan of Adele.
Cosentino Live
No babes in arms - No children under 5 years
For the first time in over a decade Australia’s greatest magician, Cosentino, is hitting the road with the ‘Cosentino Live’ regional tour.
One of Australia’s most popular and successful entertainers, Cosentino will be bringing a night of world-class entertainment to some of his favourite regional cities across October and November. Join Cosentino as he performs death-defying escapes that will thrill your senses, mind boggling stage illusions and cutting-edge street magic that will have you questioning your view of reality.
Cosentino’s trademark blend of magic and dance, with a touch of hilarious audience participation, will take you on a journey that will captivate fans, new and old, until the very last mind-bending moment.
With his own TV shows now airing in more than 40 countries, don’t miss your chance to see this international phenomenon in action. make sure you secure what promises to be one of the hottest tickets of 2019.
Ross Noble - Humournoid
Bookings: 15+
What happens when pure comedy takes human form?
What happens when a creature is created and bred to do stand up? Nobody knows because that isn’t a thing. What is a thing is Ross Noble doing a show. You can come and see. This is it.
‘Brilliantly inventive, quirky stand-up …see him and marvel’ - The Sun
‘Every night is different and every night is a total joy’ - Time Out
‘The great improviser’ - The Guardian
Carl Barron - Skating Rink for Flies
When Carl was a small boy at school, he asked the teacher how ants feel. He never got an answer all those years ago, but he still wants to know.
Voted number one comedian two years running, come along and see Carl’s brand new show - Skating Rink for Flies. A night where he ponders things we all think about but never mention. Things like plastic bags, peanut butter and the possible emotions of an ant.
There is no point to this show other than to make you laugh as much as possible. Funny stories from a bloke with a funny head. What more could you ask for.
(Bit of wee guarantee)
Rated M | Strong Language, Adult Themes | Recommended 18+ | No babes in arms
The Robertson Brothers 60's Variety Show 2020
Do you dream of reliving the good old days?
Well don't miss THE ROBERTSON BROTHERS 1960's TV VARIETY SHOW with special guest Simon Brook McLachlan - from the original cast of the hit musical Jersey Boys.
After a massive 2019, the boys are back with a brand new show!
Take a trip down memory lane with this amazing interactive live TV Variety Show
featuring the hits from: The Seekers, Bee Gees, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Neil Sedaka and The Everly Brothers!
The Robertson Brothers grew up in a home that appreciated the Variety TV Show. When designing this new live touring show they decided to reinvent the magic and diversity of the old school 1960's Variety TV shows.
With a rockin’ live band and an amazing multimedia presentation, expect to be entertained by many of the Classic Hits from the 60's. Through the prism of the Variety TV show format you'll travel back in time to embrace and celebrate all the hits of these 60's Music Legends.
You'll be singing, dancing, laughing and crying to ‘Georgy Girl’, ‘Morningtown Ride’, ‘I’ll Never Find Another You’, ‘Oh Carol’, ‘Calendar Girl’, ‘Happy Birthday Sweet 16’, 'Spicks and Specks', 'To Love Somebody', 'Massachusetts', 'I Started A Joke', 'Got To Get A Message To You', 'Sherry', 'Walk Like A Man', 'Big Girls Don’t Cry', 'Let’s Hang On', ‘Bye Bye Love’, ‘Wake Up Little Susie’, ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’, ‘Cathy’s Clown’, ‘Bus Stop’, plus so many more in this celebration of your favourite 60’s Superstars!
“It’s the best show I’ve seen in years!” - Ray Hadley, 2GB
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
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, 23 June, 14 July, 4 August, 15 September, 6 October, 10 November.
Free events, all welcome, all ages, kids too!
For bus pick up points please call Sophie on (02) 6043 5806
Kate Rohde: Little Gems
When natural history specimens, decorative art design and intense colour arrangements collide you will discover the magical world of Kate Rohde. Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) at the Victorian College of the Arts, 2001, Rohde has become widely known for her extremely detailed and colourful sculptural objects and immersive installation practice.
Working across multiple mediums, the over-arching theme throughout Rohde’s works is the human relationship to nature and animals. Rohde delves further into this theme and how it has featured predominately as motifs in historical art movements such as Rococo and Art Nouveau.
Rohde presents her works, Little Gems, in MAMA’s next Wonder Cupboard series. The installations will incorporate Rohde’s love of all things animal, mineral and vegetable, to be discovered throughout the art museum.
Kevin Gilbert: A Message to be Heard
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993), was a writer, visual artist, poet and playwright. Gilbert was a political activist - an instrumental figure in the Aboriginal land rights and sovereignty movement, participating in the 1972 establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra and the ‘Treaty 88’ campaign. He believed art was the most powerful tool to draw attention to continued injustices suffered by Aboriginal people, and to suggest ways forward.
"As a child, sitting, drawing in the ashes of the campfires with twigs and charcoal, aware of the old pieces of tin, hessian bag and canvas that formed our shanty, our humpies, I never even dreamt of being an artist. I was very much aware of the colonial attitudes, the injustice of having my land, Wiradjuri land, stolen from us, my people forced to live in refugee situations, on travelling stock reserves, forbidden to be in the white township after dark, the tens of decades of massacre, oppression, abuse of our human rights. In 1965, mature, I saw art, and writing as a way to communicate."
- Kevin Gilbert
About the Artist
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) was one of Aboriginal Australia’s most important cultural identities of the late 20th century. Gilbert came to art and literature late in life, with his first artistic works, paintings and prints being made in prison. By the time of his death in 1993, he had established himself as an artist, playwright, poet, and political activist. His work played a significant role in shaping Australian history during the 1970s and '80s, a very dynamic period in the long-term Aboriginal struggle for justice.
The prints you will see in this exhibition are Gilbert's earliest works and are the first lino prints to be made by an Aboriginal artist.
The youngest of eight children, Gilbert was born on the banks of Kalara (Lachlan) River near Condobolin in Wiradjuri Nation. He and his siblings spent their childhood as wards of the state and with relatives.
Gilbert educated himself as an adult in prison. He read extensively, and made his own lino cutting tools from a spoon, gem blades, nails and carved old lino out of the prison floor. He also published his first volume of poetry while in prison.
After his release from prison in 1971 Gilbert became an instrumental figure in the Aboriginal land rights and sovereignty movement, participating in the 1972 establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra and the ‘Treaty 88’ campaign. He also edited magazines produced as part of the black resistance, including Alchuringa, Identity, and Black Australian News. He wrote notable plays, two of which are The Cherry Pickers and The Gods Look Down, and two ground breaking books - Because a White Man'll Never Do It (1973) and Living Black (1977), a collection of oral history. He communicated through these works his understanding that poverty and dysfunction are the direct results of colonisation.
In 1988 he was award the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Human Rights Award for Literature.
In 1991 Gilbert was still active politically. In that year he drew attention to the two hundred years of undeclared frontier wars and massacres by in a performance work, carrying a large white cross on a lone walk down Anzac Parade to the Australian War Memorial where he claimed one of the alcoves for those 'who have died in defence of our land' (Scarlett 2014). He believed art was the most powerful tool to draw attention to continued injustices suffered by Aboriginal people, and to suggest ways forward.
Chris Ellis: Moments on the Murray
Albury-based artist Chris Ellis presents a collection of recent paintings that pay homage to the beauty, tranquillity and fragility of the Murray River.
Working in the studio from photos, sketches and watercolour studies, Ellis delights in the optical distortions found in nature. Ambiguities and tensions between surface and depth, solid object and reflections, are translated into both painterly, playful abstractions and lovingly rendered landscapes.
Ellis’s motivation for the series is to continue the growing awareness of the environmental concerns surrounding the Murray River - our reliance on the river’s health, and the need for careful management to ensure a sustained future.
The artist’s treatment embodies respect for the Murray River as a significant life source throughout our region and beyond.
School Holiday Art Camps
Bookings: Primary School
Break up the Spring 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.
- Monday 30 September
- Tuesday 1 October
- Wednesday 2 October
- Thursday 3 October
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.
Artist in Conversation: Chris Ellis
Join us for a conversation with Chris Ellis, live within his current exhibition, Moments on the Murray.
In his latest presentation, Ellis pays homage to the beauty, tranquillity and fragility of the Murray River.
Ellis’s motivation for the series is to continue the growing awareness of the environmental concerns surrounding the Murray River - our reliance on the river’s health, and the need for careful management to ensure a sustained future.
The conversation will be moderated by Michael Moran, MAMA Curator.
All welcome.
Beth Peters: REST
A single line, representing the thread of consciousness, weaves in and out creating the detailed drawings of Chiltern-based artist Beth Peters.
Mapping the movement of thought from the artists internal world to the external, Peters threads together images inspired by textiles, repetitive woven works that speak to the complexity of being neither wholly present or absent in any moment.
Slowly, images are formed in a state of Random Episodic Silent Thought (REST), a conscious state in which the cortices of the brain are highly active, spontaneously reorganising and ordering thoughts and memories, making new associations and placing one in a deeply contemplative, creative state.
It is this state of awareness that is neither fully conscious, nor fully unconscious, in which the artist finds her creative energy, the monotonous image making allowing her to access memories and thoughts until they are exhausted, dispensed with, or earthed somehow in the physical process of drawing.
Artist Beth Peters in her studio. Photo: Nat Ord, 2019.
Peters is the recipient of the 2018 Susan Moorhead Memorial Award.
The Award is granted to one emerging artist from the region that applies to exhibit as part of MAMA's Open Call program.
In addition to a $2000 cash prize, the artist is supported in the development of a solo exhibition at MAMA.
Exhibition Opening: Beth Peters
Join artist Beth Peters as we celebrate the opening of her new exhibition, REST.
Peters' detailed paper works evoke notions of duality (presence/absence), and address ideas of process and labour.
We'd love to share the afternoon with you as we celebrate the opening of this solo presentation with a conversation with the artist live within her exhibition.
Artist Beth Peters in her studio. Photo: Nat Ord, 2019.
Peters is the recipient of the 2018 Susan Moorhead Memorial Award.
The Award is granted to one emerging artist from the region that applies to exhibit as part of MAMA's Open Call program.
In addition to a $2000 cash prize, the artist is supported in the development of a solo exhibition at MAMA.
Certain Realities
We are each impacted by cultural tension in our environment. Pointing out where these cultural tensions exist is one role of an artist.
Certain realities brings together seven such artists, dedicated to their practice of social investigation and cultural articulation.
This assembly of sculpture, painting, installation, and newly commissioned performances places the artists voice, concerns, and anxieties at the centre of the conversation.
Barriers, impediments and thresholds present as recurring motifs with Isadora Vaughan’s beeswax screens and mycelium colonies, Spence Messih’s poetic use of everyday materials, Tony Schwensen’s handcrafted prototypes for a Mexico / US border wall, and Anna Kristensen’s enigmatic photo realist paintings. A major work by Archie Moore takes the simplest of marks – X – and ruminates on colonial history, violence and sovereignty.
Incorporated across the exhibition is a series of performance works, with Spence Messih and Tony Schwensen inviting community readings that amplify the concerns of their static works. Dancer and choreographer Lizzie Thomson’s newly commissioned work considers dance’s fraught cultural history, and a commissioned five-part performance by Brian Fuata presents artwork as correspondence, the artist having sought connection with men in the Albury area, also named Brian. The exhibition will conclude amidst the noise of the Archie Moore fronted art rock band, ∑gg√e|n.
Each artist’s work exists in pursuit of truth and understanding. This exhibition recognises the importance of their artistic labour and its ability to shape wider social efforts. With each artists’ contribution we are invited to contend with certain realities.
Lizzie Thomson, TACET: Rhythmic Composition (After Roy De Maistre’s Rhythmic Composition in Yellow Green Minor, 1919), 2016, Performance as part of Choreography and the Gallery, a one-day salon on 27 April 2016 at the Art Gallery of NSW, presented by the 20th Biennale of Sydney in partnership with School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Arts & Social Sciences.Courtesy Biennale of Sydney Photograph: Document Photography
LIVE PROGRAM
Friday 30 August (Exhibition opening)
live program 1: Brian Fuata / Lizzie Thomson
Saturday 31 August
Artist talks: Spence Messih / Brian Fuata / Lizzie Thomson / Archie Moore
Thursday 12 September
live program 2: Brian Fuata / Tony Schwensen
presented as part of the 2019 Write Around the Murray Festival
Saturday 5 October
live program 3: Brian Fuata / Tony Schwensen
Saturday 26 October
live program 4: Brian Fuata / Spence Messih
Friday 8 November (Exhibition closing)
live program 5: Brian Fuata / Lizzie Thomson / ∑gg√e|n (Archie Moore et al)
Exhibition Opening: Certain realities
Join us for the opening night of Certain realities and enjoy the first evening of performances commissioned for this exhibition.
Certain realities considers the social impact of cultural tension, in the form of sculpture, painting, installation and performance.
In the first of five performances, Brian Fuata presents a new work that has been developed following a correspondence with other men named Brian from the Albury area. The work will continue to build over the 5 live program dates.
Dancer and choreographer Lizzie Thomson will be premiering a new dance piece commissioned for Certain realities, a piece that considers dance's fraught cultural history.
FREE, local wine & beer will be available for purchase at the bar.
Artist Talks: Certain Realities
On the opening weekend of Certain realities enjoy conversations with artists Spence Messih, Brian Fuata, Archie Moore & Lizzie Thomson.
Each artist’s work exists in pursuit of truth and understanding. This exhibition recognises the importance of their artistic labour and its ability to shape wider social efforts. In this conversation, learn more about the realities each artist agitates in their work.
Moderated by Michael Moran, MAMA Curator.
Certain Realities: Live Program
1.
Friday 30 August, 5:30pm
Opening event
Fuata / Thomson
Saturday 31 August, 10:30am
Artist talks:
Messih / Fuata / Thomson / Moore
2.
Thursday 12 September, 5:30pm
live program 2:
Fuata / Schwensen
3.
Saturday 5 October, 10:30am
Fuata / Schwensen
4.
Saturday 26 October, 10:30am
Fuata / Messih
5.
Friday 8 November, 5:30pm
Closing event
Fuata / Thomson / Σgg√e|n
Brian Fuata will be presenting a five part work across the five days of the live event program, including a performance as part of the Write
Around the Murray literary festival
Lizzie Thomson will be premiering a new dance piece commissioned for Certain realities
Tony Schwensen will offer a participatory poetry work, where audience members can trade a reading of a poem for a copy of the poem. All poems have been written by the President of the United States.
Spence Messih will lead a group reading. A select number of individuals from queer and trans communities will respond to prepared
texts in the museum.
Σgg√e|n is a band led by Archie Moore and David M. Thomas. They have been alternatively described as doom/sludge rock and subtropical goth.
Nginhagu: Belonging to this Place
Nginhagu: Belonging to this Place is an exhibition of work created by students from Glenroy Public School, Culcairn Primary School, Wewak Street School, Albury Public School, and Hume Public School, as a part of the Home arts and language education program. The Home program is a successful partnership between The Arts Unit, NSW Department of Education and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in association with Murray Arts Museum Albury.
Some of the works in the exhibition are the result of a workshop with Wiradjuri artist Lorraine Connelly-Northey. Students created Gugabul (Codfish), using sticks, gum leaves, bark, wire, and rope. The gum leaves and bark are symbolic, and represent the entwined connection the Gum tree has with Gugabul (Codfish). The yellow rope represents a distressed river system and the impact the grain industry has on the river and the animals.
The program has seen students supported to learn about nationally recognised Wiradjuri artists. They have also been given opportunities to engage locally with arts, language, and culture.
Dr Pettina Love also led Wiradjuri Language lessons, and students explored the works of Jonathan Jones, Tommy McRae, and Lorraine Connelly-Northey, through the MAMA collection and the Home education resource.
Students also enjoyed a virtual art making lesson with Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie, facilitated by the Art Gallery of NSW
The Home Program will be offered again in 2020 to schools in the Wiradjuri language area. Once again it will be hosted by MAMA in association with partners The Arts Unit, NSW Department of Education and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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.
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 Albury LibraryMuseum.
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.
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
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.
Study Skills for Secondary Students
Bookings: LibraryMuseum 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
For ages: secondary school students
Come in and learn a range of study skills and library research skills to assist with achieving your best.
Do you want to learn more effective ways of staying on top of your study load? Do you understand yourself as a learner? Do you want to critically discuss assessments and share ideas or just have somewhere you can study with support? These sessions will expose you to a variety of study skills and strategies that aim to set you up to get the best out of yourself as a student. You will also discover our amazing range of free resources and databases available to you with your Albury City Library membership.
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.
Advanced Code Club - Lavington Library
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibrary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
For ages: 8-12
For all the Scratch coders who have completed the beginner modules, here’s your chance to come back and try the more advanced coding and improve your skills.
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.
Gardenesque
Albury will be celebrating Spring with the largest flower and garden festival the city has ever seen!
Set across two-days in Spring, our magnificent Botanic Gardens will be a buzzing atmosphere filled with beautiful Spring blooms, stunning floral and garden designs and interactive spaces you can touch, smell, eat and explore with friends and family.
Kids can get hands on, making wind-mill flowers, giant scarecrows or enjoy fun, sing along tunes from The Vegetable Plot band.
Enjoy delicious food and wine, music from local and featured artists, roving bugs and flowers that will intrigue and delight.
If you're a young aspirational gardener or a more experienced and avid lover of plants, trees and flowers, you wont want to miss Gardenesque.
Full program and pre-ticket sales coming soon.
For more information on attending as an exhibitor click here
Dads Read Storytime
Bookings: All ages welcome 02 6043 5645
Bring your little ones along for Dads Read every fourth Saturday at the Lavington Library. Have fun listening to stories together, borrow lots of books and make a fun craft piece to take home.
All ages welcome
Toy Stories: Toys and Games from the Past
Forget about your smartphone, tablet and computer and enjoy some old-fashioned fun and games. Toy Stories is an exhibition celebrating playthings from the past and exploring their historical and cultural significance. Wander through the collection, reminisce about your favourite childhood toy or game and add your recollections to our wall of memories. Test your skill in the interactive display and listen to recordings of Albury residents remembering their favourite toys and games.
An exhibition for all ages.
(Image: Bonegilla, AlburyCity collection, ARM 97.900.12)
Willandra Three Rivers
Willandra Three Rivers was developed to bring artists from across the Riverina together to work alongside and learn from each other.
Participating artists, Melanie Baulch, Treahna Hamm, Gabrielle Hegyes, Chris Kunko, Robert Moss, Jack Randell, Jo-Anne Southern and Kerri Weymouth, all based in the area of NSW bounded by the Lachlan, Macquarie and Murrumbidgee Rivers, travelled to the Willandra National Park in 2015 and 2016.
During residencies at the old Willandra Homestead the artists talked, roamed and made artworks evocative of the area’s unique landscape.
Image credit: Derek Motion, ‘Willandra Dusk’, digital photograph, 2016
When pictures meet words: The joy of children's illustrated books
Bookings: Group bookings 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Children’s Book Week 2019 kicks off with a delightful exhibition of Australian children’s books and picture books.
Whether you’re a toddler or a senior or anyone in between, this exhibition of illustrations by Australia’s most popular illustrators and authors will draw you in and captivate you.
Visit the exhibition’s activity zone, be inspired by the exhibited illustrations to create your own picture book or choose a book from the pop-up library and drift off into a wonderful world.
The exhibition will close on Sunday 8 September for the Write Around the Murray Festival and then reopen on 21 September
Merchant, Moderniser & Mayor: 160 years since James Fallon
The first Municipal Council elections were held on 27 July 1859 and Albury’s first mayor, James T Fallon, was elected.
Born in Ireland, Fallon arrived in Albury in 1854 and from his arrival took an active part in the development of the town. A progressive thinker and natural leader, he led the way for winemaking, business, education and politics in Albury and in Australia.
‘When the history of our industries is written, his name will occupy a prominent place in its pages’
The Albury Banner, 24 February 1890
To celebrate Local Government Week, this exhibition looks at the extraordinary life of this man and the legacy he left behind.
Children's Book Week Storytime
Bookings: Group bookings 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: Pre school and primary aged children
Reading is My Secret Power
Each year across Australia, Children’s Book Week gets kids and books together, celebrating all that’s wonderful about our own home-grown stories – the authors, the illustrators and the places we go to share stories.
This year, combine your Book Week celebrations with a visit to our Wonderful World of Children’s Books exhibition, featuring Alison Lester, at the LibraryMuseum & Lavington Library
Preschool or primary school bookings available for additional sessions.
Exploring the local past with Trove
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Trove is a website that contains millions of online resources, allowing researchers to find content from a huge range of Australian libraries, museums, archives and other collections.
Pages from the Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, and Border Morning Mail, have recently been added to the digital collection.
Researcher? Teacher? School student? Family historian? Using local examples, this session will show you how you can use Trove in research and learning enrichment.
Presented in conjunction with Albury & District Historical Society, as part of NSW History Week.
Music in the Gardens - Mitch King
With the Botanic Gardens set to be in full Spring bloom, we welcome back the return of our popular Music in the Gardens series.
Featuring the raw and beautiful sounds of acoustic guitarist Mitch King. This travelling solo Artist from Australia tells stories through his music, inspired by his love of life and sense of freedom.
His sweet combinations of electrified, inventive and acoustic music will leave you truly captivated.
Get in early if you want to take advantage of the limited number of chairs and tables provided or bring a rug and cushions to sit back and relax on.
Pack a picnic or enjoy the food and drink available. Food selections on offer include burgers, paella, ice-creams, coffee and a selection of Posh Plonk wine.
Feel free to BYO alcohol, but please take note that this is a smoke-free event.
Music in the Gardens is a series of free outdoor concerts at Albury Botanic Gardens during Autumn and Spring presented by AlburyCity and Johnsons MME with support from the Murray Conservatorium.
Music in the Gardens - Bonniedoon
Hailing from the Blue Mountains, Bonniedoon are an Australian indie 'Rock n Soul' band with a heavy blues influence.
With their powerhouse vocals, soulfully solid guitar rhythms, boot thumping bass notes and tastefully delivered rocking drum beats, you wont want to miss their entertaining, 'give it all' style performance.
Get in early if you want to take advantage of the limited number of chairs and tables provided or bring a rug and cushions to sit back and relax on.
Pack a picnic or enjoy the food and drink available. Food selections on offer include burgers, paella, ice-creams, coffee and a selection of Posh Plonk wine.
Feel free to BYO alcohol, but please take note that this is a smoke-free event.
Music in the Gardens is a series of free outdoor concerts at Albury Botanic Gardens during Autumn and Spring presented by AlburyCity and Johnsons MME with support from the Murray Conservatorium.
Music in the Gardens - Lolo Lovina
Catch the electrifying beats of Gypsy band Lolo Lovina as they perform from their quirky Gypsy caravan stage and bring Music in the Gardens to a series close for 2019.
Fronted by Australian born Romani-Gypsy singer Sarah Bedak, Lolo Lovina are an intoxicating brew of Gypsy beats, cabaret, heavy metal, swing and tango and guarantee an afternoon of fun, love and unity.
Get in early if you want to take advantage of the limited number of chairs and tables provided or bring a rug and cushions to sit back and relax on.
Pack a picnic or enjoy the food and drink available. Food selections on offer include burgers, paella, ice-creams, coffee and a selection of Posh Plonk wine.
Feel free to BYO alcohol, but please take note that this is a smoke-free event.
Music in the Gardens is a series of free outdoor concerts at Albury Botanic Gardens during Autumn and Spring presented by AlburyCity and Johnsons MME with support from the Murray Conservatorium.
QEII Twilight Market
Meet the makers and innovators at this popular boutique market. Attracting around 100 stalls, shoppers can expect unique and quality goods ranging from hand-made designs to local produce.
In addition, visitors can taste a selection of street-foods, craft beers and local wines amid live music from local young duo Song Bird & The Keeper and featured artist, Parkville
For more information on the series, including how to attend as a stall holder, click here
QEII Twilight Market
Meet the makers and innovators at this popular boutique market. Attracting around 100 stalls, shoppers can expect unique and quality goods ranging from hand-made designs to local produce.
In addition, visitors can taste a selection of street-foods, craft beers and local wines amid live music from local duo Mayfair Lane and featured artist, Goodnight Japan
For more information on the series, including how to attend as a stall holder, click here
QEII Twilight Market
Meet the makers and innovators at this popular boutique market. Attracting around 100 stalls, shoppers can expect unique and quality goods ranging from hand-made designs to local produce.
In addition, visitors can taste a selection of street-foods, craft beers and local wines amid live music from local duo Dani California and featured artist, Mia Grace & The Aviators
For more information on the series, including how to attend as a stall holder, click here
Family fun night - Movie Night
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bring the whole family and snuggle in with some popcorn for a special screening of the movie Storks – from the studio that delivered The Lego movie
Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an unauthorised baby girl appears, top delivery stork, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby before the boss finds out.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
School holiday programs: Auslan Taster for Children and Families
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: All ages welcome
A one off session for interested parents and children to learn the basics of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) – the language of the deaf community. This will be a fun session of visual communication activities.
This program is presented as part of National Week of Deaf People by Expressions Australia
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
School holiday programs: We love animals!
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: All ages welcome
Learn from the friendly team at Hume and Melrose Animal Hospital about the best ways to look after and love your furry friends. Come along and you might be able to meet some furry, feathery and cuddly friends yourself!
School holiday program: Kinder Kulture @ the LibraryMuseum
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6026 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: Preschool - 8 years
A very special holiday session delivered by Kinder Kulture – a group of local Aboriginal artists who have developed a program to give children a better understanding of Indigenous culture – it’s creative, fun and interactive!
School holiday programs: Sensory Overload
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 6+
Come down to QEII Square and let your senses go into overdrive! There will be a range of fun, creative, slimy and explosive experimental stations that will be set up for everyone to enjoy!
School holiday programs: Rockin Rockets
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavington libary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 5+
BLAST OFF! Use your imagination to create a rockin’ rocket from cardboard rolls and crafts galore!
School holiday programs: Tissue Box Monsters
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibrary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 5+
Make a fantastically freaky monster using recycled materials, pipe cleaners, sparkles and much more! How unique can you make your monster?
School holiday programs: Crafty Collage Creations
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 5+
Join us at our crafternoon using magazines, newspapers, coloured paper, magic markers and much more! Make a funny face flipbook, create a picture using only letters or make a personalised artwork for your room.
School holiday programs: Bright Spring Blooms
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibrary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 5+
Celebrate spring using coloured cardstock to create beautiful spring flower blooms
Open Mic & Band Jam - September
Bookings: Contact: Joel Sulman, Youth Programs Coordinator 02 6023 8390 retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 15-25
Open Mic is open to bands! 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 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 & Band Jam - October
Bookings: Contact: Joel Sulman, Youth Programs Coordinator 02 6023 8390 retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 15-25
Open Mic is open to bands! 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 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 & Band Jam - November
Bookings: Contact: Joel Sulman, Youth Programs Coordinator 02 6023 8390 retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 15-25
Open Mic is open to bands! 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 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.
Retro & Chill - September
Bookings: 12-25
Never been to Retro Lane? Come and see what we’re all about.
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 & Chill - October
Bookings: 12-25
Never been to Retro Lane? Come and see what we’re all about.
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 & Chill - November
Bookings: 12-25
Never been to Retro Lane? Come and see what we’re all about.
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!
eSports Albury Wodonga - September
Bookings: 12-25
Joining forces with eSports Albury Wodonga, we are now hosting their monthly competitions and game day/nights @ Retro! Each month is a different game as selected by you in the lead up to the event!
Come play Smash, Halo, FIFA and many more titles @ Retro!
School holiday programs: VR Day at Retro
Bookings: 12-18
Explore the new worlds of VR, where you can sculpt a megalith, create wild street art and visit strange places, even virtually work in an office … Drop into the Retro Lane Café and write your name on the whiteboard for some virtual fun.
A night in @ the Retro
Bookings: 12-18
Kick back on the bean bags, enjoy some popcorn and catch a movie in the Retro Cinema!
School holiday programs @ Retro: Tie Dye workshop
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8392 retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 12+
Come and make rainbows with us these school holidays at Retro’s Tie Dye Workshop!
Included in the workshop price is Lunch, one T-Shirt all other supplies needed.
We also encourage you to bring any of your old 100% cotton clothes to upcycle on the day as well!
International Games Week 2019
International Games Day has now become International Games Week!
People all over the planet will join to celebrate the mutually reinforcing power of play and learning. Whether you’re competitive or not, come along and have fun playing games including chess, Monopoly and Scrabble. You can bring your own board game to share, as well as going online to join in with other game players
Virtual Reality @ the LibraryMuseum
Bookings: Bookings essential, time slots provided 02 6023 8333 learning outreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 5-12
Come along and celebrate International Games Week with an afternoon of VR fun. What exciting world will you enter?!
Albury and Australia's Dutch Connections
Did you know that the first European to sight Australia was Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1606 or that Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith made his trans-Atlantic flight in a Dutch Fokker alongside a Dutch co-pilot, Evert van Dijk?
Australia and the Netherlands have a shared history stretching back more than four hundred years, but it wasn't until after the Uiver landing in Albury in 1934 that truly friendly relations were established between Australia and the Netherlands.
This exhibition showcases Albury and Australia’s Dutch connections, with a focus on the Uiver story which led to the establishment of trade and migration agreements between the two countries
Proudly funded by the NSW Government
Image credit: Souvenir KLM clog, ARM 14.141
Albury and Australia's Dutch Connections - Official Opening
Join us for the official launch of the Albury and Australia’s Dutch Connections exhibition. There may even be a very special guest in attendance.
Credit: Uiver at Albury Racecourse ARM 17.029
85th Uiver Anniversary - Jazz Dinner Fundraiser
In 1934, the Dutch "Uiver" DC-2 aeroplane was lost in a fierce storm late at night and rescued by the people of Albury. This year is the 85th Anniversary of that remarkable event, and coincides with the Centenary of the KLM airline.
Hosted by our Master of Ceremonies, John Walker, we bring together VIP speakers including the Ambassador of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, Her Excellency, Marion Derckx and Richard de Crespigny. Entertainment will be provided by the wonderful "Snoopy and the Taildraggers" jazz band.
A charity auction will be held to assist with the fundraising for Albury's DC-2 restoration.
Tickets: $80 per person
Turning the Sod: Building the Hume Dam
On Friday 28 November 1919, the Governor-General turned the first sod to signify the beginning of construction of the Hume Dam. This display looks at the triumphs and tragedies of the first years of the Hume Dam construction.
Constructed over a 17-year period between 1919 and 1936, the Hume Dam is an icon of the Albury-Wodonga region. When finished in 1936, Hume Dam was the biggest in the southern hemisphere and one of the largest in the world. Through a vast collection of photographs, Turning the Sod: Building the Hume Dam will look at the various elements that come together on such a significant project.
Author event with Frank Prem
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join us for an evening of storytelling and poetry with Beechworth author, Frank Prem. Frank will read from and talk about his recently published free verse poetry collections, Small town kid (2018) and Devil in the wind (2019).
When not writing or reading his poetry to an audience, Frank fills his time by working as a psychiatric nurse.
He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as spoken word.
eSports Albury Wodonga - October
Bookings: 12-25
Joining forces with eSports Albury Wodonga, we are now hosting their monthly competitions and game day/nights @ Retro! Each month is a different game as selected by you in the lead up to the event!
Come play Smash, Halo, FIFA and many more titles @ Retro!
eSports Albury Wodonga - November
Bookings: 12-25
Joining forces with eSports Albury Wodonga, we are now hosting their monthly competitions and game day/nights @ Retro! Each month is a different game as selected by you in the lead up to the event!
Come play Smash, Halo, FIFA and many more titles @ Retro!
Garage Sale Trail
AlburyCity is bringing Australia's biggest community and sustainability event, Garage Sale Trail, to our local area this October.
This jam-packed weekend of garage sales is a great way to declutter, fundraise and meet your neighbours. Sellers in 2018 made an average of $309 at their garage sale and met 46 new connections in their community.
Households, schools, community groups and local businesses are invited to host a sale or shop the Trail, joining over 400,000 Australian's in this nationwide movement that's all about putting secondhand first.
For shoppers, Garage Sale Trail is a great opportunity to pick up a bargain and find something unique, all whilst doing your bit for the environment. It's guilt free retail therapy!
Register your sale or search a local map of garage sales in your area today.
Author event with Di Websdale-Morrissey
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join Di Websdale-Morrissey as she reads from her new book, On a Wing and a Prayer: The Race that Stopped the World (Text publishing), which tells the thrilling tale of the MacRobertson International Air Race of 1934 and Albury’s significant role in the Uiver’s safe arrival in Melbourne. Di will speak about this exciting event and the process of writing the book.
Di Websdale-Morrissey is a non-fiction writer and teacher. She lives in Melbourne. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Australian Reading Hour with Thalia Kalkipsakis
Bookings: Phone 02 60238333 librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 12 - 17 years
Come and celebrate Australian Reading Hour with a creative writing workshop by Thalia Kalkipsakis.
Picking the right point in the action to begin a piece of fiction can feed tension throughout the rest of your story. Learn the ingredients that will set up a tight plot right from the beginning, then apply those concepts to your story as a whole. By the end of the workshop participants have a basic plan and opening lines for a short story that will keep readers hooked from beginning to end.
Best known for her books in the Go Girl series, Thalia Kalkipsakis is the author of twenty books for children and young adults. She lives in north-east Victoria with her husband, their two children and two black cats.