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Evening Stars - Jane Rutter & Peter Cousens in Concert
West End Musical star, Peter Cousens, and Legendary Flautist 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
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.
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.
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
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 matching tickets in each performance, e.g. if you buy 2 tickets in one performance, and 4 in another, only 2 tickets in each performance will receive the discount.
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 matching tickets in each performance, e.g. if you buy 2 tickets in one performance, and 4 in another, only 2 tickets in each performance will receive the discount.
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 matching tickets in each performance, e.g. if you buy 2 tickets in one performance, and 4 in another, only 2 tickets in each performance will receive the discount.
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.
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
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
The Fleetwood Mac Show
The Internationally Acclaimed Australian Fleetwood Mac Show "Running In The Shadows" is heading to the Albury to pay homage to the superstar band. The six-piece rock band explore Fleetwood Mac’s extensive back catalogue, covering all the classic ballads, blues and rock songs from their five decade plus career.
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Peter Williams - Searching Spirit Tour
Special Early Bird Price: $20.00 | Only Available Before January 25
After numerous sell out performances across Australia and overseas on 2019, hugely popular psychic-medium and author of the book Searching Spirit, Peter Williams returns for another tour in 2020.
Peter is known for bringing a modern and refreshing feel to his events. He amazes audiences with his ability to communicate with loved ones passed over, but does so with energy, laughter and a heartfelt respect. Peter works very closely with the souls passed over to deliver messages to members of the audience and adds small educational anecdotes throughout to ensure everyone can walk away feeling positive and uplifted.
“Never a dull moment ... you're hilarious and what you do just always blows me away. Fab night”
“Thank you Peter for an awesome evening. Really enjoyed the energy and humour in your delivery. Will definitely try to attend another event.”
"Amazing! Last night was my first experience to see Peter live and so glad I did. If you get a chance to go to an event you won’t be disappointed but don’t forget your tissues some connections turn on the waterworks others connections are so hilarious you will cry from laughing so much. Recommend Peter 110%"
"Thank you Peter. Always emotional, always entertaining as well as educational and always on target!"
Peter is highly popular and is booked out months in advance. He also publishes his online monthly newsletter ‘Insights’ where people who have subscribed can gain understanding of the current energy patterns, be updated on the latest events and blogs as well as be in the running to win a free reading. To sign up, read more information, watch videos of Peter in action live on stage or to book a session please visit his website peterwilliamsmedium.com
A Farewell to Doris
A tribute to the legendary Doris Day
Starring Melinda Schneider
Following the recent passing of the legendary Doris Day, acclaimed Australian singer Melinda Schneider pays tribute to her childhood idol in A Farewell To Doris, performing all of Doris’ timeless hits, including Que Sera,Sera, Sentimental Journey, Everybody Loves a Lover and Secret Love, backed by the wonderful Young At Heart Orchestra. A nostalgic concert celebration of a remarkable life.
“Schneider performs with infectious warmth and enthusiasm and is in wonderful voice” – Sunday Telegraph
Please note:
VIP ticket includes a ticket to the show, Meet & Greet during sound check, copy of 'A Farewell to Doris' 2CD set, copy of 'Wish You Were Here' EP, Doris Day cotton tea towel, Tour Fan Card, autograph and photo opportunity with Melinda.
We Will Rock You
Centre Stage Event Company & 105.7 Triple M presents
WE WILL ROCK YOU
THE MUSICAL
BY QUEEN AND BEN ELTON
By Arrangement with David Spicer Productions www.davidspicer.com.au
Want to break free? Join us at the Albury Entertainment Centre in April 2020.
Since 2002 over 15 million theatregoers in 17 countries have been thrilled by this awe-inspiring musical based on the songs of Queen and a book by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Popcorn). Elton fashioned this hilarious futurist comedy around more than 24 of Queen’s biggest hit songs including We Are The Champions, Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dust and of course, We Will Rock You!
At last, it’s the Border’s turn - We Will Rock You reflects the scale and spectacle that marked Queen’s live performances.
'The show is live, dangerous and more than anything else: it rocks!' - BRIAN MAY, QUEEN
'A hell of a fun night out, this production will rock your socks off.' - STAGE WHISPERS
Patrons Advice – Parental guidance recommended for children under the age of 12. This performance may include smoke and flashing light effects.
No filming or photography permitted.
Kuchipudi Narthanam - Classical Indian Dance Performance
Canberra’s Sadhanalaya School of Arts
presents:
Kuchipudi Narthanam
A showcase of the South Indian classical dance style, Kuchipudi, featuring Kuchipudi exponent Smt Vanaja Dasika, niece of the legendary Padmabhushan Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Dynamic, rhythmic, graceful and emotive –Kuchipudi Narthanam is a rich cultural and performing arts experience not to be missed!
Kimberley Echoes
The result of five years of musical collaboration, Kimberley Echoes is a powerful cross-cultural celebration of Kimberley country and its people.
Curated by Tura New Music, an ensemble – The Narlis – evolved featuring didgeridoo virtuoso and singer Mark Atkins (Yamatji) and singer/guitarist Stephen Pigram (Yawuru), with violinist Erkki Veltheim, guitarist Stephen Magnusson, cellist Tristen Parr, percussionist Joe Talia, and flautist Tos Mahoney.
Songs by Pigram and Atkins, arranged by this unique ensemble, are juxtaposed with new music reflecting the complexity and beauty of the Kimberley.
Collaborations with local artists, experiences of traditional Joonba song and dance and touring through the provocative Kimberley landscape have all weaved their influence into this work and program. Ever-evolving, full of spontaneity and life – Kimberley Echoes.
Tura New Music acknowledges all of the Traditional Owners of the lands through which we passed, and honour their Elders past, present and emerging.
Tura New Music
Tura is an Australian producer and an advocate for new music and the sonic arts. Founded in 1987, Tura has a proud history of achievement in initiating cultural development from inner cities to remote communities across the country. We support, advocate and ignite new music and sound art with a fresh perspective.
We provide the means, support and opportunities that enable the relentless pursuit of musical discovery.
Since 2001, Tura has been producing new music projects in regional and remote northern Australia with a focus on collaborations with Aboriginal artists and communities. Tura has built long-lasting relationships with regional, rural and remote communities, creating vital and sustainable programs with tours, residencies and cultural exchanges.
Kimberley Echoes is the result of Tura’s annual Regional and Remote Touring Program.
Tura’s annual programs are supported by the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries in association with Lotterywest and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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! Each month features an art activity led by visiting artists, as well local members of our community. All welcome, all ages, kids too!
For taxi pick-ups from Lavington, Wodonga and Albury, please email sholvast@alburycity.nsw.gov.au or call (02) 6043 5806 to book.
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.
2019 Highlights!
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NAIDOC Week Weaving workshop with Treahna Hamm. Photo: Capture Sacree, July, 2019 | Textile design workshop with Nadia Hernandez. |
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Painting Home workshop with Andrea Briggs. April, 2019 | Textile design workshop, June 2019 |
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.
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.
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.
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
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Saturday 31 August
Artist talks: Spence Messih / Brian Fuata / Lizzie Thomson / Archie Moore
10.30am - 11.30am
Thursday 12 September
live program 2: Brian Fuata / Tony Schwensen
presented as part of the 2019 Write Around the Murray Festival
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Saturday 5 October
live program 3: Brian Fuata / Tony Schwensen
10.30am - 11.30am
Saturday 26 October
live program 4: Brian Fuata / Spence Messih
10.30am - 11.30am
Friday 8 November (Exhibition closing)
live program 5: Brian Fuata / Lizzie Thomson / ∑gg√e|n (Archie Moore et al)
5.30pm - 7.00pm
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 Art Museum Albury.
Key works in the exhibition are the result of a workshop with Wiradjuri artist Lorraine Connelly-Northey. Students created sculptures of Gugabul (Codfish) using sticks, gum leaves, bark, wire, and twine. Within the fish, students created a structure that resembles a tree. This traditional pattern communicates the relationship between the fish and the native river gums that line the Murray river. In choosing materials such as sticks, leaves, and bark, the tree is further integrated with the fish, enhancing their connection. The addition of yellow baling twine adds an agricultural thread, representing the modern human impact on the river system.
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 has 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 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.
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
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. Term 4 2019 advanced classes start on the 21st of October at 3.45 pm.
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
Our beautiful Botanic Gardens will be buzzing this spring with our new premiere flower and garden festival.
You’ll be delighted with stunning floral and garden displays, beautiful spring blooms and interactive garden spaces that you can touch, smell, eat and explore with family and friends.
Say hello to highly respected gardening expert and presenter of Gardening Australia, Jerry Coleby-Williams. He'll be sharing his wealth of knowledge on sustainable gardening.
The kids will be kept busy making wind-mill flowers, scarecrows and dancing to the tunes of the The Vegetable Plot band.
Enjoy the delicious food and wine while you listen to the quirky beats of one man band extraordinaire, Uptown Brown and many of our local artists.
If you're a young aspirational gardener or a more experienced and avid lover of plants, trees and flowers, you won’t want to miss Gardenesque.
2 Day Pass - Adult $16.00, Concession $12.00, Child $8.00, Family $35.00
1 Day Pass - Adult $10.00, Concession $8.00, Child $5.00, Family $25.00
Get your tickets now
Proudly supported by our Festival Partners:
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)
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.
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 - 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 - 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, cemented by the Uiver landing in Albury in 1934.
This exhibition showcases Albury and Australia’s Dutch connections, with a focus on the Uiver story which, in part, 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
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join us for the official launch of the Albury and Australia’s Dutch Connections exhibition. Enjoy afternoon tea and browse around the exhibition. The exhibition will be launched by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, her Excellency Marion Derckx
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 including 3 course meal. Drinks at bar prices.
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.
Living with the Hume Dam, 1919-2019
Bookings: Bookings required by 21 November engagealburywodonga@csu.edu.au
In 1919, work began on Hume Dam with celebration and acclaim. When it was completed in 1936, it was hailed as an engineering and political achievement, indeed, a nation-building project.
How do we understand its history and legacy now in 2019?
Join river system and dam managers, environmentalists, historians, photographers and musicians as they share stories and reflect on the centenary of Hume Dam. We have challenged them to excite us and even try to persuade us to their view in a series of quick-fire ‘show and tell’ presentations.
- What have been the opportunities and the challenges that came with Hume Dam?
- What have been the social, economic and environmental impacts of Hume Dam?
- What stories does Hume Dam reveal or obscure?
- How might the people of Albury-Wodonga and the people of Australia, reflect on their connections with Hume Dam, the lake, and the regulated river?
- What do representations of Hume Dam and its surrounds reveal about past and present day mind-sets?
An event organised by Charles Sturt University working in conjunction with Latrobe University and Albury & District Historical Society. This is a Two City One Community initiative held with the support of the Murray Darling Basin Authority.
Discover Bonegilla 2019
Ex-residents, staff and visitors are invited to this annual back to Bonegilla event at the Bonegilla Migrant Experience. Events will include guided tours, bus tours, historian talks, musicians, catch-up opportunities for ex-residents and staff and much more.
Staff from Albury LibraryMuseum will be onsite to provide advice on caring for your family history memorabilia, and collect your stories in our pop-up recording booth.
Why not finish the weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents?
A full program will be published in the lead-up to the event, so follow Bonegilla Migrant Experience on Facebook to keep up to date or visit www.bonegilla.org.au/visit-us/whats-on/
Discover Bonegilla 2019
Ex-residents, staff and visitors are invited to this annual back to Bonegilla event at the Bonegilla Migrant Experience. Events will include guided tours, bus tours, historian talks, musicians, catch-up opportunities for ex-residents and staff and much more.
Staff from Albury LibraryMuseum will be onsite to provide advice on caring for your family history memorabilia, and collect your stories in our pop-up recording booth.
Why not finish the weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents?
A full program will be published in the lead-up to the event, so follow Bonegilla Migrant Experience on Facebook to keep up to date or visit www.bonegilla.org.au/visit-us/whats-on/
Guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6034 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Why not finish the Back to Bonegilla weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents.
Guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6034 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Why not finish the Back to Bonegilla weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents.
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.
Consequences: Exploring the aftermath of the First World War
The First World War – often called The Great War or ‘the war to end all wars’ – had a huge impact across the globe. Consequences is a new exhibition that explores the aftermath of this global conflict and the impacts it had on Albury and surrounding regional communities – impacts which are still felt to this day.
The exhibition explores the stories of those returning home from the war and their families, and the industrial, commercial and agricultural developments that occurred as a result of the war. It also uncovers some lesser known stories including the post home coming lives of Aboriginal service people.
Consequences shows visitors both the expected and unexpected consequences of The Great War. It has strong links with all levels of the Australian Curriculum, and includes interactive discovery activities for children to explore the exhibition with their families.
This project is a collaboration between AlburyCity, Greater Hume, Murray Arts and six regional museums: Jindera Pioneer Museum, Headlie Taylor Header Museum Henty, the Woolpack Inn Museum, Holbrook Submarine Museum, Wymah Museum, and Culcairn Station House Museum.
Visit the website www.murrayarts.org.au/consequences for all the details.
Consequences: Project launch
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join us for the launch of the new exhibition Consequences.
Project partners, supporters and guests are invited to join us to launch the project. The launch will include a special museum theatre performance.
Consequences exhibition: regional bus tours
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 https://events.humanitix.com.au/consequences-regional-bus-tour
Albury LibraryMuseum, Jindera Pioneer Museum, Culcairn School House Museum, Headlie Taylor Header Museum Henty
You are invited to tour each of the museums involved in the Consequences exhibition. Participants should meet at Albury LibraryMuseum and will be dropped back there at the conclusion of the day.
Refreshments and lunch provided.
This project is supported by the NSW Government, through Create NSW
Consequences exhibition: regional bus tours
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 https://events.humanitix.com.au/consequences-regional-bus-tour
Albury LibraryMuseum, Wymah Museum, Holbrook Submarine Museum, Woolpack Inn
You are invited to tour each of the museums involved in the Consequences exhibition. Participants should meet at Albury LibraryMuseum and will be dropped back there at the conclusion of the day.
Refreshments and lunch provided.
This project is supported by the NSW Government, through Create NSW
Wildflower Walk
Join local wildflower specialists at the annual Nail Can Hill Wildflower Walk.
During spring, Nail Can Hill is one of the most spectacular areas for wildflowers in the Albury area.
This event is a wonderful opportunity to experience the distinctive beauty of the Nail Can Hill wildflowers and this special woodland, right on our doorstep.
Free guided walks with local wildflower specialists will be available for various levels of adventure – with 1 and 1.5 hour walks, plus children’s activities. Self-guided walks will also be available with local flowers labelled to help you learn and discover wildflowers in your own time.
Discover flowers including chocolate lilies, parrot peas, rice flowers, yellow paper daisies, white milkmaids, exquisite native orchids and many more. Don’t miss your change to explore these beauties while they are out in full bloom.
National Ride2Work Day
This year we challenge you to dust off your bike, pump up your tyres and join us for National Ride2Work Day!
Ride2Work encourages everyday people to jump on their bike and get active on their way to work. Currently two thirds of us don’t get enough exercise to maintain their health.
We have several designated pick up points around Albury and Wodonga for participants who wish to meet one of our Bike Champions and travel into QEII Square as a group for a free community breakfast.
Our locations and departure times are:
| Location | Departure time |
|---|---|
| Sumsion Gardens, Wodonga | 7.30am |
| Thurgoona Drive (outside The Grange) | 7.40am |
| Frederick's Park, North Albury | 7.40am |
You'll also have the chance to chat to our friendly staff about the current transport plans in and around Albury.
To participate, make sure you register with Bicycle Network.
Exploring the local past with Trove
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibrary@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.
Get Online Week - special Tech Talk with ReConnect Communications
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Get more out of life online! Currently in Australia, 2.5 million people are not online and 4 million people have limited digital skills. Get Online week runs from Monday 14 - Sunday 20 October.
Join Ben Quick from ReConnect Communications for a special Tech Talk session. Ben will tell you everything you need to know about the NBN and getting online.
Morning tea provided
CHEERS! the hidden history of Albury's vineyards.
Did you know Albury was once one of the leading wine producers in Australia?
Our streets, buildings and land are steeped in this unique history. The first reported vineyard was planted on Kiewa Street in 1851 by German migrants John P. Frauenfelder, Henry Rau and Sebastian Schubach.
In 1867, significant Albury citizen J.T. Fallon bought Murray Valley Vineyard in North Albury and built a wine cellar and retail outlet on Kiewa Street. Travelling extensively, Fallon promoted Albury and Australian wine to a global market, supporting winemakers including Gustave Frere and John Lankester to migrate to Albury.
Highly awarded, Albury was one of the biggest Australian producers of grapes during the late 1800’s. However the 20th century saw the demise of the industry. Due to government red tape and an outbreak of phylloxera vine disease, production dwindled at vineyards around Albury, Thurgoona and Ettamogah.
Today Australia is a world-class producer of wine, due in part to the experimentation of Albury’s early winemakers. The vines have been lost but Albury’s connection to the diversity of our substantial International wine region continues.
The stories of vines and winemakers have fascinated descendants and researchers throughout the years. This exhibition collates decades of research, showcasing this significant yet hidden part of our history.
Want to learn more? Click below to find out about this exciting past..
Vines & wines in the Albury District, courtesy of the Albury and District Historical Society
James Fallon, courtesy of the Albury and District Historical Society
John Lankester, courtesy of the Albury and District Historical Society
Champagne & Albury
View the Albury tourist-map for wines gone-by here
Jerry Coleby-Williams
Jerry Coleby-Williams
Join Jerry at Gardenesque, Saturday 12 October, as he guest hosts Albury's first flower and garden festival.
Known for his work on ABC TV's popular Gardening Australia program, Jerry is one of Australia's most highly qualified and respected gardening experts.
He is passionate about low carbon gardening, sustainability, conservation, biodiversity, organic gardening and many other related topics.
Over the years, Jerry has created his own sustainable house and garden. He's house generates solar power, recycles sewage and grey water, and harvests rainwater for the property. He grows his own fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices, everything is grown organically.
Jerry is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the garden and a true pioneer with the forever challenging struggles of climate change. We are very excited to have Jerry in Albury's for our first inaugural event.
For more details on Gardenesque, including tickets, click here
Celebrity Speakers - www.celebrityspeakers.com.au
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
The construction of the Hume Weir
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6043 5645 lavingtonlibrary@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Greg Ryan, President of the Albury & District Historical Society, will give an illustrated talk on the construction, social and environmental impacts of the Hume Weir.
Presented in conjunction with Albury & District Historical Society.
Refreshments provided.