Snow season may be winding down, but Thredbo is still a cool place to be, promising fun for the whole family. Photo: Thredbo.
The regions are buzzing this week, with plenty to get up to, from Cooma and the mountains to the South Coast, Goulburn and everywhere in between. Check out our weekly event guide so you don’t miss out on all the best to see and do.
Thredbo Resort is alive with the September Kids Snow Festival, featuring a stacked calendar of great events for kids and the whole family. Think outdoor games, races, Lindt Chocolate s’mores, fireworks and a bungee trampoline.
At Batemans Bay, the Luminescence Chamber Singers are coming to perform a fascinating musical interpretation of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, a work that invites wonder and terror. If you have a love of the weird and wonderful, this is a must-see event.
The Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre at Moruya celebrates the work of Dr Seuss with an art show of his prints, which focus on his creativity and capacity for imagination. Whether you have close-held memories of Dr Seuss or you want to introduce your child to one of the best children’s artists, this is a great chance to engage with his work.
All this and much more is on offer across the regions, so see what takes your fancy.
Multiple Days
There’s no end to the things to see and do at the Snow Festival. Photo: Thredbo.
September Kids Snow Festival
When: 20 to 25 September
Where: Various locations around Thredbo; check website for details
Cost: Various prices depending on event; check website for more info.
The September Kids Snow Festival is capping off the snow season at Thredbo with a full schedule of events for kids, spread across the area.
Highlights include everything from races held daily, giant outdoor games, Lindt Chocolate s’mores at firepits, trampoline sessions at the leisure centre, fireworks to light up the mountains, bungee trampolines and disc golf.
Check out the Thredbo resort’s website for more information on what to get up to and as the weather warms.
The work of a world-renowned illustrator and storyteller Dr Seuss is on display at Moruya. Image: Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre.
Art exhibition: The Wonderful World of Dr Seuss
When: 20 to 25 September, during normal gallery hours
Where: Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre, corner Vulcan and Murray streets, Moruya
Cost: Free.
The Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre presents The Wonderful World of Dr Seuss, a peek into the artwork of one of the greatest children’s writers of all time.
The display provides a look into Seuss’s private collection of limited-edition prints, where cats wear hats, green creatures sit on mountain tops plotting mischief, and there’s no limit to where you can go.
Seuss has inspired the imaginations of millions of children around the world and this special exhibition is a great chance to reconnect with and relive childhood memories, characterised by creativity, fun and inventiveness.
Saturday
Get the inside scoop on gardening tips. Photo: Cooma Community Garden.
Gardening Workshop – 50 years of experience on offer
When: 20 September, 1 pm
Where: Cooma Community Garden, 59 Soho St, Cooma
Cost: Tickets from $12 | Book online.
This workshop is a great chance to gain gardening insights from two pros, Hilton and Margaret Reynolds, who have a commercial organic herb business and a history of judging vegetable sections in local shows.
They’re sharing their wealth of gardening and horticultural knowledge with the public, answering any questions that you may have about supercharging your outdoor space. With five decades of experience in gardening, Hilton and Margaret are hard to match in terms of expertise.
Afternoon tea will be provided.
The best music from the West End and Broadway is coming to Goulburn. Image: Goulburn Performing Arts Centre.
Music of the Night 2025
When: 20 September, 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Where: Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, 163 Auburn Street
Cost: Tickets from $54.90 to $79.95 | Book online.
Selling out across Australia last year, Music of the Night is the nation’s premier tribute to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
This captivating stage show leaves audiences spellbound with the greatest hits from the West End and Broadway’s most beloved shows, such as Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, and Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Performed by award-winning instrumentalist and vocalist Joey Fimmano alongside Miss Saigon star Dexter Villahermosa, soprano Michaela Hodgson and vocalist Katelyn Vella, all supported by a live band, this is a musical event of a high calibre.
Sunday
Singer Peter Shilling comes to the Steampacket this week. Photo: Steampacket Hotel.
Peter Shilling live at the Steampacket Hotel
When: 21 September, 1 pm
Where: Steampacket Hotel, 963 Kings Highway, Nelligen
Cost: Free.
Peter Shilling is a guitarist delivering captivating solo musical performances blending jazz, blues and pop to create a rich, layered sound with the aid of a looper setup. Shilling brings depth and energy to each show, with a broad emotional range, offering an engaging, diverse repertoire as a backtrack to a Sunday having a few drinks in the beer garden.
Break some social taboos at the Death Conversation Cafe. Image: Humanitix.
The Death Conversation Cafe
When: 21 September, 2 pm to 4 pm
Where: Malua Bay Community Centre, Malua Bay
Cost: Tickets are $10 | Book online.
The Death Conversation Cafe is about getting people together over coffee and cake to talk about death. People of all ages are encouraged to come together and have meaningful, open and free conversations about the inevitable, including fears, thoughts, reflections and hopes regarding the end. Hoping to break down social taboos, this forum may inject some levity into the issue occupying all our minds at some stage.
Batehaven will host a special musical performance inspired by one of history’s strangest painters. Image: Luminescence Chamber Singers.
Garden of Earthly Delights from Luminescence Chamber Singers
When: 21 September, 2 pm to 4 pm
Where: St Bernards Catholic Church, 2 David Avenue, Batehaven
Cost: Tickets from $50 | Book online.
Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s half-millennium-old work The Garden of Earthly Delights, this performance by Luminescence Chamber Singers explores the themes of temptation, desire, indulgence and the grotesque through the music of Hildegard von Bingen, Josquin des Prez, Philippe Verdelot, Gavin Bryars, and new works from Nicole Murphy and Archie Tulk.
Luminescence Chamber Singers have turned a bizarre and alluring painting into a fascinating musical tapestry that is as provoking to the senses as the original work by Bosch. It can be interpreted in as many ways as one can imagine.
