There’s a lot to get up to in the coming days in the regions. Photo: Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre.
In this week’s guide to all the best events to keep you busy in the coming days, we feature town shows, rodeos, live music, comedic presentations, literary lectures and more.
Goulburn’s town show is one of the biggest events in the area this week, bringing plenty of things to do, including pavilion exhibits and displays, a farmyard nursery, a mobile zoo, a stockman’s show, a chainsaw display, market and trade stalls, plenty of food vendors and more.
And if you’re looking for live music, there’s a diverse offering this week, with a new band formed from Aussie music legends, unique ensembles that blend skilled artists from different disciplines and folk duos joining forces to create a special sound.
Check out all this and so much more across the regions this week.
Multiple Days
Merimbula’s celebration of great food on the coast is back this weekend. Photo: Visit NSW.
Eat Festival – Merimbula
When: 6 to 8 March, see website for more event details
Where: Merimbula Lake, Fishpen Road, foreshore of Merimbula Lake, Merimbula
Cost: Event price varies. See website for more detail.
Eat Festival is Merimbula’s annual celebration of sun, sea and great food, bringing together the whole South Coast for a weekend of delicious fun.
There will be local chefs cooking up local produce and crafting meals sourced from the area to show off the flavours of the South Coast.
There will also be craft beer showcases, oyster shucking schools, pizza nights, oyster tours, coffee stalls, distillery stalls and much more.
The Goulburn Show is one of the biggest events in town all year – don’t miss out. Photo: Visit NSW.
Goulburn Show
When: 7 March, 9 am to 5 pm and 8 March, 9 am to 4 pm
Where: Goulburn Recreation Area Showground, 47 Braidwood Road, Goulburn
Cost: Tickets from $5 to $20 | Book online.
The Goulburn Show is back, with two full days of entertainment and fun. This year’s show features pavilion exhibits and displays, a farmyard nursery, a mobile zoo, a stockman’s show, chainsaw display, market and trade stalls, plenty of food vendors, machinery displays, equestrian events, fashion on the field, amusement rides and more.
There will also be live music, a mullet competition, dog high jump, car displays and plenty of other activities for the whole family.
Friday
An exciting new band shows off their new LP at the Four Winds Pavilion. Photo: Four Winds.
Bleak Squad at the Four Winds Pavilion
When: 6 March, 7 pm
Where: Four Winds Pavilion, 17 Four Winds Road, Barragga Bay
Cost: Tickets from $45 to $55 | Book online.
Bleak Squad is a four-piece Melbourne band made up of some seriously talented Australian musicians, with Adalita (Magic Dirt), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting).
These artists have joined their talents to form Bleak Squad and their debut LP, Strange Love, is sure to represent a bold addition to the Australian music scene.
Saturday
There’s plenty of fun and entertainment at the Queanbeyan Rodeo. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council.
Patches Asphalt Queanbeyan Rodeo
When: 7 March, 10 to 11 am
Where: Queanbeyan Show Ground, Glebe Avenue, Queanbeyan
Cost: Tickets are $25 to $50 | Book online.
The Patches Asphalt Queanbeyan Rodeo is in its 25th year, bringing a whole lot of excitement to town.
Don’t miss out on this year’s show, with bull rides, bulldogging, bareback, saddle bronc, barrel racing, as well as sideshow alley with kids’ activities, retail stores, food and drink stalls, family fun and entertainment.
The rodeo also raises money for local charities and community organisations, so the fun is all for a good cause.
The third Full Steam Ahead is making waves at the Steampacket. Image: No Worries Entertainment Facebook.
Full Steam Ahead at the Steampacket Hotel
When: 7 March, 5:30 to 11 pm
Where: Steampacket Hotel, 963 Kings Highway, Nelligen
Cost: Free entry.
From 5:30 to 11 pm this Saturday, the Steampacket Hotel is offering packed dance floors and plenty of live music from a range of musical acts, with hotel regulars making an appearance as well as unknowns thrown into the mix.
The following acts will be performing across a full evening of live music: Val Moogz, The Chordroys,, The Burley Griffin, Waikama, Last Minute and Elsie & Violet.
Whether you’re in the mood for feel-good rock anthems, genre-bending indie tunes, folk or anything in between, this live music extravaganza has Saturday plans sorted.
Sunday
Dalgety’s 82nd show brings a lot of excitement to the banks of the Snowy River. Photo: Dalgety Show.
82nd Annual Dalgety Show
When: 8 March, 8 am to 5 pm
Where: Dalgety Showground, Campbell St, Dalgety
Cost: TBC.
Held on the banks of the Snowy River, the Dalgety Show celebrates rural life each year and this year’s theme is “Live Well, Farm Well”, encouraging the health and well-being of rural people.
The town show will have cattle events, local crafts on display, competitions, food on offer, family-friendly events and more. Don’t miss out on this year’s celebration.
Head to the Steampacket for an afternoon of live music. Image: Steampacket Hotel Facebook.
Charlie Lane & Sarah Fallon at the Steampacket Hotel
When: 8 March, 1 pm
Where: Steampacket Hotel, 963 Kings Highway, Nelligen
Cost: Free entry.
Two artists, Charlie Lane and Sarah Fallon, come to the Steampacket Hotel for an afternoon of live music.
Fallon, a singer-songwriter from the Blue Mountains, performs her combination of folky, dreamy music, inspired by Missy Higgins, Matt Corby and Adrienne Lenker. Her acoustic, reflective style is perfect for relaxing on a Sunday afternoon.
She will be joined by Charlie Lane, whose repertoire ranges from old-school folk tunes to modern pop songs.
A unique musical ensemble is set to perform a concert at St Andrew’s Anglican Church. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council.
Eishan Ensemble in Braidwood’s St Andrew’s Anglican Church
When: 8 March, 3 to 4:15 pm
Where: St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 47 Elrington St, Braidwood
Cost: Tickets from $40 to $45 | Book online.
The Eishan Ensemble is back this year with a national tour to celebrate 10 years of music.
Led by Iranian-Australian tar virtuoso Hamed Sadeghi, this ARIA-nominated musical group combines Persian classical music with contemporary jazz to create a boldly modern sound.
Eishan Ensemble has crafted a unique, distinctive musical language informed by the diverse musical backgrounds of the members, with Michael Avgenicos on saxophone, Adem Yilmaz on percussion and Maximillian Alduca on double bass.
Monday
Some of the best authors in the literary world will be livestreamed directly from the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Photo: eventbrite.
Sydney Writers’ Festival streaming – Jonathan Freedland – Moruya Library
When: 9 March, 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Where: Moruya Library, Vulcan Street, Moruya
Cost: Free | Book online.
Head to the Moruya Library for a live-streamed talk from the Sydney Writers’ Festival. This series of talks puts acclaimed authors, storytellers and writers front and centre, ensuring that regional writers and literary people have a chance to hear from important people in the publishing world.
This talk from Jonathan Freedland is about his book The Traitors Circle, a non-fiction history book about a high-society group of Germans who form an unlikely group of anti-Nazi dissenters. Yet this group of conscientious Germans does not know that within their own group, there is an informer, providing information about their group to the Gestapo.
The latest release from award-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland, this is a remarkable story of courage and resistance in the face of fascist tyranny.
Thursday
Local queer talent in the spotlight. Photo: Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council.
Queer PowerPoint at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
When: 12 March, 7:30 pm
Where: The B – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan
Cost: Tickets from $30 | Book online.
Unleashing Queanbeyan’s queer creativity, the Queer Powerpoint is all about putting local talent front and centre.
Hosts Harriet Gillies and Xanthe Dobbie will take audiences on a guided trip through a hilarious romp of hot takes, heated debates, live music from a DJ and much more entertainment.
