Bathurst Region Tourism

Sunday Sketch Sessions // Tina Havelock Stevens: Now is a Beginning
2025-06-22 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-15 10:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Sunday Sketch Sessions // Tina Havelock Stevens: Now is a Beginning
Head to BRAG each Sunday during Tina Havelock Stevens’ solo exhibition Now is a Beginning for a self-guided Sunday Sketch Session!
Sundays, 10am-2pm
FREE, all welcome, materials supplied
A gentle epic, inspired by Bathurst – yet not about Bathurst, Now is a Beginning embraces magical thinking, place(s), architectural space, where you begin, the unknowns, new narratives in a place once familiar, improvisation, social and sensory engagement. Embodying a universal experience of the shifting, contemporary ‘now’, the exhibition offers a gathering point for reflection on the past as well as the current state of play of the world, marked by political urgencies and the ruptures of unforeseen, unpredictable events.
Tina Havelock Stevens presents an existential narrative of connections over time, borne from the adrenaline of riding motorbikes as a ten-year-old on her uncle’s farm, to the metaphysical experience of packing up her late mother’s house. Zones in the gallery, swathed in saturated colour, create charged atmospheres for exploration of light installations, video/film, photography, object-based works, sculpture and sound.
Havelock Stevens has lived multiple lives: her punk-rock ethos developed early across a series of bands, including Plug Uglies and The Titanics with stints in Crow and Chicks on Speed. Currently, as drummer for art rock experimental improv music duo, derived from The Mumps, she recently opened for Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth fame) at The Tank, Art Gallery of New South Wales. In her undergraduate years she was a student of cultural studies, and film and philosophy classes with luminaries such as Ross Gibson (University of Technology, Sydney) before another year at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, after which she made her own documentaries for television as director and cinematographer. A resilient current of empathy continues to underpin her practice. She was also a youth worker for years in urban refuges, made community television and worked with indigenous communities in Papunya, Kintore and Cape York.
Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, Cloudage Portal ( after De Maistre) #1 (detail), 2025, gloss fibre inkjet print, pigment paint, 50 x 75 cm. Image courtesy the artist.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

‘Unearthed - Critical Minerals in The Energy Transition’
2025-06-22 09:00 - 2025-06-23 16:30, 2025-06-21 09:00 - 2025-06-22 16:30, 2025-06-20 09:00 - 2025-06-21 16:30, 2025-06-19 09:00 - 2025-06-20 16:30, 2025-06-17 09:00 - 2025-06-18 16:30, 2025-06-16 09:00 - 2025-06-17 16:30, 2025-06-15 09:00 - 2025-06-16 16:30, 2025-06-14 09:00 - 2025-06-15 16:30 and 1 more date | Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, 224 Howick Street, Bathurst, NSW, 2795
Critical minerals may sound like a heavy subject, but they’re vital to our everyday modern life!

This new exhibition features a fantastic periodic table, where you can actually see what so many of these element are used for, along with heaps of information about what critical minerals are, and how they’re used in the home and renewable energy.

Oh, and there is #LEGO

The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is open 9am – 4.30pm 6 days a week, closed on Wednesdays.

Entry is free with museum admission.Cost:Adult: $15Concession: $10School Student: $7Family: $37 Under school age: Free

Exhibition Tours // ESSSENSSSE
2025-06-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Exhibition Tours // ESSSENSSSE
Join a FREE, guided exhibition tour by BRAG staff on Saturdays at 11am!
Free, all welcome, RSVP online or at gallery reception.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents ESSSENSSSE, a joyful work about healing and new beginnings by acclaimed contemporary artist HOSSEI (NSW), guest curated by Tesha Malott.
ESSSENSSSE is an aquatic ecosystem that explores the tenacity of the human spirit, stripping away corporeal human qualities and revealing what’s underneath. ESSSENSSSE follows HOSSEI’s exploration of creating costumes that ‘heal’. Featuring a cast of 16 other-worldly sea creatures, ESSSENSSSE transitions from a series of dynamic and joyful performances into a sensory, large-scale installation, in which visitors are surrounded by a playful, 100% tactile landscape.
ESSSENSSSE began when HOSSEI became fascinated by the sand dollar sea creatures— their shape, features, and how in mediaeval times it was truly believed that sand dollars were mermaid currency. When looking at the sand dollar, HOSSEI realised that if you were to remove the physical characteristics of a human body, you would be left with a mouth and an anus, just like the sand dollar. It is this idea that compelled HOSSEI to make the sand dollar an emblem of the show. An entry point and an exit, not just with food, but in the sense of discerning which energies come through and nourish the insides, and which are let out. ESSSENSSSE is about letting go and being one with the spirit and embracing its purity and vulnerability.
A Verge Gallery exhibition, touring in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW, supported by the University of Sydney and proudly funded by the NSW Government. Verge Gallery is supported by the University of Sydney Union.
More info
Image: HOSSEI, ESSSENSSSE, 2023. Performer Lauren Booker. Dimensions variable. Photography by Jacquie Manning.

Newbridge Winter Solstice Festival
2025-06-21 11:00 - 19:00 | Newbridge Showground, Three Brothers Road, Newbridge, 2795
Annual event since 2014.20th June, 6pm – 10pm Medieval Banquet – A three course banquet, including beverages (both alcohol and non alcohol). Served by mediaeval serving wenches in the Briand Bennett Pavilion at Newbridge Showground. The pavilion exudes mediaeval decor and ambience with an open fire, candle light and rich drapes and banners. Live entertainment with acoustic duo Furphy’s Lore (Chloe & Jason Roweth) will provide the mediaeval music and ballads and the occasional tune for a jig whilst Court Jester,Tom Foolery will engage the attending knights and ladies with his frivolity and foolishness. (tickets through Eventbrite, only 50 guests).
Winter Solstice Festival – Saturday 21st June, 11am – 7pm ($10 entry U16 free)The Hammers of Thegn Viking clan set up their Viking village at the Newbridge Showground. Novia Hollandia Knights fight for the damsels honour in a Jousting competition. They demonstrate their Skills at Arms on horseback. Long Bow Archery demonstrations and Viking re-enactment battles add some medieaval themed excitement for visitors to witness. Dancing entertainment throughout the day by local dance schools and dance groups include contemporary dancing, tribal belly dancing and colourful, energetic Morris dancers. The Trunkey Street Market of over 60+ stalls from 11am – 4:30pm. Live music from the popular local band, Felix Albert & Gentlemanly Two. Throught the street market roving street entertainers will engage in some fun filled entertainment and Viking Shenanigans. At 2pm The Grand Street Parade led by Canobolas Pipe Band, will include performers and costumed visitors/attendees.they will parade through Newbridge Village towards the Gladstone Hotel where costume prizes will be presented to the creative parade participants and the best dressed stall vendors. Costume parade prizes are sponsored by local businesses.The Newbridge Winter Solstice event is hosted by Newbridge Progress Association and supported by Blayney Shire Council, Newmont/Orange 360

Exhibition Tours // Tina Havelock Stevens: Now is a Beginning
2025-06-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Exhibition Tours // Tina Havelock Stevens: Now is a Beginning
Join us at the gallery each Saturday during exhibition Now is a Beginning by Tina Havelock Stevens, for a free guided tour!
Saturdays, 11am
FREE, all welcome, RSVP online or at BRAG reception
A gentle epic, inspired by Bathurst – yet not about Bathurst, Now is a Beginning embraces magical thinking, place(s), architectural space, where you begin, the unknowns, new narratives in a place once familiar, improvisation, social and sensory engagement. Embodying a universal experience of the shifting, contemporary ‘now’, the exhibition offers a gathering point for reflection on the past as well as the current state of play of the world, marked by political urgencies and the ruptures of unforeseen, unpredictable events.
Tina Havelock Stevens presents an existential narrative of connections over time, borne from the adrenaline of riding motorbikes as a ten-year-old on her uncle’s farm, to the metaphysical experience of packing up her late mother’s house. Zones in the gallery, swathed in saturated colour, create charged atmospheres for exploration of light installations, video/film, photography, object-based works, sculpture and sound.
Havelock Stevens has lived multiple lives: her punk-rock ethos developed early across a series of bands, including Plug Uglies and The Titanics with stints in Crow and Chicks on Speed. Currently, as drummer for art rock experimental improv music duo, derived from The Mumps, she recently opened for Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth fame) at The Tank, Art Gallery of New South Wales. In her undergraduate years she was a student of cultural studies, and film and philosophy classes with luminaries such as Ross Gibson (University of Technology, Sydney) before another year at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, after which she made her own documentaries for television as director and cinematographer. A resilient current of empathy continues to underpin her practice. She was also a youth worker for years in urban refuges, made community television and worked with indigenous communities in Papunya, Kintore and Cape York.
Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, High Fashun (still) single-channel-video with stereo sound, 2025. Camera: Jackie Wolf. Image courtesy the artist.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Create a Nuno Felted Scarf
2025-06-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Perthville Community Hall, 20 Rockley Street, Perthville, NSW
Come and learn how to felt onto silk.
In this session you will dye 2 pieces of silk, then add merino wool and embellishments to create two soft, lightweight scarves.
What to bring:
2 m x 50 cm bubble wrap – available at Bunnings
2 old beach/bath towels
Small bucket
Soap
Lunch

Scots All Saints College - The Greatest Show
2025-06-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Join us for an inspiring evening of music as students from Kindergarten to Year 12 take the stage for Music Showcase 2025 – The Greatest Show. This year’s concert offers a fresh, dynamic format, combining the best performances from across the College into a fast-paced and entertaining musical journey.
Audiences will enjoy a wide variety of styles including musical theatre, jazz, concertos, film music, and chamber works, performed by our talented ensembles, choirs, and instrumental groups. The program will also feature solo and small ensemble performances from some of our most gifted student musicians.
This is a celebration of musical excellence across all stages of learning and a unique opportunity to witness the depth of talent and commitment within our school’s music program.
All are welcome—family, friends, and community members. Book now to secure your seat for this unforgettable event!

Author Talk - Age of Doubt
2025-06-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Bathurst Library, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Join editors and journalists, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang, to discuss this insightful collection of essays and the lessons to take away as we navigate this age of doubt and misinformation.Explore the origins of misinformation culture and its impact on democracy. This collection looks at the moral and ethical foundations our institutions are built on and shines a light on the media and its role in sorting fact from fiction.Bookings essential: 6333 6281
Copies of the book will be for sale on the night.
About the bookToday, trust seems harder to find than ever before. It’s hardly surprising we feel that way. Our politics is polarised, our online world is awash with misinformation, and we’ve lost faith in our bedrock institutions. Yet, without trust, we cannot work together to solve the big problems we face.But there is a way back. A way to rediscover trust in our leaders and institutions. A way to tackle the doubt.This insightful collection of essays brings together top thinkers from across the globe in media, science, government, academia and business to examine how and why trust is disappearing, and how we might navigate these confusing times.From expert minds in business, science and law enforcement the book explains how to maintain trust and how easily it can be broken, and leaders on the front line of technological development describe the influence of bots, conspiracy theories and generative AI.If we are to address the big issues facing our world, then we must have trust, because without it we have no sense of shared reality. Alone, we can’t do it. Together, we might.
About the authorsTracey Kirkland is an Australian news journalist who has worked in broadcast and print for more than 30 years. She is currently the Continuous News Editor in charge of TV and video at ABC News Channel, and was previously the ABC’s national senior newsgathering editor. Since joining the ABC in 1999, Tracey has been a reporter, presenter or producer for all of the public broadcaster’s major news programs. She is the co-editor of Pandemedia: How COVID Changed Journalism.Gavin Fang is an Australian journalist with more than thirty years’ experience in broadcast and print media. He is currently Editorial Director at the ABC and was previously deputy director of news. Gavin is a former correspondent for the ABC in Indonesia. He is the co-editor of Pandemedia: How COVID Changed Journalism.

Exhibition Tours // Tina Havelock Stevens: Now is a Beginning
2025-06-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Join us at the gallery each Saturday during exhibition Now is a Beginning by Tina Havelock Stevens, for a free guided tour!
Saturdays, 11am
FREE, all welcome, RSVP online or at BRAG reception
About the Exhibition:
A gentle epic, inspired by Bathurst – yet not about Bathurst, Now is a Beginning embraces magical thinking, place(s), architectural space, where you begin, the unknowns, new narratives in a place once familiar, improvisation, social and sensory engagement. Embodying a universal experience of the shifting, contemporary ‘now’, the exhibition offers a gathering point for reflection on the past as well as the current state of play of the world, marked by political urgencies and the ruptures of unforeseen, unpredictable events.
Tina Havelock Stevens presents an existential narrative of connections over time, borne from the adrenaline of riding motorbikes as a ten-year-old on her uncle’s farm, to the metaphysical experience of packing up her late mother’s house. Zones in the gallery, swathed in saturated colour, create charged atmospheres for exploration of light installations, video/film, photography, object-based works, sculpture and sound.
Havelock Stevens has lived multiple lives: her punk-rock ethos developed early across a series of bands, including Plug Uglies and The Titanics with stints in Crow and Chicks on Speed. Currently, as drummer for art rock experimental improv music duo, derived from The Mumps, she recently opened for Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth fame) at The Tank, Art Gallery of New South Wales. In her undergraduate years she was a student of cultural studies, and film and philosophy classes with luminaries such as Ross Gibson (University of Technology, Sydney) before another year at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, after which she made her own documentaries for television as director and cinematographer. A resilient current of empathy continues to underpin her practice. She was also a youth worker for years in urban refuges, made community television and worked with indigenous communities in Papunya, Kintore and Cape York.
Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, High Fashun (still) single-channel-video with stereo sound, 2025. Camera: Jackie Wolf. Image courtesy the artist.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

MUSICAL BINGO
2025-06-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Family Hotel, Cnr Russell & Bentinck Street, Bathurst, 2795, Australia
Drop Beats Not Balls
This one is for the music lovers! Rock into the #FamBams newest night on the the Bathurst calendar with Musical Trivia every Wednesday from 7pm! Entry is free & you’ll have the chance to win prizes whilst bopping along to tunes over the ages! See how easy it is to play below & the tasty bites & booze on offer.

Wednesday night is Schnitty Night! Enjoy $18 Schnitzel with your choice of $3 topper (parmi, mexican, boscaiola or texan)

Western NSW Dance Festival - Bathurst Showcase
2025-06-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Experience the joy of dance at the Western NSW Dance Festival!
The Western NSW Dance Festival brings together public school students from Kindergarten to Year 12 in an exciting showcase of movement and expression. Enjoy a dynamic performance featuring a variety of dance styles, highlighting the passion and dedication of students and teachers alike. A must-see event for dance lovers of all ages!
Monday 16 June
Show A – 5pm – 6:15pm
Show B – 7pm – 8:15pm
Tuesday 17 June
Show A – 5pm – 6:15pm
Show B – 7pm – 8:15pm

Very Open Mic Night @ The Victoria Bathurst
2025-06-17 18:00 - 21:00 | The Victoria Bathurst, 3 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
We’re making Tuesdays great again with a very open mic night that is open to all types of performance. Come and share your thing in front of a supportive audience! Sign up from 6pm

Music Bingo @ The Tattersalls Hotel
2025-06-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Tattersalls Hotel Bathurst, 35 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW, 2795, Australia

The Robertson Brothers
2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:30 | Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
1960’s Variety TV show

The Robertson Brothers are thrilled to be returning with their new heart-warming and uplifting 1960’s Variety TV Show!  Geoff and Ben Robertson are back as your charming and cheeky hosts for this nostalgic night of entertainment as they pay tribute to the musical giants of the 1960’s – The Beatles, Petula Clark, Del Shannon, Beach Boys, The Hollies, Bee Gees and the Everly Brothers.   Variety TV Show fans will be excited to know the multi-talented Simon Brook McLachlan (from the Original Australian cast of Jersey Boys) will return in 2025 to thrill us with his very special tribute to Del Shannon. Also joining the Variety show this year is the amazing Cosima De Vito (Australian Idol) with her incredible tribute to Petula Clark

Prices

BMEC Members: Adult$76.95Concession $74.95

Non-Members*: Adult $79.95Concessions $76.95

Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase
2025-06-14 20:00 - 21:40 | Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
The Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase tour will be tearing up the freeways of Australia to bring the best of the 2025 Festival to Bathurst! Expertly curated and lovingly presented, the Showcase will feature some of the Festival’s hottest acts live on stage for an incredible two hours of hard-hitting laughter. Boasting a line-up of veteran favourites and some of the freshest emerging talents, this jam-packed night of pure entertainment will leave you sore from belly laughs!

Prices

BMEC Members: Adult $40

Non-Members: Adult $45

LIVE MUSIC | GEDUPNDANS
2025-06-14 19:30 - 22:30 | Panthers Bathurst, 132 Piper Street, Bathurst, NSW, 2795, Australia
GEDUPNDANS is a dynamic husband and wife duo from Cootamundra, known for their crowd-focused performances and classic mix of rock and country hits from the ’60s through to the ’90s, with a few modern hits thrown in. With Pete on guitar and vocals, and high-quality backing tracks supporting their sound, they create a warm, interactive atmosphere where audiences are encouraged to sing along and be part of the show.
As regulars at clubs across regional NSW, they’ve built a strong following in places like Dubbo, Wagga, Parkes and Batemans Bay, and they’ve long had a loyal fan base in Bathurst too. Prior to COVID, they were a staple at Bathurst RSL and are excited to be returning to the area.
GEDUPNDANS are all about good music, great vibes, and genuine entertainment, and they’re bringing all of that to Panthers Bathurst.

Faulty Towers Dining Experience
2025-06-14 18:30 - 22:00 | Rydges Mount Panorama, 1 Conrod Straight, Bathurst, NSW, 2795, Australia
Direct from London’s Theatreland via the legendary Sydney Opera House, Interactive Theatre International are proud to bring Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, to Rydges Bathurst in June 2025.
The world-renowned immersive phenomenon is celebrating 28 years as the world’s most sought-after tribute to the BBC sitcom. Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is an unmissable highly interactive comedy spectacular, where audiences enjoy a 3-course meal alongside 5-star comedy.
When the audience become diners in the ‘Faulty Towers’ restaurant, pretty much anything can happen – because 70% of the show is improvised. The fun starts as guests wait to be seated. It then hurtles along in a 2-hour tour de force of gags and shambolic service as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve a ‘70s-style 3-course meal together with a good dollop of mayhem.
Expect the unexpected!

Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks
2025-06-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, 105 William Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
50 Years of Hits Tour

Ross Wilson is hitting the road with his all-star band The Peaceniks to celebrate over 50 Years of Hits including all the Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock favourites you’d expect along with the latest offering from an almost 6-decade career, tracks from his latest EP on Bloodlines Records, She’s Stuck On Facebook All The Time, and everything in between. From Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia’s most awarded, respected, and well-known artists! From the legendary band Daddy Cool whose number one anthem Eagle Rock and debut album Daddy Who? smashed all previous sales records in Australia an astounding 50 years ago in 1971, to the 1977 formation of Mondo Rock, delivering 80’s hits Cool World, State of The Heart, Chemistry, No Time, and Come Said The Boy and into the 21st century as a solo performer, Wilson has never been out of the limelight.

Prices

Adult BMEC Member $69Adult $79Purchase 4+ or more tickets at $74 Each

Tom Gleeson & Justin Hamilton
2025-06-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Reckless Brewing, 2a Piper Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
BATHURST – ONE NIGHT ONLY

Hard Quiz host. Taskmaster Australia host. Gold Logie winner. 5 times AACTA winner. TOM GLEESON is back doing stand-up. Come and see this massive star in a tiny venue.

“Prepare for an hour of non-stop laughter.” ★★★★★ Time Out

JUSTIN HAMILTON has carved out a successful career in TV, radio and on the stage as a comedian and writer. His podcast ‘Big Squid’ scored the number one spot on the Australian Pop Culture Podcast list.

Winner – Best Comedy Show, Adelaide Fringe 2019

“Intelligent, witty and very entertaining. You should not miss this. Absolute stand out!” ★★★★★ Adelaide Advertiser

Where Angels Fear to Tread - Author Talk
2025-06-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Bathurst Library, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Hear Sylvia Rapley-Anderson in conversation about her book ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread’.
About the bookIn 1973, a small group of parents and health professionals set out to overturn the inhumane and rigid treatment children received in hospitals around the country.To do this, they formed the Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital (AWCH), and their vision was to put the welfare of the child at the centre of every decision that was made about them.
Sylvia was one of the founders of AWCH.This is her story of those three years that transformed children’s hospital care forever.
Sylvia is an ex Bathurst Local, having lived and worked in the region in the 1970s. Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the night.
Bookings are essential to secure a seat. Call 6333 6281.
