HELLO SUMMER
Balmy days spent by the riverside. Long and leisurely lunches with tables full of fresh, seasonal local produce. Extra time spent with loved ones and a reason to celebrate each month of the season. Our Wagga Wagga + Surrounds region is made for summer.
Make the most of Christmas in the city this festive season with the Santa Trail. Join Santa and Mrs Claus as they jingle their way around the suburbs, spreading joy to all the good kids of Wagga Wagga. Ring in the New Year with a fireworks display at Light the Lake NYE. Finish the season strong with a visit to Wagga Wagga’s Art Gallery which will be hosting Australia’s favourite and most significant art award ‘The Archibald Prize’.
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SUMMER EVENTS ............................................. 4 REGULAR EVENTS 10 ARTS + EXHIBITIONS ........................................ 11 THEATRES, SHOWS + MUSIC ............................... 12 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 15 TOURS + FARM GATES ...................................... 17 CONTENTS Place of dance and celebration all together on Wiradyuri country wagga wagga ngurang Wiradyuridya
ngurambangga.
4 visitwagga.com DECEMBER ALL MONTH Santa Photos WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Marketplace 2 DECEMBER Strawberries and Cream Christmas Festival WAGGA WAGGA Bidgee Strawberries and Cream 2 – 4 DECEMBER Border Carriage Club Battle of the Border GREATER HUME Carberry Estate 2 – 21 DECEMBER Best Street Christmas Art Sale WAGGA WAGGA Best Street Art Studios 3 DECEMBER The Ron Crouch Transport – Geo Group – Wagga Toy Run WAGGA WAGGA Civic Centre, Burns Way 4 DECEMBER Triple M Christmas Spectacular WAGGA WAGGA Victory Memorial Gardens 5 – 8 DECEMBER Christmas Trail WAGGA WAGGA Various locations More details on page 2 7 + 14 DECEMBER Stress Free Christmas Feast –Modern Classics WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 9 DECEMBER Christmas Party on the Greens WAGGA WAGGA Wagga RSL Club 10 DECEMBER Movies by Moonlight –Bohemian Rhapsody BORAMBOLA Borambola Wines Community Carols WAGGA WAGGA Victory Memorial Gardens Lockhart Christmas Markets LOCKHART Lockhart Recreation Ground The Gift Guide Pop a piece of Wagga Wagga under the tree this year! Shop the Gift Guide at visitwagga.com/christmas
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DECEMBER
Christmas in Cashmere –Cocktails Edition
WAGGA WAGGA
Sew Me School of Fashion + Design
17 DECEMEBER
Christmas With The Con
WAGGA WAGGA
Victory Memorial Gardens Kids Reindeer Bag Workshop
WAGGA WAGGA
Sew Me School of Fashion + Design
Narrandera Community Race Day
NARRANDERA
Narrandera Race Club
17 + 22 DECEMBER
What a Cracker! | Holiday Workshop
WAGGA WAGGA
Unique State Art Space, Tompson Street
18 DECEMBER
23 DECEMBER
Christmas Carnival and Fireworks
WAGGA WAGGA Riverina Paceway
24 DECEMBER
Christmas Eve Lunch at Pastorale
WAGGA WAGGA Pastorale by Meccanico
26 DECEMBER
Boxing Day Movie Releases
WAGGA WAGGA Forum 6 Cinemas
Four blockbuster movies are hitting the big screens at Forum 6 Cinemas on Boxing Day!
The
Snowman’s Coin Purse Workshop
WAGGA WAGGA
Sew Me School of Fashion + Design
Releasing on Boxing Day: • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish • Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile • I Wanna Dance With Somebody • The Lost King wagga.forum6.com.au
31 DECEMBER Light The Lake –New Year’s Eve
WAGGA WAGGA Lake Albert Foreshore
Bring in the New Year with a bang! With live music from plenty of local acts, amusement rides for the kids, roving performances, a wide range of food stalls and best of all Wagga Wagga’s biggest fireworks over the lake!
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visitwagga.com 6 JANUARY 14 JANUARY Sounds of Summer Grand Finale Concert WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 21 JANUARY Asian BBQ – Cooking Class WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 22 JANUARY Premium Masterclass: Luke Piccolo’s Long Italian Lunch Class WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 26 JANUARY Lockhart Shire Australia Day LOCKHART 28 JANUARY Premium Masterclass –Seafood – Taste of the Coast WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 29 JANUARY The Rock Triathlon LOCKHART – THE ROCK The Rock Recreation Ground 25 JANUARY Australia Day Awards WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 26 JANUARY Australia Day Breakfast WAGGA WAGGA Victory Memorial Gardens Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony WAGGA WAGGA Victory Memorial Gardens
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11 FEBRUARY Valentine’s Day At Cottontails WAGGA WAGGA Cottontail Wines Henty Show HENTY Henty Showground 16 FEBRUARY Premium Masterclass –Seafood – Taste of the Coast WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 18 FEBRUARY Narrandera Rodeo NARRANDERA Narrandera Rodeo Grounds 19 FEBRUARY Premium Masterclass –BBQ and Charcoal Cooking – Gluten Free WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 2 FEBRUARY Whisky Lovers Masterclass WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 3 FEBRUARY Gin Masterclass WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 4 FEBRUARY Wagga Pro Rodeo WAGGA WAGGA Equex Centre 5 FEBRUARY International Street Food WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am 10 FEBRUARY Christine Manfield –One of Australia’s most celebrated Chefs, returns to Food I Am WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am
FEBRUARY
NSW Touch Football Junior State Cup –Southern Conference WAGGA WAGGA Jubilee Park Wagga Wagga is set to play host to thousands of NSW Touch Football competitors and spectators in the premier NSW Touch Football junior representative event for southern NSW. Come and watch the some of the finest up and coming athletes in the state as they compete for the highly coveted title.
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17 – 19 FEBRUARY
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FEBUARY Bendigo
TUMBARUMBA The
26 FEBRUARY
– 26
Bank Tumba Fest
Creekscape
Moroccan Feast WAGGA WAGGA Food I Am
10 visitwagga.com REGULAR EVENTS MARKETS + FAIRS EVERY THURSDAY Riverina Producers Market WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Showground EVERY SATURDAY Demonstration Gardens –Vegetable Swap or Buy WAGGA WAGGA Demonstration Gardens SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Wollundry Saturday Markets Civic Centre Precinct THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Tarcutta Markets TARCUTTA Tarcutta Soldiers Memorial Hall 4 DECEMBER Junee Rotary Farmers Market JUNEE 10 + 17 DECEMBER Markets @ the G-Rodge GREATER HUME Gerogery Hotel 11 DECEMBER River + Wren Markets WAGGA WAGGA Kyeamba Smith Hall FOOD + CULTURE EVERY SATURDAY Saturday Night Pizzas WAGGA WAGGA Mates Gully Restaurant and Café SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Wine and Cheese Therapy WAGGA WAGGA The Curious Rabbit THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH Poetry Evenings WAGGA WAGGA The Curious Rabbit SPORT + OUTDOORS EVERY SATURDAY Inflatable Day – School Term WAGGA WAGGA Oasis Aquatic Centre
visitwagga.com 11 FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Downside Bush Dance WAGGA WAGGA Downside Hall SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Ladysmith Tourist Railway Open Day LADYSMITH Ladysmith Railway Station FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH Willans Hill Miniature Railway Rides WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens 3 DECEMBER Australian Supercross Round 4 YARRANGUNDRY Yarrangundry Sports Club Australian Freestyle Motorcross Championships YARRANGUNDRY Yarrangundry Sports Club Tickets available at trybooking.com 3 DECEMBER OzHPV 2022 Challenge WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Multisport Cycling Complex 4 – 5 + 11 – 12 DECEMBER Iris Farm Open Garden WAGGA WAGGA Riverina Iris Farm 23 DECEMBER Ted Ryder Cup WAGGA WAGGA Murrumbidgee Turf Club 20 – 22 JANUARY 2023 Diving NSW Country Championships WAGGA WAGGA Oasis Aquatic Centre 11 FEBRUARY Summer Open Day LADYSMITH Ladysmith Park Perennials ARTS + EXHIBITIONS 17 DECEMBER – 5 FEBRUARY Terminus – VR Exhibition WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Art Gallery UNTIL 22 JANUARY The Best of the Bald Archy Prize WAGGA WAGGA Museum of the Riverina – Historic Council Chambers Site
UNTIL 5 FEBRUARY mayinyguwalgu ngunggirridyu | I will share with other people WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
7 FEBRUARY – 25 JUNE
Going Feral WAGGA WAGGA Museum of the Riverina – Historic Council Chambers Site
10 FEBRUARY – 26 MARCH
Archibald Prize WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Art Gallery More details on page 14
Young Archie WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Art Gallery waggaartgallery.com.au
THEATRE, SHOWS + MUSIC
2 – 3 DECEMBER
Vinyl Revival –The Dinner Show Tribute WAGGA WAGGA The Gardens Wagga
2 – 10 DECEMBER
The Boys – Alive + Kicking WAGGA WAGGA Tilly’s
3 DECEMBER
Australian Pearl Jam Show WAGGA WAGGA
The Blamey Hotel
4 DECEMBER Lazy
Sundays at the Vines
– Peach Tree Dreamers WAGGA WAGGA The Wild Vine
4 – 7 DECEMBER
Guy Sebastin T.R.U.T.H On The East Side WAGGA WAGGA
Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre
The tour will see the muchloved entertainer perform some of his most popular tracks including hit single ‘Believer’, ARIA Song Of The Year & 4 x platinum mega smash ‘Choir’, fight song ‘Before I Go’, the upbeat ‘Love on Display’ and the mesmerising power anthem ‘Standing With You.’ More details at civictheatre.com.au
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William Crighton + Beans On Toast
Sixties
Sensations
8 DECEMBER A Celtic Christmas WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 11 DECEMBER The Beatles – 50 Years On Beatlemania WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Lazy Sundays at the Vines –Ivy & Geoff WAGGA WAGGA The Wild Vine 11 DECEMBER, 15 JANUARY + 19 FEBRUARY Wagga Wagga Country Music Club - Monthly Events WAGGA WAGGA Wagga RSL Club 14 DECEMBER Music at Midday with Australian Army Band Kapooka WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Music in the Evening with Australian Army Band Kapooka WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 17 DECEMBER A Salute to Roy Orbison WAGGA WAGGA Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre 18 DECEMBER Lazy Sundays at the Vines –Josh McKellar WAGGA WAGGA The Wild Vine 26 DECEMBER Boxing Day with Isaac Staines WAGGA WAGGA Wagga RSL Club 8 – 13 JANUARY Sounds Of Summer Concert Series WAGGA WAGGA St John’s Church 12 JANUARY
TUMUT Tumut River Brewing Co. 3 FEBRUARY Kingswood – Live WAGGA WAGGA Tilly’s 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 + 25 FEBRUARY
Singing
– Wagga School of Ats WAGGA WAGGA The Riverine Club 5 FEBRUARY Eric Bibb – ‘Ridin’ WAGGA WAGGA CSU Riverina Playhouse 18 FEBRUARY It’s Still Rock + Roll To Me: The Billy Joel Tribute WAGGA WAGGA Riverina Playhouse 19 + 26 FEBRUARY Vanity Fare WAGGA WAGGA The Basement Theatre
TOURS FARM GATES + CELLAR DOORS
Agriculture Tours Riverina
RIVERINA
Ph: 0419 407 804
The Apple Thief –Cider House
BATLOW Ph: 0408 694468
Ashculme Textiles WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 0414 478 585
Bidgee Strawberries & Cream
WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 0480 311 643
Bundyi Cultural Tours WAGGA WAGGA Bundyiculture.com.au
Borambola Wines
BORAMBOLA
Ph: 0404 084 567
Charles Sturt Winery
WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 02 6933 2435
Courabyra Wines
TUMBARUMBA Ph: 02 6948 2462
Erin Earth WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 02 6925 7150
Eunonyhareenyha Winery
EUNANOREENYA
Ph: 02 6921 4009
Highfield Farm & Woodland MOUNT ADRAH Ph: 0429 985 222
In Motion Fitness Kayak Tours WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 0429 952 140
Ladbroken Distilling Co.
TUMBARUMBA Ph: 0433 571 538
Our Snowy Tours
TALBINGO Ph: 0499 554 320
Thirsty Crow Brewing Co. WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 02 6921 7470
Truenorth Helicopters
TUMUT Ph: 1300 145 407
Tumut River Brewing Co. Tours
TUMUT Ph: 1300 042 337
Wollundry Grove Olive Tours WAGGA WAGGA Ph: 0429 201 773
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BROOKONGAVE FITZMAURICE ST TRAIL ST BECKWITH ST DOBBS ST MCKINNON ST BILLAGHA ST
REILLY
FOX ST THORNE ST MURRAY ST BERRY ST BLAKE ST
OLYMPIC HIGHWAY TARCUTTA ST BAYLIS ST FITZHARDINGE ST RAILWAY STATION
FORSYTH ST
BEST ST MACLEAY ST
MORGAN ST RAILWAY ST
PETER ST LAKE
ALBERT RD COLEMAN ST CHASTON ST URANA ST EDMONSON ST KILDAIRE ST MITCHELMORE ST BOURKE ST
BADENPOWELLDRIVE
BURWOODST
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STURT HIGHWAY
DOBNEYAVE
JOHNSTONST CROSSST CHURCH ST GURWOODST
DOCKERST
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POLICE STATION COLLINS PARK NORTH WAGGA VICTORY MEMORIAL GARDENS MURRUMBIDGEE TURF CLUB WAGGA WAGGA SHOW GROUND CALVARY HOSPITAL WAGGA BASE HOSPITAL RIVERSIDE: WAGGA BEACH WIRADJURI RESERVE MARRAMBIDYA WETLAND ROBERTSON OVAL/ BOLTON PARK
A20 A20 A41 MURRUMBIDGEERIVER PARKAN
LAGOO ST 1 3 2 CBD HIGHLIGHTS Theatre Gallery, library + museum Aquatic centre Visitor Information Centre LEGEND 1 2 3
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NARRUNG ST TRAVERS ST HAMPDENAVE
WALLST HENRYST
PREGAN
Wagga Wagga Visitor Information Centre
183 Tarcutta Street
Ph: 1300 100 122 visitwagga.com
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