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Fri 12 Sept – 24 Oct 10am – 3pm Across the Hilltops
at Connect@Gunning Station. Artists celebrate the beautiful landscapes of the Hilltops Region.
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Oct The Queanbeyan-Palerang Arts Trail – Visit Artists in their studios over three fabulous weekends.
4 – 5 Oct Braidwood
11 – 12 Oct Bugendore
18 -19 Oct Queanbeyan
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Sat 11 Oct 12pm-9pm – Arts Alive Picton transforms into a vibrant street party with live performances, hands-on art experiences & workshops, stunning visual light displays, great music & of course market stalls & food trucks! Find out more
Sat 11 Oct 12pm-6pm – pARTY Headdresses @ Arts Alive Create your best party hat with STA & wear it around the Arts Alive Festival.
Go big, go colourful & go all out to impress.
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Sat 11 Oct & Sun 12 Oct 1pm-5pm Bungendore Open Mic STA Presents: Two fab & FREE live music events at the Royal Hotel on Sat and Bungendore Bowling Club on Sun.
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Sat 11 Oct 10am-4pm Harden Kite Festival free activities and entertainment for all ages, exciting cultural performances, kite decorating workshops and more.
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Sat 18 Oct from 5pm Queanbeyan Diwali Mela Feastival at QBN showground – Start practising those Bollywood moves for the biggest most fantastic Diwali fest yet. FREE
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Sat 18 Oct from 5pm Lantern Making at QBN Diwali. Join STA for a free lantern making workshop & be part of the lantern parade.
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31 Oct – Feb 26 Sesquicentenary: Celebrating 150 years of Gunning Railway Station A heritage display by Gunning & District Historical Society Imagery & stories about the many station staff over the last 150years.
1-2 Nov ULACHT Upper Lachlan Art, Culture and Heritage Trail. Dozens of open studios and cultural events. Don’t miss the first year of ULACHT.
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1-2 & 8-9 Nov 10am-5pm The 2025 Southern Highlands Art Trail – over two huge weekends. Dozens of local artist’s studio to visit. Buy work directly from the maker.
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Sun 2 Nov from 10am Connect Party Day
Gunning Station turns 150 & STA are throwing a huge party featuring a makers market, live music, classic car display, art activities & more. Find Out more & the live entertainment line up
7 – 9 Nov Majors Creek Festival – A fabulous weekend of music & art in glorious Majors Creek.
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Sat 8 Nov & Sun 9 Nov 1pm-5pm Bungendore Open Mic
STA Presents: Two fab & FREE live music events at the Royal Hotel on Sat and Bungendore Bowling Club on Sun.
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Sun 9 Nov 10am – 4pm 100% Arty Market at Bowral Art Gallery. Get your gifts this year from local makers. Part of the SH Arts Trail.
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21 – 23 Nov – Bundanoon Folk Festival huge weekend with over 45 much loved and well known acts from overseas, interstate & NSW. Plus workshops &d more, not to be missed.
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Sat 13 Dec & Sun 14 Dec 1pm-5pm Bungendore Open Mic STA Presents: Two fab & FREE live music events at the Royal Hotel on Sat and Bungendore Bowling Club on Sun.
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Sun 7 Dec 4pm – STA Retro Films – Queanbeyan & Young Cinemas Get into the holiday spirit with a bang with a Christmas classic, blending high-octane action with a festive backdrop.
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4th Sun every odd month A Brush with Poetry at the Studio at Café on Queen, Binalong. An arty afternoon. Listen & recite – All welcome.
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Weekly classes + cuppa Dance4Wellbeing with Jess Conneely in Yass & Young. Social connection, joy & creativity.
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Tues 10am-12pm Maisie’s Choir creative aging choir in Yass
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Featured Events – Music, Theatre – All the fun stuff
7 & 8 Oct 9-12 Kids School Holiday Art Workshops with Slavica Zivkovic at the Bowral Art Gallery.
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6 Sep – 13 Oct Marina Strocchi & Wayne Eager’s painting exhibition at Water Through Reads Gallery, Bungendore. Opening Event Sat 6 Sep 1-3pm
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18 Oct – 23 Nov The Colours of Fungi, by Tika Robinson exhibition of ceramic and ink mediums at Water Through Reads Gallery, Bungendore. Opening Event Sat 19 Oct 1-3pm
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10 – 30 Oct Ann MacDonald exhibition at the Goulburn Club Opening Event : 6 – 8pm Friday 10 October – open during Club opening hours. Find out more
12 Oct 2pm The fantastic Jive Bombers at the Bowral bowling Club, presented by Southern Highlands Jazz
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15-16-17 Oct – Through the Embers – written and directed by Cara Robinson.
At the Leider theatre in Goulburn.
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16 Oct – 16 Nov The Gift of Art at The Kyeema Art Gallery @ Capital Wines by the artists of the U3A YASS
Opening Event Friday 17th October 5.30-6.30
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16 Oct – The Life & Rhymes of Banjo Patterson
Starring three-times Australian champion bush poet, Gregory North
Leider Theatre in Goulburn
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17 Oct 7pm – Midnight Murder and Hamlington Hall – a play at the Wollondilly Shire Hall, Menangle St, Picton – by the Picton Theatre Group
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12 – 21 October A Look Backwards
an exhibition by Tony Deigan at the Bowral Art Gallery
Opening event at 11 October at 2pm
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Featured Exhibitions & Displays
6 Sep- 27 Oct Glimpses of Land and Sea – Val Johnson an exhibition at the at the Bungendore Fine Art Gallery in Bungendore
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Sat 11 Oct Liminal Lines
Amy Schleif & Jo Victoria, an exhibition at the at Suki and Hugh Gallery in Bungendore Opening Event: Saturday 11 Oct 3–5pm
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10 – 25 Oct Drawn to this Moment– Kylie Fogarty, Jennifer Baird & Valentyna Crane an exhibition at the at Tyger Gallery in Yass. Preview evening event Friday 10 Oct 6 – 8pm register now to secure your spot
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4 – 19 Oct Seed THoughts, an exhibition by Karen Tacon at the Orchard Street Gallery in Taralga. An exhibition about message and messenger paintings. opening event at 12 midday on 4 Oct. Find out more
5 Sept – 8 Nov Moving at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery. Explores the intersection of water, performance & the moving image. Opening Event 6.30 -8.30pm. Find out more
4 – 19 Oct – Queanbeyan Palerang Arts Trail Over three big weekends. Visit artist studios, creative practitioners & galleries.
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16 Oct – 16 Nov Artists of the Round Yard: Understory. Spring exhibition at White Cottage Gallery and Round Yard – Retford Park Bowral
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30 Oct – 2 Nov – Visual Arts Society of Yass Annual Members Exhibition at Tyger Gallery in Yass. RSVP by Oct 21 HERE Opening celebration – Thursday 30 Oct, 5.30 for 6pm find out more
Nov 9 Build and Bloom – Hands in Clay Workshops with Goodhope Pottery at The Malbon in Bungendore. A two-hour workshop creating your own vase through the art of coil pottery.
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22 – 23 Nov – Braidwood Airing of the Quilts -30 years A mecca for all things textiles that transforms the streetscape of Braidwood.
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Weekly Classes for all abilities, contemporary, ballet, tap with Bonnie Curtis Projects at the Mittagong Scout Hall & online.
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Discover Anytime Adventures
PAINT THE TOWN
Street Art Tour
50+ awesome street art murals to visit and enjoy anytime. CHECK IT OUT…
STA kids
Artist lead online creative workshops for the whole family to enjoy anytime. Make, dance, sing & more.
Retford Park Garden Activity Map Explore the garden with a fun self led interactive drawing map. FREE after entry. Check opening hours.
Creative South
500+ things to do & see across the Creative South. Festivals, Markets, Galleries, Public Art & more
STA Box Galleries
Five micro exhibitions to visit at partner venues across our region.
STA Screen
Silver screen classics, cult hits and locally made award winning films near you.
What’s On listings and information hosted by our local Visitor Information Centres
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