Welcome to our list of arts and cultural events happening in the NSW Central West gathered from artists, event producers, great local venues and groups across the region. Use the contact or ticketing details listed with each event.
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WYANGALA – National Science Week
Sat 12 August

Join us for National Science Week – WYANGALA. Mentored by Wiradjuri cultural holders with a focus on habitat, natural ecologies, land and riparian health. The program aims to deepen an understanding of the symbiosis between humans, natural events, and the environment, whilst highlighting the conservation of local ecosystems and habitat. Learn how to identify plants and medicines for cultural use with Aleshia Lonsdale, broaden your knowledge with Traditional fire management with Greg Ingram, view the night sky through Wiradjuri sky stories with Ian ‘Dougie’ Sutherland. Welcome – Aunty Esther Cutmore
This Inspiring Australia initiative is supported by the Australian Government as part of National Science Week.
Located at the CORRIDOR project 2997 Darbys Falls Road Wyangala, NSW [20mins from Cowra, 10mins from Wyangala Dam] Supported by: Inspiring Australia NSW, Arts Out West, Orange Local Land Services, the CORRIDOR project
Prices vary – under 18 free National Science Week – AUG 2023 — the CORRIDOR project
Related Events
The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.
Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.
The best way to include your event is to use our SUBMIT HERE form (under the What’s On menu at the top of each page). These listings will be manually approved by the Arts OutWest team before publication. Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
‘Featured events‘ are those submitted directly online by presenters.
Event promotors are asked to only include their own original images / images that they have permission to use / copyright free stock images. For more information see our fact sheet on Using Images For Promoting Events (if you can’t see this link look under ‘Opportunities’ then ‘Resources’).