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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In 1923, Dubbo businessman, Lawrence Astley, donated a cup to promote sporting competition between local schools, Dubbo High School and Sacred Heart College. With disparate enrolment numbers, the schools were mismatched and just two years later competition was formalised between the three state schools west of the Blue Mountains – Bathurst, Orange, and Dubbo High Schools.
A new digital, outdoor installation from the Australian Museum showcasing the incredible world of Australia's birdlife is coming to Orange Regional Museum. Presented on an interactive storytelling cube, The Birds of Australia STORYBOX brings to life the iconic bird illustrations of John and Elizabeth Gould together with First Nations storytelling and knowledges.
Orange Regional Museum is in the early stages of planning our next long term local history exhibition.
We are inviting members of the local community to a consultation workshop where Museum Manager Dr Mary-Liz Andrews will present our initial concept and welcome feedback and input to continue developing the exhibition.
Get creative in this native bird foam printing workshop.
Inspired by our outdoor digital installation The Birds of Australia STORYBOX, create colourful prints of our local bird species and their habitats.
Design your own cake at the Museum this school holidays.
This activity is designed for children aged 3 and older and their adults.
Adults and kids can come and learn more about the history of our shows, explore the exhibition more closely with a scavenger hunt, and design their own show bag to fill with goodies to take home!
Suitable for kids and adults of all ages.
Explore endangered native bird species and create a flock of flying paper bird puppets inspired by our digital outdoor installation The Birds of Australia STORYBOX.
This activity is designed for children aged 3 and older and their adults.
Spring has sprung at the Cultural Precinct so join us as we craft spring-themed poems on special seed paper ready for planting at home!
Join us at the Museum for this facilitated workshop to build a carnival carousel inspired by our Ribbons, Rides & Ring Events exhibition.
This activity is designed for children aged 7+ and their adults.
Inspired by our Ancestor Wall and the many stories to discover in our Inherit exhibition, children are invited to talk with their accompanying adult and listen a story from their life. They will then be able to create an illustration of that story using water colours and ink.
Forty-nine stunning framed photographs reproduced from national and international collections reveal the remarkable parallels between Australia and the USA during the Pacific war including in industry, family life, the role of women and Japanese internment.
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.
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