Loading view.
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.
It’s free to submit your local events.
For maps and details of museums, galleries, artist studios, historic sites, Aboriginal experiences and sites, craft shops, handmade retail outlets or public art go to the Culture Maps Central NSW menu.
Waste 2 Art Mid-Western 2023
Mudgee Arts Precinct Market St, Mudgee, NSW, AustraliaWASTE 2 ART Mid-Western 2023 is a community art exhibition and competition open to all local residents. It showcases creative works made from reused and recyclable waste materials. The aim is to challenge people’s perceptions about ‘rubbish’ and to celebrate the reuse and recycling of waste through arts and crafts.
Free entry
Jekyll & Hyde The Musical – Presented by Lithgow Musical Society
Union Theatre, Lithgow 67 Bridge Street, Lithgow, NSW, AustraliaJekyll and Hyde is a musical that takes you on a journey into the depths of the human soul. It is based on the classic horror story by Robert Louis Stevenson, with a powerful pop-rock score by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse.
Dino-Time
Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst 224 Howick St, Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaThe Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is offering a sensory friendly session with reduced lights and sounds and sensory zones.
STEAM
The Art and Craft Room Forbes Forbes, NSWI am super excited to be bringing STEAM to The Art and Craft Room. We will be running three afternoon sessions in June and we will be working on some amazing projects:
Create a Balance Sculture
Build a Solar System
Construct a Paper Boat (and sail it)
Bathurst Arts Trail
Bathurst Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaThe Bathurst Arts Trail is a collective of artists throughout the Bathurst region who open their galleries and studios to visitors on the first weekend of each month.
Free
Maker Space
Cowra Library 77 Darling Street, Cowra, NSW, AustraliaEvery Saturday from 10am for free and creative Makerspace. All ages welcome. No bookings required. Just bring your imagination.
FREE
Bathurst Ghost Tour 5:30 pm
Miss Traill's House & Garden, Bathurst 321 Russell Street, Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaSearch for ghosts in a 1840’s bungalow in Western NSW!
Bathurst’s Miss Traill's House. This location has been steeped in mystery and reports of ghostly activity for years and now you can finally get access through Blue Mountain’s Mystery Tours interactive ghost tour.
Bathurst Ghost Tour 8 pm
Miss Traill's House & Garden, Bathurst 321 Russell Street, Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaSearch for ghosts in a 1840’s bungalow in Western NSW!
Bathurst’s Miss Traill's House. This location has been steeped in mystery and reports of ghostly activity for years and now you can finally get access through Blue Mountain’s Mystery Tours interactive ghost tour.
Mr Stink
Orange Civic Theatre Byng St, Orange, NSW, AustraliaDavid Walliams’ award-winning book comes to life on stage for children 6-12… and their adults!‘
Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well…
Cusp
Cowra Civic Centre 104 Darling Street, Cowra, NSW, AustraliaFrom ATYP. How do you move into the future, when your past keeps dragging you backwards?
Set in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Cusp examines the lives of three young adults on the cusp of adulthood, swimming against the tides of irrevocable change. How do you move into the future, when your past keeps dragging you backwards?
Tickets Free Tickets
une[art]hed Art Prize – GULGONG
Gulgong Memorial Hall 112 Herbert St, Gulgong, NSW, AustraliaGulgong Arts Council is thrilled to announce that Wendy Sharpe, one of Australia's most acclaimed and awarded artists, who lives between Sydney and Paris, is visiting Gulgong as guest judge of our unethed competition in June 2023.
Peter Solness Walking Projection Tour
Gulgong Holtermann Museum 125 Mayne Street, #123, Gulgong, NSW, AustraliaDressed as Henry Beaufoy Merlin, Peter Solness will lead a walking tour using a battery-operated projector and Holtermann Collection images.
A projection walking tour featuring Holtermann photos taken in the winter of 1872. Join us on this winter wander to see what was and what remains in the streets of Gulgong NSW.
Peter Solness is a multi-award winning photographer, artist, educator and writer who specialises in the photographic method of Light Painting.
Flora and Fauna – Drawing Workshop
Maldhan Ngurr Nurra Lithgow Transformation Hub Bridge Street, Lithgow, NSW, AustraliaJoin art teacher Jessica Ann Leffley who will guide you to create a unique painting.
Flannel Flowers or furry friends, use an array of materials to create a unique portrait of your favourite Australian plant or animal.
$50
Frost and Fire
Forbes Showgrounds Forbes, NSW, AustraliaThis year’s live music is a mix of local and regional support acts with Belinda Day from Grenfell kicking off the evening, Forbes locals Cler, Em & Jo back by popular demand, and indie-pop’s brightest newcomer Birdee 王煒, originally from Parkes, now making waves internationally.
And our incredible headline act, Aussie pop sensation Sneaky Sound System will be taking the stage at the end of the night with all your favourite songs!
There will also be plenty of fiery action featuring Sydney Fire Dancers along with the iconic lighting of our grand effigy.
$15 – $18
Cowra Eisteddfod Grand Concert 2023
Cowra Civic Centre 104 Darling Street, Cowra, NSW, AustraliaCowra Eisteddfod Grand Concert of Prize Winners is a showcase of the amazing talent the eisteddfod attracts each year.
Burning of the Clocks Lantern Festival
Lithgow Valley Colliery and Pottery Site Lithgow, NSW, AustraliaBurning the Clocks, a fire and lantern festival , created by Same Sky has been a Brighton tradition for decades.
The festival will see lantern making workshops followed by a community lantern parade along Silcock St , a fantastic fire show during which a fire sculpture will be lit, live music plays as participants pass their lanterns through the fire to let go of all that no longer serves them.
Newbridge Winter Solstice Festival
Newbridge Showground Newbridge, NSW, AustraliaSaturday June 24 12pm - late. Bonfire at 5pm Follow for more details Take a look below! An action packed afternoon and evening of fun frivolity, music, dance and drama starting midday through to 7pm Contact: NewbridgeProgAssoc@outlook.com
Cushion Concert
Condobolin Community Centre Cnr of Bathurst St & Dennison st, Condobolin, NSW, AustraliaDate for your calendar!
Let’s encourage young talents!
Winter School Holiday Workshop
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW, AustraliaSCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Winter themed art making workshops at the gallery
- Paper snowflake garlands
- Badge making
Sculptures in the Garden
Rosby Wines, Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Mudgee 122 Strikes Ln, Eurunderee, NSW, AustraliaSculptures in the Garden is an exciting event that combines garden design, large scale Australian sculpture and traditional art mediums in beautiful rural surroundings within a private garden and vineyard in Mudgee.
$5
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’).