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FEBRUARY 2012
SUMMERSIDE FESTIVAL
Wednesday 1st to Wednesday 29th
Over 25 regional venues across Bungendore, Yass, Hall, Murrumbateman and the Canberra region
www.thepoachersway.com.au

Come out and enjoy the sunshine at the inaugural Summerside Festival!
Celebrating everything good about summer in the Capital, this month-long festival will be full of alfresco dining events celebrating local and seasonal produce, opportunities to taste the best of the region's wines as well as innovative and exciting performances, events and exhibitions highlighting local talent.
So grab your sunscreen and hat and discover summer in the Capital with a lazy long lunch, twilight garden concert, master class, champagne and wine tasting or make a weekend of it at one of our B&Bs.
The Bungendore Wood Works Gallery and Lambert Vineyards are two of our local businesses involved in the Summerside Festival.
Summerside Festival
   
CAM WHITE PRESENTS HILLSIDE DIRT JAM
Saturday 4th
1408 Norton Road, Wamboin
$15 single entry
$40 family entry (2 adults, 2 children)

Practice starts at 4:00pm and the Jam starts at 7:30pm. The Best Trick will be at 8:45pm. Hillside Dirt Jam is in memory of Dane Searls. All proceeds go to Snowy Hydro Southcare Rescue Helicopter.
Hillside Dirt Jam
   
26TH BUNGENDORE COUNTRY MUSTER
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th
Bungendore Showground, Matthews Lane and Village, (PO Box 460), Bungendore
www.bungendorecountrymuster.com.au

The festival begins on Saturday at 2pm with the Stan Coster Memorial Australian Bush Ballad Award being held at 8pm. Sunday is non stop music from 10am to 6pm. The event also flows into the town with busking in the street on Saturday, a bush poet’s breakfast and entertainment at various venues in the village leading up to the weekend at the showground.
When Jim Snow opened the first Bungendore Country Muster in 1986 he predicted a great future for the festival and he got it right. The Bungendore Country Muster has continued and in 2006 celebrated its 21st birthday and each year it continues to go from strength to strength.
The Muster is unique in that it is the only “all Australian” country music festival in Australia and has a core policy of existing for the betterment and benefit of the Bungendore community and Australian country music. All money raised during the festival goes to the local community and on improving the facilities for patrons.
The festival is held at the local show ground and over the years the Muster Committee has made improvements with the building of a permanent stage, water tanks and in 2007 assisted with the local community in the installation of an eight cubicle shower block. With the patrons enjoying the atmosphere of staying at the showgrounds this was a much needed improvement.
Bungendore Country Muster
   
ROTARY "COUNTRY MUSTER" MARKET
Saturday 4th  9:00am to 1:00pm
Corner of Gibraltar and Ellend Streets, Bungendore

Come along and join in the fun. Lots of stalls, famous Rotary BBQ, see and vote for your favourite buskers.
Stll holder registration forms available from Bungendore Post Office.
Rotary Club of Bungendore
   
AN EVENING AND DINNER WITH RICHARD MORECROFT
Saturday 4th  7:00pm
Cafe Woodworks, 18 Malbon Street, Bungendore
(02) 6238 1688
(02) 6238 1682
www.bwoodworks.com.au

Tickets $55 per person includes a three-course dinner

Richard Morecroft is a 2011 Blake Art Prize Finalist Photographer, host of SBS TV's Letters and Numbers program and a former ABC TV News presenter.
Join Richard for an evening at Cafe Wood Works including a three-course dinner and a delightful insight into his visual works and life as seen through and in front of the camer lens.
Richard will also be opening the exhibition by Robert Simpson at the gallery at 2:00pm.
Richard Morecroft
   
ROBERT SIMPSON
Saturday 4th until Monday 26th March
Octagon ArtSpace, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, 18 Malbon Street, Bungendore
(02) 6238 1682
www.bwoodworks.com.au

Robert Simpson is one of the few artists drawing almost entirely on his own creative energy as his motive force, and living proof of the all too often suppressed notion of being able to live by the creation of what you do, rather than to simply follow a path that someone else has set. He now interprets the contemporary landscape and the continuing effects that humankind is having on it. His visually appealing and metaphor ridden images in oil, acrylics and mixed media on canvas. paper and board contain substantial symbolism and are the tangible result of a deep thinking and caring environmental ideology that drives this major artist in his work.
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
   
NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th
www.multiculturalfestival.com.au
National Multicultural Festival
   
ROYAL CANBERRA SHOW
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th
www.rncas.org.au/showwebsite
Royal Canberra Show
   
ARTS AROUND CANBERRA
Various venues in Canberra and the surrounding region
www.artsaroundcanberra.com.au

Arts Around Canberra is designed to make it easy to get to know and keep in touch with the daily activities of the arts community in Canberra and the Capital Region.
Find out what's on and discover the mix of artists working in their studios and performing on stages, and also the many festivals, galleries, theatres and national institutions which call Canberra and the region home.
Arts Around Canberra
MARCH 2012
CANBERRA FESTIVAL
Friday 2nd to Sunday 18th
www.visitcanberra.com.au
Canberra Festival
   
BRAIDWOOD SHOW
Saturday 3rd
Braidwood Showground, Braidwood
www.braidwoodshow.com.au

The Show offers something for all ages including a wide range of classes to enter in the pavilion including school works, horse, sheep, cattle (both commercial and led), poultry and dogs sections as well as junior pets. As well as sideshows, there is sheep shearing, a wide range of industrial displays and entertainment events. Next year, the committee is considering new events such as sheep races and alpaca shearing. The 2006 show will be the 131st, having been held every year since 1876 despite drought, two World Wars and the Great Depression.
Braidwood Show
   

TARAGO SHOW
Sunday 4th
Tarago Showground, Braidwood Road, Tarago
Lou Alaimo (02) 4849 4222
www.tarago.org.au


Local country show featuring horse events, championship dog show, sheep exhibits, sheep shearing, side shows and pavilion displays. Bar and food, and car park facilities available.

Tarago Show
   

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
Sunday 4th
www.cleanup.org.au/au

Every year hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day.
Many communities in our area hold Clean Up Australia Day. Please contact your local community to find out more information.

Clean Up Australia Day
   
AUSTRALIAN GUITAR DUO
Saturday 17th  8:00pm
Octagon ArtSpace, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, 18 Malbon Street, Bungendore
(02) 6238 1682
www.bwoodworks.com.au
Tickets $30 (reserved seating allocated at the time of booking)

Recognised as one of the most dynamic and exciting guitar ensembles, the Australian Guitar Duo has performed throughout the world, including appearances at the New York Guitar Duo Festival in New York City, Project Canción Española in Spain, Festival de Musique Classique in France, and the Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival in Illinois, in addition to numerous cities throughout Australia.
Performing a mixture of contemporary Australian compositions and standard works from the guitar duo repertoire, the Australian Guitar Duo consists of respected soloists Rupert Boyd and Jacob Cordover. They met and formed a duo in the year 2000 while studying under renowned Australian guitarist Timothy Kain at the Australian National University School of Music.
The Australian Guitar Duo has been broadcast on radio stations throughout Australia and the United States, and was a prizewinner of the chamber music division of the Australian Guitar Competition.

Australia Guitar Duo
   
BYWONG COMMUNITY BOOT SALE
Sunday 25th
Gates open for stallholders from 7:30am and for buyers at 9:00am
Community Hall, Birriwa Road, Bywong (off Macs Reef Road — follow signs from Sutton Road or Federal Highway)
bywongbootsale@y7mail.com
Pauline Chambers (02) 6236 9934

Do you have lots of pre-loved things? You know, all those things that you have kept for ages "just in case they might come in handy"! Now is the time to clear them all out and turn them into cash while supporting your local community. Here is the perfect opportunity.
If you love a bargain and enjoy a rummage, then come to your local Car Boot Sale on Sunday 20 March! It will be well signposted off Bungendore Road. Stallholders can set up from 7:30am and the gates will be thrown open to buyers at 9:00am.
There will be loads of stalls — some selling local products and services — all promoting our local businesses, community organisations and clubs. The Pony Club will be showing their incredible skills and refreshments will be available as well as amusement rides and other entertainment for all the family. The Wamboin Rural Fire Brigade will also be there to help us stay aware and prepared for this bush fire season. Landcare will be selling their locally grown native plants and give you some good advice in the process.
Free for all buyers and a small charge for all sellers. Though all proceeds from this great event go to great local causes and gets plowed back in to the local community.
Are you the owner of a local business who would like to take the opportunity to meet and make new customers at the Great Car Boot Sale? Then come along. It is great to be seen to actively support the event where all the profits flow to the local community. This is the annual fundraising event for the local community as well and is proudly supported by a number of locally owned businesses. If you would like to donate a product or a service to our "Amazing Monster Raffle", then please contact Pauline.
Bywong Community Boot Sale
   
WEEREEWA: A FESTIVAL OF LAKE GEORGE
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th
www.weereewafestival.org

The Weereewa Festival is held in autumn (March/April) every two years to celebrate the unique landscape and spirit of the Weereewa Lake George region.
Our aim is to celebrate, conserve and share this awe-inspiring place through arts and community events. This may be an off-road bike ride, dance performance on the lake bed, a scientific forum on sustainable agriculture, a satirical cabaret at the bowling club, kite-making workshops for the very young, or a concert in the local church. We aim to be carbon neutral through several ventures, tree planting, using recycled materials, the Farmers’ Market and Weereewa on the Menu program, both celebrating the great local produce and wines of our area plus encouraging carbon free bike riding!

Weereewa: A Festival of Lake George
   
EARTH HOUR
Saturday 31st  8:30pm
www.earthhour.org

Earth Hour
APRIL 2012
BUNGENDORE PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTUMN FAIR
TBA  9:30am to 2:00pm
Bungendore Public School, 37 Gibraltar Street, Bungendore

A great day out for ALL the family so come along and don't miss the action and all the fun!!
Activities include: Wildcare display, Local Produce, Face and Nail Painting, Balloon Pop, Bottle Lotto, Splat the Rat, Lucky Sticks, Miniature Golf, Cereal Killer, Craft, Candles, Bath Bomb Demo, Jewellery, Gifts, Homewares, Plucka Duck for the toddlers, Super Soaker Shoot-up's, Special appearance by Piggy, Tin Can Alley, Dodgem Cars, Merry Go Round, Giant Slide, Giant Jumping Castle, Canberra nd District Historic Engine Club, South Canberra Youth Wind Orchestra, Lego Comp Display, Photo Comp Display, Art Comp Display, BPS Ensemble Performances, Dance Performances, Bungendore Public has Talent - Finals, Bungendore and District Concert Band Performance, BPS Choir, Kids Art Stall, Southern Tablelands Heritage Automotive Restorers Club Display, SES Display, Rural Fire Service Display, Car and Motor Bike Displays, Cake Box Comp, Cake Stall, Ice creams, Great Coffee, Pancakes, Huge BBQ and drinks, Popcorn, Fairy Floss, Fudge, morning and afternoon teas, Spiders, Games Workshop Display, pre loved books, clothing, toys, White Elephant Stall, Bungendore Carriage Driving Display, Bungendore Quilting display, Silent Auction and much, much more ...
Bungendore Public School Autumn Fair
   
THE pARTnership EXHIBITION
TBA
Bungendore School of Arts, Gibraltar Street, Bungendore
(02) 62382514
Yvonne Pittelkow

In conjunction with Rotary’s Lake George Harvest Festival the pARTnership is holding another of their art exhibitions on the weekend of 15/16 May at the Bungendore School of Arts. The exhibition will showcase a variety of work from local artists and artisans. There will be an opening on Friday 14th May from 7-9pm at the School of Art, to which everyone is invited. The Rotary Art Exhibition and Art Prize will have their opening at the Council Chambers starting at 6pm, so why not come along to both events and support our local artistic talent.

 

The pARTnership Exhibition
   
NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL
Thursday 5th to Monday 9th
www.folkfestival.asn.au
National Folk Festival - April Verch
   
SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW
Thursday 5th to Wednesday 18th
www.eastershow.com.au
Sydney Royal Easter Show
MAY 2012
COLLECTOR VILLAGE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
Sunday 6th
Collector Memorial Hall and Village, Collector
www.pumpkinfestival.com.au

The Collector Village Pumpkin Festival is an annual event, celebrating the Village of Collector through Pumpkins. The Festival weekend kicks off with a Pumpkin Ball on the Friday night. Entries for the Festival Competitions are received during Saturday. Stallholders of craft, wine and fine foods arrive early Sunday morning and set up their wares for Festival Day. Exhibitions, events, competitions and demonstrations occur at different times during the day amusing, entertaining and delighting adults and children alike. 6000 visitors are expected in 2008.
Featuring the classic heaviest pumpkin competitions, the Festival also prides itself on its "Most Unusual" pumpkin competition, which encourages a weird and wonderful visual feast of crazy pumpkins on display on Festival day.
Add scarecrows competitions, wheelbarrow races, fun activities for kids and a host of stallholders featuring the very best of local and regional produce, the Festival prides itself on its unique expression. So don't miss out!
Collector Village Pumpkin Festival
   
THE FESTIVAL OF BRAIDWOOD
TBA
Wallace Street, Braidwood
www.festivalofbraidwood.org.au

The Festival of Braidwood is held on the first Saturday in May each year and is a celebration of Braidwood and district’s heritage and culture, from the earliest settlers through the gold rush years, federation and to the present. The district was discovered by Europeans in the 1820’s and settled in the late 1820’s and 1830’s. The village of Braidwood, named after Dr. Thomas Braidwood Wilson, a highly respected pioneer of the district, was gazetted in 1839.
The whole of the village was heritage listed in 2006.
The Festival of Braidwood
   

HOSKINSTOWN CHESTNUT ROAST
TBA   10:00am to 4:00pm
To book a stall — Jan (02) 6238 2072
To help on the Hoskinstown Community Hall Stall — Rowan (02) 6238 2890

All welcome to this wonderful family day. Come and enjoy roast chestnuts, fresh locally grown chestnuts, cooking demonstrations with chestnuts and many stalls selling produce, cakes, jams, plants, eco-products, clothing, trash and treasure, etc. Refreshments available including BBQ, Devonshire teas and coffee.
Donations of garden produce, home made baked goods, jams and chutneys needed for our cake and produce stalls (please label with all ingredients). Bring to the Hoskinstown Community Hall on the morning of the Chestnut Roast.
The Hoskinstown Chestnut Roast is a major fundraiser for the Hoskinstown Community Hall.

Hoskinstown Chestnut Roast
   

CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
TBA
www.cicmf.org

Canberra International Music Festival
   
ROTARY'S LAKE GEORGE HARVEST FESTIVAL
TBA
Bungendore Oval, Majara Street, Bungendore
TBA Wine Trail
www.rotaryharvestfestival.com

Rotary's Lake George Harvest Festival is a flagship fundraising event for the Rotary Club of Bungendore. Premium offerings will be on show from Lake George region's finest food and beverage establishments and wineries. An exciting line-up of entertainment will allow visitors to relax and while away the afternoon with a host of local performers and acts to continue the festivities. It is going to be much more than a market or a food and wine show — it will be a celebration of all that we harvest from the Earth!

Rotary Lake George Harvest Festival
july 2012
BYWONG TRIVIA CHALLENGE
TBA   7:30pm to 11:00pm
Bywong Community Hall, Birriwa Road, Bywong
(02) 6236 9187
www.bywongcommunity.org.au/events/bywong-trivia-challenge

Each year we hold a Trivia Challenge evening when more than 60 residents vie for the Trivia Shield. We invite associations from nearby localities and local residents to organise tables of 6-8 to compete for the Trivia Shield. The evening is one of fun and merriment and any funds raised go towards donations that we give to the area annually.  We supply a supper of soup and rolls with tea/coffee to end the evening.
Seating will be limited due to hall capacity, so book early if you don't want to miss out.
Bywong Trivia Challenge
AUGUST 2012
FIRESIDE FESTIVAL
Wednesday 1st to Friday 31st
Over 25 regional venues across Bungendore, Yass, Hall, Murrumbateman and the Canberra region
www.firesidefestival.com.au

Make your winter escape an escape to winter by joining the Fireside Festival.
The Fireside Festival is a series of events celebrating winter ... it's all about curling up by the crackling fire, tasting the best winter cuisine, enjoying glasses of fine red wine, discovering new places and experiences, relaxing with friends and family and immersing yourself in winter. The exciting month of events will include everything from degustation dinners, wine tastings, performances, special exhibitions and relaxing B&B packages all with a winter theme — and, of course, there will be endless hot chocolates, gluhwein and hearty winter food on offer.
The Bungendore Wood Works Gallery and Lambert Vineyards are two of our local businesses involved in the Fireside Festival.
Fireside Festival
SEPTEMBER 2012
CARWOOLA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL TRIVIA NIGHT
TBA  7:30pm
Stoney Creek Community Hall, Gathering Place (off Douglas Close), Stoney Creek
Lynton Bond (02) 6238 2368
Entry: $10 per person (includes supper)

Why not get together with a group of friends to make up a table of eight? Everyone is welcome to bring drinks and snacks. Over $1,700 of prizes on offer and it promises to be another fun night.

Carwoola Community Association's Annual Trivia Night
   
FLORIADE
Saturday 15th to Sunday 14th October
www.floriadeaustralia.com

Floriade
   
TULIP TOP GARDENS
TBA
www.tuliptopgardens.com.au

Tulip Top Gardens
OCTOBER 2012
THE SPRING FLING HORSE SHOW WEEKEND
TBA
Bungendore Showground, Matthews Lane, Bungendore
www.arabsinc.com.au

The Spring Fling Horse Show Weekend — Funkhana and Spring Show is on at Bungendore Showground. Stalls and camping available. Programs and details available from the website.

Arabs Inc

   

HARDEN KITE FESTIVAL
Saturday 6th   11:00am to 5:00pm
Harden Picnic Racecourse, Burley Griffin Way, Harden
Ken McKay (02) 6386 3526
hardenbearings@bigpond.com
Markets: Sara Rowan (02) 6386 2685
rowans1979@hotmail.com
Entry by donation

A fabulous family festival with kite flying and competitions for all ages with $700 in prizes and lucky draws to be won. Jumping castle, merry-go-round and free face painting for the kids. Lots of food and market stalls. A classic vehicle display for car enthusiasts.
Demonstrations of paragliding, kite buggy, land boarding, radio control model flying and, weather permitting, ballooning.
Live music by Phat Boyz. Bring you own kite or buy one on the day. This is an alcohol-free event.

Harden Kite Festival
   
IRISH WOOLFEST
Sunday 7th
Main Street, Boorowa
www.irishwoolfest.boorowa.net

The Running of the Sheep at Boorowa's Irish Woolfest has been likened to 'The Running of the Bulls' in Pamplona. Full wool merino sheep rampage down the main street of Boorowa leading the colourful Street Parade. Enjoy the sight of four working Australian kelpie sheepdogs in full cry bringing  the sheep back on track. These dogs leap on and off  Farmer Paul's four wheel motorbike keeping the sheep from disappearing into the sunset.

Boorowa Irish Woolfest

   
BUNGENDORE MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION
TBA   10:00am to 5:00pm
TBA   10:00am to 4:00pm
Bungendore Community Hall, Bungendore Public School, 37 Gibraltar Street, Bungendore
Entry: $6 Adults, $4 Seniors, $3 Children 5-15, $15 Family (2+2), Free for under 5s
www.cmnsg.asn.au/exhibition

The Rotary Club of Bungendore and Canberra Monaro N Scale Group are presenting the second Bungendore Model Railway Exhibition this weekend. Make it a day out in The Sunday is also market day. Bungendore Markets are at the War Memorial Hall, Molonglo Street, Bungendore.
Bungendore Model Railway Exhibition
   
MURRUMBATEMAN FIELD DAYS
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
Field Day Site, Barton Highway, Murrumbateman (between Canberra and Yass)
www.mfdays.com

Murrumbateman Field Days is an annual event dedicated to small area farming, with exhibitors displaying a wide range of machinery, equipment and services.
Murrumbateman Field Days
   
HOME, LEISURE, CARAVAN AND CAMPING SHOW
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th
www.canberrahomeshow.com.au
Home, Leisure, Caravan and Camping Show
   
KITE FLYING KARNIVAL KAPERS
TBA   11:00am to 3:00pm
Stoney Creek Community Hall (off Douglas Close), Carwoola
(02) 6297 7381

Carwoola Community Association is having a Kite Flying Karnival Kapers day!! Come and enjoy the stalls, sausage sizzle and competitions for the children with lots of prizes for different age groups. Prizes will be awarded for:
* Best home made kite
* Longest tail
* Best design
* Highest flying kite
*
Best attempt
For the non-kite fliers there are three categories of colouring-in competitions for children under 12 years old. At the end of the day, kites will fill the sky in the final event which will be absolutely spectacular!! Free entry and fun for all the family.
To book a stall or for more information, contact (02) 6297 7381.

Kite Flying Karnival Kapers
   
BUNGENDORE RODEO
TBA
Bungendore Rodeo Equestrian Sports and Recreation Reserve, Kings Highway, Bungendore (about 5km east of Bungendore towards Batemans Bay)
www.bungendorerodeo.com.au

The Bungendore Rodeo attracts some top class competitors from throughout Australia and overseas. Always a great day for thrill seekers and one of the largest country rodeos. The Rodeo Ground can cater for large number of spectators, has ample car parking facilities and basic camping facilities. Food, merchandising outlets, drink bars and entertainment rides are available.
The Bungendore Rodeo started in 1960 and is an ecumenical event used to raise funds for the local Catholic and Anglican Churches.
Bungendore Rodeo
   

BUNGENDORE SPRING BALL
TBA
Bungendore Hall, Bungendore Public School, 37 Gibraltar Street, Bungendore
Cathy Preston (0412) 611 847
Penny Ford penny.s.ford@gmail.com
Tickets $90pp available until 10 October from:
Bungendore Cellars (10 to 3)
Bungendore Post Office (10 to 3)
Bungendore Wellbeing Centre
Thymes 33 Cafe
Cash and cheque only please or direct deposit. Please email for details.

Live entertainment by The Huge Combo as well as the increasingly popular Silent Auction. Tables of ten and dress to suit the occasion. Three course sit down dinner provided but bring your own drinks.
Prizes for the best dressed man and woman and also the best dressed Esky!
The Bungendore Spring Ball is a major fundraising event for the Bungendore Combined Churches and proudly sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services, Bungendore Community Bank® Branch, DiMage Photography, Adept KM, Bungendore Country Butchery.

Bungendore Spring Ball - Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas
NOVEMBER 2012
MELBOURNE CUP
Tuesday 6th  3:00pm
Flemington Racetrack, Melbourne
www.melbournecup.com

The first Melbourne Cup held in 1861 was certainly a dramatic event. According to legend, Archer, the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup, was reported to have walked 850 km (560 miles) from Nowra to Flemington to be a part of a race that one day would capture the spirit of a nation.
While at the time the news of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills may have kept people away from the race, a modest crowd of four thousand watched the seventeen starters and the thrilling lead up. Before the race commenced, Twilight started early and was captured only after he had run the whole course, and tragically, two horses, Dispatch and Medora, had died after a fall.
The following year Archer raced again to win his second successive Melbourne Cup. Although it is rumoured, he again had walked from Nowra to Flemington, many people thought it was more likely that he had travelled anonymously by ship.
Despite his owner's intention to race Archer for a third Melbourne Cup, he was unable to do so because of a technical error. Archer's acceptance nomination to race failed to arrive in time because it was delayed in the post. As a result, owners scratched many horses, in a show of solidarity. This left a starting field of only seven horses that history shows was to be the smallest field of horses to race in the Melbourne Cup.
At ten years of age, Archer fell in a race and was retired to stud but his place in history was forever cemented. The first Melbourne Cup winner was immortalised in the 1984 film Archer.
Melbourne Cup
   

WINE, ROSES AND ALL THAT JAZZ FESTIVAL
TBA
www.canberrawines.com.au

Wine, Roses and All That Jazz Festival
   

CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TBA
www.canberrafilmfestival.com.au

Canberra International Film Festival
   
MUSIC AT THE CREEK FESTIVAL
TBA
Majors Creek, 15km south of Braidwood
www.musicatthecreek.com

Music at the Creek is a festival of music, dance and poetry. While its primary focus has been on folk music, we encourage a range of other acoustic genres, especially from young, or new and emerging acts. The festival is small, family friendly, and based around the local recreation reserve at Majors Creek. At the Creek you can mingle with the renowned and the not so famous in a  spirit of festivity and fun. Join us at beautiful Majors Creek for a warm and friendly festival.
Music at the Creek Festival
   
QUEANBEYAN SHOW
TBA
www.queanbeyanshow.com.au

Queanbeyan Show
   
CANBERRA COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL
TBA
www.canberracountry.com

Canberra Country Music Festival
   
BUNGENDORE 2011 QUILT EXHIBITION
Saturday 24th   9:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday 25th   10:00am to 4:00pm
War Memorial Hall, Molonglo Street, Bungendore
www.bungendorequilters.com.au

The Bungendore 2010 Quilt Exhibition will be featuring a collection of handmade quilts, patchwork and textiles by members of Bungendore Quilters. The exhibition is proudly supporting our local craftspeople and our community. There is a terrific raffle to try your luck as well as a sales table providing good quality handmade craft. Great for Christmas gifts!!
Bungendore Quilt Exhibition
   
BRAIDWOOD "AIRING OF THE QUILTS"
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th   9:00am to 5:00pm
National Theatre, Wallace Street, Braidwood
www.bragart.com.au/quilts.htm

Saturday — "Airing of the Quilts" — Outdoor Exhibition of quilts exhibited in Wallace Street
Saturday and Sunday — Indoor Exhibition in the National Theatre
The historic town of Braidwood becomes a mecca for quilters and tourists alike as it hosts the famous "Airing of the Quilts" and annual Quilt Exhibition.
In magnificent spring weather the main street is aglow with colour as quality quilts are strung up on the first floor verandahs with a backdrop of intricate and ornate iron work and wood.
Quilts also decorate shop windows, restaurants and cafes, and are exhibited indoors.
Some 500 quilts are usually displayed outside, with talks and demonstrations by quilters, and quilts for sale. Spectacular event — see the quilts hanging from every building in the main street.
Also open studios, open gardens, markets, church exhibitions and more!
Braidwood 'Airing of the Quilts'
DECEMBER 2012
CARWOOLA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S CHRISTMAS GET TOGETHER BBQ
TBA  5:00pm to 7:30pm
Stoney Creek Community Hall, Gathering Place (off Douglas Close), Carwoola
RSVP: Christine or Lynton Bond (02) 6238 2368

Everyone is invited to the Christmas Get Together BBQ held by the Carwoola Community Association. Please bring a plate (dessert or salad). Tea and coffee will be available.
Carwoola Community Association's Christmas Get Together BBQ
   

CAROLS IN THE PARK
TBA  6:30pm
Wilkins Memorial Park, Foxlow Street, Captains Flat
If wet, the Carols will be held in the Captains Flat Community Hall
S355@captainsflat.org
www.captainsflat.org/S355.htm
Anita (0423) 203 041

Carols in the Park will be held on Saturday 10 December. The Captains Flat Area S355 Committee is preparing the park for this very important public event and looks forward to the Captains Flat community, friends and relatives joining in this unique get together.
There is time to register yourself or your choir to lead the singing. Glow candles will be available you can read the lyric sheets. Contact Anita to nominate yourself, your trio, quartet or any number of singers in your choir and the carol you wish to lead.

Carols in the Park
   
BUNGENDORE LATE NIGHT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
TBA  5:30pm to 9:00pm
A great night of shopping, food, entertainment and Santa Claus.

Late night shopping is on again in Bungendore Village and every year it gets bigger and better. Old favourites such as Santa's street strolling, sidewalk specials, wine and treat tastings and twilight buskers will all be there. Many businesses see the night as a chance to thank loyal customers and staff with a drink and a bargain and newcomers will enjoy the surprise happenings. Local businesses look forward to seeing you! Sponsored by Bungendore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Bungendore and District Concert Band will be playing on the stage on the vacant lot near Foodworks from 6:00pm Come along and enjoy the music!
Bungendore Late Night Christmas Shopping
   
HELPING HANDS CHRISTMAS DONATIONS
TBA
Bungendore Helping Hands

Donations of non-perishable food items, Christmas food, sweets and drinks. Donations of Christmas gifts (unwrapped) would also be very welcome.
Collection boxes located at:
Anglican Church
Bungendore Kids Zone
Bungendore Post Office
Bungendore Public School
Catholic Church
Food Works Supermarket
Your donation will give those in need a better Christmas.
Packing of hampers at St Mary's Church. All welcome — non denominational.
Helping Hands Christmas Donations
JANUARY 2013
BUNGENDORE SHOW
TBA
Bungendore Showground, Matthews Lane, Bungendore
www.bungendoreshow.com.au
Adults: $15
Children under 15 years: Free

Events include cattle, goats, sheep, poultry, donkeys, mules and of course horses (10 rings no less). The pavilion will house a diverse range of exhibits, from flowers to photography, handicrafts and needlework, preserves, home brews and vegetable and farm produce. There is also much scope for our younger entrants, with children's classes in many sections. We are proud to have been hailed as the best little one day show in New South Wales and as we endeavour to live up once again to such an accolade, we hope you will enjoy all the Bungendore Show has to offer.
Photo courtesy Angie Angel.

Bungendore Show