Bicentenary Year Community Events & Activities New Year s Eve Bicentenary Opening Event 31 Dec 2014 Australia Day 26 Jan 2015 Machattie Park Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour 6-8 Feb 2015 Macquarie Philharmonia @ Mayfield Garden 14 Feb 2015 Symphony of Australia Western School Sport 16-19 Feb 2015 NSW Combined High School Boys Cricket Championships The Australian Tenors Songs from the Heart @ BMEC 22 February Wholefood Kitchen & Bathurst Wholefood Co-operative 28 Feb 2015 Celebrating the Seasons Dinner Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural & Pastoral Association 28 Feb 2015 The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl Competition- Zone Final Bathurst AutoFest 7-8 Mar 2015 Bathurst Arts Council 8 Mar 2015 Brucedale Twilight Concert The Listies Make You LOL! Comedy for kids and adults @ BMEC 9, 10, 11 Mar 2015 Evans Arts Council Inc 14-15 Mar 2015 Evans Arts Council Annual Flower Show The Alabar Gold Crown Carnival 18-28 Mar 2015 First Things First, There s a first time for everything.. @ BMEC 19 Mar 2015 Scots School Highland Gathering 22 Mar 2015 Bathurst City Croquet Club 25 Mar 2015 Bathurst200 Golf Croquet Tournament Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary 26-29 Mar 2015 Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary Mystery Trip Bathurst District Historical Society 28 Mar 2015 Open Day Page 1 of 6
Bathurst District Historical Society 29 Mar 2015 Old Government Cottage Bicentennial Heritage Garden Wholefood Kitchen & Bathurst Wholefood Co-operative 29 Mar 2015 Pioneer Picnic Western School Sport 31 Mar 1 April 2015 NSW Combined High School Boys and Girls Cricket Knockout Bathurst Motor Festival 3-5 April 2015 Bathurst Motor Festival Southern Cross Vans Inc 3-6 Apr 2015 40 th Australian Van Nationals Rotary Club of Bathurst Daybreak Inc 11-12 Apr 2015 Nab Blayney to Bathurst (BSB) Cyclo Sportif Central West Bushwalking Club Retrace The Steps Walk 11-12, 18-19, 25-26 April and 2-3 May NAB B2B Blayney to Bathurst 12 April 2015 Western Region Academy of Sport Inc. 12-15 April 2015 Academics of Sport Cycling Road Camp Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural & Pastoral Association 16-19 Apr 2015 147 th Royal Bathurst Show Bathurst Uniting Church 18 April 2015 Victorian High Tea Bathurst Dean Mobbs 27 April 17 May 2015 A Place In Time Buildings of Bathurst In Colour Western School Sport 28-30 Apr 2015 NSW Combined High Schools Girls Football Championships Bathurst Arts Trail 1-10 May 2015 Art of Our Place Bathurst Uniting Church 2 May 2015 Bathurst 200 Dinner Bead & Wirecraft Guild 2-9 May 2015 Reflections 200 Years of Women s Fashion from 1815-2015 Bicentenary Feature Week 3 10 May 2015 Interfaith Ceremony Peoplescape Art Installation Opens Bathurst Refugee Support Group, Ethnic Dances From Burma The Society of Bathurst Bellringers, Make a Joyful Sound 3 May 2015 Page 2 of 6
Bathurst Clay Target Club 3 May 2015 Bathurst 200 Birthday Celebrations Clay Target Shoot Bathurst Business Chamber 6 May 2015 200 years of Bathurst Business Bicentenary Flag Staff at Macquarie River reinstated 7 May 2015 Bathurst District Historical Society Colonial Fair Bathurst Macquarie Heritage Medal 7 May 2015 Bicentenary Night Illumination & Street Festival 9 May 2015 Camwest Paul Bowyer 9-10 May 2015 Bathurst Heritage Rides Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary 12-15 May 2015 Mystery Trips Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre 12 May 2015 Piano Concerto by Avan Yu with the Mitchell Chamber Orchestra Bathurst Highland Society Inc 16 May 2015 Bathurst Highland Society Bicentenary Debutante Ball Showcase Bathurst 200 17 May 2015 Community Concert Sydney Writer s Festival Live Streaming Program @BMEC 21-24 May 2015 Sandra Retallack 24 May 2015 Moorilda (Teapot Swamp) Reunion Bathurst & District Branch of the National Trust of Australia 25 May-29 Aug 2015 Bathurst Bicentenary National Trust Heritage Awards Western School Sport 26-28 May 2015 NSW Combined High Schools Boys Hockey Championships A Monkey Baa Theatre Company Production, The Unknown Soldier @ BMEC 29 May 2015 Caloola Union Church Trust 31 May 2015 Caloola Union Church Service and BBQ Fire of Love The Song Company @BMEC 3 June 2015 Evans Arts Council Inc 13-15 June 2015 Evans Arts Council Annual Photographic Exhibition Winter Winery Wander 14 June 2015 Page 3 of 6
Kelly, Queensland Theatre Company @BMEC 15 June 2015 Head Full of Love @ BMEC 19 June 2015 Western School Sport 23-25 Jun 2015 NSW Primary Schools Boys Football Championships Bathurst Regional Council 18 July 30 Aug 2015 Waste 2 Art Regional Exhibition Bathurst Rugby Club Inc. 5 or 12 Jul 2015 Bathurst200 Ben Chifley Memorial Rugby Match The Moon s a Balloon, Patch Theatre @ BMEC 22-23 July 2015 Education Week NSW Department of Education and Communities Approx. 29 Jul 2015 Education Week Bicentenary Winter Illumination Night street festival 25 July 2015 200 Living Legends tree planting 26 July 2015 The Australian Ballet, The Dancers Company 2015 Classical triple bill featuring Swan Lake @ BMEC 4-5 Aug 2015 Evans Arts Council Inc 7-9 Aug 2015 Evans Arts Council Annual Art Show Synergy Percussion and Noreum Machi, earth cry @ BMEC 13 Aug 2015 Dylan Thomas: Return Journey @ BMEC 21 Aug 2015 Bathurst Eisteddfod Society 1 Sep 17 Sept 2015 Eisteddfod Embroiderers Guild NSW Inc 19 Sep 2015 Creative Textile Fair and Heritage Display Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary 19 Sep 2015 Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary Annual Fete Stamp, Coin, Collectables and Lapidary Club 26-27 Sept 2015 Bathex 200 Evans Arts Council Inc 3-5 Oct 2015 Evans Arts Council Annual Craft Show Page 4 of 6
Bathurst Agricultural, Horticultural & Pastoral Association 3-5 Oct 2015 Bathurst AH & P Spring Show & Country Fair Circus Oz 2015: But Wait.There s More @ BMEC 7 Oct 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 8-11 Oct 2015 Bathurst Bicentenary Dinner 9 Oct 2015 Trunkey Creek Show Society 10 Oct 2015 Trunkey Creek 33 rd Show Bathurst Regional Vignerons Association Inc 12-17 Oct 2015 National Cool Climate Wine Show SDS1 @ BMEC 13, 14, 15 Oct Yetholme and District Progress Association Inc. Yetholme History Day 17 Oct Australian Plants Society Central West District Group 17-18 Oct 2015 200 Years of Native Plants Wholefood Kitchen & Bathurst Wholefood Co-operative 24 Oct 2015 Celebrating the Seasons Dinner An afternoon with the Music of André Rieu Spectacular, presented by Ian Cooper @ BMEC 25 Oct Triumph Sporting Owners Assoc 30 Oct 7 Nov 2015 National General Meeting Bathurst Gardeners Club 31 Oct 2015 Bathurst Spring Garden Spectacular Bathurst Regional Council Oct Nov 2015 A Delightful Spot Central Tablelands Woodcraft 1-2 Nov 2015 Craft & Art on Show Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary 3 Nov 2015 Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary Melbourne Cup Day Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre 6-8 Nov 2015 The Inland Sea of Sound Festival Greening Bathurst Inc 10-11 Nov 2015 Page 5 of 6
Biodiversity Dreaming Conference Pre-War MG Register of Australia 14 Nov 2015 Pre-War MG Register of Australia National Rally Natalie Weir s Carmen Sweet @ BMEC 17 Nov 2015 Bathurst City & RSL Band Association Inc 22 Nov 2015 Bathurst City & RSL 130 th Anniversary Band Festival Bathurst City Men s Bowling Club 5-6 Dec 2015 Carillon City Fours Bowling Tournament List complete as of 5 November 2014 Page 6 of 6