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Event ? 23 Jul 2025 - 13 Sep 2025

Sculpture in the Botanic Gardens and Watt Space Gallery

Please join the artists for two launches: at Watt Space Gallery Thursday 31 July from 5.30pm and at Hunter Region Botanic Gardens Saturday 2 August from 1pm

Event ? 12 Sep 2025 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Pairings & Odd Couples - Newcastle

Exploring Dynamic Connections Between Diverse Musical Worlds.

Event ? 14 Sep 2025 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

From Mars to Muswellbrook: Thomas Parmeter's Symphony No. 1

An afternoon of music written by an extraordinary 15-year-old composer from Muswellbrook, this epic debut shimmers with imagination.

Event ? 17 Sep 2025 - 1 Nov 2025

Bio Assembly

BIO ASSEMBLY is a suite of four exhibitions, featuring seven artists that challenge our perceptions of landscape, space, ethics and entropy. Intimate and immersive, the artists present alternate views and recreate spaces that mediate anticipated responses to four distinct environments,…

Event ? 20 Sep 2025 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: Keri Glastonbury's 51 Alterities Book Launch

Keri Glastonbury is associate professor in Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle. Her poems have been widely published in magazines and collections. Her poetry collection, Newcastle Sonnets, was shortlisted for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry.

Event ? 20 Sep 2025 from 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Newcastle Young Suzuki Musicians Celebrations Concert 2025

Experience the timeless beauty of classical music performed by the extraordinary young musicians of our local youth orchestras and choirs.

Event ? 21 Sep 2025 from 2:30pm - 5:00pm

Newcastle University Choir - The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace

Newcastle University Choir performs an impressive program 'The Armed Man' in contribution to the Shaping Futures Scholarships fund.

Event ? 28 Sep 2025 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Waratah Brass Band - The Animal Kingdom

Join Waratah Brass and Waratah Brass Academy Band for their next big concert.

Event ? 30 Sep 2025 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Newcastle Writers Festival presents: An Evening with Sally Hepworth

Sally Hepworth is the New York Times-bestselling author of 10 novels, including The Soulmate and Darling Girls. The Family Next Door has been adapted by the ABC. Her new book, Mad Mabel, will be available in September.

Event ? 2 Oct 2025 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm

First Rhythms: Adam Manning and Australian Art Orchestra

Blending traditional percussion with modern instruments, improvisation and notation, it creates a living dialogue between sound, movement, and Country. This performance is guided by the Indigenous understanding that everything is alive and carries a pulse – such as the earth’s natural rhythm.

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