GUNNING ARTS FESTIVAL 2023
28 & 29 OCTOBEr
WELCOME TO GUNNINg
Come along on a tour of a little town with a big heart, home of the Gunning Arts Festival.
Image Credit: Amy Wyer
Connect@gunning station
Opening ceremony
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
11 - 11:35am
FREE EVENT
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by Joel Bulger
Opening Ceremony for Connect@Gunning Station featuring the Gunning Public School Choir
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
MUSIC
The Young Colts
11:40 - 12noon
Enjoy live music by The Young Colts Smooth vocals, punchy base, big guitar solos and wicked drums. It’s the music you’d listen to loud in your truck.
FREE EVENT
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
KIDS BADGE MAKING
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
11:40 - 1pm
FREE EVENT
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
Make yourself a cool badge using the STA Badge Making Machine!
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
EXHIBITION
IN TRANSIT
Sat 28 & sun 29 oct
By Hamish Ta-mé
11:40 - 4:30pm
FREE EVENT
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
EXHIBITION: 3-4 & 10-11 November
Photographic portraits shot whilst commuting; they come from a place of openness and a genuine interest in these unique lives and how the sitters came to be in this time at this place.
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
WANDERING MARIONETTES
Imagin Arta
Demonstration workshop
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
11:40 - 2:40
FREE EVENT
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
Meet Imagin Arta marionettes as they move around the Station and see how they work.
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
EXHIBITION
What if this could be delightful again?
By Berend Kaak
Upcycled Creations & Rescued Artworks
OPENING SAT 28 OCT
12noon
THE PICTURE HOUSE GALLERY
EXHIBITION: 28 Oct - 26 Nov 2023
This event is brought to you by The Picture House Gallery
MUSIC
JAPANESE SHO & DIDGERIDOO
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
12:30 - 1pm
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
Duet performance by Henry Liang on the Japanese Sho and Joel Bulger on Didgeridoo. An amazing duet combining two ancient iconic instruments.
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
Image Credit: Tina Milson Photography
WORKSHOP
PHOTOGRAPHY
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
1:00 - 2:30pm
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
Professional photography tips & tricks with Hamish Ta-mé
FREE workshop
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
This event is brought to you by Southern Tablelands Arts
exhibition
SNAPWRITE
SAT 28 & SUN 29 OCT
11:40 - 4:30pm
CONNECT@GUNNING STATION
FREE EVENT
EXHIBITION: 3-4 & 10-11 November
Exhibition of local photography highlighting the beauty of our region
All artworks will be for sale
This event is brought to you by the Gunning Arts Festival & Creative Gunning
PLAY READING
MILLICENT ARMSTRONG
- FIRE -
SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER
GUNNING COURTROOM
11.30am-1pm
SOLD OUT
This event is brought to you by Music Theatre Projects
Music
GYAN
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
2:30 - 3:30
THE PICTURE HOUSE GARDEN
- postponed -
Come along and enjoy the sweet melodies of Gyan & Si in concert amongst the relaxing Picture House Gardens, located behind The Picture House Gallery & Theatre in Yass Street.
This event is brought to you by The Picture House Theatre
MUSIC
MAD KELPIE PLAY DATE
SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER
2 - 4pm
GUNNING COURTROOM
Come along and enjoy this renowned Irish Folk band.
Ticketed Event hosted by Gunning Focus Group
POETRY
Robyn sykes
SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER
1:30 - 1:50pm
THE PICTURE HOUSE THEATRE
Enjoy colourful and entertaining poetry readings by one of our regions most outstanding poets.
This event is brought to you by The Picture House Theatre
PYE COTTAGE
OPEN
SATURDAY 28 OCT 10am - 2pm
SUNDAY 29 OCT 10am - 1pm
'The Cottage Hospital' display. We highlight four remarkable women and their Maternity/Lying in hospitals in Gunning that served the district. Come along and check out the display.
$5 adult entry, have a cuppa and a chat.
Made possible by Gunning & District Historical Society
FOOD & REFRESHMENTS
A wide range of food & beverage outlets will be open over the Gunning Arts Festival weekend.
Food vans will be selling food & drinks at Connect@Gunning Station and there are terrific cafes and eateries in town including the iconic Telegraph Hotel & Bistro, Merino Cafe and Old Hume Cafe.
SHUTTLE BUS
For your convenience a shuttle bus will transport you to and from Gunning Railway Station to the Main Street of Gunning.
Shuttle Bus from 11:45am
SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER
TBC
Festival schedule
View, download or print our festival schedule
Feedback
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SnapWrite Exhibition is proudly supported by Creative Gunning through a grant from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal Strengthening Rural Communities Program
This event is proudly sponsored by the Upper Lachlan Shire Council