There’s plenty to do around the Riverina this week, from celebrating the best of Italy to checking out Coolamon’s Yield Festival. Photo: iStock/Todor Tsvetkov.
Plenty is happening around the Riverina this week, from the return of the River and Wren Market to the Italian festival and everything in between!
There are three new releases this week at Forum 6 – an American vigilante action thriller (The Equalizer 3), an American supernatural horror comedy (Haunted Mansion) and an Australian documentary (Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story).
Junee Athenium is having a free screening of 80 FOR BRADY.
Wagga RSL will feature live music from Michelle Robertson and Wobbly Boot in the Sportsbar this Friday and Saturday.
Head to Griffith to celebrate the Taste of Italy over the weekend.
Celebrate the best of Coolamon at the opening night of the Yield Festival.
Check out Mama Mia – The Abba Tribute Show featuring hits from the 70s.
For market lovers – River and Wren Market and Griffith Rotary Market return this Sunday.
Australian funnyman and TikTok comedy sensation Luke Kidgell will be performing his new show in Wagga.
All Week
There are three new releases this week at Forum 6. Photo: Supplied.
Forum 6 Cinemas
When: All week
Where: Forum 6 Cinemas, 77 Trail Street, Wagga
Cost: Various. Tickets can be purchased here.
Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall in the final instalment of The Equalizer trilogy in which he moves to Southern Italy to escape from his past only to discover his new friends are under the control of the Sicilian Mafia.
Starring LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto and more, the Haunted Mansion follows a single mother who hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her new mansion.
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story follows the wild ride of the maverick entrepreneur Michael Gudinski who defied convention and revolutionised the Australian music industry.
Also screening: The Sound of Freedom, The Miracle Club, Strays, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Talk To Me, Gran Turismo, Dracula: The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Meg 2: The Trench and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.
Enjoy live gigs at the RSL Club every Friday and Saturday night. Photo: Vershinin.
Wagga RSL Live Gigs
When: Friday 25 August, 7 pm, Saturday 26 August, 7:30 pm
Where: Wagga RSL Club, Cnr Kincaid and Dobbs Streets, Wagga
Cost: Free.
Wagga RSL’s live gigs this weekend will feature Michelle Robertson tonight (Friday), with Wobbly Boot on Saturday night. Head down for a delicious dinner with friends or family while you enjoy the live music.
Sam Trimboli of La Piccola is the embodiment of Taste of Italy Week. Photo: Visit Griffith.
Taste of Italy
When: Friday 25 to Sunday 27 August, 9 am to 5 pm
Where: 1 Jondaryan Ave, Griffith
Cost: Various.
Griffith’s A Taste of Italy festival reaches its crescendo this weekend, highlighted by live music, authentic street food, a pop-up stall selling merchandise, a free tasting event and a fundraiser centred around the traditional Italian pastry, crostoli.
Coolamon Yield Festival starts this Friday. Photo: Coolamon Shire Council.
Capture Coolamon Shire – Yield Festival
When: Friday 25 August, 6 to 10 pm
Where: The Up-to-Date Store, Coolamon
Cost: Donations welcome.
Head to Coolamon for the opening night of the Yield Festival’s Capture Coolamon Shire photo competition exhibition. The photographs have been taken by amateur photographers and professionals who have captured the wonderous beauty of Coolamon Shire.
Saturday
Mama Mia: The Abba Tribute Show is on at the Gardens Cafe & Function Centre. Photo: Visit Wagga.
Mama Mia – The Abba Tribute Show
When: Saturday 26 August, 7:30 to 10 pm
Where: The Gardens Cafe & Function Centre, 43 Tom Wood Dr, Turvey Park
Cost: Tickets are $115 and can be purchased here.
Mama Mia – The Abba Tribute Show will be held at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre to support the Specialist Medical Resources Foundation, which provides specialist medical equipment to Wagga residents in need.
Sunday
The River and Wren Market is on this Sunday at the Wagga Wagga Showground. Photo: River and Wren Market.
River and Wren Market
When: Sunday 25 June, 10 am – 3 pm
Where: Wagga Wagga Showground
Cost: Free.
Held at the Wagga Wagga Showground six times a year, the River and Wren Market is a fantastic opportunity to find some brilliant handmade, homemade and homegrown goodies. With more than 100 traders, street food vendors, and fun for the kids, the River and Wren Market is an event lots of locals mark on their calendars.
The Griffith Rotary Market will be held every Sunday.
Griffith Rotary Market
When: Sunday 27 August, 7:30 am to noon
Where: Griffith Showground, Murrumbidgee Avenue, Griffith
Cost: Gold coin donation.
Head to the Rotary Sunday Markets at the Griffith Showground to get your hands on the Riverina’s freshest fruit and veg, eggs, chutneys, cakes and other homemade goodies.
There will be fresh coffee and bacon and eggs too!
Tuesday
TikTok famous comedian Luke Kidgell will be performing his show Happy Hour in Wagga next week. Photo: Supplied.
Luke Kidgell – Happy Hour
When: Tuesday 29 August, 6 and 9 pm
Where: Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, Burns Way (off Tarcutta St), Wagga
Cost: Tickets are $55 and can be purchased here.
Australian comedian Luke Kidgell will be in Wagga for his new show Happy Hour at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre.
Junee Athenium Theatre is having a free screening of 80 FOR BRADY on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied.
80 FOR BRADY
When: Tuesday 29 August, 10 am
Where: Junee Athenium Theatre, 89 Broadway Street, Junee
Cost: Free, but you must RSVP here.
80 FOR BRADY follows a true story of four best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to the Super Bowl to see quarterback legend Tom Brady.
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