The Leeton Pride Festival brings the community together to celebrate acceptance and openness. Photo: Visit NSW.
If you’re looking to let your hair down and get out with the community, the Leeton Pride Festival is back this week, celebrating diversity and resilience in the queer community alongside their allies through a three-day expression of joy and fun.
For a kids event full of fun and just a bit of mystery, the Temora Museum opens its doors after-hours this Friday with tours, yummy snacks and face painting.
For older kids (and their parents) looking to further their education, the Boarding Schools Expo comes to Griffith, bringing some of the best educational institutions from across the nation to one spot, giving parents and students an opportunity to weigh up their options for the next step in their lives.
Multiple Days
An Australian artist on tour at the Wagga Art Gallery. Image: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.
Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection
When: 13 to 19 June, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm; Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm; closed Monday
Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and National Art Glass Gallery, Civic Centre, Corner of Baylis and Morrow streets
Cost: Free.
Clarice Beckett’s paintings are some of the most original in Australian art, demonstrating a sensitivity to Australian colour, light and atmosphere. With an eye for the fleeting and the ephemeral, Beckett captured the essence of Australia’s coastal character, both suburban and wild.
This travelling exhibition comes all the way from the National Gallery and it is the first time this collection is on view. It is particularly special as the paintings have undergone extensive conservation work.
The Leeton Pride Festival is back this week. Image: Visit Leeton.
Leeton Pride Festival
When: 13 June, 6 pm till late; 14 June, 3 till 8 pm; 15 June, 11 am to 3 pm
Where: Various locations including Wade Hotel and Mountford Park; see website for more detail.
Cost: Parade free, registration for Rodeo Royalty Drag Contest $5. Book online.
The Leeton Pride Festival is back, celebrating diversity and resilience in the Riverina’s queer community and inviting everyone, no matter who they are, to join them in that celebration.
Come see an expression of queer joy over three days of fun, with parades, parties, performances, drag shows and more. Don’t miss out or you’ll have to wait until next year’s festival!
Head to the Wagga RSL for a morning of fun with bricks. Photo: Visit Wagga.
Brick Envy at the Wagga RSL
When: 17 and 19 June, 9 am to noon
Where: Wagga Wagga RSL, 30 Dobbs Street, Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free.
Brick Envy is an inclusive, creative building space giving adults over 18 a chance to get together and build whatever they can conjure up with LEGO. Focusing on creativity and confidence-building, this event seeks to bring together builders to enjoy each other’s company through parallel play.
Whether attending for fun, friendship or the love of building with bricks, it’s a fun way to spend a morning.
Friday
After hours, the museum comes alive. Photo: Visit NSW.
Night at the Temora Museum
When: 13 June, 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Where: Bundawarrah Centre Cultural Precinct, 29 Junee Road, Temora
Cost: Tickets from $4 for single tickets, family tickets for $25. Book online.
Experience an unforgettable adventure at the Temora Museum.
The Temora Museum will come to life after-hours with live music from the Tin Shed Rattlers, illuminated exhibitions and video projections onto some of the historic buildings in the Bundawarrah Cultural Precinct.
Kids will get to chase away the chill with fire buckets and have their faces painted. They’ll enjoy a guided tour that will bring the history of the museum roaring to life. They will also enjoy treats and delicacies like s’mores, hot chocolates, popcorn and more.
Wednesday
A disability doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the joy of sport. Photo: Visit NSW.
Wheelchair AFL
When: 18 June, 9 to 11 am
Where: Bolton Park Stadium, Morgan St, Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free. Book online.
Wheelchair AFL is an inclusive, life-changing opportunity for those living with a disability to participate in sports, build confidence and form bonds, all within a friendly environment.
This event is organised by Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT, whose mission is to engage the community with a fun way to play sport, open to all.
Get your collage on at the Albury Library. Image: Humanitix.
Paper Collage workshop at the Albury Library Museum
When: 18 June, 5:30 to 7 pm
Where: Albury Library Museum, 540 Kiewa St, Albury
Cost: Free. Book online.
Open to teens and adults, this collage workshop is an afternoon of cosy creativity at the Albury Library Museum. No experience is needed at this fun class all about cutting, splicing, splitting and reorganising many images into one cohesive and creative whole – there’s no end to what you could create.
Thursday
Weighing up your education options? Photo: Boarding Schools Expo.
Boarding Schools Expo in Griffith
When: 19 June, 12:30 to 6:30 pm
Where: Griffith Leagues Club – Southside, 2 Bridge Rd, Griffith
Cost: Free. Registrations required.
This expo is a great chance to check out and compare the boarding schools from around the region, giving parents and students a golden opportunity to go in-depth with some of the best educational institutions in the country.
Questions about daily life, routines, support, friendships, homesickness and diet are all welcome and there will be representatives from the schools willing to answer anything. Since 2005, more than 15,000 kids and their families have come to these pop-up expos and some families have travelled more than 2000 km to attend. More than 90 per cent of visitors leave with a shortlist of schools.
Twenty-six schools from Sydney, regional NSW, Melbourne and the ACT will be present.
The magic of birdsong rendered in music. Photo: Riverina Conservatorium of Music.
The Magpie and the Nightingale – Concert
When: 19 June, 1 to 2 pm
Where: Uranquinty Community Hall, Baker Street, Uranquinty
Cost: Free.
The Magpie and the Nightingale brings audiences into a world of magic where birds sing through the melodies of recorders, guitar and cello, delicately blending drama and innovative use of sound.
This concert captures nature’s voice and the eloquent beauty of birdsong through instruments and combines renaissance, baroque and contemporary soundscapes.
