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GIGS
- Ashmont Hotel: Play It Cool will play it live from 8pm.
- Commercial Club: Moulin Blue will play on the deck from 5pm.
- Duke Hotel: Start your weekend with the Duke's DJs from 9pm.
- Home Tavern: Get loose this Friday night with Loosen Up from 9pm.
- Romano's Hotel: Guest DJ Scandal will spin some tunes as part of O Party with Taylor Bentley from late.
- Rules Club: Amanda Long will play in the cafe area from 5pm to 7pm while Smithers plays in the main area.
- Victoria Hotel: The Mighty Yak will play downstairs from 9pm as part of the Somersby Party while DJ Summer and Fusionists spin some tunes upstairs from 10pm.
- William Farrer: Jake Casey will play an acoustic set from 9pm to ease you into the weekend.
GIGS
Wagga
- Commercial Club: Ken and Adrian will play live from 7pm.
- Duke Hotel: Continue your weekend with all the hottest tracks with the DJ from 9pm.
- Home Tavern: The Convicts will take no prisoners as they rock the Home from 9pm.
- Romano's Hotel: Taylor Bentley and Harry Gillet will spin some tunes at Romano's this Saturday.
- RSL Club: Let the beautiful voice of Cathy Wall take over from 7.30pm.
- Rules Club: Listen to the soothing sounds of Paul Gibbs from 8pm.
- Victoria Hotel: The Mighty Yak will play downstairs from 9pm as part of the Somersby Party while DJ Summer and Fusionists spin some tunes upstairs from 10pm.
- William Farrer: DJ Centennial will get the crowd pumping from 9pm.
EVENTS
Find a bargain at the annual combined churches monster garage sale at the Wagga Baptist Church. The sale runs between 7am and 3pm at 154 Tarcutta Street, entry is free and there will be thousands of items for sale including books, bric-a-brac, furniture, clothes and toys. There will also be a car wash, sausage sizzle, coffee shop, plants, cake stall and much more. Contact Janine Menzies on 6922 3684 or 0409 607 657 for more information.
Head down to the community demonstration gardens, on the corner of Albury and Shaw streets, for the weekly vege swap or buy. Fresh produce is there and available for purchase every Saturday morning from 9am until noon (weather permitting).
GIGS
- Duke Hotel: Finish your weekend on a high note with the DJ at the Duke from 9pm.
- Home Tavern: Try your luck at Bidgee Blues' open mic afternoon from 2pm.
- Rules Club: Let the mellow sounds of Col Noye finish your weekend from 7pm.
EVENTS
Head to Wollundry Lagoon for Fisherama. A family fun day organised by South Wagga Apex, fishing in the Wollundry Lagoon, right in the heart of Wagga Wagga for carp, a pest species. There’s more than $1,000 in prizes on offer. All anglers must enter, and cost is $15 per family or $5 for single entry. The event runs from 6am to noon, and the registration and weigh station is based at the corner of the Esplanade and Best Street. Contact Mathew Longmore on 0407 100 892 for more details.
Sunday Markets in the Myer car park, O'Reilly Street. Markets run from 7.30am to noon. Gold coin entry, proceeds to charity.
Holbrook's miniature railway in Ten Mile Creek Gardens steams off regularly between 10am and 4pm on the second and fourth Sunday of each month. Phone Leo on 6036 2253 or email tourism@greaterhume.nsw.gov.au for more details.
From Barbed Wire to Boundary Fences: The Soldier Settlers of Tarcutta and Wantabadgery (1917 – 1949): Unearth the personal stories of the returned servicemen and their families who began new lives on soldier settlement blocks. Discover how young boys on the post-World War I Tarcutta estate entertained themselves, what living conditions were like, and where the millions of rabbits that overran Wantabadgery in the 1950s ended up. Until June 30 at Museum of the Riverina Botanic Gardens site.
The Sauntering Emu and other stories: Life with the Birds of the Riverina: As a young girl, nationally acclaimed local writer Dame Mary Gilmore observed teams of horses and bullocks working to change the Riverina landscape. She likened these teams to the migratory flights of birds – birds the Wiradjuri people knew so well. This exhibition features rare images and objects, a wealth of local bird species, plus a selection of beautiful poems by Dame Mary Gilmore. Until June 30 at Museum of the Riverina Botanic Gardens site.
Tom Castro: The Man Who Never Was: In 1866, Wagga butcher Tom Castro set in motion one of the greatest cases of disputed identity in modern history. But who was Tom Castro? Was he really Sir Roger Tichborne who vanished at sea in 1854? Or Arthur Orton, from London’s East End? Until June 30 at Museum of the Riverina Botanic Gardens site.
He Belonged to Wagga: Our ANZAC Story (1914-1919): When war was declared in Europe on August 4,1914, the men of Wagga answered the call to arms. From the Kangaroo March of 1915 to the battlefields and beyond, He Belonged to Wagga reveals the personal stories of those who enlisted, through original artefacts, photographs and firsthand accounts. Until June 30 at Museum of the Riverina Botanic Gardens site.
The Sherds of Thomas Ball, convict potter: This short term exhibition contains pottery made by the convict potter Thomas Ball, at his pottery in Brickfield Hill, Sydney. Most of the pieces in the exhibition comes from an excavation carried out by Casey & Lowe, Archaeology and Heritage Pty., Ltd., in 2008. Thomas Ball, a trained Staffordshire potter was found guilty of highway robbery in 1797, and transported to Australia, where around 1801 he set up a pottery and produced a variety of simple hand-painted decorated dishes, bowls, pans, chamber pots, cups and saucers etc., most of which was utilitarian vessels for everyday use in homes in Sydney and Parramatta. The exhibition, on public display for the first time at the National Museum of Australian Pottery, 76 Albury Street Holbrook runs until 31 March 2015.
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- This guide is compiled from The Daily Advertiser gig and events guide, council events calendars, news stories and contributions. Events may be cancelled at short notice. If in doubt, confirm with organisers.