Black Gully Music Festival 2022
10am SAT NOV 9th

Every year Armidale folk gather at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community, music and biodiversity
Armidale Vegetable Sowing Guide
This guide shows planting time periods that should allow you to get a crop in Armidale.
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CANCELLED» Final Koala Dance Rehearsal for the Autumn Festival Parade!

[ Thursday, 4 Apr; 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm. ] /// PARADE & PARK STALLS/ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERNOON CANCELLED /// We are doing it again!! Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 6th — The Giant 5m high Koala and her baby is coming back! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am [...] full article »

Let’s do it again! Koala Dance Rehearsal this Sunday for the Autumn Festival Parade!

[ Sunday, 24 Mar; 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ] We are doing it again!! Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 6th - The Giant 5m high Koala and her baby is coming back! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am (tbc) at Central Park) Rehearsals: This Sunday afternoon 24th March, 3:30 [...] full article »

CANCELLED» Armidale Autumn Festival 2024 – join the Giant Koala in the Parade!

[ Tuesday, 19 Mar; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] /// PARADE & PARK STALLS/ACTIVITIES IN THE AFTERNOON CANCELLED /// The 5m high Giant Koala and her baby that first attended the Armidale Autumn Festival in 2023 will be appearing again this year!. Would you like to join her in the Parade? Join in the Stayn’ Alive Bear Gees Koala dance. We want to support her with [...] full article »

Get involved with Armidale’s March for Forests

[ Sunday, 24 Mar; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] While we aren't aren’t planning a March in March for Forests, we will be taking that energy to the Autumn Festival Parade! In support of the Bob Brown Foundations March for Forests we will have information on the SLA stall at the PCYC Markets in the Mall and plans for the Autumn Parade. We invite everyone to [...] full article »

Koala Dance Rehearsal this Wednesday for the Autumn Festival Parade!

[ Wednesday, 29 Mar; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Come and Join the Stayin’ Alive -Bear Gees -Koala Dance – for the Autumn Festival Parade and day in Civic Park April 1st - with the Giant 5m high Koala and her baby! Join the Parade for 12:30 (marshalling around 11:00am at Central Park) Rehearsal Wednesday 29th 5pm Curtis Park – (where the Farmer’s Market usually are) [...] full article »

Can you help? The Giant Koala Community Art project at the Autumn Festival and Parade

[ Friday, 31 Mar; ] The Giant Koala and Threats Community Art project (Renew Armidale) is supported by Sustainable Living Armidale, and will makes its debut appearance at the Armidale Festival and Parade on Saturday April 1st, 2023. Can you help make this happen? or help on the day? We will also be creating an educative and interactive Koala expo with the [...] full article »

Community help readies Giant Koala sculpture for Autumn parade

[ Saturday, 1 Apr; ] The Giant Koala sculpture that will be a highlight of this year’s Armidale Autumn Parade is now almost complete and ready for its debut – thanks to many individuals and businesses in the local community. The ‘Renew Armidale - Giant Koala and Threats - Community Art Sculpture’, to give it its full name, has been under [...] full article »

Armidale project aims to help save koalas — by building one!

[ Sunday, 5 Mar; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Concern is now widespread that land-clearing, urban development and more frequent bushfires are having a devastating effect on populations of our cuddly, national icon – but a project in Armidale is developing a novel idea to draw attention to its plight and how we can address the problems. [embed width="520" height="520"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjMtXL0mK_8[/embed] Imagine a single image in which [...] full article »

What will the future look like — get dressed up for the Autumn Parade

[ Saturday, 18 Mar; 12:00 pm; ] 25th anniversary Autumn Festival Parade is on this year, 12:00pm Saturday 18th March. We are float 41, and we will assemble midday near 245 Beardy Street. Wear Retro-Future-Eco-Fashion, if that style had a name maybe it would be "Green Punk". We have come up with the idea inline with this year's theme "25 years" of 25 years into the [...] full article »

Team Sustainables Win! 36–25, SLA’s 2016 Autumn Parade float in pictures

[ Saturday, 19 Mar; 1:00 pm; ] It was a close game of earthball played hard on the streets of Armidale. A competitive, and at times chaotic game unfortunately overshadowed by scandalous off field bribes and cheating. Team Sustainables were clean winners —36 points defeating Team Fossil Fuels 25 points after a disciplinary 10 point deduction made at the end of the parade. The [...] full article »

SLA’s float at Autumn Parade 2016: Sustainables Vs Fossil Fuels earth ball game

[ Saturday, 19 Mar; 11:30 am; ] We are float 33 and will assemble on Beardy Street between Butler and Markham Streets at 11:30am tomorrow. Wear black track pants, gym shoes and bring both a black t-shirt (if you have one) and a bright coloured t-shirt (if you have one). We have a place nearby to store gear that isn't used 🙂 Theme is a fun [...] full article »

SLA Autumn Parade float 2015 in pictures

[ Saturday, 14 Mar; 1:00 pm; ] See the full set at Flickr. full article »

Autumn Festival Float Working bee Sat 2pm – 4pm

[ Saturday, 28 Feb; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] We've got some great ideas for our SLA float in the Autumn Festival Parade, and there's a working bee on Saturday 28th from 2pm to 4ish, at Bar & Pats' place (contact info@slarmidale.org for the address). Can't guarantee that there'll be jobs for all, but there's bound to be a contribution you can make - [...] full article »

SLA in Autumn Festival Parade

[ Saturday, 14 Mar; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Note the date Saturday 14th March, and come and walk with SLA in the Armidale Autumn Festival Parade. Every year SLA has a 'walking float' (no petrol) that is colourful, musical and entertaining, with just a hint of how to make the transition to a low carbon future for our local community. Keep watching SLAM [...] full article »

Planning the SLA Autumn Festival float

[ Sunday, 8 Feb; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] The Autumn Festival Parade will be on Saturday March 14th. For the eighth year running, SLA will again have (we hope) a fantastic 'walking' float in the Parade, with your help. Creative input is needed now. There are over 600 SLA supporters out there - and here's an SLA activity with a place for everyone: Can [...] full article »

Autumn Fest: SLA – Float 33

[ Saturday, 15 Mar; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Come and join the SLA Float in the Autumn Festival Parade. We're float 33. Assemble in Beardy Street, between Butler and Markham Street at 12 noon. We'll be behind the Waldorf School and Southern New England Landcare. It's a great opportunity to make SLA visible in the community, with thousands watching. As usual SLA will be on foot, brightly [...] full article »

SLA – Autumn Festival Parade – Working bees

[ Saturday, 8 Mar; 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Wednesday, 12 Mar; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Will you walk with SLA in the big parade on Saturday 15th March at 12.00noon? Let us know, email info@slarmidale.org That's step one. Will you dress in bright colours and wear a fabulous hat of your own making, or made at a working bee, that is big and bold? and can carry a symbolic message. Will you help [...] full article »

Autumn Festival: SLA Float

[ Wednesday, 19 Feb; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] This year the Autumn Festival Parade is on Saturday March 15th, middle of the day. SLA has entered a float every year since we began, and we have won the Best Community Float more than once. (This pic is part of the 2009 SLA float). If you would like to be involved this year, and there is [...] full article »

SLA Autumn Festival Float #33

[ Saturday, 16 Mar; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Everyone is invited to walk with the SLA float in the Autumn Festival Parade. It is Float number 33, assembly point 'C'. We are just behind the floats for the Waldorf School and Southern New England Landcare. Colourful whirligig signs have already been painted for each action group, so we need people to carry them. Please send [...] full article »

SLA in Autumn Festival Parade

[ Saturday, 16 Mar; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Thousands of locals and visitors watch the Armidale Autumn Festival Parade. Every year SLA supporters walk in the parade with lively and colourful messages about aspects of our community's sustainability. The Parade is on Saturday 16th March, and we are working on colour, music, signs to let people know who we are, what we do, and [...] full article »

Autumn Festival – SLA float

[ Saturday, 17 Mar; 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Armidale's Autumn Festival Parade will be on Saturday 17th March, starting at 12.30pm. An SLA gathering to start work on our float is on Saturday 3rd March at 3 o'clock. SLA has been part of this massive parade for the past three years, with a 'walking float', and we're now planning this year's and invite your help [...] full article »

Let’s paint our Autumn Parade float

[ Friday, 18 Mar; 3:00 pm; ] Maybe we have taken float too literally this year, but this is only the beginning. Think a ring of wheelbarrows full of oversized veges, think shopping trolley truck, think shopping trolley plane, and then think 'Where in the world does our food come from?'. We are doing a final paint job and finishing touches to the [...] full article »

Let’s float together

[ Wednesday, 2 Mar; 6:00 pm; ] The Armidale Autumn Parade is on Saturday 19th of March. We need lots of people for our award winning community float. The theme this year for our parade entry is 'Where in the world does our food come from?'. We will amass at 93 Brown Street on Wednesday the 2nd of March at 6pm. Be [...] full article »