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SUMMARY:Black Gully Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Now in its 15th year\, Sustainable Living Armidale is one of the major sponsors of the much-loved Black Gully Festival! It returns on Saturday 7 November at the scenic Black Gully Reserve\, (behind NERAM on the north and south sides of the creek). This free\, family-friendly event celebrates Armidale’s creativity\, community spirit and natural environment as the warmer weather arrives. \nFrom 10.00am to 7.00pm \, festival goers can enjoy live music across three stages\, along with a makers’ market\, sumptuous food vans\, arts\, craft and science activities\, talks and workshops\, a clothes swap\, creek bug collecting and more. \nFor a full list of sponsors please go to: https://www.neram.com.au/event/black-gully-festival-2026/ \nFestival Program\n\n9.00am – 7.00pm – Festival Livestream and broadcast 2ARMFM Community Radio\n10.00am – 4.00pm – NERAM Art Gallery & feature exhibition Oracle of Time: Interactive Installation.\n10.00am – 4.00pm – Makers\, Community and Environment Markets\nCaring for Koala Country\, Clothes Swap and Slow Living\, Community Garden tours\, Electrify Armidale\, Growing Sustainable Landscapes\, Healthy Headwaters and Creek bug collecting\, NERAM Family Art Making\, River Weaving \, Rising Tide\, Save our Styx\, Talking Soil\, Black Gully Printers\, Community Weathering Station\, Mending-Making- Sharing\,  Face painting and more…..\n10.00am – 7.00pm – Sumptuous Food Vans\n12.00pm – Official Opening – Yidaki performance\, Welcome to Country at Black Gully Central\, Acknowledgement and recognition to 2ARM’s Official Musical Patron\, local Dunghutti Elder Uncle Cyril Green+ Thanks to Sponsors + announcements\n7.00pm – 8.45pm – Astronomy night with the Stars & UNE & NT Astronomical Society@NERAM cafe\n\nMusic\, Dance & Theatre Program\nMain Stages \n10.00am to 7.00pm                              \nMain Stages (Black Gully Reserve) \n\n\n\nTime\nStage\nPerformer\n\n\n10.00am\n2\nBarney Street Band\n\n\n10.40am\n1\nJazz Lab\n\n\n11.20am\n2\nChilli Jam\n\n\n12.00pm\n1\nOfficial opening\, Welcome to Country and Celebration of Uncle Cyril Green-Dunghutti Elder\n\n\n12.30pm\n1\nHarlequin Dance\n\n\n12.50pm\n2\nThe Kelly Gang\n\n\n1.45pm\n1\nRocky Bottom Girls\n\n\n2.35pm\n2\nTriple C Line Dancing\n\n\n2.50pm\n1\nThe Briny Sea\n\n\n3.45pm\n2\nSalsa Dancing\n\n\n4.00pm\n1\nFovndlings\n\n\n5.00pm\n2\nDead Life Co-op\n\n\n6.00pm\n1\nU-Boat Gansey\n\n\n\n  \nAcoustic Stage (NERAM Café) \n10am to 2.00pm                  \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformer\n\n\n10.15am\nThe Miggy Man\n\n\n11.00am\nMC & The Squares\n\n\n12.00pm\nOfficial opening\, Welcome to Country and Celebration of Uncle Cyril Green (on Main Stage)\n\n\n12.40pm\nFirebirds Choir\n\n\n1.35pm\nCrooked Tree\n\n\n\n  \nAboriginal Cultural and Keeping Place Stage (ACCKP) \n10.00am to 4.00pm  \n\n\n\nTime\nPerformer\n\n\n12.00pm\nOfficial opening\, Welcome to Country and Celebration of Uncle Cyril Green (on Main Stage)\n\n\n12.45pm\nLyambay Aboriginal Dance and Sharnae Smith Dance\n\n\n1.30pm\nACCKP OPEN House with Uncle Cyril Green\, BBQ and Kathy Kelly\n\n\n3.00pm\nTiddalick the Greedy Frog (Saturday Magic Theatre Troup)\n\n\n\nACCKP Exhibitions 10.00am to 4.00pm \n\nA Story in Every Dot\, Bridget Cordery & Kristalea Haddon\nGrowing Through Time\, Robyn Edwards\n\n\nTalks\, Activities and Workshops\nClothes Swap@ Slow Living Tent \n\n10.00 to 11.00am Clothes drop\n12.00 to 2.00pm Clothes swap\n\nCommunity Garden \n\nCommunity Garden Tours – Come for a visit! Tours running from 10.00am to 4.00pm -as needed\n\nUNE Aquatic Ecology – Old Netball Courts and Creeklands \n\n10.00am to 4pm – Creek Bug Collecting\, Identification\, Microscopes and Exploration -10am and 1:30pm… Waterbug  creek collection times: …or stop by the tent anytime\n\nThe Packsaddle Room: Special Talks and Conversations @North Gully Village (below NERAM) \n\n11am to 11.45 – Dr. Sara Mika (UNE\, Aquatic Ecology)\nAre Ecosystems Benefitting from Water for the Environment?\n12.30 to 1.00pm – Dr. Lisa Lobry de Bruen (UNE\, Soil Health and Knowledge Sharing)\nTalking Soil: A Down to Earth Guide to Soil Engagement\n1.30 to 2.30pm – Dr. Jennifer Hamilton (Convenor Sustainable Living Armidale\, UNE) Sarah Houseman (Australian Earth Law Alliance)\, Kade Smith (Local Food Group\, SLA)\nPractice Led Sustainability: A Collective Conversation – ALL WELCOME\n\nMending Making Sharing Tent: Mini – Talks and Conversations @North Gully Village (below NERAM) \n\n11-11.30 – Mutual Aid and Collective Bargaining Power + somatic contemplation (with Pip)\n1-1.30 – Systemic Violence & Privilege (with Clifford)\n1.30-2 – Social Permaculture (with Ellie)\n2-2.30 – Eating for a Healthy Body and Planet (with Amy)\n2.30 to 3 – Demo: Intro to a backyard worm farm (with Kathlene)\n3 to 3.30 – Creating a Home Beyond the Nuclear Family (with Stevie)\n\n\nWorkshop-  Armidale Tree Group @South Gully Village (Main Stage side) \n\n\n2-3pm – Wool Dying with Joy Carr (limited to 12- book @NERAM Humantix)\n\n\nKids Activities\n\nNorth Gully Village (below NERAM) \n\n\nMagpie print making\, Paper Pots & Upcycled rug making\, Community Weathering Station\, Climate Café and Seed Swap. \n\n\nSouth Gully Village (Main Stage side) \n\nNature Scavenger Hunt\, Face painting\, Children’s art\, Greater Glider Headbands\, Aboriginal cultural heritage virtual reality experience and try your legs with bicycle powered slushies (@Electrify Armidale). \n  \nThe Black Gully Festival program is subject to changes at any time. Please refer to the Facebook page for any updates or amendments. \n\nThe Black Gully Festival – Partners and Sponsors\nThe Black Gully Festival would not be possible and nor would it be able to provide a free community event without the contribution of over 70 volunteers and our Partners and Sponsors. The Black Gully Festival organisers would like to extend a huge thank you to our volunteers and to the following:
URL:https://slarmidale.org/event/black-gully-festival-2026
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SUMMARY:Black Gully Festival Talks
DESCRIPTION:There are a series of talks across the Black Gully Festival Day\, mini-talks programmed by SLA’s Maker Mender Sharing Web and Special Talks programmed by SLA’s Climate Action Group!\nMending Making Sharing Tent: Mini – Talks and Conversations @North Gully Village (below NERAM)\n\n11-11.30 – Mutual Aid and Collective Bargaining Power + somatic contemplation (with Pip)\n1-1.30 – Systemic Violence & Privilege (with Clifford)\n1.30-2 – Social Permaculture (with Ellie)\n2-2.30 – Eating for a Healthy Body and Planet (with Amy)\n2.30 to 3 – Demo: Intro to a backyard worm farm (with Kathlene)\n3 to 3.30 – Creating a Home Beyond the Nuclear Family (with Stevie)\n\nThe Packsaddle Room: Special Talks and Conversations @North Gully Village (below NERAM)\n\n11am to 11.45 – Dr. Sara Mika (UNE\, Aquatic Ecology)\nAre Ecosystems Benefitting from Water for the Environment?\n12.30 to 1.00pm – Dr. Lisa Lobry de Bruen (UNE\, Soil Health and Knowledge Sharing)\nTalking Soil: A Down to Earth Guide to Soil Engagement\n1.30 to 2.30pm – Dr. Jennifer Hamilton (Convenor Sustainable Living Armidale\, UNE) Sarah Houseman (Australian Earth Law Alliance)\, Kade Smith (Local Food Group\, SLA)\nPractice Led Sustainability: A Collective Conversation – ALL WELCOME
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