Friday, August 9
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LamBros: Brothers of Rock and Soul will play at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre Band Night. Call 6333 6161 or visit www.bmec.com.au.
Multicultural Women's Group will meet at the Neighbourhood Centre at 96 Russell Street at noon. Call Isabel, 6332 3019, or Hai-Choo, 6332 4669.
Family music class for children aged zero to five will be held at 9.30am at the CWA Hall. Contact Elissa, 0409 515 314.
Bathurst Uniting Youth Group, for six to 12 years, will meet in the Church Hall in William Street at 7pm. Call Pete or Julie Sackett, 6359 5046.
Child and Family Health Service drop-in clinic will be held on level three at Bathurst Hospital from 9am -1pm. Call 6330 5677.
Drop-in immunisation clinic will be held on level three at Bathurst Base Hospital from 9am-1pm. Call 6330 5677.
Saturday, August 10
Kiki Dee will play at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre at 8pm. Visit www.bmec.com.au.
Monday, August 12
Middle and Senior School musicians from Scots All Saints College will combine at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre for a performance from 6.30pm. Call 6333 6161 or visit www.bmec.com.au/2019-music-showcase.
Tuesday, August 13
Meet award-winning historian Dr Stephen Gapps as he discusses his book The Sydney Wars, which reveals British soldiers and First Nation warriors both used military-style tactics in a constant war during early settlement. He will be at Bathurst Library from 6.15pm. Visit www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-talk-dr-stephen-gapps-tickets-63851101363.
The Bathurst PCYC term three activity schedule is out now. Classes are filling fast, so call 6331 2191 to book in.
Wednesday, August 14
The two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir, which has been spreading joy to audiences across the globe for nearly two decades, will perform at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre from 7.30pm. Expect a powerful blend of African gospel, freedom songs and international classics. Visit www.bmec.com.au for tickets.
Thursday, August 15
Hone your poetry slam writing and performance skills at a special workshop at Bathurst Library on Thursday, August 15 from 4-6pm. The workshop will feature last year's Australian Poetry Slam champion, Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, and will be followed by the Bathurst heat of this nationwide search for Australia's best slammer. Bookings are essential via eventbrite.com.au
Friday, August 16
The Theo Barker Memorial Lecture will be held at BMEC on August 16 at 6.30pm. This free public lecture is co-hosted by Bathurst District Historical Society and Bathurst Regional Council. The lecture, titled "Let's do heritage differently", will be presented by Barbara Hickson, who has over 22 years of experience in heritage management. Visit www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au
Saturday, August 17
Oberon's Accidental Ensemble will present Baby, lt's Cold Outside -The Weather in Revue, a musical romp through the seasons, on Saturday, August 17 in the Robert Hooper Community Centre, Oberon. Tickets are for sale at Arrows Newsagency, Oberon.
Sunday, August 18
Come along to a workshop at Rankin Cottage from 10.30am to noon on Sunday, August 18 and learn how to do candlewick embroidery. Candlewicking is a form of embroidery that traditionally uses an unbleached cotton thread on a piece of unbleached calico. It gets its name from the nature of the soft spun cotton thread, which was braided and then used to form the wick for candles. Visit www.facebook.com/rankincottagecrafts/.
Coming up
The National Motor Racing Museum at Mount Panorama will have free entry for dads on Sunday, September 1 for Father's Day. You can book a lap around the Mount Panorama circuit in your choice of the Cortina GT, Mini Cooper S, XR Falcon GT or HK Monaro GTS. Call the museum on 6332 1872 between 9am and 4.30pm to make a booking.
