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Events Calendar & Things To Do in Beechworth
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✖Community Events
Quercus Beechworth hosts community events all through the year in our community spaces – our hall, garden, wood fired oven and Quercus Community Bookshop. As well as our regular Community Sharing Feast, we host volunteer celebrations, project launches and festival related events and on the last weeekend in November we encourage the Beechworth community to get to know their neighbours.
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Events & Festivals
2nd Weekend/Month
✖Beechworth Hidden Wineries
2nd Weekend/Month
On the second Saturday and Sunday of the month September through June, this select group of wineries throw open their cellars (sheds, barrel halls, gardens and vineyards) for you to visit between 11.00am and 4.00pm.
For a personalised tour, barrel tasting or a tasting plate of local produce, message our Facebook group BeechworthHiddenWineries or contact any winery directly (Email, Phone, Facebook).
2019/2020 Dates
- September 14th & 15th
- October 12th & 13th
- November 9th & 10th
- December 14th & 15th
- January 11th & 12th
- February 8th & 9th
- March 14th & 15th
- April 11th & 12th
- May 9th & 10th
- June 13th & 14th
Details
11.00am - 4.00pm
For more information, a list of wineries and map, visit Beechworth Hidden Winieres.
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Events & Festivals
8th - 10th November 2019
✖Beechworth Celtic Festival
8th - 10th November 2019
This year marks the 25th year that the Beechworth Celtic Festival has been running, and as always we will be celebrating everything Celtic. The program this year is bringing back some old favourite events and characteristics of years gone by.
Firstly the festival will be coming back to the streets in the centre of town. With loads of FREE events, such as Celtic music, pipe bands and Celtic dancing.
There will be also a food court and Celtic markets all in the Main Street of town.
Our very popular Friday Night Celtic Concert will also make a return this year with a great line up of Celtic Music. Our performers this include Claymore , Sasta and the Caledonian Castaways.
Also the very popular Celtic dinner is set to return and will be held on Saturday the 9th inside the Old Gaol.
We have three local celebrated Chefs preparing a wonderful Celtic themed dinner with an Ode to the Haggis. The wonderfully talented Elizabeth Sutherland Celtic Harp player will be providing the dinner music.
Saturday Night we have the much loved Tattoo in the old Gaol.
Alive! Alive! Our theme for this year’s Tattoo will feature the energy of music and dance from Ireland in a 90-minute spectacular from the spectacular opening by the massed pipe bands to the stirring finale.
Alive! Alive! Haunting tunes and popular songs of Ireland matched with the intense energy of dancers, this year’s Beechworth Celtic Festival Tattoo promises another evening of great festival celebration.
Alive! Alive! Book now for our 2019 Beechworth Celtic Festival Tattoo – a special event this year celebrating the music and dance of Ireland. Songs and music you will know, songs and music you will love
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Events & Festivals
14th March 2020
✖Drive Back in Time 2020
14th March 2020
We are shaping Opera in the Alps into one of the country’s leading celebrations of culture, place and season for 2020.
We are placing Beechworth at the heart of a new, seven-day festival – in autumn – pairing voice and drama with North East Victoria’s finest food, wine and beer. We have named it Opera in the Alps Festival.
It opens on Sunday, March 8, 2020, with a range of diverse voice and instrumental concerts for small audiences at key landmarks. And it culminates with Opera in the Alps Concert on Saturday, March 14, beneath Baarmutha Park’s spectacular white-trunked eucalypts.
Opera in the Alps Festival Week (Sunday 8 March - Friday 13 March 2020) program and tickets will be launched in September.
For the first time at the Opera in the Alps Concert you can purchase a ticket to our Opera Feast, a pre-concert, outdoor 4 course dining experience of seasonal, local produce and superb wines. First select your concert ticket of choice, Premium, A Reserve, B Reserve or BYO Chair / Rug to our signature Opera in the Alps Concert. Then under "ADD ON" select Opera Feast ticket. You must select your "ADD ON" Opera Feast before viewing the seating map.
Details
Beechworth Golfcourse, Balaclava Road, Beechworth, VIC 3747
3:00pm – 8:30pm
$72.80 – $186.73
For more information visit Opera in the Alps.
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Events & Festivals
2nd - 3rd May 2020
✖Drive Back in Time 2020
2nd - 3rd May 2020
The Beechworth Old Cranks Motor Club has been running the Drive Back In Time for 21 years. Up to 250 plus rare, classic and vintage cars and motorcycles will converge on the historic streets of Beechworth.
The event has grown to become one of the region’s most popular car show and cruise events with participants coming from around Victoria as well as intersate.
The weekend kicks off 10:00am on Saturday with a Tractor Run and a barbecue at midday at the Old Railway Goods Shed in Beechworth, followed by a Street Cruise of display vehicles from 4:30pm.
On Sunday, visitors will be able to view the incredible array of pristine cars and motorbikes lined up either side of Ford Street in the Historic Precinct area of Beechworth which is closed to traffic as well as vintage engines displayed in the Police Paddocks.
Gates open at 8:00am with entry $5.00 for display vehicles and free for the public. Barbecue and drinks plus a fantastic raffle all day.
The club also has a large seven cyl Crossley engine that provided electricity to Beechworth 1936 to 1945. Check out the video attached.
Details
Ford Street, Beechworth, Victoria, 3747
10.00am
FREE
For more information visit Beechworth Drive Back in Time.
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Classes & Workshops
13-14th January 2020
✖Beechworth Ukulele Weekends
13-14th January 2020
A series of weekends in beautiful Beechworth, packed with fun and enriching music sessions for ukulele enthusiasts who love to sing in harmony, and also for those who would like to learn.
Participants will come away from each session with well-prepared lyric/chord charts and sheet music, as well as access to recordings of exercises, harmony parts and songs at various speeds to assist with successful playing at home or in your own music groups.
Each B.U.W. after February will feature one to two new songs per session, and there will be an opportunity to revisit songs from previous months, culminating with the June weekend where we'll focus on recording our favourites.
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Sporting Events
6th February 2020
✖Jayco Herald Sun Tour
6th February 2020
Now in its 67th edition, the Jayco Herald Sun Tour is Australia’s oldest professional stage race. It is one of Australia’s heritage sporting events, supported and revered by generations of Victorians.
For more than sixty years, the ‘Sun Tour’ has captured the attention of sports fans throughout Victoria. Riders from around the world compete in the Tour, with a long and distinguished list of past winners, and an honour role that includes Tour de France Champions Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins.
This event provides a platform for upcoming Australian riders to race against the world’s best and is a fantastic opportunity to experience elite cycling and get up close to some of the sport's best riders.
This year the event commences in Nagambie and races through North East Victoria from Nagambie to Shepparton, Beechworth to Falls Creek and Bright to Wangaratta, then concludes in Melbourne. Stage 2 will commence in Beechworth with the opportunity to see off the riders as they head out for a mountain top finish at Falls Creek.
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Classes & Workshops
Every Thursday
✖Dancing Beechworth
Every Thursday
A Learn To Dance evening in Beechworth on Thursday nights from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.
A Learn To Dance evening in Beechworth on Thursday night. Dance includes New Vogue, Old Time, Latin.
This is a fun filled activity Thursday evening which is held at the Senior Citizens Hall, in Beechworth. No, not just for seniors.
Cost is $7 which includes tea and coffee. An activity for everyone, come and join us for some social interaction, learning, and exercise for body and brain.
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Markets
1st Saturday of Month
✖Beechworth Farmers' Market
1st Saturday of Month
Beechworth Farmers' Market is held on the first Saturday of every month and specialises in a great variety of fresh, local produce.
Come by and have a chat with passionate growers and producers of the region, pick up some fresh local produce or grab a bite to eat from one of the many food stalls.
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Markets
Wooragee Weekly Produce Market
Every Thursday
✖Wooragee Weekly Produce Market
Every Thursday
Wooragee Produce Market sells locally produced food, wine and crafts. Fruit, veg, mushrooms, strawberries, baked goods, smoked smallgoods, meat, eggs, honey, flowers, herbs, crafts, soap, plants, tea to name a few.
Local caterer Taste Trekkers and Wooragee school barbecue will be selling dinner to have there or take away. You can purchase wine by the glass or bottle. Bring your chair along and enjoy dinner and a glass of local wine in the lovely surrounds of the Wooragee hall.
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Music & Performances
Live Music at the Beechworth Bakery
Every Sunday
✖Live Music at the Beechworth Bakery
Every Sunday
Beechworth Bakery is supporting local musicians by featuring live music, great coffee, and your favourite treat on the balcony overlooking the heart of Beechworth – it’s the ideal way to spend a deliciously relaxed Sunday.
Come to Beechworth Bakery, grab a drink and a bite to eat, then kick back and enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon of live music.
Walking & Guided Tours
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Walking & Guided Tours
Echoes of History Guided Walking Tour
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✖Echoes of History Guided Walking Tour
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Beechworth stands as one of the best living examples of how our nation grew and prospered with over 30 buildings listed with the National Trust.
The best way to explore and learn about the areas rich history is to join one of the Beechworth Guided Historic Walking Tours, where you can see many of these original buildings first hand and discover the stories behind the grand facades.
The Echoes of History Guided Walking Tour highlights include the story of Robert O'Hara Burke (of Burke and Wills fame), the role of the famous Golden Horseshoes in an historic election, tales from Beechworth's China Town and the history of the first Australian born Governor General.
Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre.
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Walking & Guided Tours
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✖Ned Kelly Walking Tour
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The Ned Kelly Walking Tour highlights include the house where Magistrate William Henry Foster, who presided over Ned Kelly's committal hearing in the Beechworth Court, lived and the site where Ned Kelly won a bare-knuckle boxing match that lasted 20 rounds.
Tours leave from and return to the Beechworth Visitor Information Centre.
Details
Tour runs daily at 1:15pm. Contact operator for more information.
Contact the Visitor Information Centre for current times and bookings.