Special Events

The Whitehaven Weeks of Speed Festival concludes with Gunnedah Rural Museum Annual Open Day - Bring the family out and travel back in time to pioneering days. Loads to see - Vintage Engines - Tractors - Tractor Pull - Model Trains - Collections and more.  Open from 9.00am til 3.00pm - Entry is  gold coin $1.00. 

The annual Gunnedah Agricultural Show will be held over three days with live entertainment, carnival rides, art, animal nursery, horses, cattle, chooks, showbags and more! Something for the whole family. 

Stage to Screen - Theatre Concerts with The King of Waltz - Andre' Rieu - Comes to the big screen!  Never shown before on the bigscreen - Tickets available online or at The Civic.  

After a successful double headline East Coast tour in 2023, enduring Hunter singer-songwriters Anna Weatherup and Amy Vee join forces to present a second, expanded series of intimate performances on a multi-state tour in 2025.

Take a drive in the countryside to Piallaway Community Hall, Currabubula - BYO Picnic lunch and refreshments.                

Join the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society and Whitehaven Coal at Historic Kummumbede Homestead Open day. 

The public are invited to dress in early 1930's costume for a Garden Party on the rolling lawns of Kurrumbede at the annual Open Day and relive the days when Dorothea would visit the family farms.

The Purebred Poultry Auction, young bird sale will be held at the Gunnedah Showground Poultry sheds on Saturday May 31 2025. Entry is Free for the public, so why not pop in and take a look!