New England Festival 2019

New England Festival

The New England Festival - previously known as the Armidale Autumn Festival since its launch 27 years ago- has undergone a name change to better embrace the whole region. 

The beauty of autumn and amazing colours of our region will be further celebrated with a new event, the Colour New England Street Arts Festival on Saturday 6 April. Council is supporting this community driven initiative to give our local artists centre stage - the visual artists, musicians, theatrical performers and artisans. 

New England Festival - March 16

This year's theme - International Heritage of New England

 

 Really?

27 years of successful Autumn Festivals so you thought you needed to change it, Really?

 Anyway, Here we are again with high hopes that this is a change for the better!

The shorter parade route meant that we were around the parade and back at the beginning before half the parade had started!

And they left us baby sitting the local member of state parliament.. Dangerous move!

 "Can we have money for a car museum please Mr Marshall"

 

Here's a first.

Medieval knights sword fighting on the Jessie and Beardy street roundabout. 

Then instead of the previous years when we end up in the park.

We ended with a display in Beardy street, outside Richardson's arcade.

 

It was lunch time everyone was hungry, only 6 food stalls with long queues,

Anyone with kids took off to the carnival rides in the park.

The crowds dispersed, we were stuck out of the way and no one really came out of their way to look at the cars. 

So we dispersed as well, and all got to go home early!