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Friday 21 February 2025

Man I Feel Like A Woman

SHANIA TWAIN, LINDA RONSTADT, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & TAMMY WYNETTE

Join Amber Joy Poulton and sing along to your favourites. Just One Look, Silver Threads & Golden Needles Country Roads Take Me Home, If You’re Not In It For Love, That’ll Be The Day, Stand By Your Man, Banks Of The Ohio, Still The One, When Will I Be Loved, D-I-V-O-R-C-E, I Honestly Love You, & of course Man, I Feel Like A Woman! & maybe even a few Amber Joy Poulton songs.

Sunday 2 March 2025 National Theatre Live Presents

Macbeth – David Tennant & Cush Jumbo

Live On Screen

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an ‘enthralling’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.

Thursday 6 March 2025

BANJO

Banjo brilliantly intertwines the life events of Banjo Paterson through beautiful new arrangements of Coldplay's greatest hits, contemporary dance and his very own Verse.  From the hardship in 1880s rural Australia to his life in the city and back to the country, this beautifully portrayed story is all about the quest for happiness. Paterson’s beautiful verse – Clancy of the Overflow, As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue, Waltzing Matilda & The Man From Snowy River will blend with Clocks, Yellow, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and more. 

Friday 7 March 2025

Bjorn Again

Waterloo Anniversary Tour

Celebrate 50 years of ABBA's iconic victory with Bjorn Again's Waterloo Anniversary Tour! Experience the magic of the Swedish superstars as the world's premier ABBA tribute band takes you on a journey through their timeless hits. From "Waterloo" to "Dancing Queen," immerse yourself in the unforgettable melodies and infectious energy that defined an era. With spot-on performances, dazzling costumes, and an authentic tribute to ABBA's glory, this show promises an evening of pure joy and nostalgia.

Saturday 8 March 2025 An Event for International Women's Day

Women of Heart And Song

Join three of the Central West's most beloved artists, Smith & Jones, Great Aunt and Genni Kane as they celebrate International Women's Day with original songs and stories from the heart.

Monday 10 March 2025

International Women’s Day Dinner

With Keynote speaker Grace Tame

Featuring Grace Tame as a Keynote Speaker, it has never been more important for Women and allies to come together and support each other. Australian of the Year in 2021, Grace is an activist and advocate for survivors of sexual assault. International Women's Day is a key event in the Central West Women's Health Centre Calendar. The evening will include a 3 course dinner and music by local musician Gabe Middleton. Join us for a evening of solidarity, support and lets "Accelerate Action"

Tuesday 11 March 2025 2 Day Conference

Empower Responses
Professionals

Central West Women's Health Service

This conference is for people who work with women, men and children who may disclose they have been a victim of sexual violence. The conference is for 2 days, with an opening keynote address from the indomitable Grace Tame. The conference features expert local and state speakers on the key response information relating to Laws and Policing, Crisis and Recovery, Non-fatal strangulation, sexual choking and brain injury and the latest trends in Technology facilitated abuse. Chaired by Jac Underwood, the conference features panel discussions to ensure there are opportunities for you to ask questions and collaborate. There will be an exhibition of artworks from survivors and representatives of the LGBTQI+, Migrant, Aboriginal and Disability communities will provide perspectives for clinicians on barriers and recovery.

Thursday 13 March 2025

Afternoon Melodies

A Special Concert for NSW Seniors Festival

In celebration of the NSW Seniors Festival, join us for an unforgettable afternoon of music that spans genres and lifts spirits! Afternoon Melodies brings together three unique and talented acts for an afternoon filled with swing, soulful blues, and captivating ukulele magic.

Friday 14 March 2025

Graeme Connors – My Lyrical Life – 50 Years On

‘My Lyrical Life’ the book, contains 217 songs from the Mackay artist’s pen, recorded by himself, or by artists including Slim Dusty, John Denver and Jon English, plus autobiographical reflections from various phases of his long, colourful career. The live show sees the APRA, ARIA and multi-Golden Guitar Award winner showcase the lyrical element of his career, particularly the story songs that he wouldn’t normally do with his big band at a festival.

Sunday 16 March 2025

Jesus Christ Superstar

An on screen Musical

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour. An incredible cast including Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod and Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, perform hit songs including I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Gethsemane, Heaven on Their Minds, Everything’s Alright, King Herod’s Song and Superstar in an exciting and contemporary interpretation.

Friday 28 March 2025 Experience Floyd Presents

Echoes of Pink Floyd

60 Years of Pink Floyd

Iconic British rock band, Pink Floyd left an indelible mark on the world, inspiring generations with their ground-breaking soundscapes and thought-provoking lyrics. 2025 marks the diamond anniversary of Pink Floyd's inception, and to honour this milestone every era of Pink Floyd's illustrious career will be celebrated in grand style in a brand new concert production by Adelaide’s own Echoes of Pink Floyd. 

Saturday 29 March 2025 Great Southern Nights Presents

Kate Miller-Heidke

The Telling Tales Tour

Kate Miller-Heidke is an award-winning singer-songwriter who traverses the worlds of pop, folk, opera and musical theatre. She’s performed on stages as varied as Coachella, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Eurovision Song Contest, the Sydney Opera House, TV’s The Voice, and the Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome.   The Telling Tales Tour will be a celebration of songs old and new, of voice, storytelling, emotion, humour, and music that transports and transcends. Of discovering anew each night the transformative connection between the performer and the audience. Join us for this special opportunity to see Kate in an intimate, exposed, and revealing performance, accompanied by her long-term collaborator Keir Nuttall on guitar.

Sunday 30 March 2025 National Theatre Live Presents

Frankenstein

Live on Screen

Captured live in 2011 from the National Theatre stage in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world. Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

Friday 4 April 2025

Dreams
FLeetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks

Tribute Show

Bringing the Stevie Spirit to Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre is Nikki Canale, that ex-Vegas American who channels Stevie! "With due respect, Nikki’s presence, energy, powerful vocal chops and capacity to channel the‘ Spirit of Stevie’ is unparalleled in the world of ‘Tribute Stevie's’ touring Australia and beyond.” Dreams is not only the closest that music lovers are ever likely to get to the  iconic band again, but they are an outstanding group of world-class musicians and performers in their own right, one of the most proficient and engaging tribute bands to grace Australian stages.

Sunday 6 April 2025 Live on screen musical

Billy Elliot The Musical

20th anniversary celebration

Based on the Academy Award nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever. The original creative team behind the film, including writer Lee Hall (book & lyrics), director Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling, is joined by music legend Elton John (music) to produce a funny, uplifting and spectacular theatrical experience that will stay with you forever.

Sunday 13 April 2025

Spellbound

A Night of Magic and Grand Illusions

Get ready for a spectacular night of Magic and Grand Illusion created by one of Australia’s leading Illusionists, Apollo Jackson. Witness levitations, impossible vanishes, mentalism and a death-defying escape as Anthony’s creation pushes the boundaries of reality and distorts your senses. Starring multi-award winning Illusionist Apollo Jackson, will you dare to believe your eyes?

Thursday 24 April 2025

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Are You Lonesome Tonight is Opera Queensland’s most ambitious regional tour in its 40-year history. Visiting more than 30 communities and travelling some 8,000 kilometres across Queensland in 2021, this show is coming now all the way to Bathurst.  With a cast of young Australian singers including  Gabrielle Diaz, Marcus Corowa  and  Jonathan Hickey,  Are You Lonesome Tonight  features arias and songs by composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Slim Dusty and Dolly Parton, to name just a few.

Saturday 26 April 2025 Live Nation Presents

EMMA MEMMA

Dance Island Party

ARIA award-winning children’s entertainer, Emma Memma, is bringing her brand new show Dance Island Party to Bathurst in April 2025! After dancing in productions around Australia, France, India, Canada, China and New Zealand, Emma joined Australian children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles in 2010, becoming the first female Wiggle in the main line-up. Emma has recently completed her PhD at Macquarie University combining all her passions, focusing on the affective and artistic integrations of sign language, dance and film editing. Currently, Emma is touring the nation and abroad with her new children’s entertainment venture ‘Emma Memma’, winning the ARIA award for Best Children’s Album in 2023. ‘Emma Memma’ features Emma and Deaf dancer and artist, Elvin Lam (Elvin Melvin) highlighting visual language for pre-schoolers and their family network to give them the skills to communicate through sign and gesture

Friday 2 May 2025

Kenny Rogers & Friends

Graham’s tribute to legend Kenny Rogers, no gamble for fans Radio personality, Ray Hadley, believes that Graham Toole is “worthy of a broader audience,” & Frank Ifield gave him the international spur award in 2004. I love performing live, so the more shows the better, we hope to give our audience something they can sing along to, tap their feet & to smile about” he added. Growing up in chilly Oberon he got a taste of the limelight performing as a child at the Local eisteddfods and it brings back wonderful memories.

Sunday 4 May 2025

Fleabag

Live On Screen

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to cinemas to the big screen this summer. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

Friday 9 - Saturday 10 May 2025 A Slightly Isolated Dog Presents

Jekyll & Hyde

BMEC audiences are in for a treat when we welcome A Slightly Isolated Dog back to our venue in 2025! For those who came along to The Trojan War earlier in 2024 – you know that this company knows how to put on show! Five hilarious performers tell the terrifying (yet still exceptionally sexy) tale of Jekyll & Hyde. Thrilling, charming, shockingly good comedy, we make you laugh until it hurts. An 80 minute, guaranteed feel-good night, expect plenty of laughs in the company of your mates, and some of the sassiest performers in town. Meet the most delightfully evil man alive, Mr Hyde. This ridiculous rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Jekyll and Hyde is retold by a team of charmingly ‘French’ performers with the help of the audience.

Saturday 17 May 2025

Bocelli & Brightman The Tribute

Presented by Talent Oz Entertainment

Bocelli & Brightman is a tribute to two of the greatest and most influential classical crossover artists of this generation. This Mega Concert is packed with hit songs like Memory, Nessun Dorma, Phantom of the Opera, Torna a surriento, Song to the moon, and The Prayer. Starring two of Australia’s vocal power houses - Soprano Clarissa Spata (Opera Australia/The Voice Australia) and Tenor Gaetano Bonfante (Opera Australia/ Operatunity Oz) come together to star in one of the most exciting shows to hit the stage, accompanied by Australia’s finest musicians led by Maestro Glenn Amer. 

Thursday 29 May 2025

The Sydney Symphony Performs Orchestral Favourites

2025 Regional Tour

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra comes to the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre for one night only, performing a concert of enchanting classical favourites led by Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey.  Music has an extraordinary power to inspire and delight. You will experience it all, from the magic of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Ravel’s playful Mother Goose, from Falla’s rousing The Three-Cornered Hat to the simple gift of Copland’s Appalachian Spring.   And feel your spirits soar on the wings of Vaughan Williams’ exquisite The Lark Ascending,  one of the best-loved pieces of music ever written, expertly performed by Associate Concertmaster Alexandra Osborne as violin soloist.  

Sunday 8 June 2025

Le Nozze Di Figaro – Met Opera

Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to the Met this season. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

Friday 13 June 2025 Now Listen! We’re Steppin’ Out!

Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks

50 Years of Hits Tour

Ross Wilson is hitting the road with his all-star band The Peaceniks to celebrate over 50 Years of Hits including all the Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock favourites you’d expect along with the latest offering from an almost 6-decade career, tracks from his latest EP on Bloodlines Records, She’s Stuck On Facebook All The Time, and everything in between. From Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia’s most awarded, respected, and well-known artists! From the legendary band Daddy Cool whose number one anthem Eagle Rock and debut album Daddy Who? smashed all previous sales records in Australia an astounding 50 years ago in 1971, to the 1977 formation of Mondo Rock, delivering 80’s hits Cool World, State of The Heart, Chemistry, No Time, and Come Said The Boy and into the 21st century as a solo performer, Wilson has never been out of the limelight.

Saturday 14 June 2025

Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase

The Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase tour will be tearing up the freeways of Australia to bring the best of the 2025 Festival to Bathurst!  Expertly curated and lovingly presented, the Showcase will feature some of the Festival’s hottest acts live on stage for an incredible two hours of hard-hitting laughter.  Boasting a line-up of veteran favourites and some of the freshest emerging talents, this jam-packed night of pure entertainment will leave you sore from belly laughs!

Sunday 15 June 2025

The Robertson Brothers

1960's Variety TV show

The Robertson Brothers are thrilled to be returning with their new heart-warming and uplifting 1960’s Variety TV Show!  Geoff and Ben Robertson are back as your charming and cheeky hosts for this nostalgic night of entertainment as they pay tribute to the musical giants of the 1960’s – The Beatles, Petula Clark, Del Shannon, Beach Boys, The Hollies, Bee Gees and the Everly Brothers.   Variety TV Show fans will be excited to know the multi-talented Simon Brook McLachlan (from the Original Australian cast of Jersey Boys) will return in 2025 to thrill us with his very special tribute to Del Shannon. Also joining the Variety show this year is the amazing Cosima De Vito (Australian Idol) with her incredible tribute to Petula Clark.

Sunday 22 June 2025

The Importance Of Being Earnest

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

Sunday 29 June 2025

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

A Special Screening

To celebrate pride, BMEC is excited to present a special screening of of this beloved Australian iconic movie Two drag queens and a transgender woman travel across the Australian desert in a tour bus to take their cabaret show to a remote town. Along the way, they encounter various interesting characters. Starring Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter and June Marie Bennett

Friday 4 July 2025 Bob Mckinnon Presents

Good Old Days Of Rock N’ Roll

THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL is an exciting and memory riddled show presented by Bob McKinnon. From television shows including Johnny O’Keefe’s SIX O’CLOCK ROCK and Brian Henderson’s BANDSTAND, so many talented performers and recording stars were born. This is not a tribute concert … this is the real deal. In THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL , audiences will re-live all the FABULOUS ORIGINAL HITS from the HITMAKERS themselves - LITTLE PATTIE, DIGGER REVELL, JADE HURLEY, DINAH LEE and LUCKY STARR.

Friday 11 July 2025 Vanessa Larry Mitchell Presents

Lube Me Alone

Following the success of her internationally acclaimed debut solo show 'Teardrops on My Dildo', Vanessa Larry Mitchell returns with her next instalment of hilarious life events in her new show 'Lube Me Alone' Expect more dating stories (or lack-of-dating stories), more about parenting and anatomy awareness, and more things that should never be said out loud! If you thought things couldn’t get any more wild than ‘Teardrops on My Dildo’…. Think again!

Sunday 13 July 2025 Live On Screen

Bonnie & Clyde

The Musical

Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is the story of two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere who became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure - and each other. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, this is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation. Bonnie and Clyde The Musical: Filmed Live features music by multi-Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award nominee Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernell, Death Note), lyrics by Tony and Oscar winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love), a book by Emmy Award nominee Ivan Menchell (Blended, The Cemetery Club, Death Note The Musical).

Sunday 20 July 2025

Lee Kernaghan
Boys From The Bush

The Concert

After selling out his 2024 shows, Australia's country music legend Lee Kernaghan is bringing his Boys From The Bush – The Concert  to more towns around Australia in 2025.  Lee’s amazing career now spans across 3 decades of trailblazing music making. He continues to deliver exciting live concert productions by fusing arena-rock bravado with country music’s heart and soul, by joining the traditional country stories with real life on the land sensibilities and values, and in the process he continues to lead the pack in modernising and growing the genre and community that he fondly calls his mates. 

Sunday 3 August 2025 Live On Screen

A Night With Janis Joplin

The Musical

This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences. Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock.

Sunday 10 August 2025

Unforgettable
Legends of the 50’s and 60’s

Starring Nathan Foley

Get ready to be taken back to the golden years of crooning, rock n roll and sweet soul music, with this UNFORGETTABLE musical journey celebrating the legends of the 50’s and 60’s with this Aria, Logie, Mo, Ace and Helpmann award winning entertainer and his 7 piece band featuring songs by Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dusty Springfield, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison & More…

Saturday 4 October 2025

Cirque Nouvelle

This multitalented line up of circus performers, each world class in their own right, have combined their acrobatic, juggling, aerial and balancing talents together to create a show like no other. This outstanding cast are led by a quirky ringmaster struggling with a fear common among us all... change.

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