Tasmanian Ballet Company - 'Swan Lake'
Experience Tasmania's only professional ballet company presenting Tchaikovsky's beautiful ballet 'Swan Lake'.
Location: Burnie Arts and Function Centre
Time: Saturday: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Cost: General - Adult: $44; Concession: $35; Child (Under 16): $26; Family: $112; BAFC Subscribers – 20% discount
Phone: 6430 5850
Email: arts@burnie.net
Web: www.burniearts.net
House of Horrors
Prepare to be scared! Ghosts, ghouls and goblins will send a shiver down your spine, if you dare!
Location: Dairy Pavillion, Wivenhoe Showground
Time: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Cost: Gold coin donation
Phone: 6431 5882
Email: burnieshow@bigpond.com
Yay Events: Back 2 Basics
Your favourite and most popular bands from across the NW coast, along with a couple of newbies, in a gig you will not want to miss!
Location: Upper Burnie Hall, Mount Street
Time: 3:00pm - 7:30pm
Cost: $10 per person
Phone: 6430 5780
Email: kreeves@burnie.net
Web: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100117786762304
Giant Book Fair - Emu Bay Lions Club
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October
Burnie's biggest book fair! Fundraising activity for the Emu Bay Lions Club, selling books, records, DVDs, CDs, sheet music, talking books, puzzles, computer games, magazines and manuals.
Location: Home Arts Building behind Makers' Workshop
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 6431 5131
Email: conroy1@netspace.net.au
White Gums and Ramoxes - Ceramics by Merric and Arthur Boyd
This touring exhibition was developed by the Bundanon Trust. It presents the ceramic work of potter Merric Boyd (1888-1959) and his son Arthur Boyd (1920-1999). Curated by Grace Cochrane.
Location: Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Time: Exhibition: Mon – Fri: 10:00am - 4:30pm; Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 6430 5875
Web: www.burniearts.net
In Suspect Terrain - Ten Queenstown Artists
An exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints by artists living on the West Coast of Tasmania. Featuring artists Raymond Arnold, Annette van Betlehem, Maxine Brown, Bill Dean, Helena Demczuk, Yannick Demmerle, Nadia Murphy, Joh Osborne, Anna Roberts and Ivan Stringer.
Location: Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Time: Exhibition: Mon – Fri: 10:00am - 4:30pm; Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Phone: 6430 5875
Web: www.burniearts.net
2011 Adventure Racing World Championships
90 Teams of four competitors will descend on Burnie on 29 Oct for a 5-10 day extreme adventure race. Competing over a distance of 700kms the course will explore Tasmania's rugged terrain.
Location: Starts in Burnie.
Time: Course and start time revealed 24 hours prior to the race.
Cost: Free to watch
Web: www.burniesportsandevents.com.au
Baby's Day out - Australian Breastfeeding Association
The Australian Breastfeeding Association "Baby's Day Out" invites all families to join us for a shared morning tea at the park.
Please bring along your family, a plate of morning tea to share and bikes/balls etc.
Location: Romaine Park
Time: 10:00am - 12noon
Cost: Free
Phone: 6433 1877
Email: ljmsand@bigpond.net.au
Exhibition at Banjo's Bakery
Exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists. Gold coin donation with all proceeds going to the Menzies Research Institute to aid neurological research.
Location: Banjo's Bakery, Wilson Street
Time: Bakery opening hours
Cost: Gold coin donation. All works are for sale.
Burnie Farmers' Market
Try the freshest and best produce, baking, preserves and craft at the Burnie Farmers' Market.
Location: Wivenhoe Showgrounds
Time: 8:00am - 12noon
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 6431 5882
Email: secretary@burnieshow.org.au
Ben Lovell - Burnie Shines Feature Artist Exhibition
Ben Lovell is a local artist whose works demonstrate Burnie's place in the world. As Burnie Shines 2011 Feature Artist, Ben's work will be displayed at Makers Workshop until the end of October.
Location: Makers' Workshop, 2 Bass Highway
Time: Exhibition open during Makers' Workshop business hours
Cost: Free entry
The Marvans
Enjoy a pint with friends and soak up the music of The Marvans.
Location: McGinty's Irish Bar, 139 Wilson Street
Time: 7:00pm - close
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 6431 4455
The Billy Exhibition
Creature Tales presents 'The BILLY Exhibition' - a project of arts, carts and social inclusion. A National Communities for Children initiative.
Location: Nite and Day Cafe, 53 Mount Street
Time: Open 7 days
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 0439 614 186
Email: creature.tales@bigpond.com
Web: www.creaturetales.com.au
Friends of BRAG Auction Exhibition
The Friends of the Burnie Regional Art Gallery are holding an exhibition/silent auction of works by local students from Burnie Primary schools. All works are for sale with proceeds to benefit schools
Location: Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Time: Mon - Fri: 10am to 4.30pm; Sat, Sun and Public Holidays: 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Cost: Free entry
Phone: 6430 5875
Email: gallery@burnie.net
Web: www.burniearts.net
Paper Making Tours
Learn how to make paper by hand. Special price for Burnie Shines
Location: Makers' Workshop, 2 Bass Highway
Time: Tours daily 9:15am, 10:00am 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:45pm, 1:30pm, 2:15pm, 3:00pm 3:45pm, 4:30pm
Cost: $5.00 per person during Burnie Shines
