Malachi Gilmore Hall

2023 NSW Grandparents Day - Pixar's UP - Free Screening
2023-10-29 14:00 - 15:45 (Australia/Sydney) | The Malachi Gilmore Hall, 124 Oberon Street, Oberon, NSW, 2787, Australia
There is a special day coming up soon! Sunday 29 October is 2023 NSW Grandparents Day.
Invite your grandparents to see one of the sweetest films ever! Pixar’s classic film UP is loved by all ages and it is screening for FREE at The Malachi to celebrate NSW Grandparents Day on Sunday 29 October at 2PM.
All you have to do is invite your grandparent/s, click on Get Tickets and fill out the details. Please write down your name and your grandparent’s name to secure your free seats. Come along to The Malachi for 2PM, ready to enjoy a very special afternoon treat together.

The Great Railway Ball
2023-10-28 19:00 - 23:00
Yes, The Great Railway Ball for 2023 is on again on Saturday 28th October.
The Ball is part of the Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Month of Celebrations of Centenary of the opening of the Oberon branch line.
The inaugural Ball in 2022 was a huge success and in 2023 we are upping the ante. This year we are Celebrating our Pioneers – a folk band, The Nodding Thistles, have been engaged and they are guaranteed to have you dancing on the tables this year.
Tables hold 8 people so round up your friends and book a table. You have until the 4th of September before you need to pay. If you haven’t many friends book how many seats you want, and we will find some new best friends for you!
We will be offering a fabulous dinner, included in the cost of $100 per person. Interest is already high and tickets are limited, so jump in quickly and lodge your interest by sending an e-mail to:
admin@othr.com.au

The Surge
2023-10-07 16:00 - 17:30
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Immerse yourself in poignant social revelations and shameless ’90s nostalgia.
The Surge is a multi-layered feast of music, ideas, lessons from the past and hope for the decade ahead, brought to you by Australia’s prolific new music group Ensemble Offspring and leading guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach. Together, they reignite two ’90s classics by iconic Australians Peter Sculthorpe and Nigel Westlake, alongside five new commissions reflecting on the cultural, environmental and political situations Australia finds itself in today.
These thoughtful and engaging works – composed especially for The Surge by Aussies Robert Davidson, Felicity Wilcox and Jessica Wells – examine everything from human-induced climate change to the pervasive influence of the internet. With stunning live visuals by the ever-inventive Peachey & Mosig, immerse yourself in poignant social revelations and shameless ’90s nostalgia!
Paul Mac – Redfern Address (2019)
video
Peter Sculthorpe – Tropic (1992)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Jessica Wells – Diminishing Species (2021)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Felicity Wilcox – Tipping Point (2021)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Jessica Wells – Technophiles (2021)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, tape
Nigel Westlake – Tall tales but true (1992)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, tape
Jessica Wells – This is the Nineties (2021)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Robert Davidson – Netsurf (2021)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, tape
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Susie Bishop (violin)
Sonya Lifschitz (piano)
Andrew Blanch (guitar)
Vladimir Gorbach (guitar)
Ben Ward (double bass)
Paul Mosig (video)

Duration: 70 minutes

Oberon Model Railway Exhibition
2023-09-30 - 2023-10-03
This exhibition celebrates the Centenary of the Tarana Oberon Branch Line, which is some 24 kms long and was originally built between 1921-23.
Services on the line were suspended in 1979 but the Oberon & Tarana Heritage Railway (OTHR) association, a volunteer group which has been busy restoring the line, is very close to reopening it to operate 73 Class Diesel Locomotives hauling 1890’s End Platform Cars as tourist trains between Oberon Station and Hazelgrove, as a vibrant Heritage Railway.
This model railway exhibition will feature an N Scale reproduction of the Tarana Oberon Branch Line, as well as other Australian Branch Line models.
Exhibition Opening Times:

Saturday 30 September – 9 AM to 5 PM
Sunday 1 October – 10 AM to 4 PM
Monday 2 October – 9 AM to 5 PM
Tuesday 3 October – 9 AM to 4 PM

Entry on the door: $10 per person or $20 for families.

Chris Callaghan - CC's got the Blues
2023-04-22 19:00 - 22:00
Chris Callaghan is a singer, songwriter and entertainer, with an extensive and successful history in the Australian music scene. He has a large catalogue of over 100 original songs and has performed to a wide range of audiences, both nationally and internationally.
By popular demand his new show ‘CC’s Got The Blues’ contains elements of Chris Callaghan, The Modern Day Troubadour, as well as the best of his Troubadours & Outlaws Show. The new show features his own brand of original country music together with his own take on the hit songs by legendary outlaws Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson aka The Highwaymen, along with Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Brandi Carlisle.
This blend of influences enhances Callaghan’s distinctly Australian writing and performance style which has enabled him to build a strong and loyal following that connects with people in a way that ensures his performances are always highly entertaining and popular. This has been pivotal in establishing Chris’s place as a well known entertainer in the music industry.
Returning to his home town of Oberon, Chris will play at the sixth of the Malachi Nights series of great live Country artists playing their best loved music in the newly refurbished Malachi Gilmore Hall. Also playing to his home town is support act, singer/guitarist Malcom Voerman. Come catch the magic of live music.
Proudly brought to you by the Malachi and supported by Live Music Australia.
Doors Open 7PM

The Producers' Table
2023-04-15 18:30 - 22:00
The finale event of Oberon’s 2023 Field to Forest Festival is a performance dinner of the Oberon region’s finest produce. The feast includes local trout, Sunnypoint beef, homegrown garlic and honey, and Renzaglia’s wines! During the meal we will hear stories from the food and wine producers themselves, and between courses we will be entertained by mini concerts of fine contemporary music. All in the fascinating interior of the Malachi Gilmore Hall and a unique dining setting.

Ticket includes a complimentary first drink, and the Foyer Bar will be open for drink purchases.

Robinson Bros BICYCLE EXPO
2023-04-07 08:00 - 15:00
Local legends Arthur and Robert Robinson are bringing their collection of beautifully restored heritage bicycles to our heritage hall!
Showcasing favourites from their collection of cycles from the 1950s up to the 1990s, the Robinson brothers will be on hand to take you through the history and features of these classic bikes.
The collection includes models from Australia, England, Italy, USA and China, such as Malvern Star, Speedwell, Triumph, Rolls Royce, Rudge-Whitworth, Colnago, Bianchi, Gios Torino, and Birmingham Small Arms (BSA).
Get on your bike and come up to the Malachi to check out this fabulous local collection.

Oberon Chamber Music Festival Launch Event
2023-04-02 16:30 - 18:15
Come for a taste of the upcoming Oberon Chamber Music Festival with a preview concert featuring some of the world-class musicians who will be performing at the main festival to be held on 24 – 26 November 2023 at the Malachi.
4.30pm ~ Doors open and foyer bar open
5.00pm ~ String Trio performance:
F. Schubert
String Trio in B flat major, D.471
L. van Beethoven
String Trio in C minor, Op.9 No.3
E. Dohnányi
Serenade in C major, Op.10 (Romance)

5.45pm ~ Meet the musicians:
Meet members of the Streeton Trio, violinist Emma Jardine and cellist Rachel Siu, who are joined by Sydney Symphony Orchestra principal violist Tobias Breider
This free public concert and also the free public performances on Friday 24 November 2023 are made possible through the support of the NSW Government through the Reconnecting Regional Communities grant funding. The Oberon Chamber Music Festival is a ticketed program held on Saturday 25 November and Sunday 26 November. Please consider supporting the 2023 Festival by coming to the concerts, inviting friends, joining our small business sponsorship package or perhaps adding a donation to your free ticket for this launch event.

Radio Play In A Day
2023-03-26 10:00 - 16:00
Announcing a fun community activity for both experienced and non-experienced ACTORS. Gather your creative friends and join in the fun: we are calling for 15 voice acting roles and two sound effects makers to, in one day, read, rehearse, perform (using the script), and record a classic play from the Golden Age of Radio!
This event is FREE for all participants and audience – the recorded performance will commence at 3 PM – all are welcome. To join the cast, sign up with Wayne Barker at Barker’s Butchery or call Lucy East 0401 262 260.
A recorded copy of the performance will be available online at the end of the day.

Oberon Brick Show
2023-03-18 09:00 - 16:00
Playwell Events will be holding its very own Brick Show at the Malachi. We will have over 30 tables of custom-built LEGO models on display, with themes ranging from Star Wars, Architecture & Trucks to a City layout, there will be something for everyone. We’ll also have the ever-popular play tables where the kids can get creative themselves. There will also be opportunities to purchase LEGO on the day from our vendors.
Over 30 Tables of Displays!

LEGO Play Tables
Lots of Interactive Activities
Lots of Retail, from large, rare, hard to find sets to a variety of LEGO parts and minifigures.

General Admission $10
Tickets available at the door or here

FILM SCREENING: Pinchgut Opera's The Loves of Apollo & Dafne (Australian Theatre Live)
2023-03-05 14:00 - 17:00
The Malachi is bringing the best of Australian theatre to our brand-new big-screen, with film screenings from recent live theatre shows.
On this occasion we will also be treated to a live performance of four arias by local singer Domino Houlbrook-Cove before the screening commences.
Celebrating twenty years of performances, Pinchgut Opera brings us a superb production directed by Mitchell Butel, gloriously sung and with a lush, exquisite performance by the Orchestra of the Antipodes led by Erin Helyard on chamber organ and harpsichord. The Orchestra was streamlined with Baroque harp intrepidly performed by Hannah Lane, Laura Vaughan on viola da gamba and lirone, and Simon Martyn-Ellis on theorbo.
This production was filmed at the City Recital Hall in May 2021.
THE LOVES OF APOLLO AND DAFNE was written in 1640 by Francesco Cavalli with lyrics by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. Cavalli moved to Venice when a schoolboy and was a pupil of Monteverdi. During the 17th century Cavalli was regarded as a major opera composer who wrote over 30 works, but his music fell into obscurity in the 18th and 19th centuries until roughly the 1950’s.
Without Butel’s adorably eccentric vision, however, its theatrical potential may never have been known. It is as if Butel has turned Cavalli’s opera upside down and blown it to pieces, giving it imaginative new life and something to say almost 400 years later.
The colours are electric and so are the voices in Butel’s riotous and witty romp in the park which highlights and toys with Busenello’s libretto. With over 20 roles cast for 6 principal singers in multiple guises and a chorus of four, an ancient Greek myth is revitalised and resonates splendidly.

Amber Lawrence - Malachi Nights
2023-01-28 19:00 - 22:30
Multiple Golden Guitar winner, Australian singer-songwriter, Amber Lawrence is one of Australia’s most celebrated and hardest-working country artists.
Entering the 19th year of her career, sees Amber solidify her spot as a much-loved entertainer for all ages, having released 6 studio albums and 3 children’s albums.
Amber has performed on the biggest stages in Australia, including Carols in the Domain, Australia Day Live at the Opera House, Play School and has sung for Prime Ministers and Presidents and most importantly she has entertained hundreds of thousands of Australians around the country from Birdsville to Broken Hill, and from Maroubra to Mandurah.
Amber has been on a year long tour to celebrate her brand new album “Living for the Highlights” her 7th studio album. An album of strength, power, honesty, and raw songwriting. Living for the highlights for Amber means powering on – seeing the good, believing in better, after the tough times that these past few years have brought many of us. When Amber performs, it is purely to take the audience to a place of happiness, fun and irreverence – and she’ll be doing that at the Malachi in Oberon. You won’t leave an Amber Lawrence show without being moved, uplifted, and most of all, entertained.
Amber is a an ARIA Nominee and 5 x CMAA Golden Guitar Award winner.

Australia Day Lunch - by The Hungry Hare
2023-01-26 13:00 - 15:00
The Hungry Hare, Oberon’s pop-up dining experience, presents an Australia Day Lunch at the Malachi on January 26th, starting at 1 PM sharp. Following hors d’oeuvres in the Foyer, lunch is a set menu served at a long table inside the Malachi’s historic hall. Enjoy a friendly celebration of the most wonderful country in the world – in Edmond’s unique relaxed style.
Set Menu:
~ Wild caught large Queensland prawns with summer seafood sauce ~
~ Great Aussie Pies ~
~ Three classic Australian salads ~
~​ Pavlova filled with homemade passionfruit ice cream and summer fruits topped with honey cream ~
~ Red and white wine and bubbly available at modest prices from the bar​ ~
Booking essential by phone directly with Edmond Power, The Hungry Hare, on 0432 883 150.
$65 pp on the door.

The Malachi Movie Marathon!
2022-12-17 10:00 - 22:00
To join in the fun at the Oberon Street Markets this Saturday, we are showing back-to-back Christmas movies from the decades of the Malachi’s ‘Picture Show’ history.
Come inside and see what’s showing. Grab a drink from the Foyer Bar and settle into a sofa for as long as you like and be part of our Movie Marathon.
Screening Times:
10 AM – It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946 Drama Comedy, 130 mins (PG)
2 PM – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, 1964 Musical/Fantasy, 55 mins (G)
3 PM – Frosty the Snowman, 1969 Fantasy/Animation, 25 mins (G)
4 PM – Jingle All The Way, 1996 Comedy/Family, 86 mins (PG)
6 PM – Miracle on 34th Street, 1947 Comedy/Drama, 96 mins (G)
8 PM – Scrooge, 1970 Musical/Fantasy, 113 mins (G)

While the World Waits - Art Show
2022-12-03 - 2022-12-11
10 am – 4 pm Saturday 3 December
10 am – 4 pm Sunday 4 December
10 am – 4 pm Friday 9 December
10 am – 4 pm Saturday 10 December
10 am – 2 pm Sun 11 December
The last two years have been tough in the Arts. Lockdowns and loss of work ran right across all artforms. Live shows took a hammering! In 2021, Arts OutWest commissioned 15 central west songwriters to each write a song reflecting their experiences of 2020, producing a compilation album of original music, titled While the World Waits.
In 2022, artists from across the central west have been asked to use the CD as a jumping-off point and inspiration for new work – a unique opportunity for regional visual artists to create artworks in response to regional music.
While the World Waits is a curated exhibition in which selected artists each respond to one or more tracks, title or words on the album. The exhibition will showcase work from across all mediums: you will see painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, moving image, photography, glass and textiles.
The exhibition opening on Saturday 3 December at 2 pm will feature musician Kris Schubert performing his original music live.

Radio Play in a Day
2022-11-27 10:00 - 16:00
Announcing a fun community activity for both experienced and non-experienced ACTORS. Gather your creative friends and join in the fun: we are calling for 15 voice acting roles and two sound effects makers to, in one day, read, rehearse, perform (using the script), and record a classic play from the 1940s!
This event is FREE for all participants and audience – the recorded performance will commence at 3 PM – all are welcome. To join the cast, sign up with Wayne Barker at Barker’s Butchery or call Lucy East 0401 262 260.
A recorded copy of the performance will be available online at the end of the day.

Melinda Schneider - Malachi Nights
2022-11-25 19:00 - 21:45
Multi Golden Guitar Award winner and chart-topping singer/songwriter, Melinda Schneider, presents an intimate concert performance featuring her Golden Guitar winning hits and a heartfelt homage to the songs, the songwriters and the singers who have shaped her, including Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Doris Day and Carole King.

Genni Kane - Live & Kicking
2022-11-06 14:30 - 16:30
Genni Kane found her feet as a songwriter with the legendary ARIA and multiple Golden Guitar winning 80’s band, Flying Emus, and has since written songs for many projects and artists including Slim Dusty. Genni Released her second solo album Songs from the Kitchen Table in 2019, which was critiqued in the Sydney Morning Herald: “…Kane has crafted these everyday events into songs of great simplicity and unswerving honesty… The end result has the vocal beauty of Emmylou Harris and the sharp clarity of Loudon Wainwright III. Every track is memorable and moving…”.

The Great Railway Ball
2022-10-29 19:00 - 22:30
Celebrate spring with the Oberon & Tarana Heritage Railway, which is closer than ever to seeing a train running on our line to Hazelgrove. With this in mind and with spring on the way it’s time to celebrate! Dig out your glad rags, polish up your dancing shoes and come and join in the celebrations at the Malachi. Entry includes a three-course meal and complimentary glass of bubbles on arrival. You can book a table for 8 people, or you can book a seat at a table.

FILM SCREENING: Italian Baroque Circa (Australian Theatre Live - Stage to Screen)
2022-10-09 15:00 - 16:30
The Malachi is bringing the best of Austalian theatre to our brand-new big-screen, with film screenings from the Sydney Festival 2022 Roadshow.
Florence, Naples, Venice and Rome. Four remarkable cities, each with its own proud people, distinctive histories and architecture. In its fourth collaboration with internationally acclaimed contemporary circus company, Circa, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will take you on a rollicking ride through Italy’s multi-layered past. Paul Dyer’s kaleidoscopic pasticcio will be fuelled by the vivacious Brandenburg period instrumentalists and Circa’s energetic acrobats.
The crumbling columns of the Roman Forum and Dante’s flourishing Florence will emerge in a daring new choreography from circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, weaving the music of Vivaldi, Falconieri, Caccini and Corelli into a sensual, surprising and passionate experience, a show that dances to its own unique tune.
10% of ticket sales will go to Oberon Arts Council, for their work at Oberon Hospital.

Catherine Britt - Malachi Nights
2022-10-08 19:00 - 21:45
Catherine Britt has both a voice that instantly gets your attention, and a worthy story to tell that truly keeps her audience enthralled. Catherine’s new album Home Truths is direct, personal, and from the heart – just the way Catherine sings! Home Truths is Catherine’s first release in 20 years as a completely independent artist – lots of great songs and some mighty fine singing.

FILM SCREENING: The Pulse (Australian Theatre Live - Stage to Screen)
2022-10-02 15:00 - 16:30
The Malachi is bringing the best of Austalian theatre to our brand-new big-screen, with film screenings from the Sydney Festival 2022 Roadshow.
As part of the 2022 Sydney Festival, one of Australia’s finest boundary-pushing circus companies, Gravity & Other Myths, presented their most ambitious show to date, The Pulse, which is packed to the brim with visceral, poetic and heart-stopping feats of strength and agility.
Returning to Sydney Festival following their multi-award-winning work Backbone (Sydney Festival 2018), The Pulse brings together 30 acrobats and a 30 strong choir into “one shimmering mass [with] spectacular systems and organisms of muscle, bone and voice” says Darcy Grant, Creative Lead for Gravity & Other Myths.
Watch as a mountain of bodies crumbles into an ocean of voice and towering human structures glide with precision through five kilometres of pulsing computer-controlled web, complete with reactive, intense lighting design and composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix’s soundtrack, made to mimic the beat of your (racing) pulse.
10% of all ticket sales will go to Oberon Arts Council, for their work at Oberon Hospital.

FILM SCREENING: “宿 (Stay)” (Australian Theatre Live - Stage to Screen)
2022-09-25 15:00 - 16:30
The Malachi is bringing the best of Austalian theatre to our brand-new big-screen, with film screenings from the Sydney Festival 2022 Roadshow.
When two skeletons are discovered in the dried-up creek bed of a remote Queensland farm, the fates of three women – thousands of kilometres apart – become deeply intertwined. From a densely packed Singapore housing block to the vast Tagalaka country of outback Australia, 宿 (stay) delicately unearths buried trauma and fragile connections that lie at the heart of contemporary life. A hauntingly beautiful blend of music, dance, film, design and dialogue, 宿 (stay) is built on the real-life experiences of the artists.
10% of ticket sales will go to Oberon Arts Council, for their work at Oberon Hospital.

The Safety of Life at Sea - Live & Kicking
2022-09-24 19:30 - 21:30
The Safety of Life at Sea bring a heady mix of original blues, soul, 60’s/70’s rock and Americana. This four piece band take a leaf out of the books of Motown and Stax, throwing in some pages from the book of Southern Blues left at the crossroads. Mix this up into a musical gumbo and you have the sound of a band that went for a weekend in New Orleans and never quite came back.

Weaving the Malachi’s Grand Drape
2022-09-24 - 2022-10-09
With a nod to the Malachi’s past use as a wool handler’s warehouse, our plan to engage Emma Shepherd from Sundance Studio to create a commissioned weaving for the newly dressed stage seems fitting. During the spring school holiday fortnight, Emma will set up her 8 shaft loom and weave her design in 100% wool. Alongside Emma, local wool spinners will set up their spinning wheels to make yarn from fleeces donated by local farmer Cress Dawson.

Big Oberon Bake Off & Art Show
2022-09-10 10:00 - 13:00
Join us to support Becky House in her Stars of Bathurst fundraiser to fight cancer. Come to the Malachi to enjoy the spring themed displays from our local artists and sample the best baked goods our Oberon locals and businesses have to offer!
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS OF THE BAKE OFF AND ART COMPETITION
To enter or enquire please email us at events@kennyspring.com.au

Smith & Jones + Chloe Swannell - Live & Kicking
2022-08-26 19:00 - 21:30
Smith & Jones met at a record store in Bathurst. Eight years later and two albums on, Abby (piano) & Sophie (guitar) have toured extensively and appeared at many festivals including Tamworth and Inland Sea of Sound. Smith & Jones will be joined by Cellist Ella J adding another dimension to the sound. Opening the night will be Oberon local Chloe Swannell performing a set of her original songs.
