Welcome to the regional list of arts and cultural events happening in the NSW Central West gathered from artists, event producers, great local venues and groups across the region.
- To find events: Use the categories, locations or artforms menus below to filter your search.
- To book: Use the contact or ticketing details listed with each event to find out more or to book. Likewise please contact venues directly for venue hire questions.
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- Event submission process and guidelines at the bottom of the page.
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Two Halloween Performances of The Haunted Glass
This Halloween, audiences are invited to experience The Haunted Glass — an immersive, sensory performance by regional artist Gabrielle Bates, presented for two nights only at Kandos Kitchen.
Once a wine bar and now a beloved venue for dining, cabaret, and intimate performance, Kandos Kitchen provides a spooky setting for this uncanny, atmospheric work about wine over the Halloween weekend. Its history as a social gathering place makes it an ideal setting for a performance that blurs the line between storytelling, ritual, and shared sensory experience.
The Haunted Glass invites participants to encounter wine as a living being — an entity composed of deep time, microbial activity, colonial histories, and future ecologies. Through guided tasting, collective listening, and seance-like summonings, audiences become “mediums” for the stories held within their glasses. The work has been noted for its originality, playfulness, and its ability to transform familiar experiences into something otherworldly.
The Haunted Glass is part of a growing wave of contemporary art emerging from regional NSW, bringing experimental performance into unexpected community spaces. Its presentation at Kandos Kitchen highlights the town’s evolving cultural identity and the role of small venues in hosting ambitious, place-based artistic work.
Tickets are strictly limited and available now through Humanitix. Search for “The Haunted Glass” to secure your place at the table.
Related Events
Where: The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.
What: Content is managed by Arts OutWest. Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.
It’s free to submit your local events.
The best way to include your event is to use our Submit an Event form.
‘Featured events’ are those submitted directly online by presenters.
Terms of use for presenters:
1. Event listings must be for the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Weddin
2. Events must be directly arts, creative or heritage related.
3. Images submitted are owned by the organisers or the organisers have express permission to use these images. Please include artist and artwork credits (if relevant) and photographer credit. see our fact sheet USING IMAGES FOR PROMOTING EVENTS.
3. All submissions will go to Arts OutWest for approval before publishing and may be edited. Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes – or if you are having difficulty with the form – just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
4. Organisers must let Arts OutWest know of any event changes or cancellations. Email artsoutwest@csu.edu.au