Oracles of the Bush Thurs 2 – Sun 5 Apr 2020

Tenterfield’s Oracles of the Bush is a four-day cultural event encompassing live performance of Australian Bush poetry, music and art. The timing of the event is set to coincide with Tenterfield’s brilliant autumn – April is resplendent in a cloak of red, orange, gold and yellow providing the perfect backdrop for a truly unique Australian event.

The Looming Legend Bush Poetry Competition is a significant and very popular component of Oracles of the Bush – offering cash prizes for both writing and performance of bush poetry. The senior sections are open to all non-professional poets. In the junior competition, the written sections are restricted to students of Tenterfield Shire but there is also a junior performance section, which is open to all school students in the country.

Website: www.oraclesofthebush.com

Tickets: Click here to purchase tickets online

2020 Events Program

Thursday 2nd April

Induction of 2020 Oracles Legend
Tenterfield Transport Museum
Francis Street
7 pm for 7.30 pm $35
Pre-purchased tickets ESSENTIAL
Bookings close 20 March 2020

Friday 3rd April

Lions Club Brekkie in the Park
8 am Bruxner Park $15
Gary Fogarty, Ray Essery, Bill Kearns, Greg North and Jeff Brown
Pre-Purchased tickets ESSENTIAL

Children’s Concert
10 am – Soldiers Memorial Hall
$4 p/p or $10 families
Gary Fogarty, Ray Essery, Greg North and Jeff Brown

Opening Art & Crafts Display
10 am – Visitors Centre $5
Bill Kearns
Open 10 am – 3 pm Friday to Sunday

Opening Centenary Museum Display
12:30 pm
Jeff Brown and Greg North
Adults $5 Children $2
Gold Coin donation for afternoon tea
Museum opens daily 10 am to 4 pm

Looming Legend 1st Heat
2:30 pm – Soldiers Memorial Hall $4
Trivia Night
Soldiers Memorial Hall
6.30 pm $25 – Trivia and Dinner
7.30 pm $6 – Trivia Only
Pre-Purchased Tickets ESSENTIAL

Saturday 4th April

Breakfast 7.30 am
Pre-purchased Tickets ESSENTIAL for all breakfast events
Tenterfield Golf Club $17

Gary Fogarty and Jeff Brown
Tenterfield Motor Inn $17
Ray Essery
Mount Mackenzie $15
Tea and Damper with Bill Kearns (Bring a chair)
Markets at Railway Station Museum
Markets 9 am to 12 noon
10 am Jeff Brown
Open Garden @ Rose-Lea
10am to 2pm

Tenterfield Transport Museum Inc.
Country Style Roast Lunch
Francis Street – 12 noon – $40
Ray Essery, Bill Kearns and Jeff Brown
Bar available
Pre-purchased Tickets ESSENTIAL
Bookings close 22 March 2020

Arrajay Downs – Paddock to Plate
324 Bryans Gap Road, Gates open 11.30 am
Lunch 12 noon -$42 BYO
Gary Fogarty and Greg North
Pre-purchased tickets ESSENTIAL
Bookings close 22 March, 2020

Looming Legend 2nd Heat
3.30 pm – $4
Soldiers Memorial Hall

Poets Concert
7.30 pm Soldiers Memorial Hall – $25
Doors open 7 pm
Gary Fogarty, Ray Essery, Greg North, Bill Kearns and Jeff Brown
Pre-purchased tickets RECOMMENDED

Sunday 5th April

Poets Brawl
8am – Jubilee Park
Breakfast $15 (Bring your own Chair)
Wet weather – Soldiers Memorial Hall
Pre-purchased tickets ESSENTIAL

Open Garden @ Glenrock Gardens
10 am – 4 pm
84 Robinsons Lane

Tenterfield Presbyterian Church Service
10 am – 11 am

Grand Final Looming Legend
12 pm – $15
Soldiers Memorial Hall

Oracles Farewell at the end of the Grand Final
Soldiers Memorial Hall
Bar and Lunch available to purchase