What's on in the Hunter 2013/14
What's on
There are some exciting events happening in the Hunter Valley in the next 3-6 months. We've been posting information on our Facebook page; however, we thought it might be helpful to have an easy-to-navigate list.
The following is a list of events, attractions, concerts and other things of interest, we've been able to find out about (its not a comprehensive list). We hope it sets you on a path to visiting us in this beautiful region, for its amazing selection of food, wine and all of its other attractions.
Events, attractions, concerts... (in chronological order)
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Sept 2013 | Oct 2013 | Nov 2013 | Dec 2013 | Feb 2014 | March 2014
September 2013
- Spring Festival of Flowers (September)
More on the Festival of Flowers
Event information on Facebook
Location: Hunter Valley Gardens
When: 1/09/2013 to 30/09/2013
Event type: Annual - Akmal—Live in Maitland (Dinner and/or Show)
Tour information
Location: Maitland City Bowls, Sport & Rec Club
When: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Fri, 20/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Long Tuscan Lunch
Their Facebook page
Location: Tintilla Estate, 725 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Sat, 21/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Keith Tulloch Degustation Wine Dinners
Further information
Cnr Hermitage & Deasys Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Sat, 21/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Paterson Classic Car and Bike Show
Further information
King Street, Paterson - Phone: 02 4938 5133
When: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sun, 22/09/2013
Event type: Annual - Akmal—Live in Maitland (Dinner and/or Show)
Tour information
Further information
Cessnock Supporters Club, 1 Darwin Street, Cessnock, NSW
When: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Thu, 26/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 28/09/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 28/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Seafood and Semillon Sunday Session (1st)
Their Facebook page
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sun, 29/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 29/09/2013
Event type: Booking/s required
October 2013
- Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 5/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 6/10/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 6/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Ministry of Sound—Clubbers Guide to Spring - featuring Danny T and Goodwill
Visit the Moshtix website
Location: The Goldfish
When: 7:00 PM, Fri, 11/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 12/10/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat - Inaugural Hunter Valley Wine Festival
Tickets via Moshtix
See Wine Country Villas' Festival deal.
Location: Crowne Plaza
When: 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Sat, 12/10/2013
Event frequency: Annual (2013 is the first/inaugural) - Grossmann House, Maitland (1930 Jubilee Garden Party)
Further information
Their Facebook page
Location: Commence Clooney Park, cnr Lawes & Brunswick Streets, East Maitland
When: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sat, 19/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 19/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Opera in the Vineyards
Location: Wyndham Estate, 700 Dalwood Road, Dalwood—gates open 2.30pm
When: 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM, Sat, 19/10/2013
Event type: Annual - Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 20/10/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 20/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Grossmann House - East Maitland - A talk about House restoration
Their Facebook page
Further information here
Location: Commence Clooney Park, cnr Lawes & Brunswick Streets, East Maitland
When: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Fri, 25/10/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Balloon Fiesta
More information here
Balloon Aloft
Location: Check with Balloon Aloft
When: Sat, 26/10/2013 to Sun, 27/10/2013
Event type: Annual event - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 26/10/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat - Jazz in the Vines
Facebook event page
Location: Tyrrell's Vineyard, Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Sat, 26/10/2013
Event type: Annual - Jazz in the Vines Recovery Breakfast and Jazz Picnic (no BYO)
The Facebook event page
Location: Gartelmann Wines
When: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Sun, 27/10/2013
Event type: Free
November 2013
- Bitter & Twisted International Boutique Beer Festival
Visit their Facebook page
Location: Maitland Gaol
When: Sat, 2/11/2013 and Sun, 3/11/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 2/11/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - A Day on the Green: Bernard Fanning
Location: Bimbadgen Winery,
When: 3:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Sat, 2/11/2013
Event type: Concert - Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 3/11/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 3/11/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Melbourne Cup*
Multiple locations, including:
—Hope Estate
—Harrigan's Pub, and
—Bimbadgen Winery.
When: Tue, 5/11/2013
Event type: Annual
*Check online for more locations, costs and times. - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 9/11/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 16/11/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Fleetwood Mac Concert
Location: Hope Estate, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 4:30 PM to 11:00 PM, Sat, 16/11/2013
Event type: Concert - Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 17/11/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook
Check dates here
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 17/11/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 23/11/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat - A Day on the Green: Leonard Cohen
Their Facebook page
Location: Bimbadgen Winery
When: 3:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Sat, 23/11/2013
Event type: Concert
December 2013
- Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 1/12/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
Visit their website.
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 1/12/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 14/12/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat (see their website to check dates) - Alicia Keys concert
Location: Hope Estate
When: 4:30 PM to 11:00 PM, Sat, 14/12/2013
Event type: Concert - Maitland Harvest Markets
Further information
Location: Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland
When: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Sun, 15/12/2013
Event frequency: 1st & 3rd Sun - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 21/12/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 22/12/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Handmade in the Hunter Markets
Their Facebook page
Location: Kevin Sobels Winery, Cnr Broke and Halls Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
When: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sat, 28/12/2013
Event frequency: 2nd & 4th Sat (see their website to check dates) - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sat, 28/12/2013
Event type: Booking/s required - Chocolate & Wine Tasting—Wyndham Estate Wines
They are also on Facebook.
Check dates here.
Location: Wyndham Estate Wines, 700 Dalwood Road, DALWOOD NSW 2335
When: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Sun, 29/12/2013
Event type: Booking/s required
February 2014
- Bruce Springsteen
Location: Hope Estate
When: 4:30 PM to 11:00 PM, Sat, 22/02/2014
Event type: Concert - Bruce Springsteen
Location: Hope Estate
When: 4:30 PM to 11:00 PM, Sun, 23/02/2014
Event type:Concert
March 2014
- Country Music Channel Rocks—Country and Roots Festival
Location: Hope Estate
When: Fri, 14/03/2014 to Sun, 16/03/2014
Event type: Booking/s required
More sites providing Hunter Valley event information
We recommend the following sites to find out about events in the Hunter Valley: