Australia Day is coming up soon and to help celebrate in Armidale there will be a big, community event held at the Armidale Showground.

Armidale’s Australia Day celebrations will kick off at 10:30am on January 26 with performances from the Armidale City Band and a Bush poetry reading by Gordon Edmonds, which will be followed by the official Australia Day proceedings.

The official proceedings include the Citizenship Ceremony, Australia Day messages and the presentation of Armidale’s Australia Day Awards.

After the official proceedings, there will be range of entertainment and activities taking place for the whole family to enjoy, with the event wrapping up at about 3:30pm.

Armidale’s Australia Day community event should be a great day out and if you would like to find out any more information about the event then you can head to the Armidale Dumaresq Council website.