Throughout the month of October, the Bruce Armstrong Band Room - located at the WGAC Precinct, Warragul - will be open to showcase the history of Warragul and the Band. The exhibition, From The Beginning – A Walk Through Time, will feature images of Warragul from the 1880s and a tribute display to Bruce Armstrong. It will also acknowledge and pay respects to the Band’s ANZAC and 52nd Battalion connections. With over 150 trophies recently cleaned and catalogued, past uniforms and photos on display, and much, much more, this exhibition aims to celebrate the rich history of a Band that has been an intrinsic part of Warragul since 1885. The exhibition will be gold coin donation and open Mondays and Tuesdays 6.00pm - 7.00pm throughout October to 11 November, Saturdays 10.30am - 12.30pm throughout October to 8 November, and a final viewing opportunity on the afternoon of the 140th Anniversary Year Celebrations Concert on Saturday 15 November from 2.30pm - 6.30pm.
For confirmed Warragul Municipal Band events please see the calendar above. Some events are confirmed but details are yet to be agreed - so check back again soon!
Junior Band goals for 2025 include the following events:
Term One
Forecourt Friday Concert, West Gippsland Arts Centre - Friday 21 March 4:45pm - 8:30pm
Term Two
ANZAC Day - March from the corner of Victoria & Napier Streets, Warragul, Friday 25 April 10:00am
Drumming Workshop to be held Tuesday 15 July - see details above
Bluey Workshop to be held Wednesday 16 July - more details to come
Come & Try session Saturday 19 July - see details above
Concert for the Band Ready and Training Band - TBC
Term Three
Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod Sunday 14 September
Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser FRIDAY 26 September
Victorian Youth Bands Festival
Concert for the Band Ready and Training Band
Term Four
140th Anniversary Year Celebrations Concert - Saturday 15 November - for more details click here
Christmas Carols project
Concert for Band Ready and Training Band
Other events - those where dates have not been set/agreed to yet - are listed below. Again, please check back because as soon as details are confirmed these events will be added to the calendar above.
Reading Day - Gippsland Band Group. TBC.
Second, and possibly a third Bunnings Sausage Sizzle - sometime in June and/or October, Bunnings Warragul.
"From the beginning - a walk through time" (legacy and history exhibition) - sometime in October (running through to 15 November's 140th Anniversary Year Celebrations Concert) and likely as part of the Seniors Festival, at the Arts Precinct, Civic Place, Warragul.
Rotunda 'Picnic in the Park' afternoons at Warragul, Yarragon, Drouin, and Walhalla. TBC.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser Mar'25
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Playout Mar'25
Dawn Service ANZAC Day 2025 Warragul Cenotaph
Anthony, Alanna, and Sarah at ANZAC Day 2025
Working Bee team - Jan'25
Working Bee - History polishing and documenting team
Australia Day 2025 at WGAC
Thorpdale Market - Feb'25