Media release: Oberon's Heritage Hall Recognised at State Awards
May 22, 2025 in Community, Business and Music

The Oberon area figured greatly in the 2025 NSW Heritage Awards, with the Malachi Gilmore Hall being a finalist. To add to the local content, architect (and bass player) Lian Wong from O'Connell was the lead architect on the winning entry, the Bega Hospital restoration. Congratulations to Lucy and Johnny East at the Malachi and Lian Wong on their success at the awards.
See the Malachi's media release here

"See You Later Mum" - a play playing on your heartstrings
May 15, 2025 in Community and Music

Mother's Day would be the perfect time to sit down and watch a play about the relationships between mothers, their children and grandchildren. This Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, gave everyone in Oberon an opportunity to see a performance of "See You Later Mum"
See more about the play here

Teaching the town to sing
May 15, 2025 in Music

The New Seekers and the Hilltop Singers wanted to teach the world to sing, but a slightly less ambitious project was to take some of Oberon's residents and teach them to sing.
You can see and hear the story here

The Mervin Wipple Trio are back
April 24, 2025 in Music

There's no better way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon than listening to good music in a pub beer garden with a suitable beverage in hand. Sunday, April 20, was just such a day and the Mervin Wipple Trio provided the music in the beer garden of the Tarana Hotel.
See some more about this here

Latin Music and Drumming
April 10, 2025 in Community and Music

On Friday, March 28, local drummers and a group of students from St Joseph's Catholic School had a chance try out their drumming skills at a workshop conducted by members of Sydney bands Caribé and ALLY at the Malachi Gilmore Hall.
See some photos from the day here

Media release - Louder Inside, Quieter Outside - The Malachi's Soundproofing Upgrade
March 27, 2025 in Community and Music

Things are going to get even better at the Malachi Gilmore Hall with changes to the acoustics and soundproofing.
See the story here

So Much Myself
March 6, 2025 in Music
Updated March 9, 2025

On Sunday, March 2, the audience at the Malachi Gilmore Hall were treated to an amazing and totally different musical performance. Performed by pianist Sonya Lifschitz with music composed by Robert Davidson, the show "Creative Women/So Much Myself: Piano Portraits" featured stories, comments and words by women ...
See the rest of the story here

Echoes of the Picture Palace
February 13, 2025 in Community and Music

Sunday, February 9, saw a return to the very olden days in the history of the Malachi Gilmore Hall when one of its functions was as a movie theatre. The show consisted of some silent films from back in the day, with musical accompaniment by the Golden Age Quartet.
Find the music and movies here

"In The A.M." in the PM
February 6, 2025 in Music

If you weren't at the Oberon Golf club during the afternoon of Sunday, January 19, you missed a great musical show by the duo In The A.M. The duo consists of locals Adrian Perry and Mal Voerman. They have known each other since high school but the group has only been officially together for a couple of months.
See some more here

On for young and old at the Malachi. And by them, too.
January 30, 2025 in Music

It was an interesting concert at the Malachi Gilmore Hall on Saturday, January 25. The main act was the ever excellent The Safety of Life at Sea, but what made the show special was the three performances by some very young musicians.
See the story here