THURSDAY, JANUARY 31

Paul Gibbs, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Albury-Wodonga Uke Muster, 6pm, first floor, Albion Hotel, Albury

Sounds of the Border Open Mic Nights hosted by Larry Caton: for all ages and music styles, 7.30pm, register at 6pm, bistro, Astor Hotel, Albury

Grooveyard Hammond Combo: soul, grooves, jazz and blues every Thursday, 7pm to 9.30pm, La Maison Cafe, Wodonga

Karaoke Showtime! Registrations 7.30pm on, karaoke starts from 9pm, Paddy’s Albury

Twin Cities Rock’n’Roll Club Weekly Dance, 7.30pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury

Blues Club: Nine Below Zero, 7pm, Avalon House, Harrietville

Karaoke, 9.30pm, Alpine Hotel, Bright

Thirsty Thursdays Acoustic Night featuring five up-and-coming acoustic acts, 8pm to midnight, The First Lounge Bar and Nightclub, 1 Victoria Street, Wangaratta

Unbranded: Free youth entertainment, 4.30pm to 8pm, Gloria Jean’s, Wangaratta

Open Mic: Kane Mills, 7.30pm, Royal Hotel, Corowa

Phil Dalby, ClubMulwala

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Friday Night Seafood Buffet and Jazz Night, 4pm bar opens

 5pm music, buffet 6pm, Fresco’s Restaurant Bar, Rydges Albury

Garry O’Brien, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Tony Lukav, 5pm to 10pm, Q Manhattans, Albury

Live music, 5.30pm, Birallee Tavern, Wodonga

Denise Thorman, 6pm, Sevens Bistro, Commercial Club, Albury

The Searchers, 7.30pm, Commercial Club, Albury

Take Cover, 7pm, Rooftop Bier Garden, Albury

Live Music, 7pm, Lavington Panthers

The Rebel Rousers, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Neoncity, Straight Jacket Fashion and Brock Shirley, 9pm, SS&A Albury

Live Music, 9pm, Boomerang Hotel, Lavington

Josh McKellar, 8pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

Live DJ, 9pm, O’Maille’s Pub & Hops Garden, Wodonga

Brent & Bella, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury

DJ Zuckr, 9.30pm, Beer Garden, Paddy’s, Albury

Famous Fridays: Party Music from the 1970s to the 2000s plus Today’s Top 40 Hits, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury

DJ Sedgie, 10pm, The Carriers, Wodonga

DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint

DJ, 9pm, Birallee Tavern, Wodonga

Albury’s Biggest Club Party: Resident DJs, One Nightclub, Albury

Oh What a Night Australian Encore 2013 - A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre

Overtime, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club

Maurice and the Rumour, ClubMulwala

Mystical Groove, Mulwala Waterski Club

Cheap Thrillz with DJ Jarrod, 8pm, Terminus Hotel, Yarrawonga

Mick Tenace, 7.30pm, Yarrawonga-Mulwala Golf Club Resort

BABBA, Barooga Sports Club

Twilight by the Lagoon: Bidgee Blues Cub — Switch to Whiskey and 13 Wins, 7pm to 8.30pm, Wollundary Amphitheatre, Wagga

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Phil Dalby, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Tony Lukav, 5pm to 10pm, Q Manhattans

, Albury

Sandy Worrall, 6pm, Sevens Bistro, Commercial Club, Albury

Oh What a Night Australian Encore 2013 - A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 8pm, Albury Entertainment Centre

Trent Hamilton, 

8.30pm, Soden’s Hotel, Albury

The Rebel Rousers, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Aussie Gold, 9pm, SS&A Albury

Chris & Erin Bell, 9pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

New Direction, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury

DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, beer garden, Paddy’s, Albury

Albury’s Biggest Club Party

, One Nightclub, Albury

Band, 9.30pm, Alpine Hotel, Bright

Music on the Murray: Dave Daly, 12.30pm, St Leonards Vineyard, Wahgunyah

Kate Miller-Heidke in Concert, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre

Mansfield FReeZA presents Rock Pool: Uprising and DJ James Gillard, 4pm to 8pm, Mansfield Swimming Pool

Bob Turk, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club

DJ Will Am I, ClubMulwala

BABBA, Mulwala Waterski Club

Cheap Thrillz with DJ Jarrod, 8.30pm, Terminus Hotel, Yarrawonga

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Live Music, 1.30pm (lunch from noon), Birallee Tavern, Wodonga

Jacob Casey, 2pm, 

Rooftop Bier Garden, Albury

Sunday Sessions on the Lawn: live entertainment from 2.30pm, Boomerang Hotel, Lavington

Deckchair Sundays: Marcus Gett, DJ Zuckr, 4pm, Paddy’s, Albury

Swing Society, 4pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Sonic Loader, 7.30pm, 

Rooftop Bier Garden, Albury

Beer, Beef’n’Blues, 2pm, Round Hill Hotel, Morven

Arts Yackandandah Community Choir weekly rehearsals begin, 2pm to 4pm (but be there 1.15pm for first rehearsal), Yackandandah Public Hall

Open Stage Acoustic Open Mic with Michael Franklin — PA and microphones provided, 2pm to 5pm, MJ’s Bakery, Tallangatta

Open Mic: Rudi Katterl, 2pm, Bright Brewery

The Grey Cats, 11am, Beechworth Bakery

Open Mic with Mel Tompkins, 5pm, Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth

Maurice Milani, 3pm, North Eastern Hotel (The Northo), Wangaratta

Sunday Sesh at the Golf Club: Daine Runnalls Duo, 1pm to 4pm, Barooga Sports Club

Bidgee Blues Club Open Mic: FINN — rhythm and blues, 2pm to 6pm, Home Tavern, Wagga

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne: Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, 8pm, Christ Church Beechworth

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne: Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, 8pm, St Matthew’s Church, Albury

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Don Costa, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Mark Haze, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Open Mic with Aron McLean, ex-lead singer of The Pigs, 6pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

Take Cover, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury

DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, beer garden, Paddy’s Albury

Uni Night: DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury

Irish Jam Session, 8pm, Star Hotel, Yackandandah

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne: Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, 7.30pm, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta

Trevor Doddridge, 6pm, Border Bistro, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala

COMING UP: TOURS AND FESTIVALS

FEBRUARY

7: Benny Walker, Albion Hotel

8-10: Cafe Culture Series: Dennis Coard and Sarah Jones — Wangaratta, Bright and Wodonga

9: Geoff Achison, Edwards Tavern

9: Sweet Sounds Festival, Mount Beauty

15: Shane Pacey Blues Trio, Albion Hotel

15: Tom Burlinson, Commercial Club (15)

15-17: Riverboats Music Festival: Pete Murray, Echuca-Moama

16: Rick Price, Albury Entertainment Centre

16: Tripod, Wagga Civic Theatre

16: Festivus Music Festival, Tramps Clubrooms, Wangaratta

20: The Australian Bee Gees Show, The Cube Wodonga

21: Diesel, Wangaratta PAC

22-24: Cool Summer Festival: Stonefield, Loon Lake and more, Mount Hotham

23: Adam Brand, Beccy Cole and Travis Collins, Kinross

23: Shakespeare in the Vines, Gapsted Wines

23-24: Tumbafest, Tumbarumba

24: Sugarcane Collins, Uranquinty Hotel

27: Denise Drysdale, Boyntons Feathertop Winery, Porepunkah

28-3: Beatles Festival, Albion, Commercial Club, ZedBar

MARCH

1: Denise Drysdale, Wangaratta PAC3: Drapht, Paddy’s

1-3: Rutherglen Dance Festival, Rutherglen Memorial Hall

2: A Day on the Green: Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Mark Seymour, Lisa Mitchell, All Saints Estate, Wahgunyah

7-11: Myrtleford Festival

8: Time Warp, Commercial Club

8: Michelle Nicolle Quartet, The Jazz Basement

8-11: Dinner Plain Festival of Rock

9: Male Review, North Albury Sports Club

9-10: Carnivale Wodonga

9-10: Tastes of Rutherglen

13: David Strassman, Albury Entertainment Centre

13: Henri Szeps, Wangaratta PAC

15: Tania Kernaghan, Commercial Club

15: The Syncopators, Jazz Basement

16-17: Tastes of Rutherglen

17: Harvest’n’Graze Festival: Pseudo Echo, Kinross

17: Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, Albury Botanic Gardens

18: Humpty’s Showtime Play School Concert, Commercial Club

19-23: The Fabulous Dame Farrar’s Dazzling Display of Stupendous Acts for the Stage!!!, Butter Factory Theatre

21-24: Albury Gold Cup Carnival

22: Peter Baylor — Ultrafox, Jazz Basement

22-24: Yackandandah Folk Festival

23: Celtic Illusion, Wangaratta PAC

26-27: They’re Playing Our Song, Albury Entertainment Centre

26-27: Flying Fruit Fly Circus: Control, Alt Delete, Wangaratta PAC

29-31: Golden Horseshoes Festival, Beechworth

30-31: Deni Blues and Roots Festival, Ute Muster Site

31: Hoodoo Gurus, Stonefield, Dale Ryder and Red Ink, Buller Wines, Rutherglen

31: Jimmy Barnes, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish, Dragon, Mansfield Showgrounds

FREE TIME OUT ONLINE GUIDE: Email music, comedy, theatre or exhibitions details to play@bordermail.com.au or phone (02) 6024 0548. Deadline: noon Wednesdays. A fresh Time Out is posted at the bordermail.com.au every Thursday.

VISUAL ARTS AND HISTORY: EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

ALBURY ART GALLERY

HARVEST

UNTIL FEBRUARY 3

As the winner of the 2012 Susan Moorehead Memorial Award, Richard Janson presents his first solo exhibition. The exhibited work incorporates use of a manual camera, reflectors, studio and handheld light effects during long exposures as Janson 'paints' using light to reference 17th century Dutch still life painters. Emulating their dramatic use of light and composition, the artist constructs and captures a time-lapse scene of entropy as he comments on time and mortality and reflects on relationships between food and our modern consumer ways.

STRIPES, STRIPES EVERYWHERE

UNTIL FEBRUARY 10

Stripes, dots and zig zags, patterns come in all different shapes, colours and sizes. This is an exhibition for the entire family to enjoy. The artworks include ceramics made by  students from Glenroy Public School. Free event.

ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM

GROWTH RINGS — UNEARTHING THE ALBURY BOTANIC GARDENS

UNTIL FEBRUARY 10

Unearthing the history of Albury’s much loved Botanic Gardens, this exhibition showcases the stunning botanic illustrations created by local botanical artists and displaying turn of the century textile costumes the exhibition recreates the 1900s botanic scene and tells the history of gardens. Visitors will enjoy this indoor and outdoor botanic experience. Programs include guided tours of the exhibition  and art workshops for adults and children. Opening 6pm, November 22, 6pm. Phone (02) 6023 8333. Free event.

THOROUGHFARE — INSIDE ALBURY’S TRANSPORT HUB

UNTIL MARCH 1

A look at Albury's transportation industry as it moved from horse-drawn carriages to the motor car. It draws on the site history of Albury's 526-540 Kiewa Street, now home to the Albury Library Museum. Discover the stories behind some of the businesses that operated along Albury's major transport thoroughfare. The site has been home to myriad owners and its uses are a reflection of the time, advances in technology and the people who worked there. The exhibition is filled with significant objects and stories relating to Crawford and Co stables, West's Motors garage, Azor Robbins and Alex Porter mechanics, Blacklocks motor cycle and car repairs and the Murray Valley Coaches depot.

THE CEDAR: WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE

UNTIL MARCH 17

For almost 25 years Jim and Vicki Bacash ran The Cedar of Albury reception rooms in Olive Street. Together they hosted more than 1000 wedding receptions, balls and social events. Vicki was known for her elegance and Jim for his bow ties. This costume exhibition is rekindling memories of The Cedar for many residents of Albury.

CROSSING PLACE— A STORY OF ALBURY

PERMANENT EXHIBITION

Weaving together the story of Albury from its first contact with the Wiradjuri people, traditional owners of the land, to the city we know today, this world-class exhibition, told through an engaging collection of objects, oral stories and film, is on permanent display in the main galleries of the Albury Library Museum.

WIRADJURI TALKBACK

UNTIL JULY 1, 2014

A celebration of the perspectives and traditional knowledge of the Albury-Wodonga region's Aboriginal people, showcasing a powerful and thought-provoking blend of traditional and contemporary elements illustrating the rich cultural traditions of Wiradjuri country. Alongside traditional Riverina bark paintings and tools are sketches by 19th century Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae, a local identity famed for his depictions of traditional Aboriginal life.

LAVINGTON LIBRARY

LAUGHTER AND GAMES

UNTIL MARCH 3

Laughter and Games showcases playful toys and games from the Albury Council collection, presenting a number of childhood favourites from years past. The exhibit looks at toys and children’s playthings from the early 1900s to the 1960s. From a 1960s Space Station Morse Signalling Set and playing cards to puzzles, dolls and tea sets, as well as an Albury-Wodonga board game, there is something for everyone.

ARTS SPACE WODONGA

BLOCK X BLOCK

FEBRUARY 1 TO 23

An exciting group exhibition that explores the medium of print. Although not all known as printmakers, this group of established artists — including Kirsten Coates, Chris Dormer, Linda Fish, Joan Mullarvey, Janet Sutherland, Ali Rowe, Tania Sutton and Abi Thompson — have explored the diverse uses of printing processes, from lino print to etching and collograph to monoprint.

GIGS ART GALLERY, WODONGA

LACUNAE

FEBRUARY 1 TO 24

When discarding items, have you ever wondered about what happened to the objects, homes and clothing that you have left behind? Conceptual artist Beth Peters explores the idea of a psychological, emotional or spiritual presence left behind in objects. Through repetition of line, text and imagery, Peters explores the idea of retrieving something lost or coming to an understanding of that something, whether it be a memory or idea. Take time out of your day and wonder through the insightful exhibition...you may find something you thought was lost. Open 10am  to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday. GIGS Gallery & Studios are on Gateway Island, Wodonga. (02) 6021 3073.

CREATORS ARTSPACE, WODONGA

DIAMOND JUBILEE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

FEBRUARY 6 TO 19

A celebration of 60 years of the Wodonga Albury Camera Club featuring works by members past and present. Many of the images will be for sale. Opening night 6pm to 8pm Friday, February 8 with the exhibition open daily from 10am to 4pm. Free entry. A 60th Anniversary dinner will also be held at Lavington Panthers on Saturday, February 9. For more information, phone (02) 6024 4885 or 0401 950 273.

YACKANDANDAH MUSEUM

A STITCH IN TIME

UNTIL MARCH 31

Featuring two signature cloths, one from the early 1920s, made for the Presbyterian Church Yackandandah as a fund-raise,r and the other a Yackandandah Bush Nursing Hospital fund-raiser for the town’s new hospital, built in 1929. Both have wonderful stories and together feature about 400 local names. 11am to 4pm Wednesdays to Sundays,.

BENALLA ART GALLERY

CCP DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

UNTIL MARCH 10

Enjoy this biennial showcase of contemporary Australian documentary photography. It represents a unique, national initiative in support of documentary photography, providing a rare opportunity to assess the themes, styles and ideas that characterise this fascinating genre.

CLUBMULWALA AUDITORIUM

YARRAWONGA-MULWALA ART AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION 2013

FEBRUARY 2 TO 10

Presented by the Yarrawonga-Mulwala Arts Council. Opening hours: Noon to 6pm Mondays to Thursdays; 10am to 8pm Fridays and Saturdays; 10am to 1pm Sundays.