Albury Chamber Music Festival 2026: Passes Sold Out, 11 Concerts in 4 Venues, Gala Ball Friday or Saturday 6pm, Free Timed Parking, 6 to 8 November (Albury, NSW)

The 2026 Albury Chamber Music Festival, running Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November, is sold out: the festival’s TryBooking page, read on 26 October 2026, says “This event has sold out, no tickets are currently available.” If you already hold a pass, the key choice is which session you are in. Black and White hold the same music, but the Gala Ball falls on Friday night for Black and Saturday night for White, and a few concerts move to different hours.

This guide uses only the festival’s own 2026 pages, its TryBooking listing and AlburyCity’s parking pages. Albury is on daylight saving time (AEDT, UTC+11) in November, one hour ahead of Queensland.

Are tickets still available?

No, not on the booking page we read. The festival’s TryBooking listing is headed “SOLD OUT” and lists two sessions, Black and White. The festival sells a Festival Pass that covers every concert in one session, and its passes page gives the dates as Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026.

What we could not find in 2026 is any price, a waiting list, or single-concert tickets. The 2026 pages we read show only passes, so do not assume single-concert or door sales this year. The festival’s contact page gives info@alburychambermusicfestival.com.au and a mailing-list sign-up; the TryBooking page also says to contact the organiser with queries.

What is the difference between the Black and White sessions?

The festival says both sessions are identical in terms of programming, and that performance times at the smaller venues vary. On TryBooking it describes each sitting as eleven performances plus a bonus performance, including the Black Gala Dinner on Friday night and the White Gala Dinner on Saturday night. The program pages confirm which items move:

Item	Black session	White session
Gala Ball, The Albury Club	Friday 6 November, 6pm to 9pm	Saturday 7 November, 6pm to 9pm
Gilbert and Sullivan cabaret with Stuart Maunder, Adamshurst Ballroom	Saturday 7 November, 5pm to 6pm	Friday 6 November, 4pm to 5pm
Songs of the Auvergne, Adamshurst Ballroom	Sunday 8 November, 12pm to 1pm	Saturday 7 November, 3pm to 4pm
Charlie Wu piano recital (bonus), Adamshurst Ballroom	Sunday 8 November, 1:30pm to 2pm	Sunday 8 November, 1pm to 1:30pm
Garden drink in the Adamshurst Gardens	Sunday 8 November, 1pm to 1:30pm	Sunday 8 November, 1:30pm to 2pm

Everything else runs at the same time in both sessions, as listed in the next section.

What time is each concert, and where?

The festival’s theme this year is Ooh là là!, a French programme. The times below are from the festival’s White session and Black session pages. The two sessions share these items:

Day and time	What	Venue
Friday 6 Nov, 2pm to 3pm	Fauré’s Requiem, Opus 48 (opening work), with soprano Greta Claringbould, bass Andrew Fysh and Lux Alba	St Matthew’s Church
Friday 6 Nov, 9:30pm	Late-night soirée: cellist Molly Kadarauch, solo works by candlelight	St Matthew’s Church
Saturday 7 Nov, 9am to 10am	Organ recital with Peter Guy: Saint-Saëns, Batiste, Franck and Vierne	St Matthew’s Church
Saturday 7 Nov, 10:45am to 11:45am	Stuart Maunder on the operatic stage and the role of the director, interviewed by Sally-Anne Russell and Mario Dobernig	Regent Cinemas Albury
Saturday 7 Nov, 1pm to 2pm	Daniel de Borah, piano: Chopin and Franck	St Matthew’s Church
Saturday 7 Nov, 9:30pm	Late-night soirée: The Psalm Project with pianist Mark Ferguson and readings by Fr Peter Macleod-Miller, by candlelight	St Matthew’s Church
Sunday 8 Nov, 9am to 10:30am	Festival Service, with world premieres by Australian composers and one Italian composer	St Matthew’s Church
Sunday 8 Nov, 3pm to 4pm	Baroque Extravaganza: French Baroque cantatas with Canberra’s Limestone Consort	St Matthew’s Church

The festival’s artistic directors are Sally-Anne Russell and Mario Dobernig. Mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell sings Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, written between 1923 and 1930, in a new edition for chamber orchestra, and the festival says translations will be provided.

Where are the four venues?

The festival lists these addresses, all in Albury:

Venue	Address	Used for
St Matthew’s Church	516 Kiewa Street	Most concerts, including every late-night soirée and the Sunday service
The Albury Club	519 Kiewa Street	Gala Ball
Regent Cinemas	456 Dean Street	Stuart Maunder’s Saturday talk
Adamshurst	603 David Street	Ballroom concerts and the garden drink

St Matthew’s Church and The Albury Club are on the same street, numbered 516 and 519. Adamshurst’s own website describes it as a heritage-listed property in central Albury, with a mansion and garden dating from the 1880s, and says it is a foundation performance venue for this festival. The festival’s food page says the Thai restaurant Chada is directly across from St Matthew’s.

How do I get into the Gala Ball?

The festival says the ball is its Gala Dinner, with a three-course French-inspired meal at The Albury Club and music from French cabaret singer Louise Blackwell and her French Set. It suggests coming dressed as Napoleon, Astérix, Marie Antoinette or Cyrano de Bergerac, or simply in red, white and blue.

One instruction is easy to miss. The festival says entry to The Albury Club is via the rose garden at the back of the club, reached from Stanley Street through the Commercial Club carpark, and that entry through the Kiewa Street front door is not possible. That matters if you are driving, because the club’s address is 519 Kiewa Street.

If you are in the White session, you have a gap on Saturday: Songs of the Auvergne finishes at 4pm at Adamshurst (David Street) and the ball starts at 6pm at The Albury Club. Black session pass holders finish Friday’s Fauré at 3pm and the ball starts at 6pm.

Where can I park, and is it free?

Parking in the Albury CBD is free. AlburyCity’s licence plate recognition page says parking will remain free and that you must still follow the time limits on the signs. What changed is how time limits are checked: from 6 October 2026 AlburyCity uses cameras on Council vehicles to scan plates in timed areas, replacing 407 parking sensors and chalking tyres. The council says fines are still placed on the vehicle and that images are kept for up to 48 hours.

That makes the time limit the thing to watch for a festival weekend. A concert here runs about an hour, and the council’s parking page lists these off-street options:

Car park	Parking type, per AlburyCity
Wilson Street multideck	All day
SS&A Club	All day
Volt Lane	Timed and all day
Myer Centrepoint	Timed and all day
West End Plaza	Timed and all day
Lavington Square	All day

The council’s CBD parking map also marks a Kiewa Street multideck, shaded as all-day parking, and shows much of the kerbside along Dean and Kiewa streets as short-stay. The council adds that restrictions can change, that some car parks are privately operated, and that you should check the signs where you park. The page we read does not give separate weekend rules, so read the sign rather than assuming the limit lifts on Saturday or Sunday.

For a one-hour concert in a one-hour bay, the arithmetic leaves no spare time for walking, so an all-day car park is the safer choice for the long Saturday, when the White session runs from 9am to the 9:30pm soirée. If you are using a Mobility Parking Permit, the council says to display it clearly on the windscreen.

Can I get there without a car?

The council’s parking map marks Albury Train Station on the eastern edge of the CBD, so the station is on the same map as the venues’ streets. We have not checked how far it is on foot or what trains and buses run that weekend, so use the Transport for NSW and V/Line trip planners for the day you travel. The festival’s food page says Albury has plenty of places to stay within and adjoining the town centre, and that accommodation across the river in Wodonga is about a 10-minute drive.

Where should I eat between concerts?

The festival’s food and stay page says restaurants are within walking distance of the venues and that you should book ahead for evenings after concerts, because November is a busy time and walk-ins are not guaranteed. It lists Yardbird, Sen, Level One Wine Bar, The Woolhouse, Botanical Restaurant and Bar, Norma, 2640, Chada, Hapi Dumpling Bar, Din Dins Kitchen & Bar and Public House for dinner. For breakfast and lunch it lists The Proprietor, Mr Benedict, Ebden & Olive, Canvas, Riverdeck, Table 451 Eat + Drink and Greenstreat.

The late-night soirées start at 9:30pm on Friday and Saturday, so a dinner booking before them needs to end in time to be at St Matthew’s. The festival does not say how long the soirées run.

What should I check on the day?

• Your session colour and the matching times in the tables above.
• The signed time limit at wherever you park, since cameras now check timed bays.
• For the ball, the back entrance from Stanley Street.
• The festival’s program pages for any change, since we checked on 26 October.

Sources

• TryBooking: Albury Chamber Music Festival 2026 (sold out; checked 26 October 2026)
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Program 26, White session
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Program 26, Black session
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Passes Now Selling, Festival 2026 (Black and White explained)
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Festival Passes 26
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Eat and Sleep
• Albury Chamber Music Festival: Contact
• AlburyCity: Parking and its Licence Plate Recognition System page
• Adamshurst, Albury

Featured image: St Matthew’s Anglican Church, Albury, NSW (photo: Bidgee / CC BY-SA 3.0) (text added)

OZ Local Updates is an independent local guide and is not affiliated with the Albury Chamber Music Festival, AlburyCity or Adamshurst. Ticket availability and event details can change; check the festival’s own pages before you go.