Travel back in time to 1852 to revisit the voyage of the Ticonderoga, the emigrant clipper which sailed from Liverpool to Port Phillip Bay. Love, tragedy and heroism combine in the tale of the ship, on which almost 100 perished when typhus broke out. Michael Veitch brings his one-man show on the tragedy to the stage. Capitol Theatre on Wednesday 24 March at 7.30pm, tickets at the Capitol Theatre box office, entertainmentvenues.com.au or 67675200.

You'll be singing along when Tamworth Musical Society puts on Mamma Mia!. ABBA has never sounded so good - Dancing Queen, Voulez Vous, S.O.S, Take a Chance On Me and The Winner Takes It All will bring back memories. The company will put on 13 performances from March 5-20. Book at entertainmentvenues.com.au, on 6767 5200 or at the Capitol Theatre Box Office.

A patch of land out the back of the Imperial Hotel at Quirindi is about to be turned into a market to help boost tourism to the area. The first one, on March 6, will have food, drink, gardening, health and beauty items and kids activities. It will then be held on the first Saturday of each month from 8am to 3pm. Stallholders, contact Tracy McFarlane via Facebook or on 0408265333 for details.

If you're hankering to see what the film industry is up to then here's your chance. Check out Roborovski, which won The Yoram Gross Award For Best Australian Animation at Flickerfest 2021. Flickerfest, on February 21 it's the shorts category at 3pm and on February 28 at 3pm it's comedies. Tickets from Civic Centre, Gunnedah.

Diana Lampard and Veronica Filby have put their heads together to create the first "Your Creative Escape" to be held in Currabubula on March 13. It will be a fun, inclusive space for women to be creative, spend time together and make friends. The Little Flower School from Tamworth will run a flower crown workshop using fresh blooms and foliage and artist Jodie Herden will run a workshop to create your own version of Van Gogh's "Starry Night". Tickets for Your Creative Escape at Currabubula Pub at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/your-creative-escape-tickets-137057479611.

Take a trip back to the 1980s with the Casino Royale Charity Ball to benefit a variety of local Tamworth charities. Pull together your best 80s look and get ready to boogie under the mirror ball. Tickets are $65, bring your own drinks and table snacks. May 22, Tamworth Town Hall, from 7pm. Register with bsingh@singhpropertygroup.com.au

Are you a Sheldon at heart (he of Big Bang Theory and a lover of trains big and small)? If so, you'll be delighted to learn that the Tamworth Miniature Railway is back on the tracks. The plan is to run a train every 10 minutes, with each train holding one family booking. You can book at tamworthminiaturetrainrides@gmail.com. Cost is $10 per train.

A collaboration by five Tamworth-region artists is the focus of this exhibition on pain, loss and grief through lenses including digital projection and motion detection. Artists featured are Karen Balsar, Leah Dryden, Jodie Herden, Joanne Stead and Jody White. Blindspot will open at the Tamworth Regional Gallery on February 13 at 2pm and you can reserve your place at www.eventbrite.com.au. The exhibition will run until March 28.

Uralla Museum is set to honour cricketer 'Sunny Jim' Mackay with an exhibition that will be opened on March 13 by award-winning author and journalist Malcolm Knox. Mackay was a right-handed opening batsman in the early years of the 20th century and lived much of his life in the region, dieing at Walcha in 1953. The exhibition will open at 6pm on March 13, with Knox also a guest speaker at a dinner to follow. Bookings must be made before February 27 from Wendy: 0407 942 308 or email wendyvanekert@gmail.com

After a year off, the Gunnedah Country Music Muster will be back with some foot stomping fun in March. The line-up includes Grant Luhrs and Bob Easter. Gunnedah, various, March 24-26. Tickets are $20 a person a day. Bookings 0428 486 134.

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