Bathurst Heritage Trades Trail returns with 100 artisans to demonstrate

World heritage and rare crafts will be on display as the 10th Bathurst Heritage Trades Trail returns with over 100 skilled artisans and a program of fun and hands-on experiences.

This milestone year marks a decade of celebrating the traditional trades, crafts and cultural heritage that have helped shape Bathurst, Australia’s first inland European settlement.

Artisans from all over Australia will demonstrate both rare and traditional trades, including blacksmithing, dry-stone walling, furniture making, embroidery, lace making, and a special showcase of traditional Aboriginal tool and weapon making. These demonstrations will take place throughout the historic pavilions and open spaces of Bathurst Showground.

For the kids in 2026, a Kidz Zone will offer sword making, puppets, damper baking, games and toasting marshmallows. Visitors can meet a bodger and learn about traditional chair and furniture making, or ride an Cobb & Co coach, crack a whip and learn to crochet or sew.

Bathurst is 2.5hrs drive from Sydney and steeped in history with over 20 museums and galleries to explore. As a signature event of the Autumn Colours Heritage Festival, the Bathurst Heritage Trades Trail is set against the region’s most spectacular season, when the town and surrounding villages come alive with vibrant autumn colours.

Date and time: 10am-4pm on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 April 2026
Venue: Bathurst Showground

Tickets are now on sale. See www.bathurstregion.com.au

Images courtesy Bathurst Regional Council