With a record showing for their opening night, Dubbo Art Fair certainly reached new heights for their 2025 exhibition period.

The Fair is designed to celebrate the talent of local artists and was held in September and has since been heralded as “a great success” with both attendance and art sales high.

The event welcomed almost 2000 people through the doors across the weekend and on the opening night with the official launch surpassing previous records with artists collectively selling more than $63,000 in works, Dubbo Mayor Josh Black revealed.

“It is a real feather in the Dubbo region’s cap,” Cr Black said.

“Dubbo Art Fair gives artists in our region a platform to showcase their art and talk directly with people about their art,” he added.

Also as part of the Dubbo Art Fair, is a free professional development session coordinated for participating artists to help grow and strengthen their skills and knowledge in the local creative sector.

“Having the opportunity to host a professional development session for artists has been a unique addition to the event over the past couple of years,” Council’s Curator Kent Buchanan enthused.

“It also offers artists in a regional setting access to professional development that is normally only available in metropolitan areas,” he added.

Dubbo Art Fair is supported by Dubbo Council as an initiative of their Cultural Plan and is also supported through funding from the State Government’s Create NSW initiative, money well-spent, if results are anything to go by.

“We are really proud of how far the Dubbo Art Fair has come in its short history,” Mr Buchanan said.

“This year, the sales of art increase by 30 per cent on last year, demonstrating how robust the art sector is and how supportive our community is of the arts,” he concluded.