The Choir is singing regularly at Brumbies home games, our annual concerts and other events in and around Canberra and at memorial services in Bungendore as well as at the Australian War Memorial. We continue our association with the Male Choirs Association of Australia with the next concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in May 2025. With the British Lions visiting in 2025, we are also preparing to sing with their choir in August 2025 at the Sydney Opera House.
July 2025
Weekly Practice - 3 July 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
Fan Zone Practice
Practice of the repertoire to be performed at the Fan Zone Community Rugby Fundraiser at The Dock.
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 9:00am |
Choir Retreat - Day 2
In place of a weekend retreat, the choir will have some additional weekend rehearsals to solidify the repertoire for our Sydney Opera House and end of year performances.
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 9:30am |
'Fan Zone' Pre-game Community Rugby Fundraiser at The Dock before Brumbies v Lions match
Ben Alexander (former Brumby and co-owner of The Dock pub on Kingston
Foreshore) has invited the Choir to sing at the 'Fan Zone' at the Dock that they are
running to raise funds for community rugby. They expect to have about 300 people,
including former Rugby greats and some of the Lions supporters, present for a pre-
game party at the pub from 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm, before many of them travel out to
GIO Stadium for the Brumbies v Lions match.
(Depending on the size of the crowd, parking close by could be limited.)
Time: Assemble by 3:45 pm to sing from 4:00 pm.
Assembly: Outside The Dock, Kingston Foreshore.
| Location | The Dock, 7/81 Giles St, Kingston ACT 2604 |
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| Time | 3:45pm |
Weekly Practice - 24 July 2025
This will be our last regular practice before our Sydney Opera House performance with the Lions choir. Be prepared to sing through the whole repertoire and polish off any rust!
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
Performers' Combined Rehearsal for Lions Male Choir Concert
Rehearsal for the Lions Male Choir concert for members of all participating choirs.
| Location | Rydges Hotel, 54, McLaren Street, Sydney NSW 2060 |
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| Time | 4:00pm |
August 2025
Performers' Technical Rehearsal for Lions Male Choir performance
| Location | Sydney Opera House |
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| Time | 4:30pm |
Lions Male Choir and Friends at the Sydney Opera House
The Lions Male Choir will stage massed male choral concerts with select Australian male voice choirs around Australia to coincide with the British Lions Tour matches between late July into early August 2025.
The Australian Rugby Choir will perform with the Lions Male Choir at the Sydney Opera House on Friday 1st August at 7pm. The performance venue is in the "Studio". www.sydneyoperahouse.com/visit/our-venues/studio
The ARC last performed in the Sydney Opera House with the Lions Rugby Choir in 2007. In 2013, as part of the British & Lions Rugby tour of that year, the ARC was the only Australian choir invited to join the touring UK massed choirs to perform in the Sydney Town Hall at the end of the rugby tour.
Check out the photos www.rugbychoir.org.au/gallery/79/opera-house-gala-concert.html
www.rugbychoir.org.au/gallery/1949/sydney-town-hall-lions-choir-7th.html
www.rugbychoir.org.au/gallery/1880/brumbies-lions-june-18.html
www.rugbychoir.org.au/gallery/1869/lions-parliament-house-welcome-june-17.html
| Location | Studio Sydney Opera House |
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| Time | 7:00pm |
Weekly Practice - 7 August 2025
After performing at the Sydney Opera House with the Lions Choir, it will be time to relax, dust off some old songs, look at some new ones!
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 14 August 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7.30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 21 August 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7.30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 28 August 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7.30 pm |
September 2025
Weekly Practice - 4 September 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church 34 Groom Street |
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| Time | 7.30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 11 September 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 18 September 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church 34 Groom Street |
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| Time | 7.30 pm |
Weekly Practice - 25 September 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
October 2025
Weekly Practice - 2 October 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
Weekly Practice / New Starters Night - 9 October 2025
| Location | Hughes Baptist Church, 34 Groom Street, Hughes |
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| Time | 7:30 pm |
December 2025
Australian Rugby Choir Annual Dinner
Annual dinner for choir members, musical staff and invited guests to celebrate the year of singing and recognise special achievements.
| Location | Royal Canberra Golf Club |
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| Time | 6:30pm |