The Hats Ruby  Award-winning 

            Courthouse Cultural Centre 

The Courthouse Cultural Centre comprises a small performance hall (100 seater) with in-house sound, lights and projection. Facilities include a Bar & Kitchen, Office Space, Courtyard, Storeroom. HATs has installed cabaret seats and tables, and maintained an arts/heritage form of decor that captivates visitors & audiences. In nine years HATs has built up a solid audience base for its Program of events that cover music, cabaret, theatre, puppetry, poetry and community events.

For special events HATs also uses its indoor & outdoor areas plus local venues to be able to accommodate up to 1,000 people. 

    Performers on their way to you at          Hats Auburn Courthouse 2021

Hats Autumn program 2021 (Please refer to Hats Home page for full details).

Below are just some of our 2021 Fringe Performers @Hats Courthouse

      2020 was a year like no other. Hats started well with a fabulous Sold out Fringe program only to close down in                                  March because of Covid19. Sadly we did not open again during 2020 . 

                  2018 has been & gone BUT the music lives on.

  Here are just a few snippets of what you may have seen /or missed.

Eric Bogle Under The Stars

Part of our Fringe In the Valley program 2018

            Faith I Branko in concert at the Courthouse as part of Hats Fringe In The Valley Program 2018

Eric Bogle ..Under the Stars

Hats Fringe 2018

    Previously -  at HATs Auburn Courthouse

     A preview of a selection of

     Hats Concert events.

          November 2015

Clare Valley Carnival Of Music

Presented By HATs INC

        A small boutique

     music festival bringing

The World to the Clare Valley

   Presented by HATs Auburn 

       School Holiday Puppet Festival

           The Miss Muffet Show 

These shows are fun, different, entertaining, educational, and affordable. Three very different shows loved by the young and  perhaps the not so young. All three puppet shows have been highly received wherever they have been performed and  feature puppeteers from New-Zealand and Melbourne

September  2015

Presented by HATs Auburn

Program Launch - Carnival of Music 

Clare Valley Carnival Of Music was officially launched at the Courthouse Cultural Centre by Geoff Brock MP for Frome  and guest speakers  Mayor Allan Aughey CGVC  & Mark Stewart  from Bungaree promising yet another gala weekend of world music,  arts, and food for the Valley. This double Award winning event just gets better and better each year.

Seen here is perfomer Zhao Liang presenting an enthralling musical item on the ( Guzheng Harp) at the festival launch