08 March 2025
(Until 08 March)Great Art Deco Ball 2025
(With ticket)
Greg Poppleton
It’s the 20s so let’s celebrate!
Get your flapper dresses and dapper suits ready for this signature Carrington event which will have you up and dancing the night away. The evening includes dinner and drinks along with entertainment by The Greg Poppleton Band.
As the only authentic Australian 1920-30s jazz and swing singer with band and orchestra, Greg Poppleton is set to dazzle you with an amazing Hollywood experience. Greg brings the prohibition era to life with a guaranteed vintage WOW. Greg is no stranger to the stage having appeared in movies with Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge and on TV in Barons, the Last Days of the Space Age and more!
So, get ready for a spectacular ‘roaring twenties’ evening with a touch of vintage glamour and some fabulous speakeasy entertainment.
Accommodation packages are available, please contact reservations on 02 4782 1111 or mailto:carrington@thecarrington.com.au to reserve your seat today!
See the Great Art Deco Ball webpage and menu.
CARRINGTON HOTEL
The Carrington Hotel is a heritage-listed former spa, hotel and power station and now hotel and public bar located at Katoomba Street, Katoomba in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Kirkpatrick and Bosser in 1882; and by Edward H. Hogben with Goyder Brothers in 1911-13; and built from 1882 to 1913 by F. Drewett in 1882; and by Howie, Brown and Moffit in 1912-13. It is also known as Great Western Hotel. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
The Carrington is the only 19th century grand resort hotel still in use in New South Wales. It also retains much of the fabric of its major phases of development and continues to occupy the commanding position in Katoomba that it has done since its construction. It was built in 1883 by Harry George Rowell, a large hotel owner from Sydney, and was owned by a series of prominent families over the next century. Today it is still operating as a high class hotel providing accommodation and restaurant services.
WHERE GREG POPPLETON WILL BE PLAYING
From 1885 Carrington began to make additions to the premises including an additional wing, dining hall, two drawing rooms and a music room, resulting in 119 bedrooms and seven suites of rooms, two tennis courts and flower and vegetable gardens.. He told a newspaper reporter in 1890 of the improvements he had made. The article read,
“Among the additions and improvements to the building are the following — a wing built (in 1886) of cut stone, and having a southerly aspect, consisting of 20 single rooms, and called ‘the bachelors’ wing.’ Early in 1888 Mr. Goyder, having taken advantage of his right, purchased the hotel, and, finding the accommodation insufficient, added 50 more rooms. This addition stands in the courtyard and is joined to the main building. It is higher than the remaining portions of the hotel and adds to the imposing appearance of the pile. A music-room has also been added to the drawing room, and is separated from it by large folding doors. The floor of the music room is of polished tallow-wood, and is partly covered with Austrian rugs, which are easily removed for dancing. The piano is a Brinsmead, and is considered one of the finest grands; its tone is full and soft. The dining hall is also new; it measures 60ft, by 40ft. The floor is carpeted, and everything conducive to comfort is present. The ceiling is lofty, the lighting good, and the table decorations and menu leave nothing to be desired. This hall is capable of seating 200 guests. There are now 135 rooms in the hotel, among which are seven suites of private apartments, most comfortably furnished and conveniently situated, including one of the prettiest bridal suites to be found in the colonies.”
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