page_title: Albury
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Albury / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Regent Cinemas, Albury NSW
context_page_description: Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the City of Albury.
  Albury has an urban population of 49,172 and is separated from its twin city in Victoria, Wodonga, by the Murray River. Together, the two cities form an urban area with a population of 93,603 at June 2018. It is 554 kilometres from the state capital Sydney and 326 kilometres from the Victorian capital Melbourne.
  Said to be named after a village in England, Albury developed as a major transport link between New South Wales and Victoria and was proclaimed a city in 1946.
context_section_description: The Murray River Performing Group (MRPG) is Albury's main theatre company. It spawned The Flying Fruit Fly Circus in 1979, and these days conducts many productions through the HotHouse Theatre located on Gateway Island between Albury and Wodonga, though still in Victoria rather than New South Wales.
  Jazz Albury Wodonga also regularly hosts national and international artists at the Jazz Basement which is located on Gateway Island.
  Touring productions and major music acts often perform at the Albury Entertainment Centre.
  In 2015 Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) was opened, formerly known as Albury Regional Arts Centre. The art museum has 10 galleries with double the space of the former art centre. Canvas Eatery is also attached to MAMA, facing onto QEII Square.
  In 2003, a sister city relationship with Nanping in north western Fujian province, China, was formalised.
caption: Regent Cinemas on Dean Street have operated since 1929
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