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We've got a variety of Council and community events and activities on the Northern Beaches to suit everyone. Take a look at the calendar or select a category for upcoming events.
Check out other courses & activities at your local Community Centre or our Hello Manly website.
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We encourage local not-for-profit community groups to publicise their events here too (conditions apply). Please note: listing here does not mean Council endorses the event or the organiser's products.
Please note: Our event calendar is not intended to advertise regular programs or classes. If they are held in one of our Community Centres, please submit to include in our Course and Activity Directory.
Wed 21 May
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
National Simultaneous Story Time at Dee Why
Celebrate National Simultaneous Story Time all week as we read The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel at select Story Time sessions.
Suitable for children aged 3-5, accompanied by an adult.
Suitable for children aged 3-5, accompanied by an adult.
Dee Why Library, 725 Pittwater Rd Dee Why
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Wed 21 May
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
National Simultaneous Story Time at Glen Street
Celebrate National Simultaneous Story Time all week as we read The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel at select Story Time sessions.
Suitable for children aged 3-5, accompanied by an adult.
Suitable for children aged 3-5, accompanied by an adult.
Glen Street Library, Cnr Glen Street and Blackbutts Rd Frenchs Forest
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Wed 21 May
6.00 PM - 8.00 PM
Have Your Say Day 2025
Join us for Have Your Say Day 2025, an evening of presentations from young leaders across the Northern Beaches.
NBSC Freshwater Senior Campus 153 Harbord Road Curls Curl
Youth
Thu 22 May
9.00 AM - 10.00 AM
Gather at the Gallery: Seniors
Start your day with a free visit to the Gallery with like-minded seniors.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Gather, MAG&M, Art and Culture, Council Events, MAG&M Talks and Events, Seniors
Thu 22 May
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
National Simultaneous Story Time at Forestville
Celebrate National Simultaneous Story Time as we read The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel at select Story Time sessions.
Forestville Library, 6 Darley St Forrestville
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Thu 22 May
10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Arts, Craft, and Chat with Belong Club
Join Belong Club and get creative, relax, and connect with others at the Creative Library at Manly.
The Creative Library at Manly Level 1, 1 Market Lane Manly
Art and Culture, Disability
Thu 22 May
11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
བོད་སྐད་ནང་སྒྲུང་ཤོད་པའི་དུས་ཚོད་ (Tibetan Story Time)
སྒྲུང་དང་། གཞས་སྣ། སྒྲ་མཚུངས་སྙན་རྩོམ། རྩེད་མོ་ལོངས་སུ་སྤྱད་དེ་བོད་ཀྱི་སྐད་ཡིག་དང་འབྲི་ཀློག་ཤེས་ཡོན་ལ་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་གནང་རོགས།
ཕྲུ་གུ་ལོ་ 0 - 5 བར་དང་ཁོང་ཚོའི་ཕ་མ་དང་ལྟ་སྐྱོང་བྱེད་མཁན་ཚོའི་ཆེད་དུ་དམིགས་ཡོད།
ཕྲུ་གུ་ལོ་ 0 - 5 བར་དང་ཁོང་ཚོའི་ཕ་མ་དང་ལྟ་སྐྱོང་བྱེད་མཁན་ཚོའི་ཆེད་དུ་དམིགས་ཡོད།
ཌི་ལྦཡེ་དཔེ་མཛོད་ཁང་། (Dee Why Library) 725 Pittwater Road Dee Why
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Fri 23 May
10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Accommodation Options Information Session at Mona Vale
Learn about the accommodation options available as you age at our free information session presented by Services Australia.
Mona Vale Library, 1 Park Street Mona Vale
Council Events, Education and Learning, Health and Wellbeing, Library Government Services Series, Seniors
Fri 23 May
6.00 PM - 8.00 PM
Palm Beach Night Sky Event
Have you ever looked at the night sky and marveled? Curious about planets and moons, stars and constellations? Come and star gaze with us and the volunteers from the Northern Sydney Astronomical Society as they share their knowledge and their telescopes with us.
Please wear sturdy shoes, dress appropriately for the weather at night, and bring a water bottle.
Bookings essential.
Note - Each adult ticket is valid for 1 adult and 1 child under 18
Please wear sturdy shoes, dress appropriately for the weather at night, and bring a water bottle.
Bookings essential.
Note - Each adult ticket is valid for 1 adult and 1 child under 18
Governor Phillip Park Palm Beach
Children and Families, CEC Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing
Sat 24 May
8.00 AM - 2.00 PM
Garage Sales - Northern Beaches
Meet your neighbours, grab a bargain and help the environment too at a Northern Beaches garage sale.
Council Events, Waste Reduction Events, Environment and Sustainability
Sat 24 May
8.00 AM - 4.00 PM
Polystyrene drop-off collection day - now monthly
Residents are invited to bring rigid pieces of 100% clean, white and dry polystyrene packaging for recycling to Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre.
Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre, Kimbriki Road Ingleside/Terrey Hills
Council Events, Waste Reduction Events, Environment and Sustainability
Sat 24 May
4.30 PM - 5.30 PM
Sydney Writers' Festival: Sassafras with Rebecca Huntley
Join Dr Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Sarah Macdonald as they discuss her compelling non-fiction, Sassafras.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Council Events, Authors Talk, Health and Wellbeing
Sun 25 May
7.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Narrabeen High Car Boot Sale
Like a giant garage sale of 2nd hand clothes, toys, household items, sporting equipment, plants, etc.
10 Namona Street North Narrabeen
Community Group
Sun 25 May
11.30 AM - 1.30 PM
Rock Pool Discovery - Long Reef
Once the ocean retreats at low tide, an amazing world is uncovered for us to enjoy.
Anzac Avenue Fisherman's Beach Collaroy
Aquatic, Children and Families, CEC Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability
Sun 25 May
2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Seen: The Film - Community Screening
A ground-breaking documentary and discussion brought to the Northern Beaches in this one-off event.
Education and Learning, Health and Wellbeing
Wed 28 May
Sun 8 Jun
Between Tides - Meditations on Paper and Board
A mixed-media collection inspired by the tidal rock formations of the Northern Beaches.
Curl Curl Creative Space 105 Abbott Rd Curl Curl
Art and Culture, Curl Curl Creative Space
Wed 28 May
1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
National Reconciliation Week with the Aboriginal Heritage Office
Join the Aboriginal Heritage Office for a talk and visual presentation to learn and connect with your local area. Learn about: Aboriginal heritage, Reconciliation Week and stories of Aboriginal people.
Manly Library, 1 Market Lane Manly
Council Events, Education and Learning, Seniors
Wed 28 May
1.00 PM - 1.45 PM
All Abilities Dance Class with Dance Health Alliance
Join us for an interactive and fun DanceWise class hosted by Dance Health Alliance.
The Creative Library at Manly Level 1 Manly
Health and Wellbeing
Wed 28 May
6.30 PM - 8.00 PM
Screen Savvy Parent webinar
Expert Brad Marshall (aka The Unplugged Psychologist) will help empower parents to minimise harms from recreational screen use on primary school aged children’s development
Children and Families, Education and Learning, Health and Wellbeing
Thu 29 May
10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Scams Awareness Information Session at Forestville
Learn more about scams awareness at our free information session presented by Services Australia.
Forestville Library 6 Darley Street Frenchs Forest
Council Events, Education and Learning, Library Government Services Series, Seniors