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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

Thu 22 May
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
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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
11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Colourful Tibetan flags and sunset in the summit of a Himalayan mountain

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།
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
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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
night sky and stars

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

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 - 4.00 PM
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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
Sun 25 May
11.30 AM - 1.30 PM
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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
Wed 28 May
1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
Waves at North Narrabeen

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
6.30 PM - 8.00 PM
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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
Thu 29 May
Fri 30 May
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Workshop: Travel sketching in Watercolour with Tanya Baily

Join contemporary watercolour artist, Tanya Baily for a 2-day workshop learning to record your travel memories in watercolour.
Avalon Creative Space 32 Old Barrenjoey Rd (Located in Avalon Golf Course) Avalon Beach
Art and Culture, Avalon Creative Space, Workshops and Talks, Education and Learning
Thu 29 May
1.00 PM - 2.30 PM
Berries and seeds in hand

Bushtucker Tasting and Talk at Mona Vale

Join us during National Reconciliation Week as Bush to Bowl present a first-hand insight of their First Nations knowledge of Country and its rich diverse food sources. All ages
Mona Vale Library, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning, Seniors, Youth
Fri 30 May
9.00 AM - 3.00 PM

Waste & Sustainability in Schools Professional Dev. Day

Whether you have been engaged with sustainability at your school for some time or are just beginning to engage in the sustainability cross-curriculum priority, there will be plenty on offer for all to engage further and learn from each other at this professional development day.
1 Kimbriki Road (off Mona Vale Road) Ingleside
Community Group, Waste Reduction Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability
Fri 30 May
10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
Weavers Caroline Glass-Paterson and Karleen Green in front of the 2024 Weaving Stories Emu Dreaming artwork

Weaving Stories Workshops at Mona Vale with Caroline Glass-Paterson and Karleen Green

The 2025 Weaving Stories Workshops offer a unique opportunity to engage with Aboriginal knowledge holders and a traditional master weaver while exploring your own creativity. Ages 12+
Mona Vale Creative Space - Gallery, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Art and Culture, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Education and Learning, Mona Vale Creative Pop-up, Mona Vale Pop-up Gallery, Seniors, Youth
Fri 30 May
5.30 PM - 7.00 PM
Open Mic Night performer

Open Mic Night

Come along to perform or support the community's talent.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Council Events, Youth Week, Seniors, Youth
Fri 30 May
Sat 31 May
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Proveda Compassionate Connector Training

The Compassionate Connector Program is a unique program that connects volunteers – Connectors – with people in the community who are over 65 living with life changing illness.
Harbord Diggers (Curl Curl Room), 88 Evans Street Freshwater
Community Group
Sat 31 May
11.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Berries and seeds in hand

Bushtucker Tasting and Talk at Forestville

Join us during National Reconciliation Week as Bush to Bowl present a first-hand insight of their First Nations knowledge of Country and its rich diverse food sources. All ages
Forestville Library, 6 Darley Street Forestville
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning, Seniors, Youth
Sat 31 May
1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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Structuring Your Story Workshop with Fiona Murphy

Facilitated by Fiona Murphy, you will learn how to express yourself and your voice by structuring your memoir to elevate your story.
Glen Street Library, Cnr Glen Street and Blackbutts Road Frenchs Forest
Art and Culture, Council Events, Women, Disability, Education and Learning, Seniors, Youth