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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

Sat 28 Jun
10.00 AM - 1.00 PM

Composting & Worms Workshop

Everything you could possibly want to know about how to successfully run a compost bin and a worm farm.
1 Kimbriki Road (off Mona Vale Road) Ingleside
Waste Reduction Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability
Sun 29 Jun
9.00 AM - 3.30 PM
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Chemical CleanOut

An opportunity to dispose of your household hazardous chemicals safely.
Mona Vale Beach car park Surfview Road Mona Vale
Council Events, Waste Reduction Events
Thu 3 Jul
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
Sat 5 Jul
9.00 AM - 3.00 PM
timber drop off

Reuse and Recycling Event

Drive and drop off your old and unwanted items for reuse and recycling.
Aquatic Reserve carpark, 1 Aquatic Drive Frenchs Forest
Council Events, Waste Reduction Events
Tue 8 Jul
9.30 AM - 10.30 PM
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Weaving Stories Workshops at Mona Vale with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Mona Vale. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
Mona Vale Creative Space - Gallery, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, Mona Vale Creative Pop-up, Mona Vale Pop-up Gallery, School Holidays, Youth
Tue 8 Jul
10.30 AM - 11.30 AM
Multi coloured raffia weaved circles

Weaving Stories Workshops at Mona Vale with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Mona Vale. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
Mona Vale Creative Space - Gallery, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, Mona Vale Creative Pop-up, Mona Vale Pop-up Gallery, School Holidays, Youth
Tue 8 Jul
12.00 PM - 1.00 PM
Multi coloured raffia weaved circles

Weaving Stories Workshops at Mona Vale with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Mona Vale. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
Mona Vale Creative Space - Gallery, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, Mona Vale Creative Pop-up, Mona Vale Pop-up Gallery, School Holidays, Youth
Wed 9 Jul
9.30 AM - 10.30 PM
Multi coloured raffia weaved circles

Weaving Stories Workshops at Manly with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Manly. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
The Creative Library, Manly Library, 1 Market Lane Manly
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, School Holidays, Youth
Wed 9 Jul
10.30 AM - 11.30 AM
Multi coloured raffia weaved circles

Weaving Stories Workshops at Manly with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Manly. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
The Creative Library, Manly Library, 1 Market Lane Manly
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, School Holidays, Youth
Wed 9 Jul
12.00 PM - 1.00 PM
Multi coloured raffia weaved circles

Weaving Stories Workshops at Manly with Jodie Dowd

Join us during NAIDOC Week and learn the art of weaving in a hands-on experience with local artist Jodie Dowd at Manly. Suitable for children and youth ages 8+
The Creative Library, Manly Library, 1 Market Lane Manly
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Weaving Bridges, Library School Holiday Programs, School Holidays, Youth
Fri 25 Jul
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
Sun 27 Jul
8.25 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 27 Jul
10.00 AM - 2.00 PM
Freshwater Beach sand dunes planting

Freshwater Dune Planting

Join us on National Tree Day to plant out Freshwater sand dune.

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Council Events, Environment and Sustainability
Tue 29 Jul
Wed 30 Jul

Proveda Compassionate Connector Training

As a Compassionate Connector you will emotionally support and help build social networks for people living with a life limiting illness.
11-13 The Boulevarde Newport
Community Group, Education and Learning
Thu 31 Jul
3.30 PM - 6.00 PM
Man and woman laying wood panel flooring in a house

Tools of the Trade: stepping up

Ready to grow? Let’s talk next steps. If you're ready to hire, scale or plan ahead, this session is for you.
Tramshed Arts and Community Centre, 1395a Pittwater Road Narrabeen
Tools of the Trade
Fri 1 Aug
Sun 14 Sep
Artwork by Donna Davis & Luke Lickfold

2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize

1 Aug - 14 Sept 2025. The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Collective for Environmental Art & Design, Council Events, MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 22 Aug
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