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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.
Tue 20 May
10.00 AM - 10.30 AM
National Simultaneous Story Time at Mona Vale
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.
Mona Vale Library, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
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
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
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 - 4.00 PM
Polystyrene drop-off collection day
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
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
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
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
Thu 29 May
Fri 30 May
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
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
5.30 PM - 7.00 PM
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
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
Sun 1 Jun
9.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Bags to Riches
A market selling second hand goods from a suitcase, container or rug filled with items such as clothes, toys, household items, sporting equipment.
Walter Gors Park Howard Avenue Dee Why
Council Events, Halloween, Waste Reduction Events, Youth Week, Environment and Sustainability
Sun 1 Jun
4.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Curl Curl Beach Clean
You are invited to join us Cleaning Curl Curl Beach between 4 PM and 5 PM on the First Sunday of the month
Carrington Parade cnr of Gardere Ave Curl Curl
Waste Reduction Events, Environment and Sustainability