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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. 

There's also a range of activities you can do online - join a webinar, watch a live stream, or view a recorded video in our digital library.

Check out other courses & activities at your local Community Centre or our Hello Manly website.

Submit your event

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

Sun 30 Jun
9.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Shoes for sale on a rug

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, Waste Reduction Events, Youth Week, Youth
Sun 30 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
Sun 30 Jun
9.45 AM - 12.00 PM
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FOKE GeoRegion Long Reef Walk

Explore the geology of this outstanding headland along a new Ku-ring-gai GeoRegion trail. Hear about 248 million year old trace fossils, the legendary copper mine, shipwrecks, and complex rock structure with Dr Peter Mitchell OAM.
Fisherman's Beach Off Anzac Ave, Collaroy Collaroy
Council Events, CEC Events, MEC Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability
Sun 30 Jun
10.00 AM - 2.00 PM
WHale jumps out of water

Are we watching the whales, or are the whales watching us?

Join us on Long Reef Headland and help us count Whales, while you are there you can find out why whale poo is so important for our oceans, why whales sing, and what we can learn from whale snot.
Long Reef Headland Collaroy
Children and Families, Council Events, CEC Events, MEC Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability
Sun 30 Jun
11.15 AM - 12.15 PM
Local author Kirsty Nancarrow with her book

Local Author: Kirsty Nancarrow

Join local author Kirsty Nancarrow as she discusses her book, Himalayan Dreams: The Story of Som Tamang.
Warringah Mall Library, Level 2, Shop 650/145 Old Pittwater Road Brookvale
Council Events, Authors Talk, Seniors
Sun 30 Jun
1.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Collage for Carers

A series of free, fun and interactive workshops for local carers to explore creative practice as a tool for self-care, connection and community building.
2/73 Winbourne Road Brookvale
Mon 1 Jul
9.00 AM - 10.00 AM

Long Reef Walking Group

Join us for a fun-filled morning, walking and exploring the beautiful Long Reef headland! Lace up your sneakers and get ready to soak in the stunning coastal views and fresh ocean breeze.
Anzac Ave, Meet on the grass on southern side of Long Reef Golf Club Collaroy,
Community Group
Wed 3 Jul
6.30 PM - 7.30 PM
Author Amy Hutton

Love from Scratch with Amy Hutton

Join local author Amy Hutton in conversation with Claudine Tinellis as they discuss her newest rom-com, Love from Scratch.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Council Events, Authors Talk
Thu 4 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 6 Jul
8.00 AM - 2.00 PM
Car boot sale with blackboard describing what's on sale

Avalon Car Boot Sale

Don’t send your unwanted goods (clothes, toys, household items, sports equipment) to landfill… sell them at the Avalon Car Boot Sale at Dunbar Park Avalon.
Dunbar Park Avalon
Avalon Car Boot, Council Events, Waste Reduction Events, Markets
Sat 6 Jul
Sun 21 Jul
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NAIDOC tree creations

Celebrate NAIDOC Week these school holidays and take part in our tree creations activity.
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Library School Holiday Programs, NAIDOC Week, School Holidays
Sat 6 Jul
Sun 21 Jul
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2024 Bookmark Design Competition

Design a bookmark these school holidays for your chance to win a prize pack and have your design printed! Ages 18 and under.
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Library School Holiday Programs, School Holidays, Youth
Sun 7 Jul
11.00 AM - 2.00 PM

NAIDOC Week Celebration

Celebrate this NAIDOC week with live music, bushtucker talks and tastings. Participate in weaving, dance and art workshops run by Aboriginal owned businesses.
Tramshed Arts and Community Centre 1395A Pittwater Road Narrabeen
Council Events, NAIDOC Week
Mon 8 Jul
9.30 AM - 10.30 AM
Gumtree over water

NAIDOC Storytelling at Dee Why

Celebrate NAIDOC Week with a special storytelling on First Nations knowledge of trees and our wildlife connections. Aimed at primary school aged children, family friendly.
Dee Why Library 725 Pittwater Road Dee Why
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Library School Holiday Programs, NAIDOC Week, School Holidays
Mon 8 Jul
10.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Drawing of interior scenes

Drawing Masterclass Series: Hadyn Wilson - Drawing in relief

As part of our Collection 100 centenary celebrations during 2024, we’ve invited four artists represented in the MAG&M collection to each present a masterclass.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum 1A West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, MAG&M Talks and Events, Education and Learning
Mon 8 Jul
10.00 AM - 3.00 PM
Fossil

Kids on the Coast - Finding Fossils

Join us on an exciting journey back in time as we embark on a fossil finding adventure!
Coastal Environment Centre Lake Park Rd North Narrabeen
Children and Families, CEC Events, Kids on the Coast School Holiday Program, MEC Events, School Holidays