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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

Tue 20 Aug
3.30 PM - 4.30 PM
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STEM Corner at Glen Street

Drop in to the library and explore the range of STEM activities.
Glen Street Library, Cnr Glen Street and Blackbutts Rd Frenchs Forest
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Thu 22 Aug
10.00 AM - 12.00 PM
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Solar and Energy Roadshow – Narrabeen Tramshed

Drop in to the Tramshed and learn how to reduce your energy bill with Council's Sustainability team.
Tramshed Arts and Community Centre 1395A Pittwater Rd Narrabeen
Council Events, World Environment Day, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Solar Roadshow
Thu 22 Aug
10.00 AM - 1.00 PM

A Seminar and Q&A on Parkinson's disease

You are invited to a Seminar and Q&A by a world leading expert on Parkinson's disease, Prof Simon Lewis, Consultant Neurologist, Macquarie University
Dee Why RSL 932 Pittwater Rd Dee Why
Thu 22 Aug
2.00 PM - 3.30 PM
Family History Workshops

Family History Workshop at Mona Vale

Curious about your family history but not sure where to start? Join the Local History team as we celebrate Family History Month for an introductory workshop.
Mona Vale Library, 1 Park St Mona Vale
Council Events, Education and Learning, Seniors
Fri 23 Aug
5.30 PM - 7.00 PM
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Open Mic Night

Back for another year, come along to perform or support the community's talent.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Council Events, Seniors, Youth
Sat 24 Aug
10.00 AM - 2.00 PM

The Art of Building Soil Workshop

Join Kimbriki's Ecologists in this hands-on and interactive workshop at a local community composting area.
The Beach School - 10 Malinya Road Allambie Heights
Community Group, Waste Reduction Events
Sat 24 Aug
4.00 PM - 6.00 PM
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Australian Poetry Slam: Heat

This August, join us at Manly Library as we host Word Travels for the Northern Beaches Heat of the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Art and Culture, Council Events, Seniors, Youth
Tue 27 Aug
3.30 PM - 4.30 PM
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STEM Corner at Glen Street

Drop in to the library and explore the range of STEM activities.
Glen Street Library, Cnr Glen Street and Blackbutts Rd Frenchs Forest
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Wed 28 Aug
2.00 PM - 3.30 PM
Family History Workshops

Family History Workshop at Manly

Curious about your family history but not sure where to start? Join the Local History team as we celebrate Family History Month for an introductory workshop.
Manly Library, 1 Market Ln Manly
Council Events, Education and Learning, Seniors
Wed 28 Aug
6.00 PM - 9.00 PM
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Music Business on the Beaches

Music NSW and Northern Beaches Council will be offering a professional development workshop for musicians.
Curl Curl Creative Space 105 Abbott Rd Curl Curl
Art and Culture, Council Events, Curl Curl Creative Space
Wed 28 Aug
6.30 PM - 7.30 PM
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The Good Fight with Harry Garside

Join champion boxer and Olympic medalist Harry Garside as he discusses his memoir, The Good Fight.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Council Events, Authors Talk
Thu 29 Aug
9.30 AM - 11.30 AM

Create & Connect

Explore art making, creative expression and relaxation in our open studio art therapy workshop.
Avalon Creative Space 32 Old Barrenjoey Road Avalon Beach
Art and Culture, Avalon Creative Space
Thu 29 Aug
11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
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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 30 Aug
Sun 13 Oct
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Clay on Country

30 August – 13 October 2024. Clay on Country celebrates the richness of ceramic practice in the central desert region.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Council Events, - MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 30 Aug
Sun 8 Dec
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Collection 100: Commission Spotlight - Jude Rae

30 August – 8 December 2024. To celebrate 100 years of public collecting at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, a major work by contemporary Australia artist Jude Rae has been specially commissioned.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, - MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 30 Aug
Sun 13 Oct
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Collection 100: Search

2024 marks 100 years of public collecting at MAG&M. To celebrate, we are presenting a series of three special exhibitions throughout the year.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Council Events, - MAG&M future exhibition
Fri 30 Aug
3.45 PM - 4.45 PM
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Local Author: Lyndy Marais

Join local author Lyndy Marais as she discusses her latest children's book, Oscar's Odyssey.
Mona Vale Library, 1 Park Street Mona Vale
Children and Families, Council Events, Authors Talk