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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

Mon 2 Dec
Sun 2 Feb
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Summer Reading Challenge & Party

Complete our Summer Reading Challenge for the chance to win a prize pack and celebrate at our Summer Reading Party.
Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning, Library School Holiday Programs, School Holidays
Mon 3 Feb
10.00 AM - 11.00 AM

Decluttering for a Fresh 2025

Join Belong Club for a fun and practical online session where you’ll learn simple, effective strategies to clear the clutter and set yourself up for success in the new year.
Mon 3 Feb
4.00 PM - 5.45 PM
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hobbyspace with headspace at Manly

hobbyspace is a creative hub for young people to explore different forms of art and self expression mindfully hosted by headspace.
Manly Library, 1 Market Place Manly
Art and Culture, Education and Learning, Health and Wellbeing, Youth
Tue 4 Feb
11.15 AM - 12.15 PM
DanceMoves for Carers

DanceMoves for Carers

Free Classes for Caregivers
Forestville Community Arts Centre 6 Darley Street Forestville
Community Group, Health and Wellbeing, Music and Dance, Seniors
Tue 4 Feb
6.30 PM - 8.00 PM
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Maximise your solar with batteries

Join our informative webinar on solar and batteries
Sustainability information session, Council Events, Workshops and Talks, Solar events, Sustainability Business Network, Sustainability Webinars, Waste Reduction Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Online
Wed 5 Feb
1.00 PM - 1.45 PM
Seniors dancing

All Abilities Dance Class

Join Belong Club for a free, interactive and fun DanceWise class hosted by Dance Health Alliance.
Collaroy Swim Club 1054 Pittwater Road Collaroy
Disability
Fri 7 Feb
5.00 PM - 9.00 PM
Dope Fusion food truck

World Food Markets - Allambie Heights

The World Food Markets is a local community event with food trucks, and live music.
Allambie Heights Oval Allambie Heights
Live Music, Children and Families, Council Events, World Food Markets, Music and Dance, Special Events, Youth
Sun 9 Feb
6.30 AM - 9.00 AM

Northern Beaches Triathlon Race Series

The Northern Beaches Triathlon Race Series takes place at the stunning North Head in Sydney Harbour National Park, offering breathtaking views, minimal traffic, and courses perfect for athletes of all levels.
North Head Scenic Drive Manly
Community Group, Sport and Recreation
Sun 9 Feb
7.00 AM - 9.00 AM

Go-Series Kids Triathlon Series

Kids Triathlon at Manly Dam for children aged 4 - 15yrs. Short Course and Long Course distances. 3 Races in the Series.
Manly Warringah War Memorial State Park (Manly Dam) 112 King Street Manly Vale
Health and Wellbeing, Sport and Recreation, Youth
Sun 9 Feb
10.00 AM - 3.00 PM
Image from previous Fusion Pride Picnic. Community members at the picnic at Dee Why Beach

Fusion Pride Picnic

Celebrate Pride on the North Side, at Fusion Pride's annual Pride Picnic! Welcoming all LGBTQ+ folks, families, friends and supporters to our annual all ages event.
North Steyne Reserve Manly
Live Music, Markets, Youth, Mardi Gras
Mon 10 Feb
10.00 AM - 1.00 PM
Blue, mauve and yellow underwater watercolour painting

Workshop: Two ways with watercolour with Leah Bullen

Join artist Leah Bullen and discover two approaches to watercolour - watercolour painting and watercolour monotype printing in this 3-hr workshop.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum 1A West Esplanade Manly
Art and Culture, Collective for Environmental Art & Design, Workshops and Talks, MAG&M Talks and Events, Education and Learning
Mon 10 Feb
4.00 PM - 5.00 PM
The Beaches Performing Arts

Musical Theatre Classes

Primary aged weekly Musical theatre classes.
32 Old Barrenjoey road Avalon Beach
Art and Culture, Avalon Creative Space
Tue 28 Jan
Wed 12 Feb
Lunar New Year Wishing Tree

Lunar New Year Wishing Tree

Write down your dreams for 2025 on a wishing card and hang it on the Lunar New Year wishing tree.
Art and Culture, Children and Families, Council Events, Education and Learning
Thu 13 Feb
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
Thu 13 Feb
12.30 PM - 2.00 PM
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Solar and Energy Roadshow at Forestville Library

Drop in to the Library and learn how to reduce your energy bill with Council's Sustainability team.
Forestville Library, 6 Darley Street Forestville
Sustainability information session, Council Events, Education and Learning, Environment and Sustainability, Solar Roadshow
Thu 13 Feb
5.00 PM - 8.00 PM
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Superfast: CEAD Forum 2025

Join an active forum on superfast art and design—creative approaches to climate change that prioritize immediacy, responsiveness, and impact.
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1a West Esplanade Manly
Collective for Environmental Art & Design