Family-friendly events across the Mid North Coast in November

The Mid North Coaster’s pick of family-friendly events happening in November includes a fundraising auction, art exhibition tours for the little ones, and an afternoon of markets and DJs. 

Don’t forget to check out our live music list and other happenings in November, including activities for the kids. 

🟡 Auction

Items to be won and bought at the annual Dutch Auction hosted by Taree Quota Club, where all funds raised support local charities. Includes raffles and lucky door prizes.

Afternoon tea will be served.

🗓️Saturday 29, 2pm
📍St John's Anglican Church Hall, Taree
🎟️ $15 entry (cash only), includes 10 auction tickets and afternoon tea

🟡 Art

STILL: National Still Life Award 2025 is showing at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) in Coffs Harbour until Sunday 9. During the month, YAM is also hosting free children’s trails, artmaking activities for all ages and a free wellbeing program.

The Teeny Tours, suggested for three to six-year-olds, are on every Friday during the school term, from 10-11am. The tours are free and include a new exhibition tour every week, artmaking, story time and creative play.

📍Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM), Coffs Harbour
🎟️ Free

🟡  Community Day

St Agnes Parish is holding a day for the community including live music, food, face painting and a petting zoo.

🗓️Saturday 23, 10am - 2pm
📍St Joseph’s Regional College, Port Macquarie
🎟️ Free, reserve a spot here.

🟡  Film Screening

Bowraville Theatre is screening “Future Council”, a film about eight children on a road trip (in a school bus powered by biofuel) around Europe seeking solutions to environmental challenges, with “a mission to take the conversation from the streets into the boardrooms of the largest polluters and most influential companies”.

🗓️Saturday 8, 2pm - 3.30pm
📍Bowraville Theatre, Bowraville
🎟️ $6.61, purchase here

🟡  Markets

The Spring Fling is an afternoon of second-hand markets, local DJs and street food hosted by Archive. Feel free to bring a picnic rug and dance on the grass.

Listen to Doppel, one of the DJs playing ⬇️

🗓️Saturday 22, 2pm - 7pm
📍Valla Hall, Valla
🎟️ Free

Know of an upcoming event? Share the details with us by emailing [email protected]. 

Thumbnail: STILL: National Still Life Award 2025. Image: Eventbrite