What's on across the Mid North Coast in August
Check out these festivals of film, fitness and funk.
The Mid North Coaster’s wrap up events across the region in August, including an array of local theatre and bespoke festivals.
Know of an upcoming event? Send details to [email protected].
Looking for our July events? Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
🟡 Travelling Film Festival
A curated program of local and international films, including a romantic comedy from Afghanistan and a Sydney Film Festival crowd favourite about competitive whistling.
🗓️ August 7-9
📍 BCC Cinemas Coffs Harbour
🎟️Adult: $21 per film or flexipass/subscripton offers
More information
🟡 Coffs Harbour Running Festival
A community running festival featuring a 42.2km Marathon, 21.1km Half Marathon, 10km Fun Run, 5km Fun Run/Walk and a 3km Family Fun Run/Walk.
🗓️ Sunday August 30
📍 Coffs Harbour Showground
🎟️Register
🟡 The Wyz Wimmin present “She”
Nambucca Valley theatre group the Wyz Wimmin & Friends will present their new production, She, in Dorrigo, Kempsey and Bowraville in August.
The production features six original short plays from various local playwrights, led by artistic director Frederick Millard.
🗓️ Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August
📍 Old Gazette Theatre Dorrigo
🗓️ Saturday 15 and Sunday August 16
📍 Bandbox Theatre Kempsey
🗓️ Saturday August 22
📍 Bowraville Theatre
🎟️$30. More information.
🟡 Don’t Dress for Dinner
The Players Theatre is bringing French playwright Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress for Dinner to the stage in Port Macquarie in August.
It tells the tale of a romantic weekend with a mistress gone wrong.
🗓️ August 1, 2, 7, 8
📍 Players Theatre, Port Macquarie
🎟️Adult: $38
More information
🟡Beyond Jazz Weekender
Two very different nights of jazz music are coming to Bellingen from 14-15 August. One is a “Jazz Doof” and the other a “Jazz Social”, exploring global jazz styles.
🗓️ Friday August 14 and Saturday August 15
📍 Bellingen Memorial Hall, Bellingen
🎟️Friday and Saturday bundle: $125
More information
🟡South West Rocks Pro-Am & NSW Regional Qualifying Event
South West Rocks Country Club hosts a professional-amateur (PRO-AM) event on Wednesday 5 August, where teams will be formed featuring a PGA professional and three amateurs.
Later in the week the course will host a NSW Open qualifying event.
🗓️ August 5-7
📍 South West Rocks Country Club Golf Course
🎟️PRO-AM Entry: Members $90, visitors $100
Visit the Pro Shop or call 02 6566 6880.
🟡Neverland ‘26
Bellingen’s Neverland Weekender promises a “vibrant celebration of expression, community, culture and nature”.
Over two days, the Bellingen Memorial Hall hosts live music, DJs, art and performances, with camping available.
🗓️ August 28-30
📍 Bellingen Memorial Hall, Bellingen
🎟️Adult Full Weekend Ticket, $120
More information
🟡Camden Haven Dragon Boat Club Regatta
A weekend of competitive dragon boat racing and community at Stoney Park water sports complex in Telegraph Point.
Welcomes crews from across the region and beyond.
🗓️ August 29-30
📍 Stoney Park, Telegraph Point
More information
🟡Port Panthers Rockin' RetroFest
Image credit: Retrofest Port Macquarie.
Three days of rock and roll dancing in the Port Panthers Auditorium, including live music, DJs, retro market stalls and dance workshops.
🗓️ August 21-23
📍 Port Panthers Auditorium, Port Macquarie
🎟️Adult Full Weekend Ticket, $80. Day time entry Saturday or Sunday, $12
More information
🟡2026 Opera Australia Children’s Chorus
Fifteen talented local singers, aged 9–14, have been selected to perform alongside Opera Australia artists in a production of Don Giovanni.
🗓️ Saturday August 8
📍 Glasshouse, Port Macquarie
🎟️More information
June events
🟡 Chilli Festival Sawtell
An annual celebration of all things spice along picturesque First Avenue in Sawtell, featuring more than 100 exhibitors, food vendors, stallholders, cafes, bars and restaurants.
The festival this year includes the Aussie Chilli Championship and a chilli chicken wing competition.
🗓️ Saturday July 4
📍 First Avenue, Sawtell
🎟️$6
More information
🟡 Glenreagh Timber Festival
The festival celebrates the region’s timber industry history, offering wood chop events, live music, steam engine and vintage machinery displays, market stalls, food trucks and encounters with working animals.
🗓️ Saturday July 25
📍 Glenreagh Recreational Grounds
🎟️Adult: $12, Child: $6, Family: $30
More information
🟡 Winter Blues Festival
Urunga’s Ocean View Hotel hosts a Winter Blues Festival from 3-10pm on Saturday July 11, featuring Pop Standen, Nathan Beretta and Boss Stomp.
There will be a mechanical bull, market stalls, motorcycle show and smoked meats.
🗓️ Saturday July 11
📍 Ocean View Hotel, Urunga
🎟️Free.
More information
🟡 Encountering The Self Exhibition
A solo exhibition by Dubravka Sabljak featuring sculpture and mixed media works will open at Bellingen’s Nexus Gallery on July 19.
The collection is described by the artist as a “playful, honest and sometimes wonderfully chaotic exploration of creativity, identity and the many characters that live within us all”.
🗓️ July 19 - August 13
📍 Nexus Gallery, Bellingen
🎟️Free
More information
🟡 Logger Heads Malibu Classic
The vintage surfboard competition has been running annually on the Mid North Coast since 1986.
Three days of surfing action at Scotts Head, drawing longboard enthusiasts from across the country and beyond.
🗓️ July 24-26
📍 Scotts Head Beach
🎟️Free to watch
More information
🟡 National Tree Day Community Planting
This hands-on event at Bunderra Reserve, Beechwood, will see Hastings Landcare and locals plant more than 150 native trees and shrubs and 230 grasses, to support habitat regeneration and improve the health of the reserve.
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🗓️ Sunday July 26
📍 Bunderra Reserve, Beechwood
🎟️Register
🟡 Bellingen Community Markets
One of the largest, oldest and most diverse markets on the coast, featuring over 250 stalls and live music.
🗓️ Saturday July 18
📍 Bellingen Park
🎟️More information
🟡 Kempsey Riverside Markets
More than 100 stalls along the Kempsey riverfront showcasing local and regional produce and products.
🗓️ Saturday July 4
📍 Riverside Park, Kempsey
🎟️More information
🟡 Scotts Head Holiday Markets
Mid-week holiday markets will be held on two Wednesdays (10am-2pm) in Scotts Head during July, featuring local musicians, a variety of food trucks and plenty of local stalls.
🗓️ Wednesdays July 8 and 15
📍 Scotts Head Reserve
🎟️More information
🟡 Skate Jam in Port Macquarie
Free beginner and intermediate skateboarding sessions with the MNC Skateboarding Alliance for people aged 12 to 25 years.
Sessions are led by experienced coaches, with all gear provided and lunch included. Registration is essential.
🗓️ Thursday July 16 - Kendall Skate Park
🗓️Friday July 17 - Port Macquarie Skate Park
📍 Sessions in Kendall and Port Macquarie
🎟️Free
More information
🟡 Outdoor Movie Night
A live screening of School of Rock (PG) starring Jack Black on Port Macquarie’s Town Green.
Bring a rug and snacks. Children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult.
🗓️Friday July 17
📍 Town Green, Horton Street, Port Macquarie
🎟️Free
More information
🟡 Don’t Dress for Dinner
The Players Theatre presents Don’t Dress For Dinner from late July to early August.
The comedy follows a romantic weekend that spirals into chaos.
🗓️Friday July 24 - Saturday August 9
📍 The Players Theatre, Port Macquarie
🎟️ Adult $38, Concession $35, Student under 18 $23
More information
Thumbnail image credit: Logger Heads Malibu Club.
June events
🟡 Our Sustainable Future Expo
The expo will be held in conjunction with the Funkya at Unkya Markets. Image credit: Funkya at Unkya.
Learn about resilience and local sustainability projects at the Our Sustainable Future Expo held at Unkya Reserve, Eungai Creek.
The family-friendly day out will include a kids area and activities, and presentations on “Local Food Matters”, “All Things Solar and Electric” and “Saving Money in 2026”.
Enjoy demonstrations of fermenting, composting, basketweaving, food growing techniques and more.
Presenters include actress and farmer Rachel Ward and former ABC weatherman Graham Creed.
🗓️ Sunday 28 June
📍 Unkya Reserve, Eungai Creek
🎟️ Free entry
🟡 Pride Walk Coffs Harbour
Image credit: Rainbow Coffs Harbour.
Join Rainbow Coffs Harbour for a Pride Walk on Saturday 27 June.
This is a day for LGBTQIA+ people, families, friends and allies to walk proudly, connect, and “show that diversity belongs here”.
🗓️ 11am, Saturday 27 June
📍 Jordan Esplanade, Coffs Harbour (near the southern break wall).
🟡 Winter Solstice and Music Day Celebration
Valla Beach Tavern will celebrate the longest night of the year and International Music Day with an afternoon of live music, seasonal flavours, and family-friendly fun.
Settle in by the coast and welcome winter with the warming aroma of house-made mulled wine, live acoustic music from 1pm, kids' crafts, and a special Sunday Roast Package.
Whether you're catching up with friends, enjoying a family lunch, or simply looking for the perfect excuse to slow down and savour the season, Sounds of Winter is all about good food, great music, and bringing the community together.
🗓️ Sunday 21 June
📍 Valla Beach Tavern
🎟️Book your table now on (02) 6569 5699.
🟡 Boss Stomp Regional Ram-Page Tour
Image credit: Boss Stomp.
The Mid North Coast-based Boss Stomp blend swampy blues, garage rock and foot-stomping roots with the raw energy of the White Stripes, the cool of the Cruel Sea and a splash of Regurgitator weirdness.
Big riffs, big grooves and big fun.
Touring throughout the Mid North Coast until the end of August.
🗓️ June to August
📍 Various venues
🎟️Ticketed entry.
🟡 Travellin’ North with a Song
The Manning Valley Choral Society turns 40 this year. To celebrate, they have been invited to sing as part of the Sydney Male Choir’s regional tour, “Travellin’ North with a Song”, at the Manning Entertainment Centre.
The renowned Sydney Male Choir will bring their rich harmonies and powerhouse vocals to a concert filled with music from the shows, movies, and opera.
From the Beatles and Billy Joel to Peter Allen and more, they’ll deliver a dynamic celebration of timeless favourites.
🗓️ Saturday 20 June, 2pm
📍 Manning Entertainment Centre
🎟️Adults $45, Concession $40. Tickets.
🟡 Studio 3 Live at 2NVR
Enjoy fabulous free entertainment at the Radio Nambucca studio in Tewinga.
Bluesville, a five-piece blues and jump blues band from Stuarts Point and South West Rocks, will play live in studio from 6-8pm on Friday 19 June, with the community invited to head along and add to the atmosphere.
BYO drinks and nibbles.
🗓️ Friday 19 June, 6-8pm
📍 834 Rodeo Drive, Tewinga
🎟️Free
🟡 Winter Solstice Family Festival
Image Credit: Boambee East Community Centre.
Celebrate the shortest day of the year with a fun-filled afternoon for all ages.
Enjoy classic games, jumping castles, face painting, a reptile display, live music, dancers, community stalls, food, and more.
As the sun sets, experience the magic of fire twirlers, a lantern parade, and a spectacular bonfire to light up the night.
This is a “no cost–low cost” event, making it accessible for everyone in the community.
🗓️ 2-8:30pm, Saturday 20 June
📍 Boambee East Community Centre
We hope you enjoyed our rolling list of events happening across the region.