Light Up the Lake
The Lakes Festival is back for its ninth year and The Crud Muffins are excited to be involved for the first time! Nip into the CRUD Space, enjoy fun activities, a licensed area, roving performers, and fantastic food, followed by a fireworks display that will literally Light Up The Lake!
Marine Magic Outdoor Cinema and Fair
Get ready for a splash of fun and education at Marine Magic, a whimsical and wonderful evening of creative arts and an outdoor cinema designed to educate and celebrate the waters of the Central Coast! Visit the CRUD Space, delight in local performances and storytelling sessions, and explore the Marine Discovery Centre’s interactive exhibits, from rock pools to treasure hunts!
Gather and Groove Music and Arts Festival
Gather and Groove as part of The Lakes Festival with a ridiculous line-up of incredible high energy local bands alongside a plethora of interactive activities and immersive creative arts spaces. Enjoy the CRUD Space for your all-ages creative fix and Roundabout Circus’s Play Space for flow arts, LED hoops and roving characters!
Roots Women's Embodiment Festival
Set in a spacious clearing on Dharug Country, Roots presents 3 days of workshops, wise woman talks and panels, live performances, flow jams, open mics, markets and more for women to immerse themselves in the rooted support of sacred sisterhood. Connect with your creativity in a feminine iteration of the CRUD Space!
Come Out & Play
Presented by Tubular Music & Arts Festival, drop by Kibble Park for a vibrant day of free live music, arts, and cultural celebration as part of the Gossy Weekender. Expect an exciting line-up featuring local talent and First Nations artists, market stalls, workshops, the CRUD Space and more!
Long Jetty Festival
Long Jetty Festival is expanding bigger and better with their new October date. Enjoy an array of entertainment including buskers, backyard parties, sport and rec, eating comps, art precinct, kiddies corner, and amusements! Drop into the CRUD Space for free all-ages creative fun!
GLOWFEST
GLOW Fest Circus Arts & Lifestyle Gathering returns for its 4th year and first Springtime edition, featuring an array of workshops, performances and the CRUD Space where visitors can enjoy all-ages creative activities throughout the day.
Mega Jam
After two years running ‘Sunset Sessions’ in Woy Woy with epic line ups of local bands, art and circus spaces along with open mics and jams, Space Rock is excited to be activating the all ages & family friendly ‘Mega Jam’ in Gosford at The Fun Haus! Have a dance, join the stage, learn a new skill, flow, enjoy some lunch and drinks️ or drop by the CRUD craft corner and get creative! Entry $10, kids under 4 free.
Words on the Waves: Family Fun Day
Immerse yourself in a festival of stories and ideas, Words on the Waves offers a diverse range of high quality literary events for both the Central Coast community and visitors to the area. Fostering literacy and a love of reading in the next generation of readers and writers on the Central Coast, the festival offers a range of events for children and teens featuring a host of talks and live illustration demonstrations, story time, face-painting, book launches and more! Drop into the CRUD Space for free all-ages creative activities.
Central Coast Comicon
Central Coast Comicon is back for another year of family fun! With interactive experiences, this inclusive event caters to all ages and abilities. Enjoy interactive experiences and all-day entertainment in the form of workshops, music, food stalls, and all-day entertainment including free all-ages art and craft activities in the CRUD Space. Central Coast Comicon promises a crazy, creative festival with something for everyone!
Coast Shelter Youth Week Event
Following the success of last year, Coast Shelter is excited to host another impactful event for Youth Week 2024. The event will showcase the services available to our Young People on the Central Coast, as well as local music acts, delicious food, games and prizes. Drop into the CRUD Space for some all-ages creative fun!
Esoteric Festival
Nip into the NadRad as the CRUD Space returns once again to Esoteric Festival! Traverse the cosmos to the outer reaches of the Esoverse to find us at the centre of the lifestyle galaxy on the planet of Chill Island. Interdimensional wonders await!
CRUD Working Bee
Join us for a fun and friendly working bee at CRUD HQ in Narara, NSW to work together to bring more vibrant and whimsical things into being to enrich the creative spaces we create for the community! All skill levels welcome.
CRUD Working Bee
Join us for a fun and friendly working bee at CRUD HQ in Narara, NSW to work together to bring more vibrant and whimsical things into being to enrich the creative spaces we create for the community! All skill levels welcome.
Bo-Me Working Bee
Keen to get involved with Bo Dangle’s Bodoption to welcome Bo-Me's into the material realm? Join us at CRUD HQ to support The Crud Muffins contribution to the multi-dimensional Mirth of Earth campaign (and our non-profit fundraising efforts)!
Roots Women's Embodiment Festival
Set in a spacious clearing on Dharug Country in NSW, Roots is a weekend curated for women to experience the support of sacred sisterhood. Alongside retreat-style workshops, live performances, an artisan marketplace, and many more rich offerings, the CRUD Space (featuring our first all-female volunteer crew) will provide a vibrant space for visitors to sink into their creative depths.
CRUD Working Bee
Join us for a fun and friendly working bee at CRUD HQ in Narara, NSW to work together to bring more vibrant and whimsical things into being to enrich the creative spaces we create for the community! All skill levels welcome.
Blue Haven Youth Summer Sessions
This dynamic one-day youth summer session aims to connect local young people with Youth Services providers in a festive atmosphere filled with holiday activities, including sport, creative workshops, the CRUD Space and much more. Ignite connections, spark creativity, and make this summer unforgettable!
Sunset Sessions
Join the Ethereal Misfits and The Lakes Festival for a special instalment of Sunset Sessions, an event created to bring community together to connect, support improved mental health, encourage creative collaboration and expression and to create a fun, safe and inclusive space for everyone to enjoy! With live music by local bands, Roundabout Circus’s Play Space and the CRUD Space there’s heaps of family fun to be had!
Central Coast Christmas Fair
Enjoy the largest local handmade Christmas event on the Central Coast at Mingara Recreation Club where 160+ vendors will be selling their unique wares. Bring the kids for a fun day out with live music, free face-painting, inflatable games and amusements, Santa appearances and crafty creative fun in the CRUD Space!
Sunset Sessions: The Lakes Festival Edition
Join the Ethereal Misfits and The Lakes Festival for a special instalment of Sunset Sessions, an event created to bring community together to connect, support improved mental health, encourage creative collaboration and expression and to create a fun, safe and inclusive space for everyone to enjoy! With live music by local bands, Roundabout Circus’s Play Space and the CRUD Space there’s heaps of family fun to be had!
The 3rd Degree
The Third Degree is a fully immersive participatory experience where everyone contributes based on the Burning Man Project and its '10 Principles’. This co-created event is built through the collaboration, cooperation, gifts and talents of all who attend. Nip into the NadRad via the CRUD Space and get ready to get whimsical!
Bo-Me Birthkeeper Training
Keen to get involved with Bo Dangle’s Bodoption to become a certified volunteer Bo-Me Birthkeeper? Join us at CRUD HQ for our free training day where you’ll learn how to welcome Bo-Me’s into the material realm in support of The Crud Muffins contribution to the multi-dimensional Mirth of Earth campaign (and non-profit fundraising efforts).
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Central Coast Steiner School Spring Fair
Enjoy a family day filled with old fashioned fun at the Central Coast Steiner School Spring Fair, from candle making and a sideshow alley to market stalls and wholesome food! Drop by the CRUD Space for free art and craft activities.
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'Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife' Working Bee
Join us for another fun and friendly working bee at CRUD HQ in Narara, NSW to work together to bring more vibrant and whimsical things into being to enrich the creative spaces we create for the community!
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GLOWFEST
Returning to Waves Campground for its third year, GLOW Fest is a circus arts and lifestyle gathering held in the stunning beachside location of Crescent Head on the mid north coast of NSW. More than just another flow festival, GLOW Fest's program is absolutely brimming with artsy goodness from morning to night including workshops, fire performances, open mics and the CRUD Space!
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Walkabout Wildlife Community Project
Our Natural World exhibition is a Tuggerah Lakes Art Society collaboration being held at The Art House, Wyong throughout August to highlight the environment’s importance through art and related activities.
With support from the Lions Club, The Crud Muffins will be facilitating the creation of a collaborative artwork titled ‘Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife’ to be donated to and installed at the Walkabout Wildlife Park for use as an eye-catching educational resource which also brightens the sanctuary grounds.
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Sunset Sessions
Join the Ethereal Misfits for another monthly instalment of Sunset Sessions, an event created to bring community together to connect, support improved mental health, encourage creative collaboration and expression and to create a fun, safe and inclusive space for everyone to enjoy! With live music by local bands Goblet and Lemon Joe, Roundabout Circus’s Play Space and the CRUD Space there’s heaps of family fun to be had!
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Bo-Me Birthkeeper Training
Keen to get involved with Bo Dangle’s Bodoption to become a certified volunteer Bo-Me Birthkeeper? Join us at CRUD HQ for our free training day where you’ll learn how to welcome Bo-Me’s into the material realm in support of The Crud Muffins contribution to the multi-dimensional Mirth of Earth campaign.
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Float Your Boat
Rug up this winter for Float Your Boat held on Lake Macquarie where boats decorated with lights will parade in a dazzling flotilla for spectators to enjoy from the shore. Come and join in on the family fun at Toronto Foreshore where you can enjoy live music, roaming illuminated performances, entertainment, children's activities and food trucks. Drop into the CRUD Space for free art and craft activities!
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Wishing Well Working Bee
Join us at CRUD HQ for another fun and relaxed CRUD Working Bee, focusing on painting up a wooden wishing well the Charmhaven Lions Club constructed to be donated to the Walkabout Wildlife Park! As always, we’ll have a handful of other tasks and projects volunteers can work on too.
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Sunset Sessions Woy Woy
Visit Lions Park in Woy Woy for a connected evening of music, art and circus to inspire collaboration while uplifting the hearts and minds of the local community. These free monthly vibrant community events were created to bring community together to connect, support improved mental health, encourage creative collaboration and to create a fun, safe and inclusive space for everyone to enjoy!
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Words on the Waves Writers Festival
Words on the Waves is a not-for-profit literary festival based on the Central Coast, NSW offering a diverse range of high quality literary events for both the Central Coast community and visitors to the area including the bigger, better and ENTIRELY FREE Family Fun Day! Join MC and Roving Fun Master, Sean Murphy for a fun-filled day packed with author talks, illustration demos, face-painting, book launches and signings, as well as all-day all-ages creative craft activities happening in the CRUD Space.
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