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Grand Opening Weekend Sat 1st October

Mattara-A-Glow Light Parade: Celebrating 50 Years!

Saturday 1st October: Starts 6:30pm 

The Parade leaves Scott and Watt Street at 6:30pm and marches along Newcastle Foreshore and finishes at Camp Shortland, Nobby's Beach.

Parade Route Parade Route

 

Newcastle’s Largest Ever Birthday Cake

 

 

TAFE Hunters Institute is cooking up a delicious cake to feed over 1000 Newcastle people at our festival!

 

Come and join us at 7.00pm Australian Army Big Band & Cutting Of the cake at Camp Shortland

9 Days of Festival Activities: Camp Shortland

(Nobby’s Beach)

 Saturday 1st Oct : Mattara A Glow Parade 

50th Golden Anniversary Grand Parade & Celebrations
Fireworks Extravaganza 9pm
 
Saturday & Sunday 1st & 2nd Oct:
Seafood &Swing Foreshore Fiesta

 Monday 3rd Oct:
 Pets On Parade

 Tuesday 4th Oct

Sporting Stars Activities Day
 
Wednesday 5th Oct
NBN Family Fun Day
 
Thursday 6th Oct
KOFM Radio stars on the park
Friday 7th Oct
Health & Fitness Day
 
Saturday 8th Oct
Kids Carnival Day
 Saturday Night Band "Syndicate" 

Sunday 9th Oct
Fun in the Sun and Psychic Fair

Mattara Events (outside of Camp Shortland)

Mattara Photographic Exhibition and the Australiasian Sculptors Exhibition will be on display at the Historic Newcastle Fort Scratchley  from Saturday 24th  September to October 3rd   10am to 4pm daily 

(with the exclusion of Tuesday,as the fort is closed)

 

A Meet & Greet your Mattara Golden Anniversary Princess Miss Bridie Scott, her "prince" Lachlan James and Mattara flowergirl  Miss Madeleine James

will take place at the Queens Wharf Brewery on Saturday October between 4 pm and 5.30pm. before your Mattara -A Glow  grand Birthday Parade

 

Bridie,Lachlan & Madeleine are proudly supporting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the John Hunter Children's Hospital

 

 

Mattara Eisteddfod – 27th September to 4th October

Newcastle Grammar School, Park Campus

 

Mattara Art Exhibition

Located at St Andrew's Church Hall, south west corner of Civic Park.

Opening night Friday 30th September (6pm)

General viewing from Saturday 1st to Sun 9th October (10am - 5pm)

Fort Scratchley, Newcastle - Opening 10AM to 4PM Daily, Closed Tuesdays.

Mattara Surf Classic

Sat 1st & 2nd October, Newcastle Beach

Mattara Festival 50th Anniversary Stakes

Sat 1st Oct. The Gardens Greyhound Sporting Complex, Newcastle

Sandgate Road, Birmingham Gardens, Starting 4.00pm

Mattara The Challenge – 17th & 18th September

“Open U/25 Lawn Bowls Championship” HOST Belmont Bowling Club

9.30 a.m. on both days, featuring the cream of the State under 25 lawn bowlers.

 

Mattara Dancesport Spectacular – Sunday 25th September

Cardiff Panthers – 10.00am, Cnr Munibung & Pendlebury Rd Cardiff

Admission Prices: Adults $25.00 and Children / Aged Pensioners $15.00

 

Shannon’s Mattara Hill Climb – 2nd & 3rd October

9am to 5.30pm King Edward Park, Newcastle

NSW State HillClimb Championships & Tri Challenge Inter Club Championship