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.
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)
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 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