Dungog is the place to “bee” this long weekend for the Dungog Festival which promises four days of arts, family friendly fun, food and fresh air.
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Dowling Street will be brimming with a full program of entertainment, market stalls and art galleries open during the festival.
Just off Dowling Street the James Theatre will showcase a wide range of classic movies, while Sculpture on the Farm turns Fosterton into a backdrop for 100 sculptures from renowned sculptors from across Australia.
In Wallarobba, Oktoberfest will feature sausage dog races and local craft beer.
You can find out more details from the Wallarobba Hall Facebook page.
The recent drop of rain has local gardens looking blooming lovely for the annual Dungog Garden Ramble on Saturday between 9am and 4pm.
The event will showcase 9 prized gardens with devonshire teas available at selected gardens. Tickets are available online or at the Dungog Visitor Information Centre or Country elegance Garden Centre.
All proceeds raised from the event go to Dungog Hospital.
The Long Lazy Lunch at historic Cairnsmore is the traditional grand finale to the festival on Monday with some tickets still available for the event.
A Gala Street Parade in Dowling Street at 12.30pm on Saturday has organisers promising some surprises.
The main street will be closed between Brown and Hooke Street from 4.00pm on Saturday for the Long Table dinner, when 270 people will dine on one long table down the middle of Dowling street.
The Sunday Street Party will again claim Dowling Street, with the street closed for the day and evening between Brown and Mackay Streets.
There'll be non-stop music from the main stage and three busking stages, a licensed bar, food and other market stalls all day and evening.
The “Kid's Karnival” will have Doug the Reading Bug and children’s games created by the Men's Shed. The Chalk Art Challenge boasts prizes for both adults and children’s categories.
The all day and night music will feature some great Australian musical performers – Twist of Blue, Ruby Blue, The Buzzard Mix and Those Jazz Guys, finally culminating at 8.00pm with Reg Mombassa of Mambo fame and his band Dog Trumpet.
Dungog Arts Foundation Chair, Dr Brendan Chaston said the benefit of the festival would continue after the weekend with more than 30 local non-profit community organisations to benefit financially.
”Not to mention a bumper weekend for all the businesses in town,” he said.
“It's a win for us all.”
