The countdown is on to for Shellharbour City Council's newest event, Eco Eats and Beats Street Festival on Sunday 10 November.
In just a few weeks the Warilla Town Centre will come alive with an exciting array of activations including food trucks and long table dining, musical performances, an upcycled market and more!
A series of engaging, eco-friendly workshops will take place throughout the day, with pre-registrations encouraged so you don't miss out.
Attendees can dive into BEE-utiful nature craft, to learn about Australia's Native bees, make Blue Banded Bee wristbands and nature-inspired crafts; get hands-on with Boomerang painting, crafting unique designs on recycled timber; transform old magazines into beautiful paper bead creations; and upcycle their own items using sustainable dyes at the tie-dying workshop.
Plus, local artist Stephanie Quirk will lead a Community Art Project, guiding local schoolchildren in designing flags that represent their heritage, all made from re-used materials.
Crowds will be wowed by talented performers like Lolo Lovina and beloved Aussie kids band The Vegetable Plot on the main stage. Meanwhile two busking stations will showcase a variety of musical tunes featuring local artists like Jack Willis and Georgie Lyons to keep the good times going. Plus, keep your eyes peeled for the theatrical performers roving around the event site.
Street artist and digital illustrator, Happy Decay, will complete a mural on a building within the event zone, transforming it into a vibrant piece of art in the theme of sustainability and the natural environment.
Bjarni Wark, the artist behind Happy Decay, has been heavily involved in the innovative 'Waste, Let's Get it Sorted' campaign which turned our waste fleet from mundane to magnificent with vibrant artworks featuring a host of cute characters.
Shellharbour City Mayor Chris Homer is looking forward to seeing Warilla streets come to life.
"This event is a great way to showcase our commitment to not just sustainability but to our town centres and making them a vibrant and exciting place to be," he said.
"This festival is a fantastic opportunity for our community to enjoy fun activities, live music and learn how to include sustainable practices in their everyday lives."
The Eco Eats and Beats Street Festival is proudly funded by the NSW Government's Open Streets Program. The program supports local councils to temporarily close streets to vehicles and open them up to people with placemaking activations that help inject vibrancy into our street
Minister for Roads, Arts, Music and the Night-Time Economy, Jobs and Tourism John Graham said:
"We're excited to support this event in Warilla.
"Too often our main streets are something we drive through, rather than drive to. Our streets are a critical part of our public and social infrastructure. Great streets make great towns and centres and reflect the local community and culture
"The Open Streets program is about temporarily transforming our main streets into vibrant and welcoming public event spaces.
"The colour and diversity of these 130 events celebrates the unique personality of each town or suburb. This is what our vibrancy agenda is all about, backing locals to create events and entertainment that works for their local community."
