Dungog Area Events

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AGOG Feast of Foreign Films

The AGOG! A Feast of Foreign Films will run again this year with a supper of excellent local food and wine at the historic James Theatre in Dungog - the oldest still operating cinema in Australia. This event is presented by the Dungog Film Society (now in its 20th year) and the Dungog Cinema (still going strong since 1913). James Theatre is proud to be the only cinema between Avoca and Kempsey to screen these fantastic shorts!

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Anglican Church Market

The Anglican Church Market day will be filled with stalls of all kinds of items to buy. On offer will be home-made crafts and photographic cards, produce, plants, and bric-a-brac plus loads more. To tempt your tummy there will be a range of cakes and slices and a mouth-watering sausage sizzle. Come and join them on the day.

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Back to Back Wool Challange

The Back to Back Wool Challenge is a race against the clock to shear the sheep and then knit the jumper. There will also be mini workshops and craft items for sale. Come along and join in. This event will be held at Tocal Homestead located on Tocal Road Tocal.

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Bluey s Barn Bar B Que

Come and enjoy the fun with country music, auctions, hot food, drinks, with much more on the list even a barn dance guaranteed to have a good time amid the bales of hay and friendly people. Bid for interesting items all monies raised goes to a well known charity, volunteer group. Experience the country atmosphere at Bluey's.

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Clarence Tow Community Markets

The Clarence Town Rural Transaction Centre Community Markets are held every month except December. They are a fun day for all with home grown produce, plants, bric-a-brac, food, home made products and much more for sale. Come and enjoy the day at the markets and pick up a great bargain for yourself or a loved one.

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Dungog Agricultural Show

The Dungog Show is an agricultural show at its best and there will be full ring displays. Friday will be given over, as usual, to camp drafting. However outside the arena there will be all manner of things to see and do. On Saturday the Demolition Derby drivers will compete. Dungog’s Grand Parade has always been better than most; and this year will be another step forward. The parade is a hugely colourful display and the centrepiece of the show. Events and displays to watch include Australia...

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Dungog Community Markets

The Dungog Community Markets are a monthly market held in the Presbyterian Church Grounds. Stalls include; handmade arts and crafts, selections of jams, pottery, candles, soap, hand woven garments, quality arts and crafts, gourmet food and lots more. Produce from local farms in the area is also on sale available. Come and join in this great day out for the whole family.

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Dungog Film Festival

The Dungog Film Festival is an annual cultural event showcasing exclusively the very best of Australian cinema from the past, present and future. The festival is staged over four glorious autumn days in the charming Hunter town of Dungog, home to the oldest continuously running cinema in Australia, the James Theatre. Over the past two years, this unique festival has taken the distribution and exhibition industries by storm and quickly established itself as the pre-eminent festival of Australi...

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Dungog Pedalfest

Dungog Pedalfest is an annual event in celebration of the humble bicycle. Now in its fourteenth year, Pedalfest is a weekend gathering for cyclist, to enjoy safe pedalling on scenic country roads, and relaxation in the very best of company. Add a festival family atmosphere in and around the classic rural town of Dungog, with a bush dance in the evening. There are rides suitable for children and rides that might stretch the muscles of the fittest and keenest of adults. A new historical Scaveng...

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Easter Fair Billy Cart Derby

Gresford Billy Cart Derby and Easter Fair is a spectacular day out for all the family, where you will be entertained and kept busy with billy cart racing, market stalls, vintage car displays, children’s activities, cake stalls, chocolate wheel and much more. Bring the whole family along for a great day out! The Billy Cart Derby is an excellent example of how the numerous groups, charities and organisations of Gresford can work together to create a fantastic day and leave a lasting impression on ...

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Faces from Tocal

A new experience at Tocal Homestead. Tocal has one of Australia's finest collections of colonial farm buildings dating from the 1820s, and within the precinct are Aboriginal stone grindings indicating thousands of years of human activity at Tocal. Convicts, bushrangers, workers and squires. A guided walking tour of the Tocal Homestead precinct, part of History Week NSW 2010.

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Gresford Campdraft and Rodeo

Come and experience the fast moving action and skills of a professional Rodeo Competition. With bull riding, steer wrestling and bare-back bronco riding. The Gresford promises to deliver no less than ten hours of pure entertainment. There is a licensed facility on the grounds, which means you cannot bring your own alcohol (sorry folks it’s the law). EFTPOS will be available at the secretaries’ office.

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Gresford Markets

‘Clevedon’ is the picturesque setting for the Gresford markets on the third Sunday of each month. Each month, over thirty stall holders gather in the beautiful grounds of the homestead kindly opened each month as a community fundraiser by owners Belinda and Ellis Richards. And, of course, there's something for everyone: delicious local olives and olive oil, natural household, health and beauty products, sports memorabilia, scarecrows, locally grown plants and produce, a wide range of clothing...

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Peak into the Past

Peak into the Past is an old fashioned family day out, a whole day of fun and nostalgia. This event will be held at Tocal Homestead in Paterson. Come and see skills and crafts of yesteryear demonstrated throughout the heritage site. Delicious homemade refreshments will be available all day. Also enjoy cart rides pulled by Bill the Clydesdale, warm up by the Blacksmiths forge, see the calves been fed, taste their homemade soup cooked on the wood stove, try your hand at water divining, bewar...

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Quiltarama

Dungog/Clarence Town Country Women's Association will be hosting its fourth annual Quiltarama, where there will be over fifty amazing quilts on display. Many of these quilts are by local residents and will never be seen again in a public forum. These are truly works of art and anyone seeing them will realize the passion and love that goes into creating each and every one. They are diverse and range from the classic floral bedcover to quirky wall hangings so there is definitely something that ...

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Relay for Life

Relay for Life is now into its tenth year. In aid of Cancer, walk for family or a friend, or in memory of loved one. All donations and monies raised goes to Cancer Council. Get a team to walk through the day and night must have one member walking. The bigger the team the less you have to walk. Start Saturday and finish Sunday. Camp over night and you’re sure to enjoy, games and other fun things to do. Theme for camp this year Party. Joining forms from Dungog Hospital office, contact Jane Levi...

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Thunderbolt Rally

Thunderbolt Rally is organised by Central Coast American Motorcycle Club Inc, live entertainment including the wolverines, fireworks, bikes, hotrods, Utes, mini trucks, tattoo show, demolition derby, motor cross, trade displays and cash prizes including for the burnout competition, wet t-shirt competition, various cash prizes and trophies. No glass or BYO alcohol permitted, there is a bar onsite with drinks at at club prices. Vehicles will be checked by security. Camping onsite with food, refr...

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Tocal Fieldays

Hunter's premium agricultural event attracts around 30,000 visitors and 400 exhibits. Highly regarded for its educational aspect, Tocal combines a genuine rural experience with commerce, entertainment, fashion, regional food and wine, and craft. Served with the renowned Tocal country hospitality. Pick up show specials with eight tractor companies for comparison, solar gates, log splitters, cattle yards, solar-operated gates, tools galore, big sheds and small quad bikes. Learn how to prepare l...

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Vacy Village Country Carvival

It’s on again with merry -go -round, crocodile encounters, camel, pony and donkey rides. Giant slide, local wine testing, camp oven cookery, market stalls, Scottish pipe band, also the Jack Russell racing team will be holding the novice races again this year, if you have a small dog that is under 40 centimetres you might like to register him/her for the races. Raffle tickets in a draw to win six minute scenic flight over Paterson River valley with Newcastle Helicopters. Raffle tickets are AUD2....

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Wirragulla Annual Polo Tournament

The Hunter Polo Challenge is a great family day out at Wirragulla Polo Club ground at Dungog in the Hunter. It is fast exciting Polo, with top players competing and over 200 horses will be played. The event is an informal relaxed way to watch and enjoy Picnic Polo in a picturesque setting. Canteen and bar will be available. Make it a weekend or a day at the polo, then the coast or vineyards, it is your choice. They are one hour from Newcastle, one hour from the vineyards, and two and a half ...

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