Central Coast Whats On

02/11/2026

Making last minute plans for Melbourne Cup?

🏇 Here's what you can find happening around the Coast today! From beachfront parties to long lunches and live music, there’s plenty going on. Some events have SOLD OUT, so check booking details before heading out. Find more on our website (see profile).

🥂 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON
📍 Everglades Country Club, Woy Woy
🕥 From 10:30am | $95 per person
Ch*****ne on arrival, a three-course lunch and live music from Three’s a Crowd, playing favourites from the ’70s through to today. Get dressed up and settle in for an afternoon of food, music and Cup Day celebrations.

🎬 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP DAY AT THE THEATRE
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕚 11am–3:40pm | SOLD OUT
Lunch, live music from Michael Carpenter, a screening of How to Marry a Millionaire and the big race on the big screen. Add a little Golden Age Hollywood glamour! This one’s fully booked, so it’s a day for those who secured their spots.

🎶 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP PATIO PARTY
📍 Hadley’s, Mingara Recreation Club, Tumbi Umbi
🕚 From 11am | 🆓 Free entry
Food specials, cocktails and the race on the big screen, with Planet Groove keeping the celebrations going from 2–5pm. Gather your favourite people and make an afternoon of it.

👒 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP AT SPORTIES
📍 Norah Head Sporties, Norah Head
🕚 11am–6pm
Big-screen racing, fashions on the field and Melbourne Cup specials from Lighthouse Bistro. A chance to dress up, catch up with friends and enjoy the afternoon. Table bookings recommended.

🍽️ TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP AT THE ARY
📍 The Ary, Toukley
🎟️ Luncheon and dining bookings | Confirm sitting times with the club
Make a day of it with a Cup Day luncheon or a table at ZIVA or The Cove. Contact the Welcome Desk on 4396 4855 to check availability and booking options.

🌿 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP RIVERDECK PARTY
📍 Royal Hotel, Wyong
🕛 12–3pm | Ticketed package
Spend Cup Day in the Riverdeck B**r Garden with a food and drinks package and the excitement of the big race. Round up your lunch crew and check the ticket options before heading over.

🍾 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON
📍 Chittaway Bay Tavern, Chittaway Bay
🕛 12–3pm | $80 per person
A three-course set-menu lunch, live race coverage and best-dressed prizes. Bookings of four receive a bottle of bubbles, so there’s a good excuse to get the gang together.

🌊 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP BY THE BEACH
📍 Terrigal Beach House, Terrigal
🕛 12–3pm | Ticketed event
Roaming canapés, food stations, a three-hour beverage package and live entertainment beside Terrigal Beach. Dress to impress for the best-dressed competition and catch the race on the huge screen.

🏆 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER — MELBOURNE CUP AT THE LAKES
📍 The Lakes Hotel, The Entrance
🕛 12–3pm | Bar bookings and lunch packages available
Catch the racing action with friends in the heart of The Entrance. Choose a bar-booking option or the $90 food and beverage package, including three courses. Check directly with the venue for remaining tables.

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29/10/2026

🎃 A few of the many HALLOWEEN happenings around the Coast this weekend! From little monsters to late-night dancers, there’s plenty going on. A couple have already SOLD OUT, so check booking details before heading out. Find more on our website (see profile).

👻 FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER — SPOOKY KID’S CLUB DISCO NIGHT
📍 Wyong Milk Factory, Wyong
🕠 5:30–7:30pm | SOLD OUT
Costumes, dancing, Halloween crafts and lolly bags for the little ghouls. This one’s already fully booked, so it’s a night for those who secured their spots!

🎧 FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER — RNB HALLOWEEN
📍 The Showroom, Wyong Leagues, Kanwal
🕘 From 9pm | 🔞 18+
DJ Nino Brown, Peter Gunz, Beretta and JOJO bring the Halloween party, with prizes for best dressed. Get your costume sorted and check the ticket options.

🍬 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — TRICK OR TREAT & HALLOWEEN MARKETS
📍 Deepwater Plaza, Woy Woy
🕤 Trick-or-treat sessions at 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am | 🆓 Free
A morning of treats, face painting, balloon creations, roving characters and market stalls. Book a trick-or-treat session for your little monsters.

🧟 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — MONSTER ACADEMY
📍 Erina Fair, opposite Customer Service
🕐 1–4pm | $5 per child
Follow the clues, meet the characters and tackle monster-training challenges on this Halloween scavenger hunt. Thirty-minute sessions finish with a graduation photo for your newly qualified little monster.

🦎 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — FRIGHTS & BITES NIGHT
📍 Australian Reptile Park, Somersby
🕒 3–7pm
Halloween with a reptilian twist! Trick-or-treat stations, animal encounters, face painting, costume prizes and special shows. The $34.99 adult presale ticket includes one child aged 3–15 free. Check the event page for other ticket options.

🎃 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — GHOSTFORD
📍 Gosford C*D & William Street Plaza
🕓 4–6pm | TREAT TRAIL SOLD OUT
Treat-trail registrations have filled up, but you can still dress up, explore the decorated streets and enjoy the plaza entertainment. Candy collection is for registered QR-code holders only.

🪩 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — HALLOWEEN DISCO
📍 The Ary, Toukley
🕔 5–7pm | 🆓 Free
Beetlejuice and the Evil Queen are hosting a costume disco for the kids. Dress up, bring those spooky dance moves and make an evening of it.

💀 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — GHOULS BALL: DANCE WITH THE DEAD
📍 FunHaus Factory, Gosford
🕕 6–11:55pm | 🔞 18+ | Registration required
DJ Ruby Red, Halloween cocktails, food specials and a $50 best-dressed prize. A chance for the grown-up ghouls to take over the dance floor!

🌙 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER — HALLOWEEN AT THE LAKES
📍 The Lakes Hotel, The Entrance
🕗 From 8pm | 🆓 Free entry
Round out Halloween with live music and a costume night at The Lakes. Get dressed up and make a night of it.

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24/10/2026

Perfect weather to head down to the VIRAL Food Festival @ The Entertainment Grounds, Gosford - Sat + Sun, midday-10pm!

Hot tip: Bring an umbrella for shade, as there's little available!

🔥 More than 50 trending street foods and desserts
🤼 Live wrestling inside a full wrestling ring
🎧 Two live DJs
🎤 Stage games with cash prizes
🍔 Eating competitions
🤖 Roving characters - including MEGATRON
🎪 Rides, games, bouncy castles and showbags
📸 Some of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest food creators filming onsite
Try the foods your kids have been showing you online:
🌯 Cheeseburger Burritos
🍪 Scoopable Cookie Dough Pie
🍗 Cluckin Canes Tender Dupe Boxes
🧇 Dubai Bubble Waffles
🍦 Deep Fried Ice Cream
🥔 Loaded Spuds
🥩 Brazilian BBQ Boxes
🍰 Cake in a Can
…and heaps more!
🎟 $7 after at the gate
👶 Kids under three enter FREE
🎡 Carnival rides and games are an additional cost
📍The Entertainment Grounds, 4 Racecourse Road, NSW

23/10/2026

🎪🎶 A few of the major events on TONIGHT & THIS WEEKEND - find more on our website (see profile) 🎸✨

🚘 Friday 23 October - Chrome After Dark
📍 Memorial Park, The Entrance
🕟 4:30pm–9pm
🆓 Free
ChromeFest kicks into the evening with rockabilly, rock ’n’ roll and a waterfront party. 🎶 Catch The Hellcat III, The Flattrakkers and DJ Grizzly Adams, then come back Saturday and Sunday for more ChromeFest cars, live music, retro fashion and markets.

🌊 Friday 23 October - Springfest 2026
📍 Terrigal Beach House, Terrigal
🕗 From 8pm
🔞 18+ | Ticketed
Rum Jungle headlines a big night of live music by the beach, joined by Lyric, Lazy Haze and Sienna Smith. 🎸 Round up your gig crew and kick off the weekend with a stacked local festival line-up.

🎸 Saturday 24 October - Diesel By Request ’26
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕑 Doors 2pm | Ticketed
An afternoon with Diesel, shaped by audience requests and drawing on a career full of favourites and musical influences. 🎶 Settle into Avoca’s seaside theatre for a show with a personal twist.

⚡ Saturday 24 October - Jet: The Rumblin’ Regional Revue
📍 Woodport Hotel, Erina
🕢 7:30pm
🔞 18+ | Ticketed
Australian rock heavyweights Jet bring The Rumblin’ Regional Revue to the Coast. 🤘 Sydney indie-rock five-piece Liquid Zoo joins them for a Saturday night built around big guitars and live energy.

🎤 Sunday 25 October - Remembering Whitney: Celebrating The Classic Songbook
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕜 1:30pm–3:30pm | Ticketed
Spend Sunday afternoon celebrating Whitney Houston’s classic songbook. ✨ A tribute-show outing for anyone who loves those unforgettable songs and a little Sunday nostalgia.

☘️ Sunday 25 October - The High Kings: Rocky Road To Dublin
📍 The Art House, Wyong
🕖 7pm | Ticketed
The High Kings bring Irish folk, storytelling and high-energy musicianship to Wyong. 🎻 Finish the weekend with a lively night of songs and sounds from Ireland.

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18/10/2026

🎶 GOSSY WEEKENDER is on TODAY, Sunday 18 October! 🎸
There’s still plenty of live music to catch on the final day of Gossy Weekender. Free afternoon gigs, plus an interactive concert at the library tonight!

🍻 Indelible
📍 Bay Road Brewing, 89 Donnison Street, Gosford
🕑 2pm–4pm
Rock ’n’ roll, classic rock, punk and grunge from this energetic Hunter Valley family band. Expect familiar favourites and plenty of personality!

🎸 Trent Crawford Student Showcase
📍 Big Little Brewing, 7 Kirrawee Road, Gosford
🕒 3pm–6pm
Discover emerging Central Coast musicians as Trent Crawford’s students take the stage with rock, grunge, punk and plenty of live energy.

⛵ Ruby Shay & Axle Whitehead
📍 Gosford Sailing Club, 28 Masons Parade, Gosford
- Ruby Shay: 3.30pm–4.45pm
- Axle Whitehead: 5.15pm–6.30pm
Settle in by Brisbane Water for country, folk and Americana. Ruby brings heartfelt songwriting and rich melodies, followed by Axle returning to his country and Americana roots.

🎮 Extra Lives: Interactive Video Game Concert
📍 Gosford Regional Library, 123A Donnison Street, Gosford
🕗 8pm–9.30pm
An interactive adventure where the audience decides what happens next, with live music and visuals inspired by classic video games.
🎟️ Bookings essential. Confirm ticket price and availability with the library before heading in.

👉 Tag your Sunday crew, save this post and make an afternoon of it! Event details are in the comments. Follow Central Coast What’s On for more gigs, festivals and things to do around the Coast.

Venue entry conditions apply. Non-members must sign in at Gosford Sailing Club. Table bookings are recommended. Program subject to change.

16/10/2026

🎶 GOSSY WEEKENDER is on TODAY, Saturday 17 October! 🎸
From morning café gigs to a big street party and live music after dark, Gosford has a packed Saturday ahead. 🆓 Festival events are free, with free tickets required for tonight’s FunHaus Factory show.
☀️ Music, art & creativity
📍 William Street Mall, near OG Bowls
🕣 Ari Star: 8.30am–9.30am, already underway
🕤 Tehani: 9.30am–10.30am
🕚 Alicia González: 11am–3pm
🕛 Ana Flavia & Tomoko Oka: 12pm–3pm
🕒 Jhalaena Mae: 3pm–4pm
Live music, playful performance, creative activities and Japanese calligraphy throughout the day.
☕ Summer Healey
📍 The Good Bits Co
🕤 9.30am–11.30am
Catchy indie pop-rock from this Central Coast artist.
🎹 Bailey Pierce
📍 South End Social
🕤 9.30am–11.30am
A morning set from the local singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
📚 Culture & creativity
📍 Gosford Regional Library
🕥 Girri Girra storytelling & dance: 10.30am–12pm
🕦 Badge making & tissue-paper window decals: 11.30am–3pm
Aboriginal storytelling and dance, plus hands-on creative activities.
🎉 LIVE ON DONNISON STREET
📍 Donnison Street, Gosford
🕛 12pm–6pm
🆓 Free & all ages
Two stages of live music, food, market stalls and family entertainment!
🎤 The Stand With Audrey Stage
- LYZAH: 12pm–12.30pm
- Girri Girra Welcome to Country: 12.40pm–1pm
- Katherine Vavahea: 1pm–1.30pm
- Dom Diaz: 2pm–2.30pm
- Charlie Needs Braces: 3pm–3.30pm
- Becca Hatch: 4pm–4.45pm
- Beddy Rays: 5.15pm–6pm
🎸 The Grove Stage
- K-Pop Demon Hunters Disco: 12pm–12.35pm
- Toola: 1.30pm–2pm
- Butterknife: 2.30pm–3pm
- REDD.: 3.30pm–4pm
- Mac The Knife: 4.45pm–5.15pm
🎨 Community chalk art with Asoka Whitwell
📍 Donnison Street
🕛 12pm–5.30pm
Spring-inspired creativity on the pavement.
🌈 Kids’ Corner
📍 Kibble Park
🕛 12pm–5.30pm
Family activities alongside the street-party celebrations.
🍻 Cobalt Blu & The Smith & Western Jury
📍 Big Little Brewing
🕔 Cobalt Blu: 5pm–5.45pm
🕕 The Smith & Western Jury: 6pm–7.30pm
Jazz and soul followed by rock with a western twang.
🎶 Jemma-Jade & Hayden Daniel
📍 Polytec Stadium
🕕 Each artist is listed for 6pm–7.45pm
Acoustic pop, country and folk in the festival’s stadium program. Check venue access conditions; this listing does not include admission to the football match.
✨ Odette, Axel Starviking & DJ Lisa Anita
📍 FunHaus Factory
🚪 Doors: 6pm
🕢 Axel Starviking: 7.30pm–8.10pm
🕣 Odette: 8.30pm–9.45pm
🕙 DJ Lisa Anita: 9.50pm–11pm
🎟️ Free tickets required; under-18s must be accompanied by an adult
Electronic sounds, soulful piano-led pop and a house-music afterparty.
🎸 Mitch Vitler
📍 Railway Hotel
🕗 8pm–9.30pm
Classic favourites and contemporary hits from the Central Coast singer and guitarist.
👉 Save this post, tag your festival crew and plan your Saturday! Event details and the free FunHaus booking link are in the comments. Follow Central Coast What’s On for more around the Coast.
Program subject to change. Venue entry conditions apply.

15/10/2026

🎸🎶 A few of the many LIVE MUSIC events coming up over the next seven days - find more on our website app (see profile) 🎤✨

🎤 Thursday 15 October — Adalita 15th Anniversary Tour
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕗 8pm–10pm
Adalita revisits her debut solo album fifteen years after its release. 🎸 An intimate evening with the Magic Dirt frontwoman and the songs that launched a new chapter in her career.

🎉 16–18 October — Gossy Weekender
📍 Various venues across Gosford
🕛 Saturday’s Live on Donnison Street: 12pm–6pm
🆓 Free; bookings required for selected shows
Gosford fills with live music for three days, with gigs across local venues and a big Saturday street celebration. 🎶 The free, all-ages Live on Donnison Street features Beddy Rays, Becca Hatch, REDD. and more, alongside food, markets and family activities.

🎶 Friday 16 October — The Album Show: California 70’s
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕗 8pm–10.15pm
Hotel California, Simple Dreams and Rumours get the live treatment. 🎸 Expect Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Fleetwood Mac favourites bringing that California sound to the Coast.

🎸 Friday 16 October — Mark Easton DARK HORSE TOUR
📍 Link and Pin, Woy Woy
🕗 8pm–10pm
🆓 Free
Mark Easton brings his DARK HORSE tour to Link and Pin for a Friday-night blues session. 🍻 A free local gig to start the weekend.

💃 Saturday 17 October — Paco Lara Presents Flamenco Stories
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕐 1pm–3pm
Flamenco guitarist Paco Lara joins dancer Deya Miranda for an afternoon of Spanish music and movement. 🔥 Guitar and dance share the storytelling in this intimate performance.

⚡ Saturday 17 October — Tina Machine Bowie Show
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕗 8pm–10.15pm
Tina Machine celebrates the music of David Bowie. 👩‍🎤 A Saturday night for Starman fans to revisit the songs and adventurous spirit of Bowie.

🎙️ Sunday 18 October — Teen Idols with Lonnie Lee
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕜 1.30pm–3.30pm
Lonnie Lee takes audiences on a rock’n’roll journey through the teen-idol era. 🎵 An afternoon of music and memories to round out the weekend.

🎤 Sunday 18 October — Gabriella Cilmi
📍 Avoca Beach Theatre, Avoca Beach
🕢 7.30pm–9.30pm
The voice behind Sweet About Me comes to Avoca Beach Theatre. 🌼 Michelle Murrell opens the evening before Gabriella takes the stage.

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29/09/2026

Find all the best gigs for the Gossy Weekender on our huge event map of the Central Coast. (link in first comment)

17/09/2026

It's back. Gosford waterfront. An incredible spectacle.

🔥GOSFORD, PREPARE TO BE FED!🔥
Y’all manifested this: the mesmerizing, main-character aura of LASSÙ is officially pulling up to charm Gosford Waterfront. LASSÙ is dropping its unmatched rizz from 25 Sep – 10 Oct to effortlessly steal the spotlight. Don't sleep on this ethereal link-up, blink and the vibe vanishes.

🎟️Tickets are ON SALE NOW.
📍 Gosford Waterfront
📅 25 Sep - 10 Oct • 3 Weeks Only
🔞 Strictly 18+ ADULTS ONLY.

This majestic, high-key iconic rendezvous is serving pure perfection for 3 WEEKS ONLY. No cap.

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16/09/2026

🎪🎶 A few of the many FESTIVALS coming soon - find more on our website (see profile) 🍻🌈

🍺 Sunday 27 September — Oktoberfest
📍 Terrigal Beach House, Terrigal
🆓 Free

Terrigal Beach House is going full Bavarian for the day, with Festbier steins, German food specials and plenty of singing and dancing by the sea. 🇩🇪 The Oompah Loompah Band hits the stage from 2pm, alongside schnitzels, pork knuckle and all the Oktoberfest trimmings.

🌈 27 September–4 October — Coastal Twist Festival
📍 Various locations across the Central Coast

Eight days of LGBTQIA+ arts, culture, performance and community return under this year's theme Radical Radiance. ✨ The program includes Bravewords Live, visual art, cabaret, Drag Brunch, dance parties and youth events before wrapping up with the huge Coastie Carnie Fair Day at Umina Beach on Sunday 4 October — free, all ages, with entertainment, markets, food and family activities.

🌸 Tuesday 29 September — Spring into Spring
📍 Wyoming Community Centre, Wyoming
🆓 Free

A relaxed local spring festival featuring live music, cultural cooking demonstrations, makers' markets, workshops and plenty more. 🌼 Throw in the sausage sizzle and Devonshire tea and you've got a very Coastie community day out.

🎉 3–5 October — October Long Weekend
📍 Ettalong Diggers, Ettalong Beach
🆓 Free entry

Ettalong Diggers is turning the October long weekend into three days of entertainment on the Peninsula. 🎶 Expect live music, comedy, headline entertainment and community activities across the weekend.

🎺 Saturday 31 October — Central Coast Band Fest 2026
📍 Narara / Central Coast Conservatorium Schools Program

Around 24 bands from 12 Central Coast schools come together for a full day celebrating the Coast's young musicians. 🎷 Training and concert bands perform across two concerts, with each ensemble receiving feedback and a gold, silver or bronze rating.

🤘 Saturday 31 October — Big Day Shout: Central Coast
📍 Long Jetty Hotel, Long Jetty

Missing the glory days of the Big Day Out? Big Day Shout attempts to cram the whole experience into one enormous night, with live versions of tracks from Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Silverchair, The Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Muse, RHCP and plenty more. 🎸 Bucket hats appear to be optional — but probably encouraged.

🔥 Saturday 7 November — BREW-B-Q
📍 The Entertainment Grounds, West Gosford
🕛 12pm–9pm

BBQ, bands and b**r collide for a big day at The Entertainment Grounds. 🍖🍺 Expect competitive BBQ pitmasters, boutique brews, markets and the Australasian Barbecue Alliance cook-off, with Furnace and the Fundamentals, Hot Potato Band, Born Jovi and Lemon Joe providing the soundtrack.

🌊🎶 Saturday 7 November — Lighthouse Festival 2026
📍 Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve
🔞 18+

One of the Coast's most spectacular festival settings returns for its 10th anniversary, overlooking the Pacific at Norah Head. 🌅 Ziggy Alberts headlines, joined by Winterbourne, Joel Leggett, Elaskia, Jess Minda, Summer Healey and Abbi Yeo for an afternoon and evening of folk, roots, indie and pop.

🔥🤘 Saturday 28 November — Meltdown Festival
📍 The Entertainment Grounds, West Gosford
🔞 18+

And this one is a serious addition to the Coast's festival calendar. Rise Against headline the inaugural Meltdown Festival alongside Dropkick Murphys, The Living End, Jebediah and RedHook for a full day of punk, rock and heavier sounds. ⚡🎸

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