music + art + food + culture +
Valentines Day in the Valley
Nambucca Valley Open Streets Festival is taking over River Street & Wallace, Macksville on Saturday 14 February (2pm–8pm + Fireworks!) for a big, family-friendly afternoon and night on Gumbaynggirr Country.
Expect two stages of live music, fireworks, food and markets (featuring local businesses), workshops and a chilled riverside lounge. There’ll also be loads happening across the street - climbing wall, street parade, wearable art, circus fun, play space, body painting, amusements & games, photo booth, art/craft/fashion activities, sidewalk chalk, roving performers, bubbles and more.
Live music includes: Billie-Jo Porter, Funkatu, Hella Steezy, Lemon Joe, Mahli Grant, Mainly Hues, Mastersonics, Mitch Burgess Trio, Rhetorical? Acoustic, Samba Soul, Temperate + local youth performers.
Full program & Map below!
Festival Program & Map
Two live music stages, workshops, roving performers, markets + activities, loads of food options finishing with a parade and fireworks.
Key times
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2:00pm Welcome to Gumbaynggirr Country — Uncle Micklo + Gaagal Sisters Dance Clan
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7:50pm Parade
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8:20pm Fireworks
Live music program:
Street Stage
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Mahli Grant (2:25–2:45pm)
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Mitch Burgess (3:00–3:55pm)
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Billie-Jo Porter (4:15–5:15pm)
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Lemon Joe (5:35–6:30pm)
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Mastersonics (6:50–7:50pm)
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Samba Soul (8:05–8:30pm)
Lane Stage
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Violette Hyland (2:25–2:45pm)
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Emily Taylor (2:50–3:10pm)
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Mainly Hues (3:15–3:35pm)
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Rhetorical? Acoustic (3:45–4:15pm)
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Funkatu (4:40–5:40pm)
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Hella Steezy (6:00–6:50pm)
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Temperate (7:10–7:50pm)
Workshops
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Caring for Country w/ Dennis Milgate (2:30–3:00pm)
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Make a Song From Scratch w/ MC Wildcard (3:10–4:20pm)
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HipHop Inspired Dance w/ Tehani (4:40–5:10pm)
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Focus: Roving Photography Workshop w/ James Lander (5:30–6:45pm)
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Parade Workshop w/ The Rhythm Realm (7:00–7:50pm)
More good stuff
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Phillage Sounds — Riverside DJ sessions
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Phoenix Young Stars — roving performers
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Tyler Impossible & MC — musical unicycling + whipcracking circus (5:15–5:30pm)
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Arts MNC — “Let’s Make Wearable Art”
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The Great Fashion Stitch Up — textile waste costume creation
Activities + markets
Includes riverside lounge, local markets, silent disco/DJ, body art + face painting, bubble station + balloon twisting, photobooth, sidewalk chalk, 8m rock climbing wall, inflatable obstacle course, putt putt, giant lawn games, plus local SES + Fire & Rescue, 2NVR outside broadcast, community orgs/services, Hoolastic Hoops
festival feedback
Fabulous to see young families out having a great time with their kids, and the olds too ...loved the fireworks and the music was excellent a great mixture of styles loved it ...keep it happening it creates a great community spirit .
Loved everything, bands were fantastic, the crowd was so up for the whole event, the venue on the river was picture postcard material, all the varied food trucks and cafes being open, and finally the magic fireworks and the bridge lights going off, just loved the whole event.
It was a high spirited festival that acted as a wonderful community gathering. It was great to see a wide range of ages as well as so many local artists, organisers etc. being someone new to the Valley it gave me a chance to meet people. It was very inclusive.
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