Museum Street Party to return in September

LIVE music, art and family activities will fill the Tweed Regional Museum precinct on September 6 when the Street Party returns.

The free event will run from 3pm to 9pm in the Museum precinct, with food stalls, workshops, roaming performers and after-hours entry to the museum.

Tweed Regional Museum director, Molly Green, said the event had quickly become part of the region’s cultural calendar.

“In only a few years, the Street Party has become a fixture on the cultural calendar. It’s our way of celebrating everything that makes the Tweed special – its stories, its spirit and its sense of community,” Green said.

“This year we’ve shaken things up with a fresh program designed to take you from low-key afternoon vibes through to an electric evening of live music and fun.”

The main stage will feature acts including Dennis, Blind Corners and Amber Rose.

Art and creative activities will include an inflatable flowers installation by Matthew Aberline, a drop-in drawing booth with Madeline White, weaving and charm-making workshops, brick making with Belinda Smith and cultural talks with Uncle Franc Krasna on the Six Seasons Cultural Calendar. Children’s entertainment will feature a street party adventure game, face painting, a chalk wall, silent disco and more.

The event will also have a bar run by Earth Brewery and a food zone with local dishes and desserts.

The Museum on Wheels travelling display will be on site with native plant giveaways and sensory boxes.

Inside, visitors can see the Speak Easy exhibition, which explores the history of communication technology from Morse code to mobile phones.

Entry is free, but bookings are recommended to receive updates on the full program at museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au/street-party.

The event is supported by the NSW Government through the Open Streets Program, which has provided $350,000 in multi-year funding for the event to run annually over the next three years.