Festival Program
Daily fun & activities include: Arts & Crafts Tent, Sand Art, Aero Jump, Tattooist, Whale Cruises, Interactive Stands.
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| Saturday, 3rd October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands – Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival, Organisation for the Rescue & Research of Cetaceans (ORRCA), First Nelson Bay Scouts |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment |
| 1:30pm - 2pm | ORRCA Mock up Whale Rescue |
| 2:30 - 3pm | Port Stephens Community Band |
| 4pm - 7pm | Live Entertainment by Elle Bee |
| 7pm | Official Opening by Charli Delaney |
| 7:30 - 10pm | Movie by the Sea "Whale Rider" (in the case of wet weather movie postponed to Sat 10th Oct) |
| 8:30pm | Wicked at Nelson Bay Diggers (18yrs & older) |
| Sunday, 4th October | |
| 10am – 3pm | Interactive Stands - Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival, Organisation for the Rescue & Research of Cetaceans (ORRCA) |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment by Peta Evans-Taylor |
| 1:30pm - 2pm | ORRCA Mock up Whale Rescue |
| 2pm | Zane Penn at Nelson Bay Diggers (18yrs & older) |
| 2pm - 3pm | Tug-of-War |
| 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Seaside Singers |
| Monday, 5th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands - Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment |
| 2pm to 3pm | Tug-of-War |
| Tuesday, 6th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands - Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 10am – 2:30pm | Live entertainment by Riley Warren - Gen-R-8 |
| 1pm - 2pm | Sand modelling competition & didgeridoo |
| Wednesday, 7th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands - Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 11am – 12 noon | Story time with Tomaree Library |
| 12 noon - 3pm | Live entertainment by Riley Warren - Gen-R-8 |
| 2pm to 3pm | Tug-of-War |
| Thursday, 8th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands – Conservation Volunteers Australia. Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia, Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 9:45am – 10:45am | Seaside Singers |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment by Gen-R-8, Luke Baker & Jarrod Tucker (Featuring Ariana Currie & Coralie Blythe) |
| 2pm to 3pm | Sand modelling competition & didgeridoo |
| Friday, 9th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands - Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 10am - 11am | Robyn Yvette Dance & Talent School |
| 11am - 3pm | Live entertainment by Gen-R-8 & Riley Warren |
| 2pm to 3pm | Tug-of-War |
| 8:30pm | Incognito at Nelson Bay Diggers (18yrs & older) |
| Saturday, 10th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands – Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival, Marine Mammal Research - Save the Whale Tails |
| 10am - 11am | Robyn Yvette Dance & Talent School |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment |
| 3pm to 4pm | Sand modelling competition & didgeridoo |
| 8:30pm | Simple Delicious at Nelson Bay Diggers (18yrs & older) |
| Sunday, 11th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands – Ocean & Coastal Care Initiative, Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 11am - 2pm | Live entertainment by Karen O’Shea |
| 2pm to 3pm | Tug-of-War |
| 2pm | Mick Jones at Nelson Bay Diggers (18yrs & older) |
| Monday, 12th October | |
| 10am - 3pm | Interactive Stands – Port Stephens Whale Festival |
| 11am – 12 noon | Story time with Tomaree Library |
| 12 - 3pm | Live entertainment by Mike Jones |