Enjoy more this christmas in Lismore
Lismore welcomes you to discover its Christmas magic – from unique gifts, fabulous dining, fun and creativity for all!
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December 5 - December 21
Santa’s Wonderland
CheerMORE and meet the Jolly Man in Red in the magical Santa’s Wonderland at Lismore Regional Gallery, 5-21 December. See when Santa’s in and book your photos here!
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All December
Elf Hunt
EnjoyMORE with your family and take the kids on an elf hunt to find cheeky elves hiding in Lismore shop windows throughout December with prizes to be won!
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December 6, 13, 20
Pawtraits
EnjoyMORE and capture memorable moments with the whole family this Christmas. Book you Pawtraits with your furry loved ones.
Held in the Lismore Quad.
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December
CWA Christmas Wrapping
GiftMORE this Christmas and have your gifts beautifully wrapped by the Lismore CWA, located on Magellan Street throughout December. Gold coin donation appreciated.
Discover MORE festive cheer, events and fun for all
SHOP, SPIN & WIN
Our Shop, Spin and Win giveaway has now concluded.
We had so much fun sharing the love by giving away thousands of dollars worth of Loving Local Gift Cards to say thank you for shopping local.
Loving Local Gift Cards are a meaningful way to shop local, support local and give back.
Find the list of participating stores here.
YOUR GUIDE TO SHOPPING IN LISMORE
HUNGRY FOR MORE?
Coming to Lismore for Eat the Street tomorrow? Why not make a day of it and arrive a little earlier to explore, browse and shop local! 🛍️
Whether you’re looking for hand-crafted treasures, fashion, books, homewares or something completely unexpected, Lismore local shopping scene is full of surprises! 👗👒📖🫖
We’ve brought together some of the best locally owned, independent and specialty shops in our handy Local Shopping Guide, making it easy for you to discover the local gems that make shopping in Lismore so special!
👇See the link in the comments to discover MORE!
#VisitLismore #SeeLismore #ShopLocal #EatTheStreet
🥧It`s Pie Time at NORCO Eat the Street - Win prizes, Win Cash 🥧
Lismore is famous for its pies, from flaky crusts to mouth-watering fillings, we’re the proud home of The Great Pie Trail and some of the best pies in the country.
Who doesn’t love a good pie? So put your pie passion to the test!
PIE EATING COMPETITION
📍 Keen Street, Lismore (near Magellan St)
📅 Saturday, 22 August
💸FREE to enter, sign up on the day, limited entries!
⏰11.50am registration opens
THE GREAT PIE FACE-OFF, sponsored by Annie`s Country Bakery
👨🍳 12:30PM: Adult Heats (Ages 18+), two rounds of fierce pie-feasting.
👉Fastest 3 from each heat head to the Champion Chomp-Off!
MINI MUNCHERS ROUND, sponsored by Lismore Pie Cart
👧 Kids Heat (Under 12) – Prizes to be won!
👧 Teen Heat (Ages 13–17) – Prizes to be won!
🏆 2:00PM: CHAMPION CHOMP-OFF, sponsored by Annie`s Country Bakery
👉Be the quickest to eat your pie and wash it down with a cold Norco Chocolate Milk to win!
🎖️ 1st Prize – $300
🎖️ 2nd Prize – $150
🎖️ 3rd Prize – $50
🔥 Bring your appetite 🎉 Bring your game face 🥧 Claim your pie-eating glory!
#visitlismore @anniescountrybakery @lismorepiecart #pieeatingcontest
🍜🍨 WHAT`S ON IN LISMORE, NIMBIN & VILLAGES 🎶🥧
Norco Eat the Street is back this Saturday! Get ready for a massive day packed with delicious eats, local brews, live music & entertainment, the latte art event and the epic Pie Eating Competition! For all the event details, head to https://www.visitlismore.com.au/eatthestreet/
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST
👉Explore multiple exhibitions, Lismore Regional Gallery, 10am-4pm (Fri-Sun)
👉Workshop: Friday Clay Session, Silt Studio, 1pm
👉North Coast Mud Trail Workshops, Various Studios, northcoastceramics.com/mud-trail
👉Fugazi Fridays, Clunes Store, starting from 3.30pm
👉Film: The Square, Nimbin Bush Theatre, from 5.30pm
👉Exhibition Opening: ‘A Retrospective Journey’, Serpentine Community Gallery, 5.30pm-8pm
👉Glow Skate, Rollerworld Lismore, 6.30pm-9.30pm
👉Star Court Theatre Games, Star Court Theatre, 7pm
👉Live Music: Teak Duo, Lismore Civic, 7.30pm
👉Live Music: Blake Dantier, Two Mates Brewing, from 5pm
👉Live Music: Luke Vassella, 5.30pm, DJ Mudcrab, 9.30pm, Hotel Lismore
SATURDAY 22 AUGUST
👉Norco Eat The Street, Keen Street & The Quad, Lismore, 12pm-7pm
👉Pie Eating Competition at Norco Eat The Street, Keen St, 12.30pm
👉Lismore Parkrun, Riverside Park, 7am
👉Lismore Farmers Market, Lismore Showgrounds, 7.30am-11.30am
👉North Coast Mud Trail, Open Studios, Northern Rivers, northcoastceramics.com/mud-trail
👉Mud Trail Mini’s Workshops, Silt Studio, 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm
👉Flea Market – Bric-a-brac, Nimbin’s Sustainable Living Hub, 10.30am-12pm
👉Live Music: Space Dragon with Sophie Parker & The Haze, Hotel Metropole
👉Live Music: All Gone, Hotel Lismore, 9.30pm
SUNDAY 23 AUGUST
👉North Coast Mud Trail, Open Studios, Northern Rivers, northcoastceramics.com/mud-trail
👉Mud Trail Mini’s Workshops, Silt Studio, 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm
👉Nimbin Market, Nimbin Community Centre, 9am-3pm
👉Film: Jean Valjean, Star Court Theatre, 2.30pm & 5.30pm
👉Live Music: Skyscraper Stan (Duo), Eltham Hotel, 4pm
Want to get your event noticed? Create a free listing on the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) and it will be featured on Visit Lismore.
#VisitLismore #VisitNimbin #LismoreCityCouncil
🎨Discover the art of clay as the annual North Coast Mud Trail returns this weekend! 🎨
Explore creative studios across the Northern Rivers and discover 35 local artists and 26 open studios along the trail.
Embark on your journey at your own pace and enjoy live demonstrations, artist talks, exhibitions or join a hands-on workshop. This is a great opportunity to meet the makers, peek inside their working studios and discover their beautiful and unique handmade pieces.
⚱️Looking to try your hand at ceramics? Step inside the world of clay with a hands-on workshop and learn a range of different skills and techniques from our local creatives.
Head to the North Coast Ceramics website, check out the map and start planning your Mud Trail adventure 👉 https://www.northcoastceramics.com/mud-trail
📆 Workshop Days: 21 & 24 August
🎨 Open Studios: 22 & 23 August, 9am–4pm
📍 Studios around Lismore, Ballina & Byron
#VisitLismore #SeeLismore #DiscoverNorthernRiversNSW #NorthCoastMudTrail2026 @northcoastceramics
Just over a week to go until the Darrel Chapman Fun Run 🏃🏃♀️
Tomorrow is the final day to register online for this wonderful community event.
Whether you are enjoying a walk with friends, looking for a new challenge, chasing a personal best or cheering from the side lines, it’s the perfect way to get active, enjoy the outdoors and support a great cause.
🏃♀️Lismore Masters Half Marathon – 21km
🏃The Lord`s Taverners 10km
🏃Terania Consulting 4km – FREE to enter
Register today and be part of one of the Northern Rivers` favourite community events - https://darrelchapman.com/
📆 Sunday, 30 August
#VisitLismore #SeeLismore #DiscoverNorthernRiversNSW #FunRun #DCFR2026 #OurKids @darrelchapmanfunrun @ourkids_lismore
🌈Discover the Nimbin Rainbow Walk 🥾
Looking for a fun way to get outdoors and explore the colour, creativity and natural beauty of Nimbin?
Step onto the Nimbin Rainbow Walk and enjoy this 750m walk with plenty to see and discover along the way:
🌿 Wander picturesque boardwalks surrounded by nature.
🎨 Discover vibrant public art and interpretive storytelling by local legend Ross Wallace.
☕ Pick up local supplies or takeaway in town to enjoy a picnic and soak up the peaceful vibes.
🌈 Experience a unique piece of Nimbin’s culture, creativity and history.
Whether you’re visiting Nimbin or lucky enough to call the area home, add the Rainbow Walk to your next adventure!
👉 For all your inspiration, head to the Visit Lismore destination website and search Nimbin Must Dos.
#VisitNimbin #VisitLismore #SeeLismore #DiscoverNorthernRivers #FamilyFun #NimbinRainbowWalk #AlternativeCapital
🔥 NORCO EAT THE STREET THIS SATURDAY! 🥧🎶
Don`t miss MORE food, MORE fun and MORE festivities this Saturday, 22 August at Norco Eat the Street in Lismore.
🍴 Delicious local food and street eats
🎶 Live music and entertainment all day
🎉 Family fun and activities
☕ Barista latte art competition with cash prizes
🥧 THE PIE EATING COMPETITION! with cash prizes
Think you’ve got what it takes to take on the pie comp? 😏🥧Registration is FREE on the day (first come, first served).
📍 Keen Street, Lismore
📆 Saturday 22 August
⏰12pm
Tag your pie-eating champion 👇 and make a day of it with family and friends!
🏆$500 in cash prizes thanks to Annie`s Country Bakery, gift vouchers and novelty prizes thanks to Lismore Pie Cart.
Head to Eat the Street on the Visit Lismore website for MORE info.
#EatTheStreet #Lismore #LismoreEvents #MoreLismore #NorthernRivers #PieEatingCompetition
⛺🌿 WHAT`S ON IN LISMORE, NIMBIN & VILLAGES ⛺🌿
Don`t miss The Lismore Outdoor Adventure Plus Home & Lifestyle Expo as it kicks off tomorrow at the Lismore Showgrounds tomorrow!
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST
👉Lismore Outdoor Adventure Plus Home & Lifestyle Expo, Lismore Showgrounds, 8.30am-4pm
👉Explore multiple exhibitions, Lismore Regional Gallery, 10am-4pm (Fri-Sun)
👉Workshop: Friday Clay Session, Silt Studio, 10am & 1pm
👉Quilt & Textile Art Exhibition, Lismore Workers Club, 10am-4pm
👉Film: The Matrix, Nimbin Bush Theatre, from 5.30pm
👉Fugazi Fridays, Clunes Store, starting from 3.30pm
👉Live Music: Blake Dantier, Two Mates Brewing, from 5pm
👉Northern Sounds Karaoke, Civic Hotel, 7pm
👉Live Music: Ole Falcor, 5.30pm, DJ Kaz, 9.30pm, Hotel Lismore
SATURDAY 15 AUGUST
👉Lismore Outdoor Adventure Plus Home & Lifestyle Expo, Lismore Showgrounds, 8.30am-5pm
👉Lismore Farmers Market, Lismore Showgrounds, 7.30am-11.30am
👉Lismore Parkrun, Riverside Park, 7am
👉Quilt & Textile Art Exhibition, Lismore Workers Club, 10am-4pm
👉Women & Men of the Mind Speakers Festival, Flourish Sanctuary, Nimbin, flourishsanctuary.com
👉Workshop: School of Dreams, Lismore Regional Gallery, 10am
👉Workshop: Yakisugi – Non toxic timber treatment, Nimbin’s Sustainable Living Hub, 10.30am
👉Northern Rivers Rail Trail Monthly Rides, Sth Lismore Railway Station, 9am, betterbybike.com
👉Film: CatVideoFest, Star Court Theatre, 11.30am & 2.30pm
👉FLOW Opening Night - DJ’s and Performers, 44 Keen St, Lismore, from 9pm
👉Line Dancing Social, Invercauld House, Goonellabah, 4pm-7pm
👉Live Music: Cath Simes Band, Hotel Lismore, 9.30pm
SUNDAY 16 AUGUST
👉Lismore Outdoor Adventure Plus Home & Lifestyle Expo, Lismore Showgrounds, 8.30am-4pm
👉Quilt & Textile Art Exhibition, Lismore Workers Club, 10am-3pm
👉Women & Men of the Mind Speakers Festival, Flourish Sanctuary, Nimbin, flourishsanctuary.com
👉Lismore City Bowlo Markets, Lismore City Bowling Club, 9am-1pm
👉Poetry & Open Mic, Kin Café at Blue Knob Gallery, 1pm-4pm
👉Film: First Light, Star Court Theatre, 2.30pm & 5.30pm
👉Live Music: Fruit Bats (ticketed show), Eltham Hotel, 4pm
#VisitLismore #VisitNimbin #LismoreCityCouncil
🌿More breath taking journeys to explore! 🚗
Are you ready to explore Lismore, Nimbin, Villages and beyond? We’ve got you covered with beautiful scenic drives where you can discover the hidden gems, natural wonders and the true charm of the Northern Rivers.
From winding country roads to spectacular landscapes, quaint villages and country towns, there’s the perfect adventure waiting for you.
👉Local tip: Pick up local supplies along the way, find a beautiful spot to stop, relax and enjoy a picnic.
Start planning your next adventure, head to Visit Lismore’s destination website and search Tourist Drives to find your next journey and holiday inspiration.
#VisitLismore #VisitNimbin #SeeLismore #DiscoverNorthernRiversNSW
🌿🎨 AUGUST EXPERIENCES & WORKSHOPS 🎨🌿
There’s still plenty happening across Lismore, Nimbin & Villages this month! Whether you are looking for something fun, creative, relaxing or a little different, there’s something for everyone. Check out what’s happening and start planning next experience.
🎨GET CREATIVE 🎨
👉 Clay & Sip | 14 & 28 August | 6pm | Silt Studio
👉 Coffee & Clay | 29 August | 10am | Silt Studio
👉 Weekly Friday Clay Sessions | 10am & 1pm | Silt Studio
👉 Mud Trail Minis | 22 & 23 August | 9.30am, 11am & 12.30pm
👉 Eat The Street Free Crafts | 22 August | 12–6pm | The Artisans Table, Keen St
👉 Sustainable Workshops | Nimbin’s Sustainable Living Hub
🔥 TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT 🔥
👉 Fire Twirling in The Quad | 20 August | 5pm-7pm | Lismore Quadrangle | FREE
👉 Rollerworld Lismore | Open 7 days | Events & Learn to Skate
🌿CONNECT & EXPLORE🌿
👉 Women & Men of the Mind Speakers Festival | 15–16 Aug | Flourish Sanctuary
👉 Northern Rivers Rail Trail Ride | 15 August | 9am | Sth Lismore Railway Station
👉 Guided Walk | 30 August | 10am–11am | Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens
Whether you’re visiting the region or looking for something new close to home, there’s MORE to discover and experience.
#VisitLismore #SeeLismore #DiscoverNorthernRiversNSW #VisitNimbin
