Youth Week | Youth Laneway Festival

The Youth Laneway Festival is happening on Saturday 22 April from 2 - 6pm as part of statewide Youth Week celebrations.

The Festival is an opportunity for everyone to recognise the contribution our youth make to our community.

It is also a chance celebrate the vibrant laneways that have been revitalised in the Kempsey CBD.

Everyone is welcome

Everyone is invited to attend the festival.

So many activities, many for free, so much fun!

street music and buskers
local eateries open for Bubble tea, burgers, vietnamese rolls, cakes, milkshakes and drinks and pizza
food trucks onsite including Chow Haus, Get Whipped Cheesecake Cones, Spiral Sistas (spiral potatoes)
popcorn and fairy floss
live art mural installations, street chalk art
roving entertainment
street circus performers
aerial dance performance
rock climbing wall, trampoline catapult
9 hole putt-putt golf circuit
henna tattooing, hair wrapping
face painting
youth Street food cook off
silent disco, chill out zone
giant games
open mic & DJ
beat the bucket dunk tank challenge
virtual reality activities
amusement activities and market stalls
photo booth
Have a Go Circus Workshops - juggling, hula hoops, diablo, pio spinning

Come along, join in the fun of the festival and see the finished murals and lightbox art installations that have revitalised Elrington's and Savages Laneways in Kempsey.

Please note not all stalls and activities will be free. While some outlets will accept card others will only accept cash.

See the location of all activities and events below: