Seniors Festival

2023 Seniors Festival: Wednesday 1 Feb - Sunday 12 Feb, 2023

Inner West Council Program for 2023

Click on the drop-down menus below for the full list of festival events.

If you have questions, require more information or need assistance booking an event please contact the Healthy Ageing team via email seniors@innerwest.nsw.gov.au or phone and leave a message on 9392 5863 and a member of the Healthy Ageing team will contact you as soon as possible.

2023 events

Programs and offers running from 1 to 12 February 2023

Seniors aqua class with participants stretching

Free pool, gym, classes and special lunch events for seniors at aquatic centres

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: Social drop-in activities - Badminton

Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays: Social drop-in activities - Table tennis

Tuesdays and Fridays: Social drop-in activities - Gentle exercise

Wednesdays: Social drop-in activities - Tai chi

Fridays: Social drop-in activities - Walking basketball

Community transport in the Inner West

For transport please contact:

Other events

For Seniors Festival programs outside of the Inner West Council area you can visit the NSW Seniors Festival website.

Visit the activities to seniors page to browse other activities run by Council throughout the year.

Visit our What's On page for other events of interest.

Planning an event for Seniors Festival?

You can promote via our 'What's On - Calendar of Events' any activities, events and programs running during the year. To do so, click here and complete the online form. Note: You will need an event image (JPG file cropped to 540px x 540px). Ensure you tick the 'Seniors' box under Event category.

For questions and more information please contact the Healthy Ageing team via email seniors@innerwest.nsw.gov.au or phone 9392 5863.

What's the NSW Government sponsoring in 2023

Premier's Gala Concerts: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 February 2023
NSW Seniors Festival Expo: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 February 2023

For event updates subscribe to the NSW Seniors Festival eNewsletter - click here

For more information about the upcoming festival events across the state visit: NSW Seniors Festival

2023 Seniors Festival: Wednesday 1 Feb - Sunday 12 Feb, 2023

2023 events

31 January-6 February: Intergenerational creative hub

1 February: Speaker Series: "Smart, Stupid and Sixty" with Nigel Marsh

1 February: Eastern Mah-jong at St Peters Library

1 February: Zentangle for Seniors

2 February: Singing For All - Seniors Choir

2 February: Little BIG Seniors Group

3 February: Social knitting at Balmain Library

3 February: Joy of Play

5 February: Terrarium workshop

6 February: Anyone for tennis?

6 February: Age pension and your choices (English translated into Greek)

6 February: Cryptic Crosswords at Marrickville Library

6 February: Seniors art group

6 February: Teen tech tutors at Leichhardt Library

7 February: Scrabble at Marrickville Library

7 February: Pickleball at PCYC Marrickville

7 February: Songs from Next Door - Seniors Choir

8 February: Free golf lesson

8 February: Wellbeing day at Summer Hill Community Centre

8 February: Egyptian dancing workshop

8 February: Virtual reality workshop

8 February: Pins n' Needles at Leichhardt Library

9 February: Labyrinth experience

9 February: Come and try croquet at Marrickville

9 February: Celebrate Together seniors multicultural lunch

9 February: Speaker Series: Alexandre Dumas and ‘The Count of Monte Cristo' with Susannah Fullerton

9 February: Cryptic Crosswords at Stanmore Library

9 February: Teen Tech Tutors at Marrickville Library

10 February: Orienteer the Balmain peninsula

10 February: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre welcome day

10 February: Aboriginal weaving workshop with Auntie Jo

10 February: Seniors theatre open day

10 February: Banking on our future

11 February: Walking football gala day

11 February: Make and Create: Block printing - create a soft-carve rubber stamp

12 February: Over 60s cricket

16 March: Have a crack at croquet