Seniors Festival

Seniors Festival, March 2026: 'Bringing life to age'

The festival celebrates the role and contributions of older adults to our local communities. It's the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with over 500,000 people attending each year.

For the first time in many years, Council has run a special Expression of Interest process to support local organisations delivering activities for seniors who often miss out. That includes First Nations Elders, culturally diverse communities, socially isolated older people, and older adults who face barriers to getting involved.

View the 2026 Inner West Seniors Festival program:

• 2 to 15 March: Free pool, gym and group exercise class entry and workshops
• 2 to 13 March: Free pickleball sessions
• 2 March: Falls Prevention Workshop
• 2 March: Silver Connections – Create and Connect
• 2 March: Yoga for Bone Health Strength and Balance Workshop
• 3 March: Stage and Story
• 3 March: Silver Connections – Move and Connect
• 3 March: Brains, Brawn and Balance Workshop
• 4, 9 and 11 March: together2 Seniors Strength and Balance
• 4 March: Silver Connections – Learn and Connect
• 5 March: Older Women's Network: Colour Your Power
• 5 March: Silver Connections – Groove and Connect
• 9 March: Mobility Workshop
• 9 March: Seated Strength, Balance and Mobility Workshop
• 9 March: Devonshire Tea Scrabble Extravaganza
• 10 March: Walking Soccer Come and Try
• 11 March: together2 Intergenerational Program
• 11 March: Free Morning Teas
• 12 March: Come and Try Croquet
• 13 March: Silver Connections – Play and Connect
• 16 March: Yannadah Gilly (Moon Light) with Aunty Joanne Selfe
• 25 March: My Aged Care Info Session
• 28 March: Beatles and ABBA Community Sing Along

Community transport in the Inner West

For transport please contact:

• Access Sydney Community Transport Group
• Connect Inner West

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 by 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 02 9392 5863.