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Hi there, Shire Insiders!

What an exciting week we have ahead of us! From breaking world records to celebrating the luck of the Irish, we’ve got what you need to make the most of your weekend.

Let’s get to it.

In today’s edition:

• 🏄️ World’s Biggest Paddle Out

• 📆 6 fun events happening this weekend

• ☘️ St Patrick’s Day Weekend

• 📆 10+ ongoing and weekly events

• 🎶 Live music listing

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Exciting Events On Our Radar

Mark your calendar, go have fun!

Best of Australia Whisky Blind Tasting | 23 Mar

• Location: Bottle Keg Can, Jannali

• Description: Join us for a blind tasting of 6 different Australian whiskeys with a guided experience. Giveaways and merch available to purchase on the day. Tickets and more information

Cronulla Easter Markets | 29 - 30 Mar

• Location: Don Lucas Reserve

• Description: Hop into Easter fun by the sea this March at the annual Cronulla Easter Markets 2025.

My Kids Market | 30 Mar

• Location: Sutherland Basketball Stadium

• Description: Your local market to buy, sell and recycle pre-loved and new baby and kids goods. More information

SummerSalt 2025 | 06 Apr

• Location: Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla

• Description: Get set for sunny live music at SummerSalt 2025! This year’s lineup includes Missy Higgins, John Butler, Fanning Dempsey National Park, The Waifs, The Whitlams and Josh Pyke. Tickets and more information

Sydney Comedy Festival Gala | 24 Apr

• Location: The Pavilion, Sutherland

• Description: The Sydney Comedy Festival is back and celebrating it’s 20th anniversary in 2025. Featuring a dazzline line-up of the Festival’s funniest, the Gala is the premier comedy event in Sydney’s comedy calendar. Info and tickets

This week in the Shire

Friday March 14 2025

🤣 Wil Anderson - Wilegitimate | 6.30pm

• Location: The Pavilion

• Description: While organising a present for his Dad’s 80th birthday, Wil discovered something about his father that he didn’t know. This is the story of how he found out and what he found out. To tell you any more would spoil the show, so come along and see it. Tickets and more information

Saturday March 15 2025

🐶 The Shire Autumn Street Paws Festival

• Location: Sydney Tramway Museum, Sutherland

• Description: Street Paws returns to the Sydney Tramway Museum. Expect pet and lifestyle stalls, food/coffee truck, comps, giveaways and tram rides with your pooch! More information

🏄️ World’s Biggest Paddle Out | 7.00am - 10.00am

• Location: Cronulla Beach

• Description: Celebrate community, connection and an epic moment in history as we attempt to break the record for the World’s Biggest Paddle Out. More information and registration

🏄️ Cronulla Surf Festival | 10.00am - 6.00pm

• Location: Dunningham Park, Cronulla

• Description: The Cronulla Surf Festival is a family friendly event that incorporates an epic board demo day, live music, surf comps and activations. More information

🍕 Street Feast Miranda | 4pm - 9pm

• Location: Miranda Park

• Description: Join us for a night of food trucks, dessert stalls, boutique retail stalls & music. $3 entry per person (card only) More information

Sunday March 16 2025

🧘 Yoga with Puppies | 9.00am - 10.00am

• Location: True Woo, Cronulla

• Description: Get ready for a fun experience where yoga meets puppy cuddle time. More information and tickets

☘️ St. Patrick’s Day Weekend | 16th & 17th March

• Location: The Snug Bar, Gymea

• Description: Celebrate the luck of the Irish at The Snug Bar over Sunday and Monday.

Tuesday March 18 2025

❓️ Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia

• Location: Taren Point Hotel

• Description: Join us for a fun night of Brooklyn 99 Trivia from 7.30pm

Wednesday March 19 2025

🎭️ Georgy Girl | March 19 - 23

• Location: The Pavilion, Sutherland

• Description: Georgy Girl tells the true story of Australian folk group The Seekers on their rise to international fame. More information and tickets

Ongoing and Weekly Events

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | 14 Feb - 22 Mar

• Location: Cronulla Arts Theatre

• Description: The most famous Australian plan and one of the most loved, this is the tragicomic story of Roo and Barney, two Queensland cane-cutters who, for 16 years, have worked up north in the sugar cane fields and travelled back to Melbourne to meet up for 5 months of partying and romance with their barmaid girlfriends. Box office opens for tickets Saturday 01 February

❓️ Trivia | Multiple Venues

• Cronulla RSL | Mondays | 7.30pm

• The Crest Hotel, Sylvania | Mondays | 7.30pm

• Club Cronulla | Tuesdays | 6.30pm

• Engadine Taven | Musical Bingo | Tuesdays | 7.00pm

• Boyles Sutherland Hotel | Wednesdays | 7.30pm

• Club on East | Wednesdays | 7.30pm

• Gymea Hotel | Wednesdays | 7.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | Wednesdays | 7.30pm

• Como Hotel | Thursdays | 7.30pm

• OG’s Cronulla | Thursdays | 7.00pm

• Taren Point Hotel | Thursdays | 7.30pm

• Miranda RSL | Friday's | 8.00pm

♠️ Poker Night | Miranda RSL | 7.30pm

🎯 Friday Night Darts | Tradies Gymea | 7.30pm - 9.30pm

🎲 Friday Evening Gaming | Sylvania Heights Community & Youth Club | 7.00pm - 11.00pm

💐 Shire Farmers Market | Saturday 01 Feb | 8.00am - 1.00pm

Live Music

Friday 14 March

• Club on East | Sass Duo | 7.30pm

• Cronulla RSL | Carmon | 6.00pm - 9.00pm

• Cronulla RSL | Michael | 7.30pm - 10.30pm

• Cronulla Sailing Club | Brett Maxworthy & Bruno | 5.30pm

• Gymea Hotel | The Chosen Few | 8.00pm

• OG’s Cronulla | Nikita Karmen | 6.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | Midnight Ave | 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Saturday 15 March

• Club on East | Mike Miller Music | 7.30pm

• Cronulla RSL | Keith Armitage | 2.00pm - 5.00pm

• Cronulla RSL | Mick Fryar | 6.00pm - 9.00pm

• OG’s Cronulla | Dora D | 6.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | Nikita Karmen | 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Sunday 16 March

• Cronulla RSL | Joseph Trueman | 2.00pm - 5.00pm

• OG’s Cronulla | The Hit Ups | 1.00pm

• OG’s Cronulla | Steve Hart | 4.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | TISH Duo | 1.00pm - 4.00pm

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