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Hi there, Shire Insiders!

Thanks for the feedback last week. If you don’t recall, I asked for your opinion on the local business spotlight and what businesses you would like to know more about.

Unsurprisingly, the hottest business we want to get to know is our local cafes. Which is amazing for me, because it gives me the perfect excuse to indulge in a few extra coffees over the next few weeks ☕️.

If you have any cafe recommendations, please let me know where to start my journey!!

All right, let’s get to it.

In today’s edition:

• 📆 5 fun events happening this weekend

• ❓️ 12 different trivia venues

• 🎶 Live music listing

— Janelle Bradley

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Exciting Events On Our Radar

Mark your calendar, go have fun!

Her Health, Her Power | 07 Mar

• Location: The Como Hotel

• Description: Join us for our Women’s Day Brunch 2025. Hosted by The Family Co., this impactful event focuses on this year’s theme Accelerating Women’s Wellness and Health, bringing together passionate individuals to spark meaningful change. Tickets and more information

International Women’s Day Bike Maintenance Workshop | 08 Mar

• Location: Caringbah Senior Citizens Centre

• Description: This FREE bike maintenance workshop is for women bike owners wanting to gain the expertise and confidence to identify and repair issues with their bike while on the go. Bookings open 17 Feb.

Gymea Crystal Lifestyle & Mystics Fair | 08 - 09 Mar

• Location: Tradies Gymea

• Description: Explore an exciting marketplace filled with psychic readings, healing practitioners, and wellness retailers.

Climate Action Week Bike Maintenance Workshop | 12 Mar

• Location: Sutherland Senior Centre

• Description: This FREE bike maintenance workshop is for all bike owners wanting to gain the expertise and confidence to identify and repair issues with their bike while on the go. Bookings open 19 Feb.

Wil Anderson | 14 Mar

• Location: The Pavilion

• Description: Host of Gruen and Question Everything, Wil Anderson is a six-time Melbourne Comedy Festival People’s Choice and Helpmann Award winner. His new show Wilegitimate is coming to the Shire this March. Tickets and more info.

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

• Description: The Sydney Comedy Festival is back and celebrating it’s 20th anniversary in 2025. This is your chance to catch the hottest acts of the festival in one show. Tickets and more information.

This week in the Shire

Friday February 28 2025

🎸 Never Ending 80’s Presents: 80s vs 90s

• Location: Caringbah Hotel

• Description: Get ready for the ultimate showdown as the battle of the decades is on. This epic live performance will pit the best pop hits of two iconic musical decades against each other, with a song-for-song battle. Tickets and more info.

Saturday March 01 2025

🍸️ Cocktail Party and Raffle | 1.30pm - 4.30pm

• Location: Cronulla RSL

• Description: Cronulla Rotary Club is hosting this fundraiser to help rebuild Vanuatu schools after the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Port Vila in December 2024. Come have fun while making a difference and contributing to the rebuilding of a school. More info and tickets/donations.

Sunday March 02 2025

🚶 Memory Walk & Jog | 7.30am

• Location: Don Lucas Reserve

• Description: Get ready for an invigorating morning at Don Lucas Reserve. Walk, jog or run??? Memory Walk & Jog is a chance to get active and make a difference to support Dementia Australia. More info and registration.

🗑️ Clean Up Australia Day | ongoing

• Location: Various/multiple locations

• Description: Be part of Australia’s biggest ever clean-up! Join us to create a cleaner greener Shire. Register and/or join a clean-up group.

🏉 Official NRL Vegas Watch Party | 11.00am - 5.00pm

• Location: Sharks at Kareela

• Description: Sharks at Kareela has been selected as one of 22 official venues to watch the NRL Premiership kick off live, with Sharks vs Panthers set for 3.30pm. American-themed food and drink specials for the day. More info.

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 (inaugural trivia starting 04 March)

• 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 | Fridays 7.30pm

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

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

💐 Shire Farmers Market | Flora St Carpark | Saturdays 8.00am - 1.00pm

💃 Salsa Sundays | Shark Island Brewing Company | Sundays 4.30pm - 7.30pm

Live Music

Friday 28 February

• Club on East | Mike Miller Music | 7.30pm

• Cronulla RSL | Emad Younan | 6.00pm - 9.00pm

• Cronulla RSL | Antoine | 7.30pm - 10.30pm

• Cronulla Sailing Club | Just Mates | 5.30pm

• OG’s Cronulla | Disco with DJ OG | 6.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | Jessica Romcke | 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Saturday 01 March

• Club on East | The Chisel Barnes Show | 8.00pm | Tickets

• OG’s Cronulla | Dora D | 6.00pm

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

Sunday 02 March

• OG’s Cronulla | Chris Cooke | 4.00pm

• Tradies Gymea | K&A Acoustic | 1.00pm - 4.00pm

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