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EVENTS

Browse the upcoming STEM events listed below to find out what’s on in the Hunter.
Please let us know what type of events you would love to see in the Hunter.
If you are a provider of STEM events and a HISH member, register your event with us.

Events

​More events coming up:

May
  • Sounds of Sustainability Festival | Croudace Bay | 31 May
  • Squirrel glider habitat planting | Gun Club Rd, Glenrock | 31 May
  • Cycling Essentials Class | National Pk Netball Courts | 31 May

June
  • Port Stephens Marine Creatures - Great and Small | Nelson Bay | 1-30 Jun
  • Pixel Pals | Singleton Lib | 1,8,15,22,29 Jun
  • Single Wed evening Proj Class | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 3 Jun
  • World Bicycle Day at the Fernleigh Track | Adamstown end | 3 Jun
  • Little Bang Discovery Club | Newcastle Museum | 3,10 Jun
  • Storytime Science | Singleton Lib | 3,6 Jun
  • Climate Action Newcastle monthly meeting | Pachamama Hs, Hamilton East / ONLINE | 6pm 3 Jun
  • Sustainability Walk & Talk: Lake Macquarie | Bunya Park, Eleebana  | 4 Jun
  • STEM Fridays | Singleton Lib | 5,19 Jun
  • SMART Squad: Future Makers - Build a Mini Eco-House | Windale Lib Hub | 4,11,18,25 Jun, 2 Jul
  • Community Planting | Boat Harbour | 6 Jun
  • Jesmond Heaton Park Cleanup | Heaton Pk, Jesmond | 6 Jun
  • Refashion Lab: Jeans Seams Weaving… | Newcastle Museum | 6 Jun
  • Tiny Forest Trail: Newcastle & Lake Mac Bus Tour | Starts Kotara School | 7 Jun
  • Sustainable Living: Seed Pack and Chat - Ponds, Water Gardens and Aquaponics | Wallsend Lib | 9 Jun
  • 3D Printing | Singleton Library | 9 Jun
  • Refashion Lab: Waste to Wardrobe workshop | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 10,13,26 Jun
  • Coal & Climate Webinar with Lock the Gate Alliance | ONLINE | 11 Jun
  • HCA Community Organising Foundations Training | Newcastle | 12-13 Jun
  • Community EV Open Day | Hunter Sports Centre, Glendale | 13 Jun
  • Refashion Lab (June) | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 13 Jun
  • Hunter Fabric Destash | Charlestown Lib | 13 Jun
  • Power in the Regions: The online conference for nature in NSW | ONLINE | 13 Jun
  • Super Saturday session: Microbats and Landcare in Cooranbong | LSLC Booragul | 13 Jun
  • Shorebird Habitat Restoration and Education - Curlew Point | Kooragang Is | 13 Jun
  • Permaculture at the Pub | Family Hotel, Maitland | 17 Jun
  • Drink & Draw: A Tiny Forest Artmaking Afternoon | Cardiff Heights | 20 Jun
  • Refashion Lab: Pojagi Style Workshop | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 20 Jun
  • Crop Swap | Singleton Lib | 20 Jun
  • Upcycled fashion sewing class | Toronto Lib | 20 Jun
  • With the Seasons: A Winter Solstice Sustainability Day | Shepherd’s Ground, Butterwick | 21 Jun
  • CEN Winter Solstice at the Wildplant Nursery | Ourimbah Campus | 21 Jun
  • Create upcycled jewellery with Melinda Young | Toronto Lib | 23 Jun
  • Seed Library Workshop and Packing - Creating jewellery from native seeds | Redhead Lib | 24 Jun
  • Sat Proj Class (June) | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 27 Jun

July
  • Storytime Science | Singleton Lib | 1,4 Jul, 1 Aug
  • STEM Fridays | Singleton Lib | 3 Jul
  • Climate Choices  - Science and Ideas Hub talk series | Dungog | 5 Jul
  • Bike School – City Riding | Tighes Hill | 12 July
  • Bubble & Blasts: Science show & activity stations | Sugar Valley Library Museum, Cameron Pk | 13 Jul
  • Bike School – DIY Maintenance | Carrington Community Centre | 14 July
  • Illustration workshop with Sami Bayly | Wangi Lib Hub | 14 Jul
  • Permaculture at the Pub | Family Hotel, Maitland | 15 Jul
  • Crop Swap | Singleton Lib | 18 Jul
  • Bike School – City Riding | Tighes Hill | 19 July
  • TechCreate Girls Program | Fab Lab, Windale | 20 Jul

Looking ahead
  • The Groundswell Collective Trivia Night | Cardiff RSL Club | 1 Aug
  • The Einstein Lecture 2026 – Does God Play Dice? Dr Luke Barnes | Warners Bay Theatre | 5 Aug
  • Mattress and tyres drop off day | Salamander Bay | 8 Aug
  • Hunter Community Alliance Convention | Broadmeadow | 8 Aug
  • 3D Printing | Singleton Lib | 11 Aug, 8 Sep, 13 Oct, 10 Nov
  • Crop Swap | Singleton Lib | 15 Aug, 19 Sep, 17 Oct
  • National Science Week | 15-23 Aug
  • Permaculture at the Pub | Family Hotel, Maitland | 19 Aug
  • Lego Spike: Science Week edition | Raymond Terrace Lib | 20 Aug
  • Discover Engineering 2026 | Newcastle West | 20 Aug
  • Hunter Science Festival | Newcastle Museum | 23 Aug
  • SMART Squad: Future Makers - Build a Mini Eco-House | Sugar Valley Library Museum, Cameron Pk | 25 Aug, 1,8,15,22 Sep
  • Mattress and tyres drop off day | Raymond Terrace | 12 Sep
  • EV Challenge | TAFE, Tighes Hill | 16 Sep
  • Living Smart Festival | Speers Pt Pk | 19 Sep
  • Gone Buggo Show | Rathmines Theatre | 7 Oct
  • Tocal Beekeeper’s Field Day | Tocal College | 11 Oct
​January
  • Sustainable Neighbourhoods Waste to Art 2025 exhibition | SEEN@Swansea & Charlestown Lib | Until 24 Jan
  • Ocean of Stories from Down Under | Newcastle Library | Until Mar
  • SMART Squad: Curious Chemistry holiday workshop & Coding with Micro:bits holiday workshop | Sugar Valley Library Museum, Cameron Park | 19 Jan
  • Level 2 (Intermediate) Sewing Class for Kids and Teens | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 21 Jan
  • Birds, Bees and Butterflies Urban Walks | Denman CG | 21 Jan
  • Introduction to Sewing for Kids and Teens | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 21 Jan
  • Curious Creatures with Sami Bayly | East Maitland Lib | 22 Jan
  • Family Code Club | Cessnock Library | 22,29 Jan
  • School Holidays: CodeKids - Learning Scratch - Newcastle | Newcastle Library | 22 Jan
  • Coast Swap - Community Clothes Swap | Gosford Library | 24 Jan
  • Migration, shorebirds, and the importance of Port Stephens | Nelson Bay BC | 27 Jan
  • Scrappy Critters Upcycling workshop | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 27 Jan
  • SMART Squad: Forensic Science holiday workshop & Coding with Micro:bits holiday workshop | Toronto Library | 28 Jan
  • SMART Squad: Forensic Science holiday workshop & Fascinating Physics holiday workshop | Windale Hub | 29 Jan
  • Community Talk: Building Climate Action through Tiny Forests | Singleton Library | 29 Jan
  • Barrington NP: Scotch Broom control 4WD access only | Barrington Tops | 29 Jan - 1 Feb
  • Recycling Our Resources | East Maitland Lib | 30 Jan
  • Slow Stitch Saturday and Saturday Project Class (January) | Upcycle Newcastle, Hamilton Nth | 27 Jan
  • Newcastle Cycleways Movement Meeting | Merewether | 27 Jan
  • Voices of the Valley screening | Hamilton Nth | 28 Jan
February
  • Local Sustainable Food-Our Feb Gathering | Narara | 1 Feb
  • World Wetlands Day /w Uncle Amos | HWC Shortland | 1 Feb
  • World Wetlands Day Breakfast With the Birds- Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage | Central Coast Wetlands | 1 Feb
  • TechCreate Girls Program | Fab Lab | 2 Feb
  • Future-proof your Landcare Group | Gillieston Hts Community Hub | 3 Feb
  • Bush Regen - Friends of Tomaree NP | Nth Tomaree; Fingal Sth; Cent. Tomaree; Sth Tomaree | 3,14,19; 21,27; 7,16; 1 Feb resp.  
  • Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: 3D Modelling and Printing | Windale Hub | 3 & 10 Feb
  • Climate Action Newcastle monthly meeting | Pachamama House, Hamilton | 4 Feb
  • Birds, Bees and Butterflies Urban Walks | Tarinpa Pk, Muswellbrook | 4 Feb
  • Circulate Expo & Pitch Fest | Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul | 5 Feb
  • Common Thread - Sewing and Mending Workshops | East Maitland Lib | 5 Feb
  • Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network Meeting | LSLC Booragul? | 10 Feb 1pm
  • Sustainable Neighbourhood Gathering - February 2026 | LSLC Booragul | 14 Feb
  • Landcare working bee | Bridges Hill Park, Cessnock | 14 Feb
  • Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: 2D Design and Laser Cutting | Windale Hub | 17 Feb
  • Barrington NP: Scotch Broom control 2WD access | Barrington Tops | 19 - 22 Feb
  • The Good Stuff Shuffle | Toronto Community Hub | 21 Feb
  • Seed Raising Mix Workshop | HMC, Waratah | 28 Feb

March
  • SMART Squad: Future Makers - Build a Mini Eco-House | Toronto Library | 3 Mar
  • Get involved in Citizen Science | East Maitland Lib | 11 Mar
  • Chemical CleanOut | Rathmines | 14 Mar
  • Landcare working bee | Bridges Hill Park, Cessnock | 14 Mar
  • Fab Lab Intro to Making Module: Arduino Electronics | Windale Hub | 17 Mar
  • Hunter Climate Innovation & Investment Summit | Newcastle | 26 Mar
  • Grow and Gather Plant Swap | HMC, Waratah | 28 Mar
  • Earth Hour | Everywhere | 28 March
​Looking ahead
  • The Secret Ingredients of a Sustainable Cafe | Adamstown | 21 Apr
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