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Darby Street Festival

Darby St Festival

The best street festival in Newcastle is coming back

Date
Sat 7 Nov 2026
Time
12 – 6pm
Where
Darby St, Cooks Hill

The whole street closes to traffic for the day. Newcastle's favourite strip taken over for one big Saturday of music, food, drinks and shopping.

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What's on the street

The full program's still cooking, but expect a bit of everything up and down the strip.

Live music
Food & coffee
Drinks
Market stalls
Fashion & style
Jewellery & gifts

Last year 12,000 of you showed up.
This year we're doing it all again — bigger.

Darby Street closes to traffic for the day so the whole strip can spill onto the road: live music, market stalls, food and drinks from open to close. The full lineup, stallholders and program are still coming together.

More info coming soon