Markets of Frankston
Bonbeach Farmers’ Market: second Sunday of month, 8.30am-12.30pm, Bonbeach Primary
Frankston Sunday Market: every Sunday 8am-1pm, Sherlock & Hay carpark, Young St, Frankston
Karingal Uniting Church: second Saturday of month, 8am-1pm, cnr Karingal Drive & Lindrum Rd, Frankston
Little Beauty Market: Saturday, October 27, 10am-3pm, Beauty Park, Frankston
Mount Eliza Farmers’ Market: fourth Sunday of month, 9am-1pm, Mount Eliza Village Green
Pearcedale Farmers’ Market: third Saturday of month, 8am-1pm, Pearcedale Community Centre, Baxter-Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale
Plaza Palooza: every Thursday, 9am-4pm, Langwarrin Plaza, Langwarrin
Seaford Farmers’ Market: third Sunday of month, 8am-1pm, Broughton St Reserve, Station St, Seaford
Seaford Handmade Market: third Sunday of month, 9am-1pm, Seaford Scout Hall, Seaford
The Little Flamingo Design Market: first Sunday of month, 9am-1pm, Langwarrin Community Hall, Langwarrin
WHAT’S ON FREE LISTINGS
TUESDAYS
Mid-afternoon Women’s Workout: every Tues 2-3pm; Frankston South Community & Recreation Centre, 55 Towerhill Rd, Frankston.
Big Bucks Bingo at the Bowl: 7.30pm; prizes vary up to $30k; bar; City of Frankston Bowling Club
Southern Sounds Chorus: every Tues 7pm; ladies who want to learn to sing; no previous exp req; 0438 783 475; St Jude’s Hall, Warrandyte Rd, Langwarrin.
WEDNESDAYS
Weekly Wednesday Walking Group, Gateway Shopping Centre; 230 Cranbourne-Frankston Rd, Langwarrin; 7.45-8.45am
THURSDAYS
Rotary Club of Frankston: 6pm Frankston International Motor Inn, 389 Nepean Highway; visiting Rotarians welcome; [email protected]
Open Mic at the Green: every third Thurs; Yamala Bowling Club; free; performers welcome; FB: Open-Mic-At-The-Green
Peninsula Grammar School Tours: 9.30am, tours depart from H.A. Macdonald Pavilion, enter via gate 2 on Wooralla Drive, peninsulagrammar.vic.edu.au, 9788 7777
Free Self-Defence & Anti-Bullying classes for adults & children: Input Fitness Health Club, 224 Cranbourne Rd, Frankston; 5-5.30pm; 9789 3566
FRIDAYS
Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society: public viewing nights, 8pm first Friday of month; The Briars; bookings essential: mpas.asn.au; 0419 253 252
The Peninsula Jazz Club: third Friday (excl. Dec); Patterson Lakes Community Centre; Thompson Rd; 8-11pm; peninsulajazzclub.com.au; info & bookings, David 9772 6502
SATURDAYS
Frankston Food Swap: swap excess vegies, old jam jars, seedlings or homemade pickles; second Sat of month; 1pm; Coffee on Kareela Café, 53 Kareela Rd, Frankston; all welcome.
Frankston Writers and Poets Society: informal meetings at Frankston Library long room; second Sat of month; 10.30am-1pm
Frankston Writers Block: every second Saturday; 10am-noon; share readings & expertise; morning tea incl; $5; new members welcome; 0468 362 079; Ebdale Community Room, 20 Ebdale St, Frankston
SUNDAYS
Lawn bowls: free bowls tuition; first Sun of month, 10am-noon; City of Frankston Bowling Club; 0418 331 377
Live music: Pop & Selma’s Café, 34 Ranelagh Drive, Mount Eliza
UNTIL SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11
Sanné Mestrom: Black Paintings; McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin; mcclellandgallery.com.au
Atlas of Memory: (re)visualising Gordon Ford’s natural Australian garden; McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin; mcclellandgallery.com.au
UNTIL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17
Southern Buoy Studios presents Regional Women’s Exhibition: 1/19 Carbine Way, Mornington, southerbuoystudios.com.au
TUESDAY OCTOBER 16
Woodleigh School Information Session: 7.30pm, 5971 6100, Woodleigh.vic.edu.au
Intro to Sketching with Irene Crusca: Frankston Library, 5.30-7.30pm, $12 bookings essential, library.frankston.vic.gov.au, 9784 1020
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17
Peninsula Grammar Open Day: 9788 7753, peninsulagrammar.vic.edu.au
Cornish College Open Day: 6pm, 9781 9000, cornishcollege.vic.edu.au
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 - FRIDAY OCTOBER 19
Woodleigh School Campus Tours: book via website Woodleigh.vic.edu.au
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18
Louisa Deasey; A Letter from Paris: Frankston Library; 11am; free; bookings essential library.frankston.vic.gov.au/whats_on
SUNDAY OCTOBER 21
Main Street Mornington Festival: 11am-5pm, mainstreetfestival.com.au
Student Art Show: Langwarrin Primary School: Celebrating Cultural Diversity; 10am-2pm;
Walk for Our Bays: Western Port Marina Hastings, 9am onwards, 5979 7100, dolphinresearch.org.au
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25
Super Brain Training with Maggie Flanagan: Frankston Library; 10am-noon; free; bookings essential library.frankston.vic.gov.au/whats_on
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26
Mount Eliza Art & Design Show Gala Opening Night: Mount Eliza North Primary School, 7.30-10pm, tix $25 online or $30 at the door, book online trybooking.com/415921
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 & SUNDAY OCTOBER 28
Mount Eliza Art & Design Show: Mount Eliza North Primary School, Sat 10am-5pm & Sun 10am-4pm, $5 adults, children free, tix available at the door, mtelizaart.com
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27
Sk8House Halloween Party: 6-9pm; $12 entry + $3 sk8 hire; prizes for best dressed; Sk8House, Carrum Downs
Toorak College Open Day: Old Mornington Rd, Mount Eliza; toorakcollege.vic.edu.au
Home + Lifestyle Expo: Home Innovations Centre, Shop 10/111 Cranbourne Rd, Frankston, 10am-4pm, free entry and showbags, free seminars, giveaways and sausage sizzle.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28
Community Kinds Plus Family Fun Day: Mornington Park, Schnapper Point, Mornington, 10.30am-2.30pm, 9783 3931, ckp.org.au
MONDAY OCTOBER 29
Blue Knot Charity Luncheon Event: Cranbourne Turf Club; 11.30am-2.30pm; 100% of profits go to the Blue Knot Foundation; register on Eventbrite.com – event no: 49635805029
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30
Intro to Sketching with Irene Crusca: Frankston Library, 5.30-7.30pm, $12 bookings essential, library.frankston.vic.gov.au, 9784 1020
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3-TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6
Peninsula Arts Society Spring Art Show: 159 Overport Rd, Frankston; 10am-5pm; 9775 2640 peninsulaartssociety.org.au
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: pre-show talk 6.30pm; show 8pm; Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey St, Frankston; tix $27 - $71; bookings 9784 1060 or thefac.com.au
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6
Café Motto’s Melbourne Cup Day: with Brixton Bar Co; 611 Nepean Highway, Carrum;
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8
Oaks Day Luncheon: Mornington Racecourse, Gunnamatta Room, noon-4pm, tix mrc.racing.com/oaksdaylunch
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9
B# Big Band: A Sentimental Journey: Frankston Arts Centre, 10.30am & 1.30pm, thefac.com.au, 9784 1060
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10
Second Hand Book Sale – Fundraising for Save The Children Australia & Hopeworks: 9am-4pm; Books from $3; Hopeworks Op Shop, 36 Hartnett Dr, Seaford
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10
Bata’s Family Fun Day: 1158 Nepean Hwy, Mornington, 10am-3pm, bata.net.au, 5970 8535
cafemotoaustralia.com.au
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13
Introduction to Volunteering Session: Impact Volunteering hosts Family Life, 10-11am, Frankston City Library
MPRG presents YOUNG AT ART The collected Works of Me – Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 10-11am or 11.30am-12.30pm, $5 p/child, mprg.mornpenvic.gov.au, 5950 1580
Intro to Sketching with Irene Crusca – Frankston Library, 5.30-7.30pm, $12 bookings essential, library.frankston.vic.gov.au, 9784 1020
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14
Peninsula Field Naturalists’ Club meeting: guest speaker Nathalie Nunn, Frankston City Council’s Gardens for Wildlife Project, Uniting Church, 16 High St, Frankston, 8pm; [email protected]
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16
3 Favourite F Words -Fitness, Finance + Fashion: guest speakers; $49 pp; 7-11pm; Frankston Mechanics Institute, all profits go to 2BME Foundation; Paige 9781 4533
High Street Uniting Church November Food Fair: 5.30-8pm; live entertainment, prizes & handcraft stalls; 16-18 High St, Frankston
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18
Rosebud Foreshore RockFest; foreshorerockfest.com.au
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17
Exit Laughing; cabaret style seating: BYO drinks & nibbles; 8pm; Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza; 1300 665 377; trybooking/frankstontheatregroup
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18
Peninsula VineHop Festival: tix vinehopfestival.com.au
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18
Third Annual 2018 Kids Fun Run with K163: face painting, animal farm, food & more; profits go to Frankston Hospital; organised by Rotary Club of Mt Eliza; Moorooduc Station;
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20
Intro to Sketching with Irene Crusca: Frankston Library, 5.30-7.30pm, $12 bookings essential, library.frankston.vic.gov.au, 9784 1020
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25
Queenscliff Music Festival: qmf.net.au
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24
Exit Laughing; Cabaret style seating: BYO drinks & nibbles; 8pm; Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza; 1300 665 377; trybooking/frankstontheatregroup
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25
Exit Laughing; Cabaret style seating: BYO drinks & nibbles; 2pm; Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza; 1300 665 377; trybooking/frankstontheatregroup
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 27
Intro to Sketching with Irene Crusca: Frankston Library, 5.30-7.30pm, $12 bookings essential, library.frankston.vic.gov.au, 9784 1020
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28
Morning Melodies: Mornington Village Shopping Centre, 241 Main St, Mornington, 10.30-11.30am, plus $1 off morning tea
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30
The Crown Royal Band w/ special guests; 5pm onwards; The Listen Inn @ Trims Restaurant, 40 Playne St, Frankston; thecrownroyalband.com
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30 – SATURDAY DECEMBER 1
Exit Laughing - Cabaret style seating: BYO drinks & nibbles; 8pm; Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza; 1300 665 377; trybooking/frankstontheatregroup
SUNDAY DECEMBER 2
Exit Laughing - Cabaret style seating: BYO drinks & nibbles; 2pm; Mt Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza; 1300 665 377; trybooking/frankstontheatregroup
SATURDAY DECEMBER 8
Hotter than Hell: Frankston Park, Frankston; 2-4pm; FB: hotterthanhellfestival