**Free Two-Day Music Workshop for Young People (Aged 16-25)**
Are you aged 16-25? If yes, then you need to be part of this free two-day music workshop at the new Burnie Arts Centre. Enjoy two full days of music making, conversation, and connection.
Break open your ideas and turn them into full songs. Explore how lyrics, melody, and structure work together. Work through creative blocks and discover new ways to write. Get real advice about booking gigs, building an audience, and releasing your work. Share your songs and hear how they land.
The workshop is led by nationally recognised facilitators from The Push, a national youth music training organisation, with support from Music Tasmania. Spots are limited. For more information and registration, visit the Burnie Arts Centre website.
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### Upcoming Events in Tasmania
**Burnie Show and Agri-Expo | October 3-4**
The Burnie Show and Agri-Expo takes over the Agriplex at Romaine on the first weekend of October. The event features a wide array of attractions, including a country fashion show and a battle of the bands, drawing visitors from across the region.
Tickets are available online.
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**Devonport Orchid Society Annual Spring Show Spectacular | October 3-5**
Held at the Maidstone Park Memorial Hall, Main Road, Spreyton, this vibrant event showcases Australian native and exotic orchids alongside a floral art show.
Enjoy orchid potting demonstrations, advice sessions, floral art posie sales, and orchid plants and bark sales. Don’t miss the monster raffle with marvellous prizes.
Opening hours:
– Friday, October 3: 2pm – 5pm
– Saturday, October 4: 9am – 4:30pm
– Sunday, October 5: 9am – 3pm
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**TASART Exhibition | October 3-25**
The Burnie Coastal Art Group presents the 47th TASART exhibition, a competitive art event with donated prizes worth around $1,000 each and a major prize of $5,000.
Join the cocktail party opening on October 3 at 6pm at Burnie Coastal Art Gallery, 211 Upper Mount Street, Burnie. Tickets are $30 and available via the BCAG website.
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**Suitcase Rummage Market | October 4**
For thrifty, sustainable, and organic lovers! Hosted by Waratah-Wynyard Council, this market features a diverse range of vendors offering organic produce, handmade crafts, upcycled products, and eco-friendly goods.
Location: The Don, 26 Goldie Street, Wynyard
Time: 10am – 2pm
For more info, contact Natalie at 0419 334 218.
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**Coastal Pathway Ultra | October 5**
Tasmania’s first running event of its kind, starting and finishing in Latrobe. The race follows the scenic Coastal Pathway, covering three municipalities along Tasmania’s North-West Coast.
Choose from four distances: 64km, 42.2km, 21.1km, and 10km, catering to all skill levels from seasoned ultra-athletes to enthusiastic first-timers.
Enter and find details online.
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**Dutch Fest | October 5**
Celebrate Dutch heritage at Hiscutt Park, Penguin. The free event begins at 3pm and features Dutch donuts, poffertjes, cheese tastings, a bicycle decorating competition, games, music, and face painting.
Sponsored by De Bruyns Transport.
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**Tunes in the Tulips | October 5**
Celebrate live music, local flavours, and fun for all ages among the tulips at Table Cape Tulip Farm. Enjoy local produce, grab a drink from the bar, and groove to KARAI and The Bad Dad Orchestra.
Time: 2pm – 5:30pm
Tickets available online.
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**Illusionist Anthony Street | October 6**
Step into a world of wonder with Illusionist Anthony Street, creator and star of the world-famous Celtic Illusion. Experience breathtaking illusions, mind-bending magic, and captivating charisma in this thrilling magic show suitable for all ages.
Tickets are available at the Burnie Arts Centre website.
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**Claws on the Line Workshops | October 6-7**
During school holidays, Burnie Arts presents fun workshops with local artist Jen Sweeney, in partnership with the Bookend Trust.
Designed for primary school-aged children, sessions develop drawing skills and teach about Tasmania’s Central North Burrowing Crayfish. Kids can create artwork to enter the Claws on the Line art competition.
Bookings essential.
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**Speedcubing Event | October 11**
All puzzlers and spectators are welcome at the Burnie Library from 10am to 12pm to experience speedcubing – a competitive sport involving solving Rubik’s Cubes and other twisty puzzles as fast as possible.
Learn solving methods and watch exciting competitions. Come along and join the fun!
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**Nature Book Week Author Event | October 11**
Join local author Alaynah Hensens at Devonport Library at 11am as she reads her new story *The Whale and the Astronaut* for Nature Book Week.
Enjoy an author reading, Q&A, and take home printed photos and colouring pages created by Devonport’s Bee Naree. The story features stunning watercolour illustrations and introduces children to local ecological issues.
Free event.
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**Death Cafe | October 12**
The worldwide initiative encouraging open conversations about death comes to the Reseed Centre, Penguin.
From 10am to around 12pm, join a secular group for unstructured discussions over tea, coffee, and cake. The event aims to help attendees make the most of their finite lives.
Entry by donation; registration essential. Contact 0428 584 739 to reserve a place.
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**Wynyard Tulip Festival | October 11**
Celebrate spring at the 33rd Wynyard Tulip Festival on Tasmania’s North-West Coast. Enjoy free shuttle buses to the tulip farm, helicopter rides over the coast and fields, thrill rides, food vans, local art and market stalls, live music from morning to night, and a fireworks finale at 9pm.
Special guests include Josh “Pezza” Perry, 2024 MasterChef Runner-Up, and Hannah Moloney from ABC Gardening Australia.
Follow [wynyardtulipfestival.com](http://wynyardtulipfestival.com) for updates and program announcements.
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