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Now in its 59th year, NSW Seniors Festival is the largest festival for seniors in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching up to 500,000 seniors each year.

If you are over 60, NSW Seniors Festival gives you the chance to make new friends or get together with old ones at an array of local community events, many which are free or heavily discounted.

Presented by the Department of Family and Community Services (FACS), NSW Seniors Festival is designed to celebrate the role seniors play and the contributions they make to the NSW community, aligning to the policy objective of inclusive communities.

Every year during NSW Seniors Festival, government, community and commercial organisations hold hundreds of events across the state, encompassing art, sport, music, entertainment, technology, recreation, health, good nutrition and much more!

2017 Dates and Theme

NSW Seniors Festival, formerly NSW Seniors Week, runs for 10-days from Friday 3 March to Sunday 12 March 2017.

The theme for the 2017 Festival is Let’s Do More Together.

Major events include:

• Premier's Gala Concerts
• Australian Museum Seniors Day
• NSW Seniors Festival Expo
• Comedy Debate
• Local Achievement Awards

Further information on the concerts and NSW Seniors Week is available on the NSW Seniors Week website.