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Nanna Tea’s Community Fun(d)raiser for Disaster Relief Australia

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Nanna Tea’s Community Fun(d)raiser for Disaster Relief Australia

A fun, inclusive local community event and authorised charitable fundraiser, with all proceeds going to
Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) — a veteran-led not-for-profit that helps communities prepare for and recover from disaster.


Event details

  • Date: Sunday, 22 March 2026
  • Event time: 12:45pm – 7:30pm (doors open 12:00pm, close 8:00pm)
  • Venue: Croatian Wickham Sports Club Co-op Ltd
  • Address: 20 Albert St, Wickham NSW 2293, Australia
  • Event by: Jess Woodside
  • Duration: 6 hr 45 min
  • Public event: Anyone on or off Facebook

What’s on

  • 🎶 Live local music (1:00pm – 7:00pm) — easy listening, country, funk and reggae, blues, pop, rock
  • 🖼️ Auction and raffle prizes
  • 🎫 Raffle draws throughout the day
  • 🌭 BBQ sausage sandwiches for sale
  • 💚 All ages, family-friendly licensed venue
  • ▶️ Free lawn bowls and bocce
  • 🏆 Easy competition games (paper plane fly-off, coin toss) with prizes

Tickets

  • $5 adults
  • $2 concession
  • Accompanied children under 16: free
  • Pre-purchase via Humanitix or pay at the door

Buy tickets:

Humanitix ticket link

Note: replace the link above with the full Humanitix URL if you have it.

Program and line-up (more info to come)

  • 🎤 Opening acknowledgements
  • 🌟🎶 One Man Dan
  • 🌟🎶 Sandy Louise and The Iron Harp
  • 🌟🎶 Loose Lucy
  • 🌟🎶 Briza and Friends
  • 🌟🎶 XntriX Rock Band
  • 🌟🎶 The Old School Outlaws

🙏 Thanks to our host The Croat, participating musicians and artists, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and everyone joining us on the day.

The last few years have been disastrous for too many — so let’s get together, connect with the community and volunteers,
support local artists and small businesses, and have fun while we raise vital funds.

💳 Tax-deductible donations:

Donate


Location: Newcastle, New South Wales

Written by: Newy Staff