Eat the Street is back, and it coincides with Lismore’s Shine Festival

Covid threw many events into disarray, but Eat the Street will return to Lismore in coming months, and it coincides with another, shiny festival.

Eat the Street will be back in Lismore on August 21, and it coincides with the SHINE Festival.

It was the last public event in Lismore before the pandemic reared it’s ugly head at the beginning of 2020, and now, it’s back – pencil Lismore’s Eat the Street into your diaries.

On August 21, with a few tweaks to the format to make it Covid-safe, the festival will bring you all the deliscious food and entertainment you’ve come to expect, as well as teaming up with the SHINE festival after dark.

Eat the Street also has a new naming rights sponsor- the Lismore Workers Club.

Eat the Street, Lismore, March 11, 2017.

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Lismore City Council’s manager of Liveable and Active Communities Tony Duffy welcomed the new sponsors.

“The Workers Club is a great local Lismore business and has a long history of supporting the local community. It is very fitting that they are now an integral part of the Northern Rivers premier food event,” he said.

Lismore Workers President Ian Harmon, speaking on behalf of the board of directors, said: “Lismore Workers has always been a part of Eat The Street and we’re excited to see the event become bigger and better every year”.

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“It’s great to see the diversity of our food culture in Lismore on display, and it always gets a great turnout. We hope our involvement helps continue to make this event a continuing success for our local area.”

This year, the festival will take place along Magellan and Carrington streets and in the newly refurbished Lismore laneways where you will discover outstanding local food and beverages, art, roving entertainers, and much more.

Mr Duffy said in the past, the festival had attracted more than 25,000 people. However, this year there will be some changes due to Covid.

“As everyone in the community knows, everything is fluid due to Covid with changing restrictions,” he said.

“This year, the festival will still be a free event, but it will be ticketed and visitors must register to gain entry via Magellan Street between Keen and Molesworth. This is to make sure our community remains Covid-safe.”

There will also be two sessions: Noon to 3pm, and 4pm to 7pm.

Eat the Street will be back in Lismore on August 21, bringing the best food for you to try from across the Northern Rivers.

You can sit out on the street, under the trees, and try food from all over the Northern Rivers region, or purchase a ticket to the VIP Garden party for $110 (over 18 years only).

Eat the Street coincides with the SHINE light art festival, which runs after dark from Thursday, August 19 to Tuesday, 21 August 21 on Molesworth Street.

The event will light up buildings between the Lismore Memorial Baths north to approximately Kevin Hogan’s Office.

Council business papers state: “Shine is a discovery focused light festival with sites along Molesworth Street and its laneways transformed by contemporary light works to inspire and ignite the imagination. Audiences can expect the unexpected as a program of artists present bold new works ranging from small surprises, large scale projections, the telling of untold stories and immerse light installations that will reframe Lismore’s CBD”.

Both events will be managed carefully in accordance to Covid-19 health guidelines to ensure community safety.

For more information go to www.eatthestreetlismore.com.au.