Northcliffe Bee Festival 2026

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Northcliffe CRC will be running a photo competition and exhibition for the town's innaugaural bee festival in October 2026. The exhibition will be held in the Painted Tree Gallery and will coincide with the weekend of the festival on 24-25th October.

Entries to the bee festival photo competition will open on 1st July 2026 and entry forms and other relevant information will be posted right here. Here's a timeline to alert you to the fact that Spring of 2026 will be too late to take your photos, so you need to be snapping right now!

Northcliffe CRC are also running a bee film festival over the festival weekend. The Bee film festival program is the yellow highlighted items in this cinema program.

In the mean time you can follow updates about the festival on the Bee Festival Website or on Facebook.

What's On Highlights

  • July26

    Three Colours Trilogy screening: Blue

    This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema, with free vego soup and sourdough served, starting at 4:30pm with film rolling at 5pm. No bookings are required. Rated R for brief nudity, sexual and thematic elements.

  • Aug2

    Three Colours Trilogy screening: White

    This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema, with free vego soup and sourdough served, starting at 4:30pm with film rolling at 5pm. No bookings are required. Rated R for brief nudity, sexual and thematic elements.

  • Aug9

    Three Colours Trilogy screening: Red

    This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema, with free vego soup and sourdough served, starting at 4:30pm with film rolling at 5pm. No bookings are required. Rated R for brief nudity, sexual and thematic elements.

  • Oct22

    The Swarm

    Northcliffe's bee film festival is kicking off with the best of the worst. The Swarm from 1978 was the big budget peak of a wave of 1970s disaster cinema which included no less than 6 killer bee movies. This is a legendary fixture in 'so bad it's good' cinema. We have obtained the a remastered copy of the original theatrical release. Presented as a partnership between Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 7pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated PG. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct23

    Honeyland

    The big feature of Northcliffe's bee film festival is Honeyland, a dramatic documentary rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes which swept the 2024 Oscars. Presented by the Northcliffe Library in partnership with Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 7pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated M. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct24

    Bee Festival

    The innaugaural Northcliffe Bee Festival will be held 24-25 October 2026. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct25

    Bee Movie

    Closing out Northcliffe's bee film festival is Bee Movie. We'll have kids activities prior to this fun animated family film starring Gerry Seinfeld. Presented by Northcliffe Community Resource Centre in partnership with Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 11am and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated G. Check out the details HERE.

  • Oct31

    Paranorman

    A Halloween party featuring a screening of the stop motion animation Paranorma. Presented as a partnership between Northcliffe Community Resource Centre and Southern Forest Arts. This is a free screening at Northcliffe's bean bag cinema starting at 2pm and no bookings are required. Popcorn will be supplied! Rated PG. Check out the details HERE.

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