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Family Fun: Middle Head Rd closes for Mosman’s free two-day street party.

Published On: October 22, 2026
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Middle Head Rd will close to traffic from midday on Friday for a free two-day street party.

By ANNA USHER

Middle Head Rd will close to traffic from midday on Friday for a free two-day street party, the centrepiece of the six-day Festival of Mosman: Encore.

The road shuts between the Mosman Junction roundabout and Muston Street from 12pm on Friday 23 October until 11pm on Saturday 24 October, according to Mosman Council.

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riday’s party runs from 5pm to 8.30pm, with headliners The Pragmatics on stage from 6.30pm.

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Friday’s party runs from 5pm to 8.30pm, with local band The Electrostatics opening at 5pm and headliners The Pragmatics on stage from 6.30pm.

Hungry locals can eat their way through The Buena, Four Frogs, Mrs Fajita and Pocket Burger, then finish on Yia Yia’s Honey Balls.

Saturday runs from 1pm to 8.30pm across two stages, with Say Less, Slick Iguana and Hot Potato Band on the West Stage at Mosman Junction.

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Saturday runs from 1pm to 8.30pm across two stages at Mosman Junction.

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The East Stage at Muston Street belongs to local kids, with Mosman Public School’s choirs, band and dance groups sharing the bill with the Beauty Point Public School Senior Band and the Mosman High Jazz Ensemble & Choir.

Mosman’s Top Dog will be crowned on the day, with shortlisted finalists due at the party at 4pm.

Kids get a Fun Zone with free hair braiding and face painting, plus a Kids Karaoke Dance Party at 6pm.

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Mosman’s Top Dog will be crowned on Saturday, with shortlisted finalists due at the party at 4pm.

Encore opens on Thursday 22 October with the SpringFeast Night Market at Mosman Square and the Village Green from 4.30pm to 9pm, with Mexican, Spanish, Turkish and Italian food and international street performer Corey Pickett.

Songs & Stories fills Headland Park on Sunday 25 October from 11am to 3pm with The Giants, a large-scale puppet performance by Curious Legends, and live music from Isobel Knight.

Art Unleashed takes over Mosman Art Gallery on Monday 26 October from 6pm to 9pm, with live sets, illuminated puppets and roaming performers.

The Children’s Fair wraps up the festival at the Village Green on Tuesday 27 October from 10am to 12pm, with reptiles to meet and hold, fun rides and the Bubble Man Show.

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The full program of events is available at events.mosman.nsw.gov.au/encore.

The street party and SpringFeast are funded by the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program in association with Mosman Council, and all six events are free.

The full program is at events.mosman.nsw.gov.au/encore.

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