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Connect Magazine – Winter edition 2025
Connect Magazine – Winter edition 2025

Your community magazine featuring inspiring stories, exciting news and must-see events.

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Leisure & Aquatics
Bryan Brown Theatre
Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre (MIISC)
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Children and family services
Bankstown Arts Centre
Belmore Youth Resource Centre (BYRC)
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Help shape your City by sharing your thoughts on our consultations from parks and playgrounds, to planning the future of our area. 

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Community
Get on board Bilal's Bus
I'm looking forward to getting on the road and hearing your stories. And I'll have Council staff with me to assist with your enquiries.
Environment
Draft Urban Forest Strategic Plan
We’ve developed a draft plan outlining our commitment to conserving and expanding the urban forest in CBCity.
Community
Movies Under the Stars 2025
Have your say and vote for your big screen favourites!
What's On
Bankstown
Find my past and other useful resources - workshop
FREE hands-on sessions at Bankstown Library to boost your research skills about your family history!

Thursday 7 August, 10am-noon

Riverwood
Get ready for school (Mandarin)
An informational workshop about getting your child ready for primary school presented in Mandarin.

Friday 8 August, 10-11am

Belmore
Join the Mayor’s Lights Out Sleepout!
Mayor Bilal El-Hayek is hosting a sleepout at Belmore Sports Ground to help raise funds and awareness of people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness

6pm Friday 8 August - 8am Saturday 9 August 2025

Bankstown
Let's Go Italian!
Experience the heart and soul of Italian Heritage

7.30pm, Friday 8 August 2025

Sefton
The Spring Swing
Join us for the first 'Spring Swing'!

Sunday 10 August, 6.30am

Roselands
Community Safety Outreach and Pop-Up Session Roselands
Come and meet Council staff and Police at our community safety outreach sessions throughout the year

13 August, 10am-1pm

Bankstown
Passengers, shipwrecks and coastal records - webinar
Get ready to uncover your family's hidden gems at this interactive webinar for Family History Month 2025!

Thursday 14 August, 10am-noon

Bankstown
Flavours of faith tour - Tour 2
Discover different faiths and cultures on a guided tour of two local faith organisations, with opportunities to learn, ask questions and engage in conversation.

14 August, 10am-2pm

Earlwood
Lexiko club
Join us for casual word play with a welcoming and friendly group of people.

Third Friday of the month, 12.30-1.30pm

Children's Book Week 2025
Each year, children and books are brought together to celebrate Children’s Book Week, when schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children celebrate Australian Children's Literature.

Monday 11 to Saturday 23 August 2025

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Latest News
Media release
Huge lineup of events to celebrate Italian culture
Canterbury-Bankstown is set to come alive with the vibrant sights, sounds and flavours of Italy as part of the much-loved “Let’s Go” cultural series, organised by City of Canterbury Bankstown’s libraries.
30 Jul 2025
Media release
Major milestone for new Aquatic Centre
Construction of the multi-million-dollar Canterbury Leisure and Aquatic Centre (CLAC) is moving to its next phase after the equivalent of five Olympic sized swimming pools worth of concrete was poured.  
30 Jul 2025
Media release
Record numbers at this year's Bankstown Bites
Bankstown was buzzing over the weekend as more than 16,000 people celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Bankstown Bites Food Festival – one of the City’s biggest and most vibrant events to date.
29 Jul 2025
Media release
Taboos lifted in gut art exhibition
Plumbing parts from Bankstown, water from across Sydney and a special Kombucha brew will form part of a playful and provocative new FREE art exhibition about the human gut and digestion journeys. 
24 Jul 2025
Media release
'Saucy' secret revealed at Bankstown Bites
TikTok star and much loved Spudhole founder Mahmoud Ismail is gearing up to launch his newest creation at Bankstown Bites food festival.
23 Jul 2025
Media release
Major gong goes to Bankstown play space
A fun, culturally inclusive and accessible playground that’s been dubbed a vibrant addition to the heart of Bankstown has received a top honour from the peak body for landscape architects. 
16 Jul 2025
Media release
Free events encourage celebration, reflection
Community members can take a trip back in time and experience what it was like for our First Australians living in Canterbury-Bankstown all those years ago. 
04 Jul 2025
Media release
Biggest Bankstown Bites event menu unveiled
Families, foodies, friends and celebrity chefs are set to descend on Bankstown to mark the 20th anniversary of an iconic food festival which has grown to become one of Sydney’s most popular multicultural culinary celebrations
02 Jul 2025
Media release
Star stories showcased in new First Nations show
City of Canterbury Bankstown is inviting visitors to celebrate ancient astronomy at a new exhibition which showcases star stories from First Nations artists
01 Jul 2025
Media release
Disability parking means access – Council launches community education campaign
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has launched a new education campaign to crack down on the misuse of disability parking spaces and encourage the correct display of valid permits
26 Jun 2025
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