Forbes will celebrate what's great about our amazing young people with series of events planned to bring the whole community together to celebrate Youth Week.
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Celebrations will be had across Australia and in Forbes the festival begins on Friday April 16 with Obstacool in Lions Park.
"Once again we will celebrate our wonderful young people with a week's worth of events to appeal to everyone," a Forbes Shire Council representative said.
"They are our future and it is important we celebrate their achievements and have some fun!"
This year's Youth Week celebrations wraps up with a Super Mega Fun Day on April 24 with a concert featuring local performers.
This event has fun for all ages with a Mechanical Bull, Climbing Rock Wall and a Bungee Run.
Awards will be presented for; Youth Citizen of the Year, Sports Volunteer and Brighter Future Awards.
"It is wonderful to see our locals youth on stage in what will be a concert like no other," a Council representative said.
"It is also great to award our young ones for their amazing contributions to our community as well."
Obstacool
On Friday 10am - 2pm April 16, Lions Park will be the place to be. The inflatable course includes wedges, inflatable tyre run plus our feature attraction, Big Bopper which is 40m long! Along with this, there are walls, tunnels, commando nets and more!
Sweet Three Movie night
On Saturday April 17 between 6pm - 8pm an outdoor Movie Screening will be held at Lions Park.
Pedal Boats
On Saturday April 17 there will be four pedal boats at Lions Park from 10am - 2pm.
Movie Night
On Friday 23rd April between 6pm - 9pm Forbes Shire Council will be holding an outdoor movie night featuring the comedy "The Heat".
Super Mega Fun Day
To complete the celebrations a Youth Concert will be held at Lions Park on Saturday April 24, 10am - 2pm. The park will be filled with entertainment such as Rock Climbing Walls, Mechanical Bull, Bungee Run, paddleboats, giant games and food vans.
2021 Youth Awards
The announcement of the official Youth Week Awards will also take place during the day. Bring along the whole family, a chair or blanket and sit back and enjoy the amazing line up of artists performing.
For more information see Forbes Shire Council's Facebook page, website or call 6850 2300.
The Department of Primary Industries will also be hosting a fishing workshop for kids on Tuesday, April 13. Registration through forbes.nsw.gov.au
