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The Latest Breaking News from Exhibition Park

Pill testing, Red Frogs and mud: it's safety first at Spilt Milk

Check out the best pictures from the day.

The Canberra Times

'Live the dream': It's a van life, and with so many options

A huge weekend of caravans at Exhibition Park, and tractors and gumboots at Murumbateman.

The Canberra Times

'It didn't stack up': Barr pulls brake on V8 race proposal

But event proponents will pursue an alternative model to bring the race to the capital.

The Canberra Times

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Wrapping Canberra in a warm hug for Handmade Market's Salvos blanket drive

The next market is at Exhibition Park in Canberra in late July.

The Canberra Times

Newcastle Mela to host music, dance and food over August Bank Holiday weekend

Following a free Mela in the City event on August 26, the big party will be at Exhibition Park on August 27-28 with a vibrant celebration of South Asian culture

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Celebrate International Women’s Day at This Girl Can in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park

The annual celebration in Town Moor is once again set to blanket the city with a storm of colourful runners

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Summernats is back, and will be the 'biggest ever'

Around 100,000 spectators are expected at Exhibition Park for the car festival in January.

The Canberra Times

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Fire breaks out in dry paddock car park at Spilt Milk music festival

The fire started around 2.20pm and spread quickly to other vehicles before being extinguished.

The Canberra Times

A look at the three options considered for the future of Exhibition Park

A new event facility at EPIC will also see the site reshaped, with the ACT government considering three options.

The Canberra Times

Newcastle Mela returns this Bank Holiday weekend with a free showcase of music, art and dance

Exhibition Park in Newcastle will host the Newcastle Mela family festival over two days from August 27-28

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ACT government releases more details about future of Exhibition Park

A new major event space, as well as commercial redevelopment is on the cards for EPIC.

The Canberra Times

The Tyneside Summer Exhibition - an annual Newcastle event that thousands flocked to

The Tyneside Summer Exhibition ran in Newcastle's Exhibition Park every year over five days from 1963 to 1987, attracting thousands of visitors

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'Just go through your cupboards': Keep a Canberran warm this winter at the Handmade Market

The Handmade Market is on next Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31, at Exhibition Park in Canberra

The Canberra Times

Security concerns keep EPIC gates closed during caravan travel boom

The ongoing presence of the "cookers" within Canberra is a key reason why Exhibition Park has been closed to camping since February.

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Race for Life in Newcastle - here's all you need to know about July's event on the Town Moor

Race for Life is set to take place on the Town Moor in Newcastle on the weekend of July 9-10 and our guide has dates, timings and details of what's involved

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Wylam Brewery to host Slice Wars pizza competition featuring region's favourite food vendors

At least 12 local food vendors will be pitching at Wylam Brewery, in Exhibition Park, later this month to battle it out for the title of Newcastle's best pizza

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Council pushing for Leazes Park festival limits as latest step in Newcastle noise crackdown

It comes after strict new measures were imposed in Exhibition Park, amid complaints that the city's green spaces are being turned into "outdoor nightclubs"

The Canberra Times

Tyre-smoking sign-off for Canberra super-promoter Chic Henry

A big plume of tyre smoke from the Exhibition Park burnout pad capped off the memorial for the father of Summernats, Chic Henry.

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Newcastle music festivals still possible despite row over turning parks into 'outdoor nightclubs'

Urban Green Newcastle has backtracked on suggestions that new council restrictions make it impossible to hold festivals following the cancellation of This is Tomorrow

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Council insists it has 'every confidence' in Newcastle parks charity despite row over festivals

It has been warned that new restrictions on events in Exhibition Park could cut off a key source of income needed for upkeep of the city's green spaces

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'Embarrassing for Newcastle' - Readers react to This is Tomorrow festival being cancelled

Organisers have postponed the This is Tomorrow event due to take place in June in Exhibition Park because of rising costs and an 'oversaturated market'

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This is Tomorrow 2022 festival cancelled as organisers blame rising costs and 'oversaturated market'

The festival was due to return from June 3 to 5, but no acts had been announced for it

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Film star unveils Born Free lions in Exhibition Park to highlight animals' plight

Virginia McKenna starred in Born Free in 1966 and has loved lions ever since - she was in Newcastle on Monday morning to open Born Free Forever

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Pride of bronze 'Born Free' lions to take up residence in Newcastle's Exhibition Park

The 25 lions are part of an installation which aims to raise awareness of the plight facing the world's lion population

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Noise crackdown on Exhibition Park music festivals – plunging events like This Is Tomorrow into doubt

Councillors have agreed to impose tough new limits on large-scale events being held in the park, which it has been warned could mean no concerts being held there at all

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