Granny Smith Festival
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The Granny Smith Festival is Lower Northern Sydney's (and northern Sydney's) largest annual event. The festival is held in the suburb of Eastwood, New South Wales the festival is held in and around Eastwood oval and is usually in October of each year to commemorate Anne 'Granny' Smith, credited with producing the "Granny Smith apple" and celebrated for providing the Ryde-Hunters Hill area with great prosperity.
The festival highlights are the Grand Parade down Rowe Street, and the fireworks display that every year lights-up the skies above Eastwood. There are also stalls, community events, live entertainment, rides and lots of fanfare. It is a festival tradition that the Eastwood Mounted Police lead the Grand Parade.
In 2004, the festival attendance record was broken once more and now currently stands at just above 90,000 with even larger crowds expected in 2006.
In 2006, the festival was held on the 21st of October which was a Saturday. The forcast for the day was Wet and windy.
