"Eat The Street will be going ahead as planned", that is the word from Mitch Lowe, the Tourism and Events Manager at Lismore City Council.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today that all events with more than 500 people can go ahead until Monday, 16 March. He advised that non-essential mass gatherings of more 500 people should not go ahead after this date.

Lismore City Council said in their press release that it is following the advice of the Prime Minister and the 2020 Eat the Street event will continue as planned.

There are still no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Northern NSW with the majority of cases in the capital cities especially Sydney and now Melbourne.

The recent case of an academic Filipino man testing positive for coronavirus upon his return to the Philippines and closing SCU has also produced four negative test results from those who were close to the man during his visit.

There is a case of influenza A in our community right now but as I mentioned no confirmed cases of coronavirus. If you feel unwell, you are encouraged to not attend this years Eat The Street.

For those of us that will be heading into the CBD tomorrow, you are encouraged to practice good hygiene by using the many hand washing stations as well as the hand sanitiser stations throughout the area.

Events kick off at 12 midday with over 37 food vendors including many local restaurants and cafes.

The cooking stage is where you will learn how to be a better cook culminating with this years Guest Chef, Georgia Barnes showing her wares at 5:30pm.

Georgia told the Lismore App that she really loves community events and is looking forward to coming to Lismore.

"My public display will be around savoury dishes", she said, "we'll make the dish from scratch so people can follow what I'm doing and I will be using local ingredients like veal, berries and sunshine sugar".

"My private Master Class will be sweet based with a focus on nutritional swap out that is looking for healthy alternatives so instead of using plain flour using a healthy option or instead of sugar using honey" Georgia explained.

For those that don't know the name Georgia Barnes, she finished runner up on the tv show Master Chef in 2015. Georgia has a nutritional background and currently works in a Health Retreat.

There is plenty do for kids as well where they can decorate a lantern, take a tun on the jumping castle or watch one of the many shows.

The live music stage kicks off at twelve with the Northern Rivers Youth Jazz Orchestra then Uncle Billy Smith, Kiss My Boots and more throughout the day and evening.

Congratulations to Val Britton and Danica Sattler who were the winners of the Eat The Street 'Garden Party' tickets competition.

For the full run down of events head to the Eat The Street button on the front page of the Lismore App then you will have everything in the palm of your hand (Eat The Street 2020)

Enjoy what is an iconic and unique Lismore event!