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AIRWAVES - The Drive-In Music Festival

Coronation Avenue, Nambour QLD 4560

0731936088

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The Chats, The Dreggs and more are fangin' it up the highway and pulling up at the Sunshine Coast's first-ever all ages drive-in music festival. AIRWAVES – The Drive-In Music Festival blasts off at Nambour Showgrounds on Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July, complete with an 'Outer Space' theme. AIRWAVES sees some of Australia's best punk, indie and folk performers including The Chats, The Dreggs, Pierce Brothers, Bugs, Sahara Beck and more to be announced hitting the stage across three nights. Move over NASA and Space X. With 'outer space' themed astronaut ice-cream and flying saucers taking over Nambour space station, organisers are encouraging all punters to get creative and don their best galaxy-themed threads. The festival includes two events on the evenings of Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July, along with a late Sunday afternoon session on 12 July, kicking off at 4pm with tickets for each night sold separately. All festival-goers will be COVID covered with the team implementing procedures including contactless ticketing, door delivery of the festival’s “Cosmic Crave” snack packs, hand sanitiser distribution thanks to Greenfest Solutions and constant reminders of the 1.5 metre distancing by the sub-station crew. Parking spaces on the Nambour Showgrounds shuttle deck are extremely limited and on sale now through OzTix, on the Airwaves Festival Instagram and Facebook pages or through the website....

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Dr Who Quiz Night

7 Elevation Drive, Wongawallan QLD 4210

0756657582

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Are you smarter than the Dr? This is your opportunity to see how you really know your Dr Who series from the beginning. Get a team together and enjoy a three course dinner whilst teasing your brain cells in another dimension. At the same time be surrounded by Dr Who props, like the tardis, Dalek, cyberman and more. Bookings only....

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Horizon Festival

61215 - Caloundra QLD 4551

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Experience the Sunshine Coast's premier multi-arts festival. Horizon Festival connects artists, industries, communities and audiences through an award-winning celebration of arts and culture. They bring local, national and international artists together for 10 arts-fuelled days of visual art, music, performance, words and ideas, film and creative workshops....

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Anzac Day Charters Towers

Gill Street, Charters Towers QLD 4820

0747615300

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Anzac Day is the day to remember every Australian who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. A National Day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorated annually by both countries on 25 April to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli during World War I. Anzac Day commemorative services are held in Hervey Range, Pentland, Greenvale, Ravenswood and Sellheim, with a Dawn Service at the Charters Towers War Cemetery and morning service at the Cenotaph, observe the Anzac Parade as it makes its way along Gill Street from City Hall to the Cenotaph....

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Miles Back to the Bush Festival

141 Murilla Street, Miles QLD 4415

0746271492

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Experience the beauty and charm of rural life in Miles, where every two years the community celebrate life in the bush and invite visitors to experience their warm country hospitality through a range of bush festivities over an extended weekend in September. The festival is delivered with a fun vintage twist! Don't miss any of the action from the street parade, craft beers, dog high jumping competition, vintage car displays, private vintage collections tours, country markets, bush poets and performers, and delight in a little quirky fun with tractor pulls and bush obstacle races, beard competitions and pot billy boiling challenges. Enjoy quintessential bush celebrations throughout the weekend. Meet the locals at the Ladies High Tea or Art Exhibition, and immerse yourself in days gone by at the renowned Miles Historical Village Museum. Whether you are an adventurer, nature lover, collector, history buff, foodie or music lover; your whole family are guaranteed a unique bush experience. Experience life in the bush by day and by night....

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Christmas In July at The Kooralbyn ValleyResort

1-21 Routley Drive, Kooralbyn QLD 4285

0431279364

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Come Celebrate a Christmas in July on the 18th of July 2020 at the Kooralbyn Valley Resort and enjoy a Cold Christmas Experience in their Scenic Rim Area. Enjoy a Christmas lunch or dinner and some fun with the locals in their Country Retreat. Play 18 Holes of Golf and enjoy the Kangaroos and wildlife, bush walks and more! Everyone has been locked up for too long! Let's get out and support local wineries and food produce in the area and enjoy a very well known resort in Kooralbyn. Discounts on accommodation are available. Please call or email using the information shown....

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Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival

High and Maryland Sts, Stanthorpe QLD 4380

0746814111

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The Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival (official organisation name: Stanthorpe Festival Association Inc.) is one of Queensland’s longest running and most successful Festivals! Voted Queensland in the top 10 favourite Iconic Event/Festival during the Queensland Q150 Celebrations, the Festival is a “must do” on the Queensland events calendar. The biennial festival is a celebration of the Granite Belt region’s produce and booming wine industry. An average of over 70,000 people attend the festival and this is arguably Australia’s leading harvest festival having a successful track record spanning five decades. It’s in Stanthorpe, heart of the Granite Belt Wine Region, on the New England Highway just north of the New South Wales border. Stanthorpe is less than three hours drive from Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Byron, Armidale, Dalby and Goondiwindi, a bit more from the Sunshine Coast, two hours from Lismore and the Northern Rivers, and a comfortable one and a half hours from Toowoomba. ‘Something for everyone’! With the districts successful wine, tourism, produce and horticulture industries, the potential crowd attraction of this Festival is significant and growing....

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Outback Festival

61333 - Winton QLD 4735

0746571558

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Queensland's Outback township of Winton will be celebrating its biennial Outback Festival once again in 2021 from 21 to 25 September. Held during the September school holidays it's perfect for families or anyone who loves the Aussie Outback. The festival's hilarious signature event, the Quilton Australian Dunny Derby, will top off five days of quirky events, warm Outback hospitality and nightly live entertainment which lures visitors from all over Australia and overseas. 2021 will include some exciting new entertainment options, as well as some recent favourites such as the Charity Sunset Dinner Extravaganza under the Outback stars. Sports fans can test their skills with some gruelling sporting challenges including the Outback Century Cycle Challenge - the toughest, flattest cycling event in the Outback and Outback Iron Man, Woman and Junior events. Great value tent city packages will be on sale closer to the event complete with comfy bed and an optional linen package......so all you need is your toothbrush! So mark this one in your diaries mates!...

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Arcadia

671 Inverramsay Road, Goomburra QLD 4362

0491961672

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The idyllic surrounds of Goomburra Valley will play host to two days and nights of merry-making in celebration of Arcadias fifth instalment. The intimate party which began back in 2016 under the starry skies of the Granite Belt is now a fully-flourished boutique event that is a staple of the May Long weekend for revellers from far and wide. Included in your ticket price: - Camping on site - Toilet and shower amenities - Dress-up theme day two Bring your own food and drink. 2020 line-up: Made in Paris First Beige Luke Alessi SEVADER upsidedownhead squidgenini Alone Borderland State Hannah D vs Jaime Forson Ministry of Mars Respect Guy Tokyo Twilight Pleasuredome DJs and more to be announced. Visual Artists: Owlet Main Stage Visuals by Satans Rainbow Taneal Teresa Art Pans Stage Takeovers by: Well Spent and Southbound Sessions ...

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Gympie Music Muster

Road, Amamoor Creek QLD 4570

0754822099

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Muster is a four day festival in a camping village in the Amamoor State Forest on the edges of the Mary River Valley not far from the town of Gympie. With a focus on country and the music that is made there, they also make sure that everyone is involved, from boot scooting mornings to poetry cocktail hour readings, smoko songwriting sessions and lazy arvo blues guitar jams, so at the Muster, you feel like you belong. The final week in August sees the hoop pine valley come alive with the campfires, stage lights and camaraderie. Effectively run by 1500 local community volunteers, the Muster makes music not just for the four days, but resounds with a regional social impact that lasts at least until next Muster. ...

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Village Fest

Wharf Street, Logan Village QLD 4207

0490857729

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An afternoon of Australian music, local producers market, and regional food on the Village Green. Featuring Australian headline acts and local musicians to keep you entertained, plus local food and drink producers. A free park n ride service is being offered from Loganlea train station and nearby community hub Yarrabilba....

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Birdsville Big Red Bash

Big Red Road, Birdsville QLD 4482

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Have the experience of a lifetime at the world’s most remote music festival, the Birdsville Big Red Bash in the heart of Australia’s outback! The three-day festival returns at the Big Red desert dune near Birdsville, Queensland....

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Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival

Victoria Parade, Thursday Island QLD 4875

0740691336

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Held biennially on Thursday Island, the festival sees cultural dances, boat races, forums and a re-constructed traditional village combined to form one of Australia’s most incredible indigenous cultural festival....

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Tennents Tartan Day Tattoo : A Gathering of Clans

7 Elevation Drive, Wongawallan QLD 4210

0756657582

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April 6, 1320 marked the date of which Scotland filed for independence with the Pope and declared any which country trying to invade would be met with force. On July 1, 1746 British made rule that tartans are banned and prison for anyone wearing one representing an uprising of the highlands. On this special occasion they celebrate what people sacrificed themselves for and that family and country always comes first. Brisbane City Pipe Band will perform on a massive scale over dinner. Menu starting with shared Pate then a choice of Mains: Haggis, Vegetarian Haggis, Roast Beef, Pork, Lemon pepper crusted Cod, Nuggets and chips for any children with Trifle to finish with. Get Your Clan together, Kilt and all. Tickets include great entertainment and all the best in Scottish Tradition. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be Thankit! Booking essential. ...

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Pioneer Weekend

6 Broadway, Herberton QLD 4887

0740962002

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Australia’s pioneering past will be brought to life with a swag of entertainment at this year’s Pioneer Weekend at the Historic Village Herberton. All the stops have been pulled out for the annual event, which sees the Village open in a field day format over the two days. Whiskey Boat will provide entertainment throughout the weekend with their unique mix of high energy folk music. Pioneer Weekend 2021 will feature a blacksmith, farrier, wood turners and carvers, while some of the Village’s most iconic engines will also start up including a 1923 Harley Davidson, the Ruston Hornsby, steam engines, stampers and tractors....

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Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival

32-34 Mellor St, Gympie QLD 4570

0491725386

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The 13th Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival will be held in richly historic Gympie, Australia. The four-day program includes industry masterclasses, a spectacular opening night gala, awards night party and up to 30 sessions of shorts from all genres that best capture Heart of Gold’s vision to screen films that are positive, witty, entertaining, joyous, uplifting, enlightening and ground-breaking. They can be edgy, they can be thought-provoking and they can be downright hilarious – as long as they beat with a good, strong heart. All films in the festival compete for various awards which include but are not limited to Best Short Film, Best Australian Short Film, Best Student Short Film, Best Cinematography, Best Script, and Young Filmmaker (for budding high school filmmakers). Over the last 13 years, Heart of Gold has become renowned for its high-quality program which is largely thanks to a very unique, two-part screening system. The films are filtered through the festival’s artistic director and passed onto small screener groups, who gather in lounge-rooms across Gympie to review and score the countless, treasured submissions....

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The Big Bike Film Night 'Feature Series' - A Sunday in Hell

Union Road University of , St Lucia QLD 4067

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Lock this on your bike radar! “Arguably the best film ever made about professional cycling.” – Peter Cowie, International Film Guide. In honour of the most famous and the most dramatic of the spring classic "monument" race - Paris-Roubaix they're bringing this outstanding cycling documentary to the BIG screen for ONE SCREENING ONLY. The hellish Sunday took place on April 11, 1976 when the champions of cycle-racing battled for victory in the classic and gruelling annual bicycle race – Paris-Roubaix. The film captures not just the events of the 1976 edition but the atmosphere of a professional race. "You can see every bead of sweat on the cyclists and every smashed-up ankle. It really makes you never want to get on a bike again. But it is an amazing film." - Nick Fraser, BBC commissioning editor So…listen to the voice inside you; it’s telling you to go. Grab your mates, grab your tickets, go on… grab your bike and come along for the ride!...

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Yonder Festival 2020

77 Tincknell Road, Imbil QLD 4570

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Introducing a new immersive multi-day camping arts and music festival held in the rolling hills of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. From the team behind the Brisbane Street Art Festival and the co-founder of Jungle Love Festival, comes a new immersive festival experience, curating a broad spectrum of emerging and established artists across all mediums and genres. Innovative and experimental works, engaging high end audio and visual production, will showcase exciting new works: this is the festival to discover a new love. Alongside an extensive music program across four stages of more than 70 artists, the festival maintains an equal focus on visual art, theatre, dance, and audience engagement through workshops and talks. Freshwater creek swimming locations and stunning sunset views from the site’s towering hill are among the festival’s most attractive natural beauty, providing an air of reclusiveness from bustling city life. Offering both BYO and licensed bars, Yonder will accommodate those who prefer to work through their own BYO esky, or leave the catering to the bar team with hand made cocktails to quench those finer tastes, alongside a delicious and diverse selection of food stall options....

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Burdekin Water Festival

Queen Street, Ayr QLD 4807

0457067391

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Celebrating the abundance of water in the district. The Burdekin Water Festival is one of the longest running festivals in Queensland. The celebrations include a wide variety of exciting events that encompass the whole community. This includes an art exhibition that features an extensive display of artworks various mediums created by local artists....

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Abbey of the Roses - Christmas in July

8 Locke Street, Warwick QLD 4370

0746619777

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Christmas In July dinners at the Abbey Boutique Hotel, have become a popular annual event in Warwick. They are held every Saturday night plus last two Friday nights in July and include a three course set dinner, three hour beverage package, Christmas trivia and it nearly always snows at the famous Christmas in July Dinners. Accommodation is limited so book early to stay at this boutique hotel in Warwick. Warwick Jumpers in Jazz festival is the last two weekends and there is a two night minimum stay these nights....

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Australian Italian Festival

Macrossan Avenue, Ingham QLD 4850

0747765288

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The Australian Italian Festival is a signature cultural event in North Queensland. This event serves up a program of world class entertainment, displays, demonstrations, competitions and workshops including amusement rides which are all free. The festival provides and opportunity for visitors to experience authentic home-cooked Italian food as well as an array of other delectable food options. Exhibitions which showcases and relives the heritage, culture and traditions of the first Italian immigrants to Australia are a popular part of the Festival each year. The Australian Italian Festival is truly a unique event and leaves visitors with life long memories....

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Storyfest Writers Festival

Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213

0755597377

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Following in the footsteps of literary tradition, Storyfest is the writers’ festival for the Gold Coast, the cornerstone of which is its annual writers festival event held in March. Delivering a series of literary experiences along with workshops, masterclasses and featured authors throughout the year, Storyfest nurtures emerging writers and provides opportunities for readers and writers alike. Offering over 130 events to the wider community, Storyfest has secured its place on the Gold Coast’s cultural calendar!...

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Gemfest - Festival of Gems

Richardson street, Anakie QLD 4702

0448681888

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What is Gemfest? A Festival of Gems! There’s no better place to celebrate the origin, appeal and sheer beauty of precious and semi-precious stones at the home of the largest sapphire fields in the Southern Hemisphere. The annual Gemfest Festival of Gems is recognised as one of the most popular celebrations of sapphires and gems in Australia. Crowds of over 7,000 people converge on Central Queensland’s Sapphire Gemfields for the annual four-day festival, held every year in the second week of August. Gemfest has been running since 1988 and this year promises to be bigger than ever with an amazing combination of traders and merchants, activities, exhibitions, entertainment, workshops, prizes, demonstrations and much, much more. While local sapphires are undoubtedly the gem of choice at the Festival, diamonds, pearls, zircons, opals and other gemstones will also be amongst the sparkling array, along with gold, crystals, fossils and minerals. Gemfest offers a four-day celebration filled with an exciting array of fun and entertainment for the whole family. From gem displays and exhibitions, music and live performances, dedicated children’s entertainment area, gems and jewellery on sale, and lapidary and equipment supplies for the gem enthusiasts, the Festival truly has something for everyone....

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Royal Queensland Show - Ekka

600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD 4006

0732533900

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The Royal Queensland Show, or the Ekka as it is fondly known, holds a special place in the hearts of all Queenslanders. It is Queensland's largest annual event and your greatest chance throughout the year to find out what life on the farm is really about. There are over 300 activities throughout grounds, including animal adventures, agriculture competitions, rides, live music, showbags, cooking demonstrations, family shopping, children entertainment, fireworks displays and much more!...

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Tablelands Folk Festival

Maude Kehoe Place, Yungaburra QLD 4884

0409754821

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This pop-up festival, held on the weekend of the fourth Saturday of October each year is a colourful, vibrant celebration of music, poetry and the performing arts. It brings a sense of community, learning, fun, family and pure joy to all participants in the historic, friendly township of Yungaburra in tropical North Queensland....

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Better in Blackall Festival

Various Locations, Blackall QLD 4472

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Combining the best that Blackall has to offer, the outback explodes into a four-day festival packed with local grazing plates, sunset wine tastings, street parties, art and cultural displays, billycart races, barbecue cook-offs, live music and a swag load of familiar faces, including chef Matt Golinski! Life is #betterinblackall...

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Great Barrier Reef Festival

Foreshore, Airlie Beach QLD 4802

0418155542

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Unfortunately, the 2020 Great Barrier Reef Festival has had to be cancelled in line with Coronavirus restrictions. The Great Barrier Reef Festival, proudly supported by Cruise Whitsundays, celebrates what it means to live in the Whitsunday region at the Heart of the Great Barrier Reef. The region's favourite festival will celebrate 21 years in 2021 and will take over the vibrant tourist hub of Airlie Beach from July 29 - August 1. The 4-day event is a delicious combination of family fun, environmental and art initiatives, destination events, local food and fashion and some of the biggest parties in the tropical north. The 2021 festival will feature a fun-filled program of events including the Coral Sea Marina Resort Lantern Parade, Great Barrier Reef interactive workshops and installations, a Comedy Gala, massive reef-themed street parade, main street car show, a wearable art parade and Recyclable Regatta and free family fun activities on the Airlie Foreshore. The not-to-be-missed Fireworks on the Foreshore event will ignite the skies on Friday Jul 30, the biggest night on the Airlie calendar, complete with night markets, food stalls, carnival rides and performers and the Foreshore Pop-up Bar. The Beats on the Beach foreshore stage will be pumping out live music throughout the weekend with a fantastic line-up of artists soon to be announced....

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Golden Blade Awards 2021

The Esplanade , Mooloolaba QLD 4557

0418730100

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The official Surf Boat Rowers Convention – Golden Blade Awards 2021. Traditionally held on the Monday after the Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships. To formally honour 2021 Surf Boat Champions of Australia - Gold Medal Winners - all 8 Divisions: Open Men and Women - Reserve Grade Men and Women - Under 23 Men and Women - Under 19 Men and Women. Gold Medal Winning Surf Boats – featured and suspended in the ceiling of the convention centre. ....

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Milbi Festival

Various locations, Bundaberg QLD 4670

0741304100

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The festival will celebrate the region’s iconic turtle encounters, connecting to salt water and fresh water country and encompassing the broader and complimentary themes of environmental care, connection to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, water catchments and local storytelling, making the festival unique to this region. Through an arts and culture framework, the festival will provide a range of opportunities for artists, arts and community organisations to get involved. Turtles, arts, culture and Indigenous heritage are the foundation pillars for the festival that will celebrate the unique identity, spirit and livability of the Bundaberg Region. From Gin Gin to Childers through to Bundaberg and the regional ocean shores, all areas of the region will be activated with the delivery of unique events, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings and performances ....

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Agnes Blues, Roots and Rock Festival

Captain Cook Drive, Seventeen Seventy QLD 4677

0749747570

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Get your dancing shoes ready and let the party begin with the best in Blues, Roots and Rock in the Great Barrier Reef’s Sensational Deep South. Be treated to three days of fantastic music in the Funky Town of 1770. Live music, licensed bar, a variety of food vendors and markets to suit all tastes feature at this all-weather event with plenty of undercover space to chill out or dance your socks off. Shuttle bus available over the whole weekend between accommodation and the festival. Discover new music, enjoy festival favourites and get up close and personal while learning new skills in one of our unique and inspiring performers led festival workshops. If you ever needed an excuse to get away to the best weekend in paradise, this is it! Tour the region, surf, swim, play and enjoy some music of the best music on the planet....

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Festival of the Big Cow

73 Wirraglen Road, Highfields QLD 4352

0746966309

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Celebrating the Big Cow at Highfields Pioneer Village from 17 to 26 September 2021. Recognising the history of the dairy industry in Australia and all things cow! The theme of the festival is ‘All things Cow'. Come and experience dairying life in the Australian Pioneer days! Milk a cow, churn some butter and enjoy some ice-cream. The Big Cow was sculpted by Hugh Anderson in the 1970's and is seven times the size of an Ayrshire cow on which it is modeled and was mooved from Nambour to Highfields Pioneer Village in 2020. Walk inside and see the Dairy Museum, don't miss the Flowers on Cows Parade and baby animals in the nursery. There will be live music and great food. You might even encounter the infamous Ned Kelly hanging out at the Bushranger Cafe! Whether you love history, you're a Big Cow Fan or you are just looking for great entertainment you will have a wonderful time at the Festival of the Big Cow. It is an affordable, entertaining week for all ages! Tickets are available discounted online!...

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Drover's Camp Festival 2020: Postponed due to COVID-19

LOT 15 Barkly Highway, Camooweal QLD 4828

0747482022

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The Drovers Camp Festival is a unique outback flavoured festival. Come to yarn with the old drovers and hear their amazing stories. A fun-filled weekend. Friday opens with a lively street parade including humorous floats, musicians, horses and coaches culminating in a fun-filled, lively night full of entertainment. The street parade will be followed by the Last Great Mail Race where the winner and runner up prize money is shared between team members and your chosen charity. To top this weekend off, enjoy yarning with an old drover, Bronco Branding, music, poetry, camp oven cooking demonstrations and Saturday night concert with a special artist. During the weekend wander through the Droving Heritage Centre and enjoy the top class photographic competition and displays. Be entertained at the Drover's Campsite. The Drover's Camp is one kilometre east of the township of Camooweal, turn left at the cemetery road, then left again. Please book your accommodation early to avoid disappointment....

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Forest Hill Christmas Festival

Victoria Street, Forest Hill QLD 4342

0754654344

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Forest Hill Christmas Festivities has been a long standing family Christmas event for over 80 years. Come and join the fun with Ham Wheels, Santa and family, rides, food and drinks, free entertainment and loads more. The fun starts at 5.30pm and the ham wheels start spinning at 6pm....

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GreazeFest Kustom Kulture Festival

Corner Long and Smith Streets, Cleveland QLD 4163

0733426881

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GreazeFest weekend is the utmost kustom kulture event in the Southern Hemisphere, where thousands of rockabilly and hot rod fans roll up for a massive dose of ultra-kool kustom kulture. Held every August in Cleveland, just outside of Brisbane, Australia, GreazeFests brings you a crankin' weekend of cool cars, rockabilly music, fashion parades, pinups, vintage bikes, lowrider cycles, low brow art, pinstripers, tattoos, markets and heaps more. 2020 sees the 21st anniversary of this rockin' shindig, so get yourself ready for your favourite weekend of the year. GreazeFest is presented by Robot Productions and proudly supported by the Redland City Council....

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Celtic Festival of Queensland

Railway Street, Helidon QLD 4344

0408889841

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The Celtic Festival of Queensland is a celebration of all things Celtic. It is a free community event with live Celtic music, dance, collectibles, Medieval re-enactments, and much more....

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Skydive Ramblers Equinox Lite Boogie 2020

7353 Brisbane Valley Highway, Toogoolawah QLD 4313

0754231159

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The Skydive Ramblers Post Equinox Boogie held at Toogoolawah, near Brisbane, is Australia's largest international music and skydiving festival and is a visual smorgasbord of skydiving action and parachuting colour. Held every two years in October, the biennial skydiving event encompasses all disciplines of the sport and attracts over 300 Australian and international skydivers, plus many spectators to the Drop Zone. The nine-day festival will see all forms of skydiving take place, including night sky diving and fantastic evening entertainment. Jumpers get excited by the big turbine planes, top level coaches, awesome raffles, their famous Equinox Talent Quest, and more. Visitors welcome! Come along and watch the action. Experience a tandem skydive or do your Learn to Skydive Course. Music, aeroplanes, skydiving and parachuting all afternoon and into the night!...

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Mushroom Valley Festival

Lot 2, Yalboroo QLD 4741

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Mushroom Valley is music, arts and lifestyle festival like no other. It's a wonderland where we pride ourselves on creating an environmentally sustainable family friendly event. A place where festival goers can connect with people from all walks of life. Here we join together by a shared desire to celebrate life, learn and experience new things. Festival goers can expect to see a variety music genres, including progressive trance, electro, house, dub, glitch to name a few. We bring the freshest acts from around the world alongside Australia’s finest talent. A truly magical experience that offers a chance to escape from the pressures in our day to day lives and connect with like minded people in a safe and truly awe inspiring natural environment. Set in a beautiful location under the clear blue Spring sky, we offer you a vast range of creative activities, amazing food, dance, culture, theatre discussion and conscious sound healing. In an increasingly fast and demanding world the festival is created to provide a place to nurture oneself, communicate ideas, find personal power and increase wellbeing through a variety of multi concurrent holistic activities designed to expand the mind, awaken the spirit and heal the soul....

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Craft Beer Sunshine Coast Festival

170 Pierce Avenue, Caloundra QLD 4551

0754932748

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Craft Beer is all about finding brews that have something different about them. Tasting people's ideas through their craft, so come and taste them all at their festival to find the brew you love. Their festival is a true celebration of craft beer and cider’s creativity and diversity. Beer enthusiasts, music enthusiasts and food enthusiasts will love what this festival will bring and what's a festival without the rides, photo booths, food pairing and competitions. They have had amazing prizes donated, so everyone has a massive chance to win something really great. The Sunshine Coast area is renowned for sports with excellent surfing, beaches, walking, climbing, paragliding, mountain biking, fishing, golfing, windsurfing, rowing and sailing (amongst others!). So what are you waiting for? Please book your tickets now, to enter the amazing competitions, have a great day and make a weekend of it! This event will sell out so book your tickets today by visiting the web site....

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Christmas in July Jumpers and Jazz

1 Keogh's Road, Elbow Valley QLD 4370

0746679177

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Celebrate Christmas in July around an open fire over looking the Great Dividing Range. Frosty mornings and cool days. Christmas menu with all the trimmings, after dinner join them around the open fire for complimentary glass of wine or port. There will be live entertainment. Optional extra activities include: Horse riding, clay target shooting, Quad bike adventures and Archery. Accommodation package including - Christmas in July menu, breakfast....

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The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival

Truganini Road, Burketown QLD 4830

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The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival is the authentic Outback Australian experience, and brings together National and International musicians, Indigenous and First Nation's performers and Australia's best cowboys in the heart of Queensland's Lower Gulf Country. The Festival revolves around the Medicine Circle Dance Grounds, where First Nations performers from around the world share their arts, story telling, culture, dance and theatre. Plus Frontier Days Rodeo and the only National Indigenous Rodeo Championships, in Australia. This APRA affiliated event is one of the richest on the Rodeo circuit, and attracts Australia's top Rodeo talent to the Gulf. On opening night, First Nations cultural performers from around the world take to the stage, for dance and theatrical performance in the Kabarrijbi Wangkijbi Spectacular - The Coming Together of Nations. And then there's the music, headlined by Australian music royalty. Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Jon Stevens, Yothu Yindi and Shane Howard have previously performed at the Festival, together with local and international Indigenous musicians. An experience not to be missed!...

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