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2024 Kingaroy Show

The first day of the two-day 2024 Kingaroy Show will be held at Kingaroy Showgrounds in Youngman Street from 8:00am until late tonight. In addition to the usual big range of horse, cattle and equestrian events, this year's Show will also feature Tractor Pulls; Woodchops; a Dog Show; the Eljay Freestyle Motocross Show; vintage machinery; a big display of caged birds; specialty food vans; and a lot more besides. There'll also be a jaw-dropping Sideshow Alley that's always the biggest in the region. The Show's official opening will occur in the main ring at 1:30pm and this will be followed by the Grand Parade at 2:00pm. There'll also be a Mister Minit Giant Fireworks Show around 7:30pm that will light up the night sky, and the return of Kingaroy Speedway to the show on Sunday night. Single day tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for age or disability pensioners and high school students (under-12s can get in for free if accompanied by a paying adult). There's also free parking available in the grounds. More info? Phone (07) 4162-5800

Nanango Country Markets

The Nanango Show Society will be holding their regular monthly Country Markets at the Nanango Showgrounds in Cairns Street from 6:00am to around 12:00 noon today. As usual, the markets will feature a wide variety of craft stalls, new and used goods, plants, poultry and pets, but they'll be operating in a COVID Safe way. The Nanango Markets are the largest rural market in south east Queensland and attract up to 420 stallholders. But new stallholders are always very welcome too! More info? Phone the Market Co-Ordinator on 0427-631-273 during business hours.

SES Open Day - Kingaroy

Queensland State Emergency Services will be holding an Open Day at the Kingaroy SES Group headquarters at 5 Glendon Street in Kingaroy from 11:00am to 2:00pm today. SES equipment will be on show and SES volunteers will be available to chat about what it's like to be in the SES and the training options available. A free sausage sizzle will also fire up around 12:30pm and everyone is welcome.

Blackbutt-Benarkin Lions 20th Anniversary Dinner

The Blackbutt-Benarkin Lions Club will be celebrating two decades of outstanding service to the Timbertowns with an after-five dress code dinner at the Blackbutt Golf Club at 51 Langton Road in Blackbutt from 6:30pm until late tonight. This $35-per-head get together is open to current members, past members, their families and supporters and to help plan the catering an RSVP would be appreciated by April 29. You can make one by phoning 0417-738-990 or by email

Mr Q Band - Kingaroy

The South Burnett's favourite pub rockers The Mr Q Band will be performing at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy from 8:00pm to 11:00pm tonight. Admission is free and the hotel's kitchen will be open for dinner and snacks. More details? Phone (07) 4162-1380

Greg Griffith & The Lonesome Crows - Linville

Entertainer Greg Griffith will be performing at the Linville Hotel in George Street, Linville from 12:00 noon until 4:00pm today, followed by The Lonesome Crows who'll play until 8:00pm. The hotel's kitchen will also be open for lunch, dinner and snacks from 11:00am and there's free camping across the road or paid accommodation at the pub if you want to stay overnight. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 5424-7280

Nanango Men's Shed

The Nanango Men's Shed at the corner of Mt Stanley Road and Heathermore Lane, Nanango will be open from 8:30am to around 12:30pm today for its regular Saturday get-together. The Men's Shed meets most Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and new members are always welcome! More details? Phone 0491-102-087

Pig On A Spit Night - Wooroolin

The Grand Hotel on the Bunya Highway at Wooroolin will be holding their final monthly Pig On A Spit Night for 2023 from 5:30pm until late this evening. Apart from a great roast pork meal there'll also be a Lucky Door prize, raffles and live karaoke entertainment. Tickets are $32.50 for adults, $21 for pensioners, $16 for high school students and $10 for primary school children (U5s are free). Everyone is welcome, but to help plan the catering a booking is necessary. You can make one by phoning the Grand on (07) 4164-2261.

Wooroolin Line Dancers

The Wooroolin Line Dancers will be holding a line dancing class for beginners and intermediate line dancers at Wooroolin Hall on the Bunya Highway at Wooroolin from 9:00am to 10:00am this morning (for beginners) and 10:00am to 12:30pm (for intermediates). Course fees are $5 each for the beginners and intermediate classes, or you can do both for $10. Everyone is welcome.

Kaimkillenbun Trail Ride

Kaimkillenbun P&C will be holding the first day of their two-day 26th annual Kaimkillenbun Trail Ride through farm paddocks and the foothills of the Bunya Mountains at Rangemore Road, Moola (near Kaimkillenbun) from 9:00am to 2:00pm today. The ride will offer an Open Track, an U16s Track and a Pee Wee Track, and ride fees range from $20 for Pee Wees through to $90 for adults - but it's a strictly cash-only event. There'll also be free overnight camping in the area. More details? See the Facebook page

Proston Men's Shed

The Proston Men's Shed will be meeting at their building at 5-23 Rodney Street, Proston from 9:00am until around 12:00 noon today. The Men's Shed is open every day (except Sundays) and new members are always very welcome! More details? Phone the Men's Shed on 0477-235-429

Kerry Kennedy - Tingoora

Popular country entertainer Kerry Kennedy will be performing at the Tingoora Hotel on the Bunya Highway at Tingoora from 7:30pm until late tonight. Admission is free and the hotel's dining room will be open for dinner and snacks from 6:00pm to around 8:00pm. More details? Bookings? Phone the Tinny on (07) 4168-5150.

Murgon Men's Shed

The Murgon Men's Shed will be holding a meeting at their shed in Macalister Street, Murgon (the shed next to the former Murgon Railway Station) today. The Men's Shed meets every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday to work on projects and new members are always welcome.

Kingaroy Eisteddfod

The eighth day of the 2024 Kingaroy Eisteddfod will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall in Glendon Street, Kingaroy from 10:45am onwards today, with competitors in the Dance Solo/Duo/Trio section battling it out for line honours. Spectators are very welcome and a nominal entry fee applies.

Saturday Morning Tennis - Blackbutt

The Blackbutt Tennis Club in Hart Street, Blackbutt (just up the road from the Radnor Hotel) will be running Saturday morning social tennis games from 7:30am this morning. New players are always welcome. More details? Phone Roy on 0407-378-795

Wondai Parkrun

The Wondai parkrun group will be holding their weekly 5km timed runs at Coronation Park in Wondai at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the South Burnett Rail Trail and the parkrun group is free to join. All you need to do is register (once) online at parkrun.com.au and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event. More details? Send an email.

Ros Gregor Parkrun - Nanango

The Nanango parkrun group will be holding its weekly 5km timed walk/run along the Ros Gregor Trail at Tipperary Flat next to the D'Aguilar Highway south of Nanango at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the trail and the parkrun group is free to join. All you need to do is register (once) online at parkrun.com.au and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event.

Railway Parkrun - Proston

The Proston parkrun group will be holding its weekly 5km timed walk/run at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston at 7:00am this morning. Runners follow a course along the former railway line and the parkrun group is free to join. All you need to do is register (once) online at parkrun.com.au and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event.

Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Parkrun - Blackbutt

The Blackbutt parkrun group will be holding its weekly 5km timed walk/run along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail at Blackbutt from 7:00am this morning. The starting line is adjacent to the Roy Emerson Museum, off Bowman Road. Runners follow a course along the former railway line and the parkrun group is free to join. All you need to do is register (once) online and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event.

Fundraising Show - Nanango

The South Burnett Western Performance Club will be running the first day of a two-day Fundraising Show (to raise funds for South Burnett CTC) at their equestrian grounds in Racecourse Road, Nanango from 8:30am onwards this morning through until early evening. Judge Tamsyn Rigato will be putting entrants through their paces and there'll be free unpowered campsites in the grounds if you want to stay overnight, along with a canteen that will run all day. Admission is free for spectators and the show will conclude tomorrow, after which it will be followed by a one-day Ranch Show on Monday. More details? Visit the club's Facebook page

Yarraman Men's Shed

The Yarraman Men's Shed at the end of Mill Street, Yarraman will be holding one of its regular get-togethers from 7:00am to 1:00pm today. The Men's Shed is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and new members are always welcome. More details? Send them an email

Big Rosella Field Days - Woolooga

Petersens Farm at 2 Reilly Road in Woolooga will be hosting their annual Field Days between 9:00am and 3:00pm today and tomorrow. This event - formerly known as the Big Rosella Festival - is now in its 9th year and it features local foods, farm tours, artisan and boutique markets, live music, art, cooking and cocktail demos from chefs and much more. Petersens Farm are Australia's biggest producers of the quirky, hot-pink fruit (also known as wild hibiscus) and there’s something for everyone at this event from those who fondly remember their grandmother’s rosella jam from long ago to avid foodies keen on paddock-to-plate dining and the resurgence of rosellas as a gourmet superfood. Admission starts at just $10 per day per adult (U12s are free) and earlybird tickets can be booked online. Everyone is welcome! More details? Phone 0411-624-648.

Dead Cow Gully Ultramarathon - Nanango

The annual Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultramarathon will be taking place on the Walsh family's cattle property at 675 Walsh Rd, Runnymede (11km north of Nanango) from 7:00am onwards today. Runners taking part in the event need to complete a 6.7km lap of the course every hour, and the winner will be the last person left standing. Spectators and supporters are very welcome, too, and more information is available on Dead Cow Gully website

Sunflower "You Pick" Weekend - Wheatlands

Many people travel to the Darling Downs each autumn to see (and pick) sunflowers, and this weekend The Blooming Farmhouse at 724 Byee Road in Wheatlands will be opening their own sunflower crop to the public from 8:30am to 5:00pm to allow guests to pose for photos and pick their own sunflowers (BYO secateurs and closed-in shoes). Tickets are just $10 for adults and $5 for children over 10 (u10s are free) and everyone is welcome. More details? Visit the farm's Facebook page

Mr Q Band - Kingaroy

The South Burnett's favourite party band Mr Q will be performing at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy from 8:00pm until late this evening. Admission is free and the hotel's kitchen will be running for dinner and snacks. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4162-1380.

Kick Ass Country - Kingaroy

Popular band Kick Ass Country will be performing at Kingaroy RSL in Markwell Street, Kingaroy from 7:00pm until late tonight. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. More details? Phone the club on (07) 4162-1755.

Saturday Rugby League - Nanango

South Burnett Rugby League fans should head to Fred Kassulke Oval off the D'Aguilar Highway south of Nanango's CBD today for a full-on day of league action. The gates will open at 7:30am for junior matches, with U6s playing rounds between 8:0amm and 8:40am; U8s matches between 9:20am and 12:40pm; U10s matches 8:00am and 11:20pm; and U12s matches running between 11:20am and 2:30pm. After these, though, the A-grades will hit the field for the day's two key matches, with Murgon playing Wondai at 2:45pm, followed by a clash between Nanango's Stags and Kingaroy's Red Ants at 4:30pm. A canteen and - in the afternoon - a bar will be running at the grounds and admission is $2 for adults if you get in before 2:30pm, or $5 if you get in later. Everyone is welcome!

Footsteps - Kingaroy

South Burnet duo Footsteps will be performing at the Carrollee Hotel in King Street, Kingaroy from 6:30pm to 9:30pm tonight. The hotel's kitchen will also be open for dinner or snacks. More details? Phone the Carrollee on (07) 4162-1055.

Comedy Night - Nanango

The Commercial Hotel; in nDrasyton Street, Nanango will be running a Comedy Night from 7:00pm until late this evening, featuring comedians James O'Connell, Brett Kelly, Cameron Standen, Kyle Faram and Jak. Admission is free and the hotel's kitchen will be open for dinner and snacks. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4163-1208.