southburnett.com.au - What's On In The South Burnett

2025 Blackbutt Avocado Festival

The 2025 Blackbutt Avocado Festival will be running all day today, with activities near the Memorial Hall in Bowman Road. The festival fun will get under way at 8:00am and run until about 4:00pm (but breakfast will also be available at the canteen from 7:00am). Market stalls will be operating both inside and outside the hall. There'll also be the traditional Farmers' Avo Games, which includes Avo Juggling, Avo Rolling, Avo Tossing, Avo Eating and the Avo Strongman/Strongwoman wheelbarrow race. The games get under way at 9:00am with the finals at 3:30pm. There'll also be helicopter rides available, live music and kids' activities. The official opening will be at 10:00am; the annual Avocado Festival Parade at 1:30pm (on the rail trail) and the skydiving Avo Drop at 2:30pm. A licensed bar will be running all day. Entry to the festival area is free and the event is designed to be family-friendly.

Heritage Nanango Country Music Muster

The 2025 Heritage Nanango Country Music Muster will continue today at the Nanango Showgrounds in Cairns Street, Nanango. Music on the main stage will get under way at 9:00am and continue until 10:00pm. The bar will be open from 10:00am to 11:00pm, with meals available at 6:00pm. Confirmed artists at this year's muster include Kylie Castle, Brian Letton, Rodney Vincent, Amos Morris, Owen Blundell, Dean Perrett and Pete Smith. The entrance fee for today is $45 (or $30 after 3:00pm) or a weekend pass can be purchased for $70 per person (children aged 14-17 years are half price, under 14s accompanied by an adult are free). Camping is available at the Showgrounds and fees range between $10 and $20 per night for unpowered or powered sites - but a booking for any camp site is essential because the Muster usually packs the Showgrounds to capacity. You can make one and/or get more details about this year's event on the Nanango Show Society's website or by phoning 0429-631-273.

Nanango Spring Races

The Nanango Race Club will be holding their Spring Race Meeting at the Lee Park Racecourse today. The fashion theme is "open". Gates and the bar will open at noon. Free buses will be running to the races from Kingaroy's Glendon Street (11:30am) and Scotts Car Park in Nanango (noon). Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for pensioners (under 15s are free). Tickets can be booked online Everyone is welcome! NB. There's no ATM on the course.

Wooroolin Community Markets

Wooroolin Markets are held on the second Saturday of every month (except January) from 6:00am to noon in the area around the QCWA building, beside the highway. There's arts and crafts plus plants and produce, and new stallholders are always welcome! More info? Phone Janice on 0457-143-729.

Squats For Salvos - Kingaroy

Here's something different! Do you reckon you can do squats? Leroy Gesslen is 77 - and a stroke survivor - and he has challenged South Burnett residents to a squat challenge at the Salvation Army's Family Store at 109 Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy. Leroy will be there from 9:30am to 10:30am today. There's a $5 fee to enter the challenge, plus a $1 donation for every squat that Leroy can do more than you. All proceeds will go to the Salvation Army's South Burnett Region Corps. There'll also be a BBQ available for a gold coin donation.

Charity Golf Day - Murgon

A two-person ambrose Charity Golf Day will be held today at Murgon Golf Club to support the Murgon Independent Lifestyle Project. Cost is just $30 per person, which includes lunch. Timesheets in at 9:00am. There'll be lots of raffle prizes to be won followed by a charity auction at 5:30pm. Meals will be available at 6:00pm (bookings essential). Everybody is welcome! Phone (07) 4168-1608.

Speedway Practice Night - Kingaroy

The South Burnett Speedway Club will be holding a Practice Night at their track inside the main ring of Kingaroy Showgrounds in Youngman Street, Kingaroy from 4:30pm until around 9:00pm tonight. The event is a warm-up for the first race of the 2025-26 season on October 11, and spectators are very welcome to come along and watch all the action for free. The canteen will be open!

Yarraman Country Markets

The new Yarraman Country Markets will be on from 8:00am to noon this morning at Yarraman Memorial Hall in Browne Street, Yarraman. The markets - which include a fruit and vege stall - are held on the second Saturday of every month. Phone Joe 0459-638-282 to book a stall.

Saturday Night Bingo - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Senior Citizen's club hosts bingo every Saturday evening from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Kingaroy Town Common Hall in Oliver Bond Street, Kingaroy. Everyone is welcome! More info? Phone Ellen on 0478-607-054.

Junior Motorcycle Speedway - Kingaroy

The weather has wrecked the Kingaroy Junior Motorcycle Speedway Club's schedule this year so the "Junior Bees" will be hoping everything goes to plan this weekend (fifth time lucky!). The club will be hosting a big catch-up day (Club Days 1, 2, 3 & 4) today on the main oval of Kingaroy Showgrounds in Youngman Street, Kingaroy (but use the Avoca Street entrance) with racing from around 10:00am through until this afternoon. Club Days 5, 6 & 7 will be raced tomorrow. The club is for young motorcycle riders aged 4 to 16 and spectators are very welcome, with free admission. More details? Phone 0407-623-012.

Saturday Library Day - Maidenwell

The volunteers from the Maidenwell QCWA will be supervising the regular weekly Saturday Library Day (featuring books loaned from Kingaroy Library) from 2:00pm to 4:00pm this afternoon. A library day is held in the Maidenwell Hall in Pool Street every Wednesday and Saturday.

Come & Try Dragon Boating - BP Dam

The Barambah Dragons dragon boat club invites people to try out the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boat racing at Bjelke-Petersen Dam from 9:00am (for a 9:30am paddle-off) on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month. Paddles and gear will be supplied but participants should wear closed shoes that can tolerate getting wet and bring along sunscreen, water, a towel and warm clothes for afterwards. The event is free and will be followed by a gold coin donation sausage sizzle. Everyone is welcome! NB. Check the club's Facebook page as times could change due to the weather.

Cricket Sign-On Day - Tingoora

The Tingoora Vikings will be holding a cricket sign-on day from 9:30am this morning at the Tingoora Sportsground. There'll be kids' activities, a free sausage sizzle plus a social cricket match. More info? Text 0487-474-686.

Rufus Jack - Kingaroy

Popular local rockers Rufus Jack will be playing live and loud at the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Glendon and Haly Streets, Kingaroy from 8:00pm tonight in the Beer Garden. Admission is free and the hotel's kitchen will be open for dinner and snacks. More details? Phone (07) 4162-1380.

Go Getta Girls - Kingaroy

Members of the Go Getta Girls running club, for women aged over 18, meet every Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning from 5:30am at the wooden shed in Memorial Park, Burnett Street, Kingaroy, for a run. More info? Phone Donna on 0409-620-923 or Annette on 0407-670-084.

Junior Soccer Grand Finals - Kingaroy

The Grand Finals of the South Burnett Junior competition will be played today at the Kingaroy Junior Soccer Fields in Oliver Bond Street, Kingaroy. At 8:30am, Nanango Panthers White will take on Nanango Panthers Blue in the U12/13s Grand Final. At 10:00am, Kingaroy CTC Mechanical will face Barambah Raffin Electrical Bears in Cadets.

Garage Sale - Kingaroy

St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, in Alford Street, Kingaroy, will be holding a garage sale from 7;00am to noon today. As well as bargains to be had, there's even a sausage sizzle! For more information, contact the church secretary on (07) 4162-1231.

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 noon 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.

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 opens on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and new members are always very welcome! More details? Phone the Men's Shed on 0477-235-429.

Kingaroy Men's Shed

The Kingaroy Men's Shed will be holding their regular Saturday morning meeting at the old Motor Pool building off Geoff Raph Drive at Kingaroy Airport from 8:00am to around noon today. The group meet every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday morning and new members and visitors are always welcome.

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 between 7:30am and 12:30pm to work on projects and new members are always welcome! Contact Dave on 0407-409-335.

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 8:00am to noon today. The Men's Shed is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and new members are always welcome. More details? Send them an email

Footsteps - Kingaroy

South Burnett duo Footsteps will be performing in the Tobruk Room at the Kingaroy RSL Club, in Markwell Street, from 7:00pm this evening.

Dear Stranger - Linville

The popular duo Dear Stranger will be back performing live in the beer garden at the Linville Hotel in George Street, Linville from 4:00pm to 8:00pm this afternoon. Admission is free. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 5424-7280.

Paint & Sip - Goomeri

Local artist Pat van Kempen is holding one of her popular "Art With Pat" sessions this afternoon at Lightning Tree Wines at 1/35 Moore Street, Goomeri. Pat will be exploring travel sketching. Cost is $38 which includes all creative materials but bookings are essential. Phone Lightning Tree Wines on 0412-379-347.

Festival Of The Dams - BP Dam

Today is Day 1 of Round 2 of the 2025 Festival of the Dams fishing competition. It will get under way at Bjelke-Petesen Dam at 7:00am this morning and finish tomorrow. This competition is a teams event (with one entry per team). More details? Get info on the Fishing Freshwater website

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 (it's officially called the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail parkrun) and bring the printed barcode to any parkrun event.

Narcotics Anonymous - Kingaroy

Are drugs a problem? NA members have been there and can help! An NA meeting is held from noon to 1:00pm every Saturday in Kingaroy. More info? Phone 1300-652-820.