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Wine & Food In The Park Festival

The 19th annual Wine & Food In The Park Festival will be held at Memorial Park in Haly Street, Kingaroy from 12:00 noon today through to 8:00pm tonight. The Festival has grown over the years to be the biggest single festival held in the South Burnett each year as well as the region's most loved Autumn get-together, and this year's WAFITP promises to be bigger and better than ever. The festival's new "village-style" layout that proved so popular last year will be returning, blending local and visiting wineries in with the Festival's exotic Giant Food Court. There'll also be a jam-packed program of live entertainment and a relaxed craft beer and cider beer garden in the grounds, along with the normal bar. The Festival's popular - and usually outrageous! - street performers will also be wending their way through the crowds all day. Admission is still just $20 per head for adults (under-18s can get in for free), which includes $5 in bonus tickets that can be redeemed for ice-cold bottled water, slushies or wine coolers at the festival tent. And after the day winds down, most local entertainment venues in Kingaroy will be holding post-WAFITP parties for revellers who want to carry on into the night. You can find out anything else you'd like to know about this year's Wine & Food In The Park Festival on the Festival's website.

60th Annual Proston Show

The 60th annual Proston Show will be held at Proston Showgrounds on the Proston-Boondooma Road just west of town from 6:00am this morning through until late tonight. The official opening at 2:00pm will be followed by the Grand Parade. The Proston Show is always a big event in the western South Burnett and today's activities will get underway with horse-riding events, stud cattle judging. There'll be all the usual fun activities, including wood-chopping, post-ripping, amusement rides and evening entertainment. Admission to today's Show is just $10 for adults, $5 for high school students and $3 for primary school students (under-5s are admitted free). A family pass for two adults and any number of children is also available for $25. More details? Contact Show Society secretary Glenda McArdle on 0423-612-971 or by emailing her.

Cricket Grand Final - Murgon

The Grand Final of the South Burnett’s local senior cricket competition will be played on Saturday at Murgon State High School. The 40-over B Grade game between Cherbourg and the Blackbutt Timbertowners is scheduled to get under way at 12:30pm today at the Murgon State High School oval. Spectators are more than welcome!

Saturday Rugby League - Nanango, Kingaroy and Cherbourg

Round 1 of the South Burnett's 2018 junior rugby league competition gets under way today at Cherbourg, Kingaroy and Nanango. As well, all senior teams will be in action in a round-robin pre-season event at Nanango. In Kingaroy, Kingaroy will play Murgon at T.J. O'Neill Oval in Youngman Street, with U6s kicking off at 8:30am, U8s at 9:30am, U10s at 10:30am, U12s at 12:10pm, U14s at 1:50pm, and U16s at 2:50pm. In Cherbourg, Cherbourg will play Wondai at Jack O'Chin Oval with U6s/U8s playing at 9:00am, U10s at 10:00am, U12s at 11:00am and U14s at noon. And in Nanango, Nanango will play Central Burnett at Fred Kassulke Oval on the D'Aguilar Highway with U6s/U8s kicking off at 9:00am; U10s at 10:00am; U12s at 11:00am, U14s at noon and U16s at 1:00pm. This will be followed by senior games between Nanango v Murgon (2:30pm); Cherbourg v Kingaroy (3:30pm); Murgon v Cherbourg (4:30pm); and Kingaroy v Nanango (5:30pm).

Maidenwell Folk Gathering

The main day of the twice-a-year Maidenwell Folk Gathering will be held in and around the historic Maidenwell Hotel in Maidenwell today, kicking off at around 9:30am and running late into the night. This is an all-acoustic event and during the day a variety of performers will be entertaining outdoors. In the evening, the action will move onto the hotel's wide verandahs and indoors. Admission to the Folk Gathering is completely free and musicians are welcome as well as people who just like to listen to music. There's also free overnight camping available in the hotel's grounds. More details? Phone the hotel on (07) 4164-6133.

Bowls Club Bingo - Kingaroy

The Kingaroy Bowls Club at 141 Youngman St, Kingaroy will be running bingo matches from 7:30pm this evening with over $1000 in prizes on offer. More details from the club on (07) 4162-1404

Proston Men's Shed

The Proston Men's Shed will be meeting at the old railway station building at Railway Park in Rodney Street, Proston for its regular Saturday morning meeting today, kicking off with a cuppa at 9:00am. The meeting will run until around noon, and new members are always welcome. More details? Phone Geoff on 0439-694-000.

Wondai Parkrun

The Wondai parkrun group will be holding their weekly 5km timed run 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.

Murgon Men's Shed

The Murgon Men's Shed will be holding a meeting at their shed in Macalister Street, Murgon (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.