Applications Open For Grants
Community groups in the South Burnett and Western Downs have been invited to apply for grants from State-owned transmission operator Powerlink.
Nature Takes Over Kingaroy Gallery
Artist Leonie Chinn has returned to Kingaroy Art Gallery, but this time she has filled the main gallery with a solo exhibition of recent works.
Art Competition Closes Soon
Entries in the Murgon Cherbourg Youth Hub’s art competition close on May 20.
Garden Art Blooms Again
The pandemic definitely pummelled Wondai’s garden art exhibition around for the past two years, but didn’t knock it out.
Burnett Bands Rock The Forecourt
It was free, fantastic and the rain stayed away! The re-scheduled Burnett Bands Together community event took off in Kingaroy on Saturday night.
Photographers Snap Up Awards
The biannual David Bryce Rural Art Award has drawn on the talents of six of the South Burnett’s best photographers this year.
Party To Welcome Peanut Sculpture
Friends and supporters of Kingaroy’s Big Peanut will be gathering at Lions Park in Kingaroy on Saturday morning to officially welcome the new sculpture with a Community Peanut Party.
Country Music Attracts Campers
Did you spot all the campervans and caravans in the Wooroolin short-stay camping area at the weekend?
Directors Step Up To Have Fun
Five plays by five new South Burnett directors … and a whole lot of fun! That’s what Nanango Theatre Company is promising in their latest season of hilarious one-act comedies which kicks off on Friday night.
Matilda’s Coming To Kingaroy!
Roald Dahl’s “Matilda The Musical JR.” will be coming to Kingaroy later this year in a special production put on by students from St Mary’s Catholic College.
Unusual Art Fills Gallery
A chance meeting at the Wondai Garden Expo last year has led to an unusual exhibition this month at the Wondai Regional Art Gallery.
Bunyas Art Coming To Wondai
Western Downs Regional Council’s first ever touring art exhibition will be hopping over the border into the South Burnett later this year.
Danielle’s Influence Is Spreading
Digital artist and graphic designer Danielle Leedie Gray is chuffed that she has been named an “influential identity under 30”.
$35,000 Boost For Cinema
Kingaroy’s Satellite Cinema has received a second grant from the Federal Government’s SCREEN Fund.
Council Backs Big Avocado Plan
South Burnett councillors have given in-principle support to a community group’s plan to build a “Big Avocado” in front of the Archie Muir Centre in Blackbutt.
Burnett Bands Night Back On!
Six live bands will be taking to the stage in Kingaroy in April at the rescheduled “Burnett Bands Together” event.
Water Everywhere At Wondai
Wondai Art Gallery is featuring a “Symphony In H2O” this month with artworks exploring the movement and flow of water.
Gondwana Appears In Murgon
The artwork along the front of the new fossil museum and art gallery in Murgon is taking shape.
Boost For Local Galleries
Blackbutt Art Gallery and Murgon’s Creative Country Association have received grants under the Federal Government’s Culture, Heritage and Arts Regional Tourism (CHART) program.
Gallery Farewells Two Stalwarts
Two of Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s longest supporters will be leaving the region soon.
