Lockdown Cancels Playfest
Nanango Theatre Company’s planned 12-play festival – which was to kick off at the Nanango Cultural Centre on Friday night – has been cancelled due to the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater Brisbane.
Blackbutt To Plan Arts Strategy
Blackbutt’s Avocado Festival want to draw up a community plan that will guide art-related activities in the Timbertown over the next five years.
COVID Cancels Muster … Again
The 2021 Gympie Music Muster has been cancelled.
Blackbutt Dancer Dreams Big
Blackbutt dancer Gemmason Green, 11, is hoping to perform with the Queensland Ballet in The Nutcracker this December
Arts Training To Tackle Healing
South Burnett artists and cultural workers will have the opportunity to undertake specialist training in “creative recovery” thanks to an innovative program.
AvoFest Seeks Big Ideas
Australia is home to over 150 supersized monuments and artworks that look like much smaller objects, animals and food … now Blackbutt wants to join the Big Things movement, too.
Big Night Of Country At The Shed
Country music lovers should be making a beeline to The Shed in Nanango next Friday night (July 23) to catch a top night of entertainment with a distinctly local flavour.
Crafty Exhibition Draws A Crowd
Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery volunteers believe this year’s Queensland Winter Craft Festival has been the most successful to date.
Iconic Exhibitions At Wondai
“Iconic” is a word often misused and abused but this month’s Wondai Art Gallery exhibition is truly – and literally – “iconic”.
Grant For Pottery Project
The Building Barambah Pottery project at Cherbourg has received a $25,000 grant under the latest round of the State Government’s Indigenous Regional Arts Development Fund grants program.
Free Concert This Friday!
A free family concert is being held on Friday night at Nanango Showgrounds … and a big night of music and fun is being promised.
Chorale Celebrates 25 Years
The South Burnett Chorale marked its 25th anniversary on Saturday with a special concert in Kingaroy.
Offer To South Burnett Artists
Blackbutt’s Avocado Festival is calling for visual artists from across the South Burnett to participate in an exhibition of local artwork in Blackbutt businesses.
AM Award For Leah Purcell
Actress, author and playwright Leah Purcell – who grew up in Murgon – was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.
Young Artists Create A Magical Mural
A magnificent mural that now graces the back wall of the gym in the Cherbourg Sports Complex honours one of Cherbourg’s true sporting heroes.
Audiences Love Young Annie
St Mary’s Catholic College’s annual musical, which premiered at the school’s Maryknoll Centre on Friday night, has received an enthusiastic reaction from parents and teachers.
Disability No Barrier To Art
The Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s June exhibition is proof that disabilities are not a barrier to creativity.
Winter Warmth At Kingaroy Gallery
Mulled wine and pumpkin soup … what better way to welcome in winter on a cool Kingaroy night?
Winter Has Arrived In Kingaroy!
Winter’s officially arrived … so it must be time for the annual Queensland Winter Craft Festival at Kingaroy Art Gallery!
Opera Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets have gone on sale for “Are You Lonesome Tonight”, the quirky mix of opera and country music which is being brought to Kingaroy next month by Opera Queensland and the South Burnett Regional Council.
