{"id":141844,"date":"2016-04-14T14:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T04:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=141844"},"modified":"2020-10-19T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T01:27:44","slug":"festival-gets-a-new-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/04\/14\/festival-gets-a-new-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Gets A New Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_141846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141846\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-141846\" title=\"20160414 Chad Morgan and The Muirs\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iconic performer Chad Morgan, centre, and The Muirs will be special guests at the June 4 official launch of the renamed Bloomin&#8217; Beautiful Blackbutt Avocado Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 14, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bloomin\u2019 Beautiful Blackbutt Festival has changed its name.<\/p>\n<p>From now on it will be known as the Bloomin\u2019 Beautiful Blackbutt Avocado Festival, in recognition of the important role avocados play in Blackbutt&#8217;s local economy.<\/p>\n<p>The popular annual event, which will be held on September 10-11 this year, is one of the South Burnett\u2019s largest community festivals.<\/p>\n<p>And this year it will showcase one of the region\u2019s largest agricultural exports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blackbutt&#8217;s avocado growers have all provided support for the name change, along with a financial commitment to market Blackbutt and the region&#8217;s avocado credentials,&#8221; Festival chair Jeff Connor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year the Festival also has a new naming rights sponsor &#8211; Ken Mills Toyota has come aboard, and we thank them very much for their support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new look Festival will be officially launched on June 4 at a Queensland Week Family Fun Day that will be held at the Blackbutt Showgrounds in Bowman Street.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The launch event will feature well-known performer Chad Morgan as a special guest, along with The Muirs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year the Festival committee will be hosting a number of events in the lead-up to our big new avocado spectacular to provide community and economic support for Blackbutt and Benarkin,&#8221; Jeff said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also working closely with other organisations on community projects, including the Blackbutt and Benarkin song with Josh Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Josh will be working with the kids from both the Blackbutt and Benarkin State Schools to write our very own song, which will be made into a music video clip for YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very exciting project as part of this year\u2019s programming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff said the Festival committee also has more surprises in store. but they&#8217;ll be kept under wraps until June&#8217;s official launch.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Festival committee are Jeff Connor (Chair), David Berry (Vice Chair), Dave Eaton (Treasurer), John Atkins (Acting Secretary) and committee members Tracey Snell, Marg Moult, Trish Roberts-Hay, Sharon Ogden, Les Lane and Trish Litjens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141849\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-141849\" title=\"20160414 Avocado Festival Committee\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/20160414-avo1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Connor focusses his committee&#8217;s attention on the new theme for Blackbutt&#8217;s popular annual festival (Photo: BBBAF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bloomin\u2019 Beautiful Blackbutt Festival has changed its name. 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