10km Mt Marlay Challenge OR 5km Fun Run The Challenge course includes a run up Mt Marlay, which is 919m above sea level with an average 8% gradient, so come along and join the challenge. Thank you to Black Toyota for sponsoring this event. All participants receive a commemorative Mt Marlay Challenge running cap. Note:…
Come and meet the artist, crafter, maker, baker or grower. Stanthorpe hosts fabulous markets, featuring exclusively home and locally made products. The local artisans of the Stanthorpe region will gather on both Saturday and Sunday of the main festival weekend to showcase their wares. It’s a market where you’ll meet the people behind the products,…
Eastern Colour is opening its doors to the public for a special “Pick Your Own” event! They will have new season Royal Gala Apples available to pick by the kilogram as well as delicious hydroponic strawberries. The event will be from 9am to 1pm on Saturday and Sunday 5th and 6th March. Bookings are essential…
CAFE OPEN: Sat 5 and Sun 6 March A limited menu café which will be open at the Railway Station from 9.00-2.00pm both Saturday and Sunday, serving breakfast, morning tea or a light lunch. ART ON SHOW A display of art by local artists in the gallery associated with the café 9-2pm Saturday and Sunday BALL GAMES…
The Food & Wine Fiesta is on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March – the main festival weekend. Bring a picnic blanket, or find a festival picnic table under the trees in Weeroona Park and relax and enjoy the onstage entertainment and food & wine delights. Sunday open 9am – 6.30pm (last drinks…
Walk through the apple orchard for photographs and purchase apples straight from inside the farm shop in the packing shed at Nicoletti Orchards near Stanthorpe on Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week. There’s even an opportunity to pick your own apples while there, but please note that this part of the farm experience must be…
Stanthorpe has been enjoying beautiful years of rain and to celebrate our Open Gardens return to the festival in 2022! 6 Gardens will be opening their gates for visitors on Friday 4 March. COST: $30 to visit ALL the gardens (available in festival online box office). Or $5 per garden cash at the gate. An…
On Sunday Victoria street will be closed to traffic and will be a hive of carnival activity, with street stalls, music on pop-up stages, some amusements rides for kids (fees apply) and roving entertainment. Victoria street sits between Maryland Street (the main street of Stanthorpe) and Weeroona Park – the venue for the Queensland…
Running alongside the Queensland Country Bank Food & Wine Fiesta, is a free Kids Zone in the park, with kids amusements and family entertainment. The Kids Zone will be open on Saturday and Sunday in an adjoining precinct within Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe. Featuring activities for primary school aged children – program of fun to be released…
An exhibition of 100+ local artists is on display for all to see inside the free entry Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery in Weeroona Park. Hot Tip: In Weeroona Park where the Art Gallery is and nearby through the CBD be sure to go on the hunt for street art murals. …LEARN MORE INSIDE…
See the colourful and creative installation of fruit grown on the Granite Belt. Free entry, inside the Civic Centre. Open from Monday 28 February to Sunday 6 March 2022. At approximately 3pm Sunday afternoon an auction of the fruit will take place, so gather round for the opportunity to take home some of the display.
Enter an oasis of calm amid the hype of the festival with The Granite Belt Choir’s performance of ‘The Musical Quiet Hour’ in St Paul’s Anglican Church. The 2022 performance will be a tribute to Stanthorpe’s 150 Anniversary in 2022. St Paul’s Anglican Church is on the corner of Corundum & High Streets. There are two performance…
The creative display of fruit inside the Civic Centre will be up for auction at the end of the festival, at approximately 3pm Sunday 6 March.
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