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May 2012
APRIL
28
The River Rock to Mountain Top Community Festival celebrates the communities of the Pioneer Valley and Eungella through a three day festival. Highlights are the Spectacular Lantern Parade, a free...
MAY
18
The Mackay Home Show & Caravan & Camping Expo is one of the region's best marketing and sales opportunities for Mackay and regional businesses, it is also a popular event for shoppers and a great...
MAY
20
Million Paws Walk - Mackay
Start Date:
20-May-2012
End Date:
20-May-2012
Location:
North Mackay, QLD
Event Type:
Festivals and Celebrations
Join in the fun of RSPCA Queensland's biggest fundraising event of the year - Million Paws Walk! We need your help to raise vital funds to assist in caring for more than 18,000 dogs that our...
MAY
20
Join in the fun at RSPCA Queensland's biggest fundraising event of the year - Million Paws Walk! We need your help to raise vital funds to assist in caring for more than 18,000 dogs that our...
MAY
22
Flavours of Mackay
Start Date:
22-May-2012
End Date:
22-May-2012
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Event Type:
Exhibitions and Shows
Join us for this mouth-watering event of great food and wine. Mackay's best local chefs will be preparing one of their signature dishes for you to sample! Be entertained with live cooking and...
MAY
22
This annual event presents an opportunity for school leavers and job seekers alike to explore the diverse range of opportunities found within these two close knit professions. With over 50 trade...
MAY
24
Stuffing one of the world’s largest comedy festivals into the one show is no easy feat, but the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has done just that with Roadshow 2012. Offering a selection...
MAY
26
Mackay Relay for Life
Start Date:
26-May-2012
End Date:
27-May-2012
Location:
East Mackay, QLD
Event Type:
Sporting Events
Come and join us at the 2012 Mackay Relay For Life. A fantastic opportunity to get together with your community to celebrate, remember and fight back against cancer.
Celebrate: Be inspired as...
MAY
27
Celebrate 150 years at the place where it all began with Greenmount Homestead’s Heritage Fair. Mackay is celebrating its sesquicentenary and as part of that, the anniversary commemorates the...
June 2012
JUNE
01
Sarina Arts Extravaganza
Start Date:
01-Jun-2012
End Date:
08-Jun-2012
Location:
Sarina, QLD
Event Type:
Exhibitions and Shows
The Sarina Art Extravaganza is one of the largest and well known Annual Art Shows in Queensland with over 500 artworks on display and for sale. It attracts entries from artists across Australia....
JUNE
08
This year’s festival is anticipated to be the biggest yet, attracting over 150 country music lovers and competitors from as far as Bunbury in WA. New prizes, acclaimed guest artists and an expert...
JUNE
22
North Queensland Games
Start Date:
22-Jun-2012
End Date:
25-Jun-2012
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Event Type:
Sporting Events
The North Queensland Games is a biennial and rotational multi-sport events stage in North Queensland. The 2012 Games is the fifteenth Games and will be held in the Mackay region, including the...
JUNE
23
The Mackay Tinnie and Tackle Show
Start Date:
23-Jun-2012
End Date:
24-Jun-2012
Location:
Mackay Harbour, QLD
Event Type:
Exhibitions and Shows, Festivals and Celebrations, Sporting Events
Fishing, big and small boats, engines, jet ski's, ski boats and getting on the water... what more could a family want? At Mackay's ultimate marine event - The Mackay Marine Festival - you will...
JUNE
30
River Sessions
Start Date:
30-Jun-2012
End Date:
30-Jun-2012
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Event Type:
Festivals and Celebrations
River Sessions Festival showcases a variety of Australia's leading musical acts across two stages in the heart of Mackay City. The festival has been held annually for the past three years, growing...
JUNE
30
River Sessions Festival
Start Date:
30-Jun-2012
End Date:
30-Jun-2012
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Event Type:
Festivals and Celebrations
River Sessions Festival showcases a variety of Australia's leading musical acts across two stages in the heart of Mackay City. The festival has been held annually for the past 3 years, growing...
Recurring Events
Monthly Events
Location:
Artspace Mackay, QLD
Recurring:
Monthly
Event Type:
Classes, Lessons and Workshops
July 2012
JULY
07
The Mackay Region Festival of Arts is one of Queensland's largest regional festivals. Held over a sixteen day period, there are over thirty different events covering all art forms and catering to...
Recurring Events
Monthly Events
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Recurring:
Monthly
Event Type:
Classes, Lessons and Workshops
August 2012
AUGUST
26
On Sunday 26th August 2012, Mackay’s Harbour Beach will host Australia’s only Picnic Beach Horse Racing Event. A crowd in excess of 8,000 are expected to attend a day that will be jam packed with...
Recurring Events
Monthly Events
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Recurring:
Monthly
Event Type:
Classes, Lessons and Workshops
October 2012
OCTOBER
28
Global Grooves
Start Date:
28-Oct-2012
End Date:
28-Oct-2012
Location:
Mackay CBD, QLD
Event Type:
Festivals and Celebrations
Global Grooves 2012 celebrating arts, music and culture with the local multi cultural community and having as much fun as possible whilst doing that! Last year over 6,000 people attended.
The day...
OCTOBER
31
Music by P. Tchaikovsky Choreography by Petipa (Revised – G. Taranda)
Following their sell-out 2011 performances of A Festival of Russian Ballet, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to...
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