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Morning Melodies - Andrews and Bing Christmas Swing
The original Andrews Sisters trio brought joy to so many during the troubled times of WW2. Together with Bing Crosby they recorded many classic Christmas tunes, reminding the Allied Forces troops of home! Songs such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” their iconic version of “Jingle Bells” “Mele Kal...
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ARJ BARKER - THE MIND FIELD
All of reality, as we can ever possibly know it, exists exclusively in our minds. Armed with this knowledge, Arj sets out to answer some of Life’s Biggest Questions: Why are we here? Are we alone in the Universe? Why does it hurt when we pee? You’ll laugh and you’ll learn, but you’ll never look a...
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Ashes To Ashes: David Bowie Experience - Mackay
The spirit of the legendary, the iconic, the revolutionary, David Bowie lives on with ‘Ashes To Ashes: The David Bowie Experience’ who has earnt a reputation as Australia’s premier Bowie tribute. They perform faithful versions of the songs that span Bowie’s stellar 5-decade, 27 studio album career ...
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Echoes of Pink Floyd: Signs of Life Tour - Mackay
In 1988, Australia witnessed a rock concert event unprecedented in its scale, scope, and impact. English powerhouse rockers Pink Floyd, sparkling with fresh energy after enduring significant upheaval in the early 1980s, came to our shores in support of their smash hit A Momentary Lapse of Reason a...
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Echoes of Pink Floyd Signs Of Life Tour
In 1988, Australia witnessed a rock concert event unprecedented in its scale, scope and impact. Now, 35 years later as our country begins to re-embrace live music, Australia’s own Echoes of Pink Floyd bring you their painstakingly crafted homage to this amazing concert experience, Signs of Life. E...
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Rhythm and the Reef 2024
Rhythm & The Reef is set to make a triumphant return to the picturesque Queens Garden in the Central Queensland region of Mackay. Against the backdrop of this breathtaking waterfront location, the festival promises to deliver an experience that will leave a lasting impression on both local and int...
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Morning Melodies - Livvy and Pete
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen. From their humble small-town beginnings to world domination in sequins and jumpsuits, revisit all of their sing-along classics from Rio to Te...
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September Weekender: DBCT Kids' Theatre Season - Brats Carnival
Proudly supported by Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal as part of the DBCT Kids' Theatre Season. A high-energy super fun afternoon show for all ages – from tots to teenagers and their mums and dads - brought to you by the finest team of circus artists and mischief makers behind international touring sens...
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September Weekender: Marcia Hines – Still Shinning The 50th Anniversary Concert Tour
Australia’s legendary musical treasure will tour Australia in 2024 performing her ‘Still Shining’ album concert repertoire. This two-and-a-half-hour musical showcase is a celebration of Marcia’s career and will feature every charting song from her vast repertoire, commencing with ‘Fire and Rain’ th...
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September Weekender: Briefs Factort - Bite Club 2nd Serve
Age Restriction: Strictly 18 years plus. Bite Club: 2nd Serve - A Sensational Encore of Cabaret, Music, and Circus Mischief. By Briefs Factory International and Sahara Beck Get ready for the ultimate encore as the award-winning cult-cabaret mischief-makers, Briefs Factory, and the celebrated song...
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DBCT Kids’ Theatre Season and Tall Stories Production presents The Gruffalo
A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood... After sell-out seasons across the world, including London’s West End & Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to Australia! Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by...
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GSM Presents Best of The Bee Gees Greatest Hits Tour
The Best of the Bee Gees brings the Greatest Hits Tour to the Mackay Entertainment Convention Centre with special guests Colin “Smiley” Petersen and Roslyn Loxton. This brand-new show has a high energy set list with more favourites, more disco and more hits written by the brothers Gibb which were c...
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Ross Noble - Jibber Jabber Jamboree
Jibber Jabber Jamboree marks Ross Noble’s 21st solo stand-up tour. To celebrate this milestone, he invites you to join him for an evening of the sort of inspired nonsense that has cemented his place as the supreme master of stream of conscious freewheeling stand up. This is a chance to see Noble li...
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The MECC & Hit Productions present Eskimo Joe and Dan Sultan
Prepare for an intimate rendezvous with Australian rock legends Eskimo Joe as they embark on a national acoustic tour, gracing the stages of Australia's most beautiful theatres. Joining them will be the formidable Dan Sultan, fresh from winning Best Adult Contemporary at the 2023 ARIA Awards. This...
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Tina - The Ultimate Tribute to the Queen of Rock N’ Roll
Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina Turner with this glorious, energetic stage production, brimming with Tina hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The powerful raspy vocals, high-intensity dancing and thrilling stage presence of Caroline Borole live on stage, complete with band, brass s...
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Leaving Jackson the Johnny Cash and June Carter Show
Experience the magic of Leaving Jackson. Join the MECC for an unforgettable night of all things Johnny Cash. All the hits and stories that captured the life of a Legend - From the famous "Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues" to the Legendary songs of the "Highway Men" Leaving Jackson will perf...
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The MECC and Shake & Stir Theatre Co Present Fourteen
The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret. Shannon Molloy is a year 9 student at an all-boys-rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland, with a secret that no one can ever find out. Shannon is gay. Based on the best-selling memoir by award-winning journalist Shannon Molloy, fourteen is the i...
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The Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine Presents Forest Song and Don Quixote
By popular demand, The Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine will return to Australia in May, June and July 2024. They will present again their double bill of Forest Song and Don Quixote. The audience response to their performances in 2023 was literally amazing with standing ovations following every performa...
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Mackay Chamber Music Festival
The sixth annual Mackay Chamber Music Festival takes place from the 19th-21st July, 2024. Experience exciting chamber music concerts, and participate in inspiring masterclasses delivered by some of the world’s finest classical musicians!
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Graeme Connors - My Lyrical Life 50 Years On
Following two packed houses at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, legendary singer-songwriter Graeme Connors brings his special ‘My Lyrical Life’ show to his hometown of Mackay. Graeme continues celebrating 50 years in the music industry with a very special show at the Mackay Entertainment and Con...
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Whitsunday Voices Literary Dinner
Spend an evening with Kate Ceberano at the highly anticipated DBI Literary Dinner to celebrate the conclusion of the 2024 Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival. Enjoy a delicious three-course dinner, meet and mingle with the high-profile presenters from this year’s Festival, and be entertai...
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DBCT Kids' Theatre Season: You Are A Doughnut
*This is a relaxed session. Relaxed sessions are for anyone who would benefit from a calmer environment. There is a relaxed attitude to noise, doors remain open and lights are dimmed. From the creators of “The Alphabet of Awesome Science” comes a brand-new multi-award winning family show… You are ...
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All-Ages: Great Gable & Kitschen Boy
Catchy indie anthems and dynamic synth-packed tunes are on the menu as Great Gable and Kitschen Boy headline this All-Ages event at Arcadia Bar. Youth music organisation The Push is bringing this massive All-Ages event to Mackay as part of the Queensland Music Festival Reef Trail. You can expect a ...
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Between The Tides | 2024
Between the Tides 2024 returns! The mix of headline and local talent will host performances on the beach/foreshore, inviting fans to an incredibly intimate, inclusive and connected experience. This unique, special event welcomes locals and travellers to the Mackay region to experience song, stories...
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The MECC Presents From Campfire To Stage Light
From Campfire to Stage Light is an epic journey toward self-determination and Indigenous pride, as told through the life experience of David Bindi Hudson, well-known and loved cultural leader and global ambassador for Indigenous Australia. David is the ultimate storyteller, singer-songwriter, dance...
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Kath & Kim Drag Bingo
Play to WIN $1000 CASH & proizes! Hoi Hornbags! Kath & Kim Drag Bingo is coming to Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre hosted by two foxy morons: Prada Clutch & Conchita Grande! Play to WIN $1,000 CASH & proizes Enjoy 5-games of bingo plus a live Kath & Kim show Dress as your favourite Kath &...
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Running in the Shadows of Fleetwood Mac
They’ve sold more than one hundred million albums world-wide and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Fleetwood Mac’s songs are part of international music history. Now, the Internationally acclaimed The Australian Fleetwood Mac Show "Running In The Shadows" is heading to the Mackay E...
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation - Mackay
Hot off its sold out 2023 UK Tour ‘A Taste of Ireland―The Irish Music & Dance Sensation’ returns with a performance that is ‘Celtic―for this decade’. Laugh, cry and jig into the night with a show that has entertained thousands, as A Taste of Ireland returns to Mackay for the first time in 3 years. ...
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation
Hot off its sold out 2023 UK Tour ‘A Taste of Ireland―The Irish Music and Dance Sensation’ returns with a performance that is ‘Celtic―for this decade’. Laugh, cry and jig into the night with a show that has entertained thousands, as A Taste of Ireland returns to Mackay for the first time in 3 years....
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The Beach Boys Experience
Pick up some Good Vibrations at this unforgettable celebration dedicated to the music of The Beach Boys For nearly 60 years, the Beach Boys have embodied summertime. Sun, surfing, the beach, pretty girls in bikinis, driving with the top down. Favourites like “Surfin Safari” “Surfin USA” “Surfer Gir...
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The Umbilical Brothers - The Distraction
Winner TV - Best comedy at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Do you love staring at screens? Are you staring at a screen right now? You should get out more. Specifically to a show that has an enormous screen smack-bang in the middle of it. The Umbilicals take the energy of live performance and the spe...
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Morning Melodies - Some Enchanted Evening
They were known as America’s most successful musical theatre writing team and their partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th Century. Join a very special event paying tribute to the timeless music from the legendary Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Featuring your favourite tun...
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The MECC Presents Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap
This thrilling West End production is the genre-defining murder mystery from the bestselling novelist of all time... case closed! As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guest...
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DBCT Kids’ Theatre Season presents A Monkey Baa Theatre Company Production The Peasant Prince
Based on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Monkey Baa is Thrilled to announce the return of its award-winning production The Peasant Prince in 2024. The children’s version of Li Cunxi’s iconic autobiography,...
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Rokitz Entertainment presents The World of Musicals in Concert
Following a sell out 2022 Australia tour - The World of Musicals in Concert comes to Mackay in 2024 featuring an all new show. The World of Musicals in Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented artists who exquisitely perform classic hits, fuse...
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The World of Musicals in Concert - Mackay
Following a sell out 2022 Australia tour - The World of Musicals in Concert Returns to Australia in 2024 featuring an all new show. The World of Musicals in Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented artists who exquisitely perform classic hits,...
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Nebo Rodeo
Grab your hats, dust off your boots and roll up your swag, it's Rodeo time! in 2024 the Nebo Rodeo will be held on the 18th May and again will partner with Nebo Hotel to bring you a fantastic weekend of entertainment for the whole family. Starting on Friday night with the Nebo Hotel Street Party...
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Nebo Hotel Street Party
The count down is on to the BIGGEST weekend in Nebo! The Nebo Hotel is once again kicking off the Nebo Rodeo weekend with a huge line up of country music. Grab your hats, dust off your boots and roll up your swag...It's rodeo time! Start your Rodeo weekend off at 4pm on Friday, 3rd weekend in...
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2024 Mayor's Charity Ball
Ticket Includes: Delicious 3-course meal, wine, beer, basic spirits, soft drink and water. One of Mackay’s biggest red-carpet events is back at the MECC in May 2024! After a successful 2023 Ball that raised almost $100,000 for two local charities, the 2024 event is expected to be bigger than ever!...
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Missy Higgins - The Second Act Tour 2024 Celebrating "The Sound of White" 20th Anniversary
Missy Higgins is unveiling ‘an anniversary tour with a difference’ to celebrate 20 years since her trailblazing debut, The Sound Of White. The Second Act Tour will see Missy touring theatres nationally next autumn in a special two act show. The first set each evening will include some brand-new so...
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The Mecc Presents Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Australia's biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off on its 26th annual road trip around the country! Showcasing the finest talents from the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we're delivering a dose of laughter right to your doorstep! Featuring a line-up of beloved comedy roya...
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The Tap Pack
Following sold-out shows and rave reviews on London’s West End, at Sydney Opera House and around the world, Australia’s hottest tap dance sensation, The Tap Pack is coming to Mackay! Picking up where The Rat Pack left off, The Tap Pack conjures up a modern twist to the crooners and artists from the...
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Hudsons Circus - Mackay
Hudsons Circus presents a two hour traditional style Circus with a modern twist featuring ‘Edge of your seat Daredevils, hilarious clowns, aerial acrobatics and beautiful animal acts’ in a fast paced show for the whole family!
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Morning Melodies - Boys from Oz
Join JD Smith as he takes you on a journey through the pop, rock and country classics that have been the soundtrack to your life. From the unofficial national anthems of John Farnham's You’re The Voice, Daryl Braithwaite’s The Horses and Peter Allen’s I Still Call Australia Home; Supergroup classic...
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Friday Sunset Sessions
Wake House Australia love Fridays and they love sunsets. Watch the wakeboarders, listen to live music and eat dinner lakeside at the Sunset Bar and Cafe. Different live musician every Friday evening.