SUNDAY 1 APRIL to SATURDAY 7 APRIL 2012
What was once a one–day celebration to greet the winners of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race fifty years ago, the now week-long jam packed celebration known as the Gladstone Harbour Festival is renowned for its fantastic FREE family entertainment, rides for the kids, delicious food, novelty events and much more!
The Gladstone Harbour Festival is one of, if not the largest FREE community festivals remaining in Australia. With so much on offer for people of all ages and capabilities, it’s no wonder the festival continually increases due to its popularity allowing us to enjoy a patronage of visitors from all over Queensland.
Bringing a buzz to the Gladstone Region year after year, the Gladstone Harbour Festival showcases our community’s unique lifestyle and beautiful surroundings. With over 70,000 visitors passing through the Gladstone Harbour Festival each year, both locals and visitors can agree, ‘Gladstone’s the place to be during Easter’.
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QGC's Opening Night Celebrations
featuring Frankie J Holden & Wilbur Wilde
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Two Australian legends of both Rock and Roll and television, mixed with a hot band is the ultimate recipe for a superb night of entertainment! Frankie J Holden and Wilbur Wilde are ‘On the Prowl’. They will have you singing and dancing to the hit songs of OL’55 and loads of other great Rock’n Roll tunes. PLUS local band The Corporates! You'll be up and dancing when the guys fire up the horn section with well known classics such as The Letter, Superstition, Unchain My Heart and Sweet Home Chicago. |
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QLD Energy Resources Manic Monday Night
Monday 2nd April 2012
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The International Creedence Clearwater Revival Show is a definite must see. They will perform all your favourite classic CCR songs live including Bad Moon Rising, Down On The Corner, Midnight Special, Looking Out My Backdoor and many, many more. This is the ultimate Creedence Clearwater Experience. |  |
GLNG & Zinc’s Talent Quest & Battle of the Bands
Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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One of the most anticipated nights of the Gladstone Harbour Festival, the Talent Quest and Battle of the Bands showcases local talent performing LIVE on stage competing for some fantastic prize money! |
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Australia Pacific LNG’s Tropical Wednesday
featuring The Fabulous Delltones
Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Pull on your Hawaiian Shirt and party on with The Delltones! 50 years on and they are still enchanting and energizing audiences with their highly exciting and colourful performances.
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Gladstone Ports Corporation's Family Fun Night
featuring Fifi and the Flowertots, Fireman Sam and Yo Gabba Gabba
Thursday 5th April 2012
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Grab the kids for a night full of family fun entertainment. Sing, dance and play along with all your children’s favourite characters throughout the night and don’t forget a very special appearance from GPC’s very own Curtis the Turtle! |
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Orica’s Fantastic Friday Night
featuring Adam Harvey
Friday 6th April 2012
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Adam Harvey, one of Australia's most accomplished Country Music performers and at the forefront of Australia's most acclaimed Country Music entertainer. Put on your favourite akubra hat and kick back and relax as you listen to the hits from Adam Harvey’s latest album ‘Falling into Place’ and his other country music hits. |
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Bechtel’s Sizzling Saturday Night
featuring Scott Cameron in Buddy: The Concert
Saturday 7th April 2012
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He was one of the greatest pioneers of Rock and Roll in the 50’s, Buddy Holly made a lasting impression on popular music in his short career. Enjoy the musical stylings of Scott Cameron as he presents Buddy: The Concert. 23-year-old Scott "Buddy" Cameron - as he is known – continues the legacy left behind by Buddy Holly. |
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QAL's Jazz'n Shiraz
featuring James Morrison and his Motown Band, Rhonda Burchmore and Liam Burrows
Sunday 8th April 2012
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Head on down to the Gladstone Main Stage for an evening of Jazz'n Shiraz. |
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presented by Midday Rotary
Sunday 1st April 2012
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Once again the Rio Tinto Alcan Street Parade presented by the Midday Rotary Club will officially ‘kick start’ the 2012 Gladstone Harbour Festivals 50 Year Celebrations. The procession of floats will start at the Showgrounds; turn left into Tank Street, left into Goondoon Street, left again onto Lord Street, across the Marina Bridge and along Bryan Jordan Drive to finish at the Mission to Seafarers Building at the Gladstone Marina. |
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Festival Jubilee Queen Quest
Sunday 1st April 2012
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Are you someone with a twist of individuality? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then YOU ARE the perfect candidate for the 2012 Gladstone Harbour Festival’s, Festival Jubilee Queen Quest! The Festival Jubilee Queen Quest will be the ONLY senior quest category in the Gladstone Harbour Festival’s Queen Quest program. FANTASTIC PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!
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Junior Queen Quests
Sunday 1st April 2012
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The Junior Queen Quests offer all entrants the chance to build confidence, show off their personalities and gain invaluable experience in a formal judging and presentation ceremony – not to mention have loads of fun, make new friends, and the possibility of winning some awesome prizes! |
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NRG’s Great Raft Race
Friday 6th April 2012
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Each year Auckland Creek is lined with a flurry of spectators, colourful rafts and their crazy crews for the Gladstone Harbour Festival’s NRG’s Great Raft Race! The competition is fierce and the rivalry is intense in this annual race, as competitors float, splash and paddle their way to the finish line for the fantastic cash prizes and not to mention bragging rights for the entire year! |
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The Observer Marina Markets
Good Friday 6th and Easter Saturday 7th April 2012
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There will be something on offer for everyone at The Observer’s Marina Markets at the Harbour Festival which will be held over two days. Browse through the many stalls on display. Stalls include arts and crafts, gifts, novelties, fresh produce and lots more. |
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Stockland Gladstone’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Easter Saturday 7th April 2012
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If you go down to the festival today |
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