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The Goodna Community Association Inc has taken the tough decision to call off the 2021 Goodna Jacaranda Festival.  With continued instability and uncertainty surrounding events and the Covid-19 pandemic, there was no clear path to staging a successful festival this year. The association made up of volunteers from the community took the decision in consultation

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The Annual Jacaranda Festival Quest for Talent has once again proven the demand for opportunities to perform for our young up and coming performing artists. Performers from across south east Queensland gathered to showcase their talent, and the massive crowd on Friday night loved every minute of it. Contestants love to enter the quest each

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The 2019 Jacaranda Festival saw keen interest from schools across the region seeking the opportunity for their choirs to perform in our annual school choir competition. Teachers and students unanimously agreed the event was a fantastic opportunity for the schools and students alike and were keen to see it continue in 2020. Festival President Mathew

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2019 saw the introduction of the Jacaranda Dance Spectacular, an event provided to the community to showcase the wonderful dance talent we have across south east queensland.  The event was hugely supported with many more entries than expected and the resulting competition was a real crowd pleaser with everyone enjoying the day immensely. Coordinator Rosanna

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The annual Goodna Jacaranda Festival School Band Competition was once again well supported by schools from across the region.  The standard of performance is always high and 2019 was no exception, with hundreds of talented students taking the main stage to perform in front of our an enthusiastic local crowd of show goers, family and

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The 2019 Jacaranda Battle of the Bands was a roaring success! For the first time since 2008 the festival main stage rocked with a diverse range of amazing local musicians vying to be crowned this years Jacaranda Band of the Year.  A total of 11 bands took the stage for the competition, with the late

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The 2019 Jacaranda Battle of the Bands was a roaring success! For the first time since 2008 the festival main stage rocked with a diverse range of amazing local musicians vying to be crowned this years Jacaranda Band of the Year. A total of 11 bands took the stage for the competition, with the late

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Today we join Laurie and the Mikkelsen family in mourning the passing of our dearly loved friend of the festival, Margaret. Margaret passed away today surrounded by her family. Margaret joined the board with husband Laurie some years ago and has been a driving force behind all aspects of the festival, but most of all,

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With only eight weeks until the Goonda Jacaranda Festival is back again in 2019, we have a bigger and better line-up than ever according to Festival President Mathew Taylor. “This year we will see all of the festival favourites return such as live music, talent shows, pop-up bars, food trucks, side show alley and a

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We are pleased and excited to announce that in 2019, we are launching the Jacaranda Dance Spectacular. This fantastic new event is built to showcase the broad array of young dance talent, and to give all those great dance groups in our schools and community groups a chance to shine on stage! To help us,

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