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All Fired Up! Photo by Flickr User Tatters. The 2013 Goodna Jacaranda Festival is once again set to go off with a bang with All Fired Up Fireworks appointed as this years fireworks display provider. We’re very pleased to be working with Paul and the team again this year. All Fired Up are a local…

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This year we have teamed up with the gang at Fresh Events & People to bring you an amazing lineup of awesome food choices, with something for everyone! COOKED BY A CHEF We’re bringing  the quality this year, with a huge 12 meter catering truck on field, staffed with a qualified team cooking you fresh…

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It takes a team of up to 30 volunteers an entire weekend to setup the Marquee and the field ready for all the fun on the Friday of the festival. Even with that help, we still need a forklift to help put the marquee up, and this year, we can thank Stephen Seal from Force…

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We are very excited to announce the Telstra Store at Redbank Plaza has chosen to support the festival this year! It’s a testament to the community spirit of the team at the Telstra Store that they would give us such great support, enabling us to do that much more for our local community. Telstra store…

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We’re pleased to announce we have come together with the rebuilt Goodna bowls club to promote their Jacaranda Bowls Tournament this year. An annual event, attracting lawn bowlers from around the state to compete among the Jacaranda Trees and have a great time! Full details are on our Bowls Competition page. Plus, the public is invited to…

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This year we are very pleased to have local musical educating legend James Humphry in charge of the schools competitions. James has a passion for music and has been teaching iin local schools for many years.  James brings a new passion to the musical program, and we are all the beneficiaries of his work with…

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One of the biggest favourites with the kids is back again this year, with Old Macdonalds’s Farms bringing all the fun of the farmyard to the Jacaranda Festival. Lambs, goats, piglets, chickens, ducks, even alpacas will be there and your little ones can pat and feed them.  It’s only $4 per person and a cup of feed…

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In 2012 we were very happy to have the support of our great local radio station River 94.9. We are even more pleased to say that River 94.9 is again supporting the festival with advertising support in 2013. David Greenwood and the team at River 94.9 are doing great work bringing awesome music, news and entertainment to…

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It’s great to have the support of local businesses in putting on the Goodna Jacaranda Festival, and so we are very happy to announce that The Queensland Times has agreed to support the festival this year. Here’s a little note from our friends at the QT; Ipswich, we’ve had so much fun together, and that’s…

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Get Ready!  Entries will open on Monday 9th September for this year’s exciting Quest for Talent. The 2012 winners performed recently at the Ipswich Festival and proved to be very popular.  Rheanna Leshke  opened with an upbeat and fun rendition of ‘Rock this Country’ followed by a high energy and well executed dance by Tara Biddle.  Ben…

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