Get some good sugar rush at the Redcliffe Parade on 8-9 September starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Yo-Get-It Dessert Festival 2018!
This event is hosted by Moreton Bay Food and Wine. The weekend-long celebration will bring awesome dining experiences, cooking demos, workshops, pop-up bars, market stalls, and many more.
Even some celebrity chefs will be at the event!
This sweet, frozen, and creamy event will take you on a sugar high with all of the delicious treats.
Prepare for a fun- and entertainment-filled with awesome performances and fun activities for the whole family.
Kindred Main Stage (Saturday & Sunday)
Dance and sing to live music by the best young performers in South-East Queensland. On Saturday, the performances will begin at 9:20 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. whilst on Sunday, it will begin at 9:15 a.m. and end at 3:20 p.m.
Saturday hours will be extended for the KiteFest After Dark. Watch kites illuminate the dark skies whilst stage entertainment plays. There will also be night-time rides, markets, and food stalls available.
See the kites of international and local kite flyers in the arena from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the whole weekend. Watch them fly their kites and be amazed by the creativity.
Sesame Lane KiteFest Kidz
Take your kids to this zone for a range of free and affordable activities. This will be open during the entire weekend from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Participate in face painting, storytime, and enjoy the Flutter the Fairy & the Magician Wishing Gems Stage Show with your kids. This is going to be a lot of fun!
Village Motors Bar & Grill
Adults can also enjoy all of the events happening with some good booze. This is also a great spot for you to enjoy all of the performances at the event.
Handmade Redcliffe Margate Beach Boutique Market is set to transform the picturesque Margate waterfront into a haven for handmade items from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, 21 July 2018. This is a great way to support local artisans who are ready to display their handmade works at the Humpybong Oval.
Photo credit: www.love-handmade.com.au
A selection of handcrafted pieces will be up for sale in 40 stalls of the carefully curated market. Get the chance to grab some of the most unique sets of jewellery, art, clothing, and macrame. Other items will also be up for sale including handmade soap, homewares, textiles, felt wear, childrenswear, stationery, candles, planner goods and more.
Photo credit: Facebook/Handmade Redcliffe
The Handmade Redcliffe Boutique Market is a wonderful venue to support and connect with local makers and creatives who put their hearts in every piece that they create. The boutique market is known for showcasing truly unique and quality products in a warm and vibrant atmosphere.
Photo credit: www.handmaderedcliffe.com.au
Established in 2013, Redcliffe’s handmade markets have brought together a community of makers known for delivering valuable handmade products, craft workshops, music, and artisanal eats.
Entry is free and parking is available in the venue’s surrounding streets and on the waterfront.
Take a trip down memory lane and unravel the interesting history of the Convict Trail in Redcliffe. Hear stories about the state and Redcliffe’s first European encampment. The trail has eight stops and each stop has a rich history.
It was in September 1823 when Governor Brisbane sent Lieutenant own Oxley to the north of the country to find a place where they can establish a penal colony from Port Macquarie (Sydney).
First Stop – Landing Site
Oxley surveyed Moreton Bay and found the perfect spot – Redcliffe. He then sent a letter to the Governor that he has found the best site and the next year, government officials along with the convicts sailed there to establish a penal colony.
Second Stop – First Settlement Wall
Photo credit: Monument Australia
Upon the approval of the site, Oxley along with Lieutenant Henry Miller, the Commandant of Moreton Bay Settlement, sailed into Moreton Boy on-board the Amity. With them were 21 soldiers, their wives and families, and 29 convicts who were tasked to build the new settlement. However, Commandant Miller was not pleased with the new location for the new prison.
Third Stop – Commissariat Store
Walter Scott, a surgeon and storekeeper, was also brought to the site to manage the store. It all started as a hut but eventually, a more permanent and stable store was built.
Fourth Stop – Fresh Water
Men including famous botanist Allan Cunningham and Robert Hoodle, were tasked to find fresh water. It took them two days to find the spot at Humpybong Creek Lagoons.
Fifth Stop – Brick Kiln & Weir
Because of the quality of clay in this spot, brick production began under the management of a convict brickmaker, Martin Sellers. There were enough bricks produced here to help with the construction of quite a few establishments in the colony. Today, the site is called Corscadden Park.
Sixth Stop – Soldiers’ Barracks
With little military experience, the soldiers’ barracks were placed far away from the convicts to protect them due to their harsh actions towards the convicts. This also helped protect the women and children.
Seventh Stop – Commandant’s Cottage & Whipping Post
This is where Lieutenant Henry Miller lived along with his family. He had a five-bedroom pre-fabricated cottage here.
On the other hand, the whipping post was also where men were stripped naked and tied to the pole. Other prisoners were also taken here to watch the whipping. Usually, a prisoner receives 50-100 lashes. A doctor was present throughout the whipping but not to heal the wounds but to revive the prisoner should they faint from pain.
Eighth Stop – Convicts’ Barracks
This is where the Ambassador Hotel stands today. The gaol then was built using thick timber slabs.
Get ready to celebrate the three-day Redcliffe Show, guaranteed to be bigger and better this year! 2018 marks the 67th year of the show, which will take place on 29 June to 1 July at the Redcliffe Showgrounds.
Schedule
29 June – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
30 June – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1 July – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Attractions
There are big events happening this year. If you want to get your adrenaline going, check out the V8 Ute Challenge, the Motocross Aerial Spectacular, and the Wheel of Steel.
Of course, the traditional attractions such as wood chopping, stock parade, and farm animals will also be there. Locals will also be glad to see old favourites, such as the side-show alley, dagwood dogs, rides, roving performers, and showbags. The much-awaited fireworks display will happen two nights in a row, on Friday and Saturday.
The popular Redcliffe Jetty Markets will be expanded to almost double its current size under the master plan for the peninsula.
The Redcliffe Foreshore Master Plan and Activation Strategy has been created in an effort to enhance tourism and create new opportunities for businesses in the area. The expansion of the Jetty Markets is the first step in the realising the vision of the Moreton Bay Regional Council.
Through community consultation, the council developed the master plan, incorporating the local residents’ clamour for more pop-up vendors and active living along the foreshore.
Sunday Market Expansion
Business is expected to boom as the Redcliffe Jetty Markets get bigger through the plan of Markets and Events Management Australia (MEMA) to turn the Sunday market into a major destination in southeast Queensland.
Photo credit: Redcliffe Jetty Markets/Facebook
Currently, the Sunday market gets more than 7,000 visitors each week. That number should go higher as the plans are realised over the next 12 to 18 months.
Under the plan, the Redcliffe Jetty Market will be expanded from Baker Street to the Anzac Avenue roundabout. New market stalls, street eats and entertainment will also be added to the weekend destination.
Among the new features that MEMA is introducing are children’s entertainment, car shows, cooking and lifestyle area and a food van space.
Foreshore Activation
Aside from the Sunday market expansion, the master plan also involves activating several foreshore sites. A number of interested vendors are participating in the trial and the council is still accepting applications to be part of the trial.
The council will run the trial up to the end of September 2018.
The 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championships happened in Redcliffe on the 23rd and the 24th of February at the Dolphin Stadium. Thousands enjoyed watching the competition. The best news of all, however, is that proceeds from tickets sales are going to recovery services in disaster areas in the wake of Cyclone Gita. Collection tins were also prominently displayed at the venue.
The Championships saw 10 Commonwealth nations in a friendly competition. Players from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Wales, Canada, Samoa, England, Scotland, Tonga, and Cook Islands competed in Men’s Under 23’s teams, Open Women’s teams, and Physical disabilities teams respectively.
Australia emerged as champion in both men’s and women’s competitions in front of a home crowd in Redcliffe.
The men’s team beat Samoa in the semi-final round and subsequently defeated Tonga in the final round. It was a close fight with the latter as Australia scored 14-8 over Tonga. Samoa clinched third place after winning round against Fiji. The women’s team, meanwhile, beat the Cook Islands at 14-8 in the semi-final round and subsequently won the final round against Samoa. Cook Islands clinched the third place.
In keeping with the spirit of community pride and togetherness of the Commonwealth Games, proceeds from ticket sales were donated to people from Tonga, Fiji, and other nearby regions that were devastated by Cyclone Gita. The game organisers and local officials from the Moreton Bay Regional Council hoped that the event can contribute significantly to the needed funds for the relief operations.
Moreton Bay Regional Council mayor Allan Sutherland and Moreton Bay Region Industry and Tourism chief executive officer Shane Newcombe encouraged everyone to remain standing, arm in arm with the Pacific regions, and to watch out for similar upcoming donation drives.
Today in 1985, Tina Turner was celebrating because “What’s Love Got To Do With It” had just won Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the Grammy’s which was held on the 26th of February 1985. The song was Ms Turner’s most successful single and the second-biggest US single of 1984 and 17th biggest UK single.
Credit: Tina Turner Official YouTube
Today in 2018, Ms Turner has remained an icon and is one of the strongest influences among singers today. Rebecca O’Connor, herself a Tina Turner fan, will be performing a Tina Turner tribute show at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 2nd of March 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Ms O’Connor is back in Australia from a sold-out European tour where she also belted out Tina Turner’s greatest hits. She also had a sold-out “standing room only” concert tour of South Africa and Botswana prior to the upcoming show in Redcliffe. Some may already know Ms O’Connor for her unique renditions of “Nutbush City Limits”, “River Deep”, “Private Dancer”, and “Simply the Best”.
Ms O’Connor was introduced by her parents to Tina Turner’s songs when she was just a young girl. “When I first heard Tina it was like a volcano went off inside me. I knew then this amazing woman would influence me forever,” she recalled.
She had been singing Ms Turner’s songs whilst growing up in Ireland. It was one of Ms Turner’s songs that made her win a local Karaoke competition and eventually a bigger competition, the European Stars in Their Eyes. The rest, so they say, is history.
On several occasions, Ms Turner herself watched as Ms O’Connor performs. ”Rebecca is so good, she’s scary… If I had her energy, I would still be touring today,” the music icon said of Ms O’Connor. Ms Turner herself had started her singing career in about the same age as when Ms O’Connor belted her songs.
There is no doubt that Ms O’Connor sounded like Tina Turner when performing her hits. However, Ms O’Connor remained adamant that she could never come close to the real thing.
“There is only one Tina turner, she is absolutely amazing and I admire and respect her so much and I hope that I can bring her power, energy and magic to each and every show I perform…Most performers don’t have what she has, and never will have”.
For more information about the Tina Turner tribute show at the Redcliffe Community Centre, please click here.
For 21 years, the Promac Productions has toured through Australia with their critically acclaimed versions of one of Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, “The Pirates of Penzance”. But like all good things, it must also come to an end.
Promac Productions, the leading theatre house which brings topnotch performances across major cities in Australia, will end the run of “The Pirates of Penzance” through a performance tour across Australia. Redcliffe Cultural Centre is one of only five locations chosen for the special moment. The production will run in Redcliffe on the 16th of February at 7:30 p.m.
Credit: Promac Productions Australia facebook
Everyone is invited to say their farewell to their beloved pirates, played by renowned musical theatre actor Philip Gould (Pirate King), veteran comic baritone Brian Hannan (The Major General and The Police Sergeant), international soprano Alison Jones (Mabel), Opera Australia mezzo soprano Caroline Vercoe (Ruth), and Chris McKenna (Frederic). Dominic Woodhead is show’s the musical director.
As always, the group will perform with a full set and costumes. See them for the last time as they clash with swords and trade barbs while singing the modern versions of “I Am The Pirate King”, “Policeman’s Lot is Not a happy One”, “Cat Like Tread”, and “Poor Wandering One”.
Credit: Promac Productions Australia
On top of what promises to be a memorable show, as a way of final goodbye, the performance will also incorporate some Donald Trump impersonation within the play.
This show is a must-see for those looking for a great time in the theatre, particularly since this will be one of their last performances before the curtains close on the show in Australia. For tickets, click here.
ABBA, the Swedish pop group, has made the world fall in love with their music since their breakthrough song “Waterloo” was released in 1974. ABBA remains to be relevant up to this very day because their music was able to capture the hearts of one generation to another.
Credit: ABBAVEVO YouTube
On 9 February, everyone gets the chance to hear the beloved band once again as ABBA Live, a famous tribute band, will perform at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre. The night promises to be the closest thing to being with the original ABBA once again.
There are already many groups and acts doing tribute shows for ABBA but ABBA Live’s is commonly described as enjoyable and realistic. The creator of ABBA Live, Lynelle Leighton, is an ABBA fan since she was eight years old. She knows their music and choreography by heart.
The band’s members are ABBA doppelgangers, complete with their 70’s stage costumes, Swedish accent, and other stage nuances that are distinct to the beloved band.
Ms Leighton makes sure that she personally sews the costumes. She gets ideas from watching ABBA’s old videos and inspection of their old photos. At one point she visited the ABBA Museum in Sydney to broaden her knowledge about the group.
Credit: Lynelle Leighton YouTube
Sing along once again to the ABBA classics like Mama Mia, Fernando, Lay Your Love on Me, The Winner Takes It All, and the unforgettable Dancing Queen. Head on out at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 9 February!
ABBA Live’s performance will start at 7:30 p.m. Booking is required. To purchase tickets, please click here.
