10 Days Full of Celebration

Gympie Gold Rush Festival is held from October 8 - 18, with a range of diverse and exciting activities
that highlight Gympie's famous Gold Mining history.  

 
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Gympie Gold Rush Festival 2008

Gympie Gold Rush Festival 2008

8 -18th October

141 years ago on 16 October 1867 James Nash first struck gold in Gympie and the place became famous as 'The Town that saved Queensland', and we've been celebrating ever since!

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From its modest beginnings in 1973 of celebrating with a Daytime Float Parade, the festival has grown into a week of diverse events, including the arts, culture, history and live performance with the Float Parade highlighting the main day of the Festival on Saturday 18 October displaying community pride travelling down Mary Street.

This year is the 35th Annual Festival and sees the inclusion of three special night time features. The Battle of the Bands, Liquid Gold multi media performance, and a novelty Gold Panning event.  

There’s something for everyone in the extensive program and there’s no better place to be than in Gympie for the week soaking it all up.

For more information contact, Francoise Gregory on 
mobile 0425 219 536 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

 

Latest Gold Rush Festival News

Gold Rush PostingGold Rush Parade Artistic Director

Friday, 04 July 2008

21st July 2008 The Gold Rush Committee C/- The Secretary Gympie Q 4570 Dear Committee Members, It is with regret that I tender my resignation as The Artistic Director of the 2008 Gold Rush Parade. It was with high hopes that I signed up for this event and unfortunately I find myself in a...
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Gold Rush PostingGold Rush Hits the news

Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Gold Rush festival takes on artistic flair  Gympie Gold Rush festival Committee's newly-appointed artistic director Tony Kishawi is already hard at work planning the city's 2008 Birthday parade which returns to Mary Street in October. The Festival project will bring community groups...
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Gold Rush PostingGold Rush New Web Site

Saturday, 21 June 2008

The Gold Rush Festival Committee would like to thank Tony Kishawi for the New Look Gold Rush web site. Not only is he the new Artistic Director of the Mary Street Parade 2008, he also builds web sites for his own actitiaties and other small business in and around Gympie and Brisbane.
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Up Coming Events

Gold Rush Festival
08.10. 2008 - 19.10. 2008

Gold Rush Art Exhibition

Gold Rush Art Exhibition
Gympie Public Gallery running from the 8th to 19th October 2008

11.10. 2008

The Gold Rush Ambassadors Ball

12.10. 2008

Museum Markets

12.10. 2008

Ecumenical Church Service

15.10. 2008

Gold Fever Rattler Train Journey

15.10. 2008

The Great Art Debate

16.10. 2008

The Official Birthday of Gympie Celebrating 141 Years

17.10. 2008

Youth Concert and Activities

Gympie Gold Panning Championships
11.10. 2008

The Gold Panning Championship Trials start

12.10. 2008

The Gold Panning Championship Final

16.10. 2008 - 19.10. 2008

Commence Museum Tours/Group Activities and gold panning for school children

Commence Museum Tours/Group Activities and gold panning for school children
Running 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th October 2008

19.10. 2008

Museum Markets

Mayoress Command Performance
16.10. 2008

Mayoresses Command Performance

Gold Rush Gem Festival
16.10. 2008

Gold Rush Gem Festival

Gold Rush Annual Street Parade
18.10. 2008

Gold Rush Twilight Parade

Gold Rush Parade

Organising for the 2008 Gold Rush has begun. A great deal is already being put in place for the Event as a whole, by the Gold Rush Committee.


And we want you.

We will be looking for ideas from those with local experience, seeing where the strengths lie in our community. To this, we hope to add to the collection of inspirations from past successes.

We welcome community groups who are new to the parade.   

Are you interested? Have you been involved before? We would like to hear from you.

Gold Rush Committee’s Application to Participate Form.


I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely
The Gold Rush Committee




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