Event Guide

Friday 14 October

FridaySUN.sets

Every FridayEvening From 6pm
Knock off drinks, lakeside dinner, good friends, and LIVE MUSIC.

Wake HouseAustralia

Saturday 15 October

Shitbox RallyStart Line

Saturday,7:30am to 9:30am
Shitbox Rally Spring 2022 is commencing on Saturday 15th October fromMACKAY! 250 cars all worth less than $1,500 (hence the name of the Rally) eachin a team of two, will be driving to Darwin via the outback over 7 days,raising money and awareness for Cancer Research and Cancer Council. Bring yourfriends and family and support the legends who have worked so hard to make thestart line!

New MulherinPark, East Point Drive, Mackay

Mack PopCon 2022

Saturday,8:00am to 6:00pm
Mack PopCon 2022 is Mackay’s newest and only Pop Culture convention! Celebrityand special guests, cosplay, exhibitors, entertainment, food and more!

MackayShowgrounds

Beach SoundsMusic Festival

Saturday,1:00pm to 10:00pm
Beach Sounds Music Festival is a single-day outdoor music festival heldat the grounds of the Mackay Surf Lifesaving Club, Mackay Harbour Beach. Bandsperforming include Dallas Crane, The Blackwater Fever, Hugo Stranger & theRattlers, The Double Happiness, The Far Outs, Bella Mackenzie and Matt Tandy. Thefestival will be licenced with indoor and outdoor bars. Local food vans will beonsite in addition to the Surf Club Bar Restaurant.

The MackaySurf Lifesaving Club

WBBL at GreatBarrier Reef Arena

Saturday

AdelaideStrikers v Sydney Sixers 2:40pm

Brisbane Heatv Melbourne Stars 6:05pm
Take the family out to see the Women’s Big Bash League make its returnto The Great Barrier Reef Arena this October!

Harrup Park

PBR MonsterEnergy Tour Mackay Invitational

Saturday,7:00pm
A sport unlike any other. A battle of the greatest. A competition of manvs beast where every second counts. The best in bull riding battle it out in anew Professional Bull Riders season like no other. Buckle up for the toughest 8seconds in sports and find out what it means to be cowboy.

BB PrintStadium

Sunday 16 October

WBBL at GreatBarrier Reef Arena

Sunday

MelbourneRenegades v Adelaide Strikers 9:15am

Sydney Sixersv Melbourne Stars 12:40pm
Take the family out to see the Women’s Big Bash League make its returnto The Great Barrier Reef Arena this October!

Harrup Park

Nature Connection Walk – Mental HealthWeek
Sunday, 10:30am to 12:30pm
Take some time to connect to nature and quiet the mind while enjoyingthe sights and sounds of our local wetlands and spending the morning withlike-minded people. In acknowledgment of Mental Health Week, we invite you tojoin us for a guided nature and mindfulness walk, led by guest speaker,Christopher David of True Nature Retreats. Together, the group will exploreseveral mindfulness practices that will deepen our sense of connection tonature and reawaken a sense of awe and wonder about our local wetlandecosystems. Following the walk, the day will end with a provided lunch andconversation. Bookings are essential. conservationvolunteers.com.au.

WetlandWalkabout

Sunday LiveMusic
Sunday, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Music every Sunday from 2pm - 5pm. Head down to the Seabreeze Hotel thisSunday for some fresh tunes, delicious food, and ice-cold brews.
Seabreeze Hotel

Tuesday 18 October

Great BarrierReef Clean-up – Mackay

Tuesday,9:00am
Calling all citizen scientists, schools, community groups, localgovernments, and ocean lovers! Registration for ReefClean’s Great Barrier ReefClean-up is now open. Join the Pioneer Catchment Landcare group in MackayHarbour on Tuesday, the 18th of October. They’ll be going from site to site toclean-up Boulder Creek, Banana Farm, Cattle Creek and Platypus Beach on theday. The clean-up data you collect will help us track litter to its source andprevent it from entering the waste stream and harming our Great Barrier Reef. Toregister and view our other events, please visithttps://www.tangaroablue.org/.../great-barrier-reef-clean-up or email reefclean@tangaroablue.org.

MackayHarbour

BMA Kidspace

Tuesday,10:00am to 2:00pm
BMA Kidspace, Artspace Mackay’s free and ever popular toddler’s program,gives children under five a chance to explore and have fun with art in aclimate of co-operative learning. The program includes free artist-run craftactivities in two sessions, Sess1: Anytime from 10 to 11:30am; Sess2: Anytimefrom 12:15 to 2pm with live musical entertainment 11:30am to 12:15pm. Bringyour children along for a fun day of art-making, singing and dancing.

ArtspaceMackay

WBBL at GreatBarrier Reef Arena

Tuesday

Brisbane Heatv Melbourne Renegades 2:30pm
Take the family out to see the Women’s Big Bash League make its returnto The Great Barrier Reef Arena this October!

Harrup Park

Wednesday 19 October

MackayFarmers’ Market
Every Wednesday, 6:30am to 10:30am

The market isa showcase of our region’s amazing produce direct from the farmer.

BluewaterQuay

CharcoalDrawing Workshop
9:00am to 3:00pm

This workshopis all about how to draw with charcoal on a painted wood panel. Suitable forbeginners to intermediate or anyone wanting to ‘have a go’ over 13 years of age.

ArtistCollective Caneland

Thursday 20 October

GinAppreciation Evening
Thursday, 6:30pm

If gin isyour drink of choice this is one event you don't want to miss! The evening willfeature 5 gin tastings with a 3-course menu designed by THE DISPENSARY headchef, Alex.

TheDispensary Mackay

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