Buckets of popcorn, an outdoor movie and some live and loud local music are the treats for youth aged between 12 to 25 in the region, who are invited to kick back at three free events funded by council during Youth Week.
The free events will stretch from Melba House, Marian on Wednesday, 6 April, to Sarina’s Field of Dreams on Thursday, 7 April, and then to Bluewater Quay, Mackay on Friday, 8 April.
Each event will feature a screening of Space Jam: A New Legacy, as well as local performances from Sarina’s Tiffany Grace, and JONTE, who will be performing before the opening credits.
Mayor Greg Williamson said council’s youth development team had put a tremendous amount of work into the events and promised they would be great fun.
“Over three consecutive evenings, from 5.30pm to 8.30pm, we will set up the big movie screen outdoors, have some local up-and-coming artists performing live music and there will also be an outdoor art gallery,” Mayor Williamson said.
“The art gallery will feature photographs from young people that live in the Pioneer Valley and Sarina.
“Food will be available for purchase and, of course, there will be free popcorn for everyone!”
Mayor Williamson also said that the youth development team would be presenting the highlights from the YOL1000 project so far.
“YOL stands for Youth Out Loud, and it’s a project where the team is working to have conversations with 1000 young people from across our region to better understand the needs of our region’s youth,” he said.
Mayor Williamson said the group has already recorded more than 800 conversations.
Queensland Youth Week is the annual celebration of young people aged 12 to 25 years and the positive contributions they make to Queensland. This year the week will be held from April 1–11.
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