Jazz, Wine & Blues
Grab a chair, pack the blanket and sit back and enjoy an incredible line-up of local and nationally acclaimed jazz, swing and blues artists including headline act Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, 1pm to 9pm
WHERE: Queens Park, Goleby Avenue, Ipswich
COST: Free
Ipswich Art Awards
More than 200 works will be on display at this major regional art exhibition. Categories include photography, painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. All art will be available for purchase.
WHEN: Thursday 12 April to Sunday 22 April, 10am to 4pm
WHERE: St Paul’s Anglican Church, 124 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
Festival Gala: Musicals Of The Greatest Era
Ipswich City Symphony presents Musicals the Greatest Era with Silvie Paladino David Hibbard and Tim McCallum. Enjoy highlights from some of the world’s best musicals from 1940 to the 1980s. Patrick Burns takes brief leave from Australia Ballet to take up the baton as chief resident conductor with Ipswich City Symphony.
WHEN: 7.30pm
WHERE: Ipswich Civic Centre, corner Limestone and Nicholas Streets, Ipswich
COST: Adults $55, concessions $49, book here
Unmasked
Ipswich school students showcase their amazing artistic skills, painting 1.5m-high masks representing the theme ‘Waterways and the fate of the Sea’.
WHEN: Thursday 12 April to Sunday 22 April
WHERE: St Paul’s Anglican Church gardens, 124 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
It's All Gone Mad - Dress Up Saturday!
Join the madness as Tivoli Drive-In Theatre is transformed into Wonderland with oversized games, tea cup rides and a free inflatable maze. Meet the Mad Hatter, play croquet on the Red Queen’s croquet court, go bonkers looking for the Cheshire Cat and settle in to watch Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland followed by Alice Through The looking Glass.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, gates at 3pm with movies from 6.30pm
WHERE: Tivoli Drive-In Theatre, 50 Coal Road, Chuwar
COST: $10 a car
Ipswich Festival Criterium
Ipswich’s world-class facility will host the return of the Ipswich Festival Criterium. The enhanced multi-event program features juniors, women and men with the region’s best racing cyclists contesting the main race. Bring a picnic blanket to enjoy live music and catering on-site, and watch the action unfold.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, 7am to 3pm
WHERE: Ipswich Cycle Park, Briggs Road, Raceview
COST: Free
Imagination
This selection of new works by award winning local artist Margaret Klumpp uses splashes of vibrant colours and a simple mixture of styles, strokes and textures, leaving all imagination to the theatre of the mind.
WHEN: Until Monday 30 April, 9am to 1pm
WHERE: ARTtime Supplies, 203 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
Tastes Of Asia Cooking Workshop
Cook Jamie Oliver’s flavour-packed laksa, his take on an Asian classic. This will be paired with a delicious side dish using fragrant spices. The workshop is completely hands-on so you get to see, smell, feel and taste everything you cook.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, 10.30am
WHERE: Jamie’s Ministry of Food, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Brisbane Street, Ipswich
COST: $110 per person
Mud World
Revel in five realms of mud – Muddy Monsterland, Village of Mud, Mud Mania, Land Slide and Great Muddy Mountain Range. Still not enough? Continue at the Muddy Wonderland Dance Party on Saturday with DJ entertainment and more muddy activities.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April, 8.30am to 11.30am and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
WHERE: Limestone Park, 42 Chermside Road, Ipswich
COST: $25 per child, $30 for the dance party
United Welsh Church Open Day
View the interior of this heritage-listed church, explore historical displays and memorabilia and enjoy Devonshire Tea in the shade of the old Camphor Laurel tree.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, 9am to 1pm
WHERE: United Welsh Church, 6 Thomas Street, Blackstone
COST: Free entry
The Handmade Expo Market
Featuring an array of talented makers, bakers, creators and growers. Children’s activities, steam train rides and free parking make for a relaxing family day out.
WHEN: Saturday 21 April, 9am to 1pm
WHERE: Ipswich Turf Club, Brisbane Road, Bundamba
COST: Free entry
Australian Eagles Show
For one night only, enjoy the Australian Eagles Show at Racehorse Hotel. It delivers possibly the country’s most authentic reproduction of the recorded works of the legendary multi-platinum selling US group, The Eagles. It is the perfect show for both the casual fan and the diehard fanatic.
WHEN: 8pm-11pm
WHERE: 215 Brisbane Road, Booval
COST: Free
parkrun
parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in. All ages and abilities can go along and run the 5km course. Please register before your first run. Bring a printed copy of your barcode so you can get your time. You are also welcome to grab a coffee in a local cafe with the parkrunners afterwards.
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WHEN: 7am
WHERE: Catherine Morgan Park, Renehan Place, Augustine Heights
Bill Paterson Oval, Limestone Park, Cnr Lion Street and Salisbury Road
White Rock Conservation Park, School Road, Redbank Plains
COST: Free
Climbing Web
Reach new heights and explore a hand crocheted climbing tunnel created by Evelyn Roth. Complete with music and spinning disco lights, kids can climb, tumble, dive and spin while safely suspended off the ground.
WHEN: 10am to 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’arcy Doyle Place‚ Ipswich
COST: Free
ANZAC: Photographs by Laurence Aberhart
ANZAC is the result of acclaimed New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart’s thirty year journey photographing World War One Memorials across New Zealand and Australia.
Focusing on the lone ‘digger’ memorials Aberhart’s photographs chart a seemingly simple pathway through the landscapes of these two nations, reflecting the scale the conflict had on these regions.
This exhibition is presented to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the end of the First World War.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, Darcy Doyle Place‚ Ipswich
COST: Free
West End Juniors Car Wash Fundraiser
The West End Juniors are raising funds with a Car Wash. Get your car washed by a player or committee member.
WHEN: 9am – 2pm
WHERE: Caltex Servo, Hunter Street, Brassall
COST: $10
19th & 20th Century Works
View some of the finest pieces from the Ipswich Art Gallery’s collection of 19th and early 20th century fine art and folk art, as well as contemporary works reflecting Ipswich’s heritage.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until October 14
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: Free entry
Ipswich Artists: works from the Collection
See the diversity and skill of local Ipswich artists in this display featuring works that have been acquired for the Ipswich Art Gallery Collection.
Artists featured are Gary Abkin, Tim Acutt, Chenaya Bancroft-Davis, Annie Clarke, Donna Davis, Charmaine Davis, Mieke den Otter, Colleen Gardener, Angela Geertsma, Sally Harrison, Lizzett Kim, Wayne McDonnell, Sharon McKenzie, Deb Mostert, Kate Roberts, Andrew Spark and Helen Vere. Many of the pieces displayed have been acquired through the Ipswich Art Awards over the past 15 years and are shown in conjunction with this year’s Ipswich Festival.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, Darcy Doyle Place‚ Ipswich
COST: Free
