Eumundi Voice Issue 115, 17 April 2025

WHAT’S ON?

Songkran Festival

Songkran in Eumundi is the biggest Thai New Year celebration on the Sunshine Coast. The festival is organised by the Thai Community of the Sunshine Coast Assn and takes place on the terraces at the Original Eumundi Markets on 20 April from 9am-3pm.

There is plenty of entertainment and Thai food on offer. Don’t miss the Little Miss Songkran contest for the kids, cultural performances, water blessing and the offering of alms to the monks. Visit: FB Songkran Eumundi.

Big Rosella Field Day

The Big Rosella Field Day at Petersen’s Farm in Woolooga turns 10 this year! Held on 3&4 May, learn everything you want to know about rosellas – the fruit not the bird!

This year’s festivities include a VIP Rosella, paint and nibbles picnic, and a paint lesson amongst the rows with Jordi Kate Design. Join the rosella peeling races with prizes for the speediest junior and adult. It’s harder than you’d expect! There will also be chef demonstrations from Matt Golinski and Dominique Rizzo, farm tours, music, local produce and kids’ activities. Tickets are available at petersensfarm.com.au.

ARTASTICA exhibition

The Noosa Arts and Crafts Assn are holding their only exhibition this year featuring works from all their talented and creative groups. It will be

opened by local well-known artist Don Milner on 2 May at 5.30pm on the upper floor of Wallace House. The exhibition will then run until 5 May. Boomerang bags will be displayed on the ground floor along with a ceramics display and market. A pop-up cafe will be open for light refreshments. Come along to browse, buy and be inspired! Free parking is available at 1 Wallace Dr, Noosaville. Visit: noosaartsandcrafts.org.au.

Horizon Festival

Don’t miss the Sunshine Coast’s Horizon Festival from 2–11 May with 10 days and nights of visual arts, music, performance, technology and workshops at various locations. Included are some free, family–orientated events and First Nation performances. Visit: horizonfestival.com.au.

Flickerfest 2025

Australia’s only Academy Award and BAFTA–qualifying short film festival – Flickerfest – comes to Noosa on 24 April at The J.

Now in its 34th year, Flickerfest screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,500 entries. The J will host the Flickerfest Short Laughs Comedy Selection. Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets: thej.com.au.

The Ten Tenors

The Ten Tenors return to the Sunshine Coast on 26 April at The Events Centre in Caloundra for 2 performances as part of their 30th anniversary world tour. What started as a one–off performance for a corporate event by a slightly rag–tag group of young blokes from Brisbane’s Conservatorium of Music in 1995, has gone on to become a touring juggernaut. Their staples include Bohemian Rhapsody, Hallelujah, Funiculì, Funiculà, Largo al Factotum and Nessun Dorma. Tickets: theeventscentre.com.au.