Bundaberg Regional Council Christmas Events 2024
Bundaberg Regional Council Christmas Events 2024
Pageant of Lights
Date: Thursday, 5 December
Time: 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Location: Bundaberg CBD
Again for another year, the Pageant of Lights in the Bundaberg CBD brings the community together to celebrate the season. Enjoy an evening filled with festive entertainment, a parade of Christmas floats, and the official lighting of the Christmas lights.
The event begins at 5:30 pm, with entertainment on two stages. The Christmas lights will be turned on at 7:00 pm, followed by the parade. Visit Gallery Park for the Twilight Artisan Market and browse locally made Christmas items.
This is a free, family-friendly event.
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New Year's Eve Fireworks in Bundaberg
Date: 31st December
Time: Starts 6:30pm
Location: Lions Park, North Bundaberg.
Watch the New Year's Eve fireworks at Lions Park, North Bundaberg. On Tuesday, 31 December, from 6:30 pm to midnight, the night will feature live music, food stalls, and two fireworks displays at 8:00 pm and midnight.
Bring family and friends to see the fireworks and welcome 2025. Lions Park will have space for everyone to gather and enjoy the show. Plan to be part of this community celebration.
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Santa’s CBD Showcase – Shopfront Decoration Competition
Get ready for the Santa’s CBD Showcase! Businesses in the Bundaberg, Childers, Gin Gin, and Bargara CBDs are invited to join in spreading festive cheer by decorating their shopfronts for the holiday season.
Shops can nominate to participate and set up their displays, with one winner chosen from each CBD area. Winners will be announced at the Pageant of Lights event.
Photos of the winning displays will be shared on Council’s platforms, and each winner will also have the chance to welcome Mayor Helen Blackburn to work behind their counter before Christmas.
Businesses interested in participating must nominate by 29 November and have their displays ready for judging by 2 December.
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Drive-In Christmas Movies!
Get ready for a night out with friends and family at the drive-in Movies happening this December. Enjoy Christmas movies under the stars at Bundaberg, Woodgate, or Childers.
Bundaberg – Elf
-Date: Friday, 13 December
- Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm (Gates open at 5:30 pm)
- Location: Bundaberg Recreational Precinct, 7 Kendalls Road
- Cost: $25 per car
- Rating: G
Woodgate – The Grinch (2018)
- Date: Saturday, 14 December
- Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm (Gates open at 5:30 pm)
- Location: Woodgate Beach Sports Oval, 1 Kangaroo Court
- Cost: $25 per car
- Rating: PG
Childers – The Santa Clause
- Date: Sunday, 15 December
- Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm (Gates open at 5:30 pm)
- Location: Childers Showgrounds, 5 Ridgway Street
- Cost: $25 per car
- Rating: G
More info
Tickets are $25 per car, available starting 6 November for ALL movies. Bring your own food and drinks for all these movies. Experience the excitement of the drive-ins as you get into the festive spirit and enjoy a Christmas movie from the comfort of your car.
Gallery Events
Twilight Artisan Market
Date: Thursday, 5th December
Time: 5.30 - 9 pm
Location: Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Gallery Park
1 Barolin Street, Bundaberg
Make your festive season extra special by supporting local artisans and embracing the Christmas spirit at the Twilight Artisan Market!
As the sun sets and the stars begin to twinkle, immerse yourself in the Twilight Artisan Market, timed to coincide with the Pageant of Lights. Stroll through the market under the soft glow of fairy lights and lanterns and browse a stunning array of handcrafted gifts, one-of-a-kind artworks and exquisite goods perfect for popping under the Christmas tree.
There will also be live music to get you in the spirit of the season!
FREE ENTRY
No bookings required
Papiergeschichten Marlies Oakley - Exhibition
Date:17th November - 2nd FebruaryTime: Gallery open hours: weekdays - 9.30 am - 5 pm
weekends - 10 am - 2 pm
Location: Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery1 Barolin Street, Bundaberg
This festive season steps inside the wonderland that is Papiergeschichten (Paper Stories) at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery.
Created by award-winning collage artist, Marlies Oakley, out of thousands of intricately cut images from vintage books and magazines, this is an immersive art experience like no other.
With dreamlike scenes featuring forests, animals, fairy tale characters, and maybe a hidden elf or two, this is a special exhibition guaranteed to get art lovers of all ages into the Christmas spirit!
FREE ENTRY
No bookings required
Creative Crowd Christmas Collage Baubles with Marlies Oakley
Date: 27th November - 4th December
Cost: $65 – includes tutoring, all materials and refreshments
Time: 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Location: Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery1 Barolin Street, Bundaberg
Event information: 16+ event
Put an artistic spin on your Christmas decorating with this Collage Bauble workshop, led by Papiergeschichten artist, Marlies Oakley.
With a glass of festive fizz in hand, Marlies will take you through the process of creating baubles inspired by the incredible installation she has created in the Gallery.
A perfect way to get together with friends and enjoy the last Creative Crowd workshop for 2024! No experience required!
Moncrieff Events
André Rieu's 2024 Christmas Concert | Gold and Silver
Cinema
Tickets: $40
Time: 1 pm
Event info: 180 minutes with interval
Date: 8th December
Celebrate the holiday season with André Rieu's dazzling Christmas Concert, 'Gold and Silver', exclusively in cinemas! This magical event embodies the festive spirit of Christmas, bringing joy, warmth, and sparkle to the big screen.
Get ready to be transported to the wondrous world of enchanting glamour that is André's winter wonderland! Under the sparkle of 150 chandeliers and 50 Venetian candelabras, feel your heart warm with the magical melody of all your favourite Christmas classics.
André Rieu will be joined on stage by his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra, along with special guest artists and the young and talented Emma Kok.
Don't miss this chance to celebrate music, love and Christmas sparkle, with André Rieu's new Christmas Concert in cinemas – 'Gold and Silver'.
The Kransky Sisters | A Cracker Kransky Christmas
Live event, season
Tickets: $55
Time: 7.30 pm
Event info: 90 minutes no interval
Date: 14th December
A Crock Pot of Cracker Hits! Pack your mince pies and Christmas spirits – The Kransky Sisters are bringing the party back to Bundaberg!
Travelling in the trusty Morris from their hometown of Esk, the sisters are eager to share their unravelling stories along with home spun renditions of popular songs, deftly banged out on their wondrously odd-ball menagerie of instruments.
From Britney Spears to The Spice Girls, M to AC/DC, and carols like you’ve never heard them before, a night with this delightfully twisted trio will more than fill your Christmas stockings.
Lost love, home remedies, an old radio and scrub turkeys, the sisters share with you their adventures and misadventures alike. Complete with Tuba, toilet brush, pot, shaker and saw, reed keyboard and old guitar, this off-the-wall Christmas experience is not to be missed.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Cinema
Tickets: FREE, bookings required
Time: 10.30 am - 12 noon
Event info: 92 minutes rated PG
Date: 15th December
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it.
After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life - and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.
When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends' creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children's classic that has captivated young readers for decades.
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and produced by John Davis, the live-action hybrid family adventure/comedy stars Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani, Jemaine Clement, Tanya Reynolds with Alfred Molina and Zooey Deschanel.
White Christmas
Cinema
Tickets: $14
Time: 2 pm
Event info: 120 minutes with interval, rated G
Date: 15th December
The yuletide favourite is back!
Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing.
So what's the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that's sure to put Waverly and his business in the black!
During the performance, Betty and Bob become engaged, and Judy and Phil decide to go through with their own engagement. As everyone sings White Christmas a thick snowfall blankets Vermont, at last.
