Join us on the 13th August 2017

Join us at the only seafood festival in Australia managed by the men and women who catch the seafood for you.

Festival Information
Festival Program

Love seafood! then join us at the only seafood festival in Australia managed by the men and women who catch it for you. Celebrate, relax and feast with the seafood industry in Fishermens Park Urangan

When

Sunday, 13th August – 10am to 4pm Gates open 9.30am

Where

Fishermen’s Park, Urangan Boat Harbour [Map]

Admission

Adults $5 (no concessions) Under 18 FREE All paying festival goers receive a tickets in the lucky gate draw. Prize courtesy Haigh’s Jewellers.

Parking

Parking available at Urangan Point School with connecting festival shuttle. Disabled parking near festival.

NO DOGS – NO BYO FOOD OR DRINKS – NO GLASS – BYO CHAIR OR PICNIC RUG

  • The Music

    8ball Aitkin –

    Direct from Nashville Tennessee.

    Hervey Bay favourite, 8 Ball Aitken is an Australian singer, songwriter and slide guitarist, playing  country, blues & roots , swamp & Americana music.

    Originally from north Queensland, Hervey Bay favourite 8 Ball Aitken now based in the USA brings  his amazing swampy blues and roots music with his No 1#  as “ Shes going to Mexico and I’m going to jail’

    8 Ball Aitken 2016 - 1

     

    Michael Waugh

    Nominated for Best New Talent at the Tamworth 2017 Golden Guitar awards. Michaels insightful storytelling cuts to the heart of everyday life. Waugh has been compared to the honesty and power of legends as Paul Kelly and John Williamson.

    Night Kite

    Making their first trip to Hervey Bay, Night Kite are a Sydney based all-female band with a strong focus on vocal harmonies, rhythmic percussion and original songs.

     

    Dennis Sisters

    The Sunshine Coast based Dennis Sisters. perform a mixture of music genres and originals with their own unique flavour. They were in the top 30 of X Factor.

    Lou Parker

    MARYBOROUGH singer, Lou Parker is enjoying success with Lous song “The Ward” at the top of the Triple J’s Unearthed charts.

     

    Luan Balwin’s

    Baldwins music including blues, country, folk and rock. Luan has been a prolific live performer in Gladstone and Brisbane. His years living and working on the ocean have inspired him to write a series of modern day ‘sea songs’ which have now become his trademark

    Sam West

    Hervey Bay local Sam Wests music channels the tropical warmth, and laid-back rhythms of his Queensland home evident in his trademark percussive, funk-inflected guitar style and earthy vocals

    Darryl Carr

    Darryl is a classic bluesman honing the classic blues style of Muddy Waters other great blues players.

    Darryl won Hervey Bay Unplugged 2016 & has recently released his debut album “Homeless Bound”

    Pheobe Jay

    Bundaberg based, Phoebe Jay Phoebe Jay has a swag of awards from Tamworth 2017 and the ICMA along with the rest of the country who often describe her at a Mini Dolly Parton.

     

     

  • Haigh's Jewellers Lucky Gate Prize

     

     

    Win –

    We are pleased to announce the 2017 Seafood Festival Prize donated by Haighs Jewellers of Pialba .

    This years prize has been fully handcrafted by Hervey Bay’s leading jewellers, Haighs Jewellers http://haighsjewellers.com.au/ and has a Retail Replacement Value of .

    How to enter the draw : Pay the Adult Entry fee and receive entry form.

    Winner announced at 3.30 pm on Main Stage.

    (must be available for photo opportunity )
    (Must be over 18 to claim prize)

     

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