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CELTICFRINGE EVENTS
Event times and information will be updated as information is available to us.
CelticFringe events are held by private businesses, groups and event organisers in conjunction with CelticFest but not by CelticFest itself. Please contact the venue directly for more information or to make bookings.
Fri Highlight
11:30am - 1:30pm
The Abbey - Self Guided Tour
Abbey Boutique Hotel & Function Venue - 8 Locke St, Warwick
Imagine if the walls could talk in the 130 year old heritage listed Abbey! Make this a reality by taking a self guided tour of the ground floor of the Abbey and its gardens. Discover more about its history and enjoy the ambiance of this now grand Boutique Hotel. You may be so taken that you'd like to experience dinner in this delightful venue - early bookings essential. No walk-ins.
Bookings: 07 4661 9777 or admin@abbeyboutiquehotel.com
View dinner menu online abbeyboutiquehotel.com.au/dinnermenu
$10 each; children under 5 free
Friday 29th September
11:30am - Noon
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre - Celtic Roots Tour
18515 New England Hwy Warwick (14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Immerse yourself in some of the region's earliest Celtic history at heritage listed Glengallan Homestead. Building started in the 1860s, with it becoming one of the region's finest homesteads. It is filled with stories from boom to bust, Queensland's first running toilet and a mummified moggy! Stay on for a delicious snack or lunch in the cafe with vistas across the valley.
Adults $15; Children $5; Family prices available
Tickets available at the door
4:30pm - 9:45pm
Downs Explorer Heritage Railway Journey & Dinner
Warwick Railway Station, Lyons St Warwick
Heritage train trip from Warwick to Clifton & return. Take in the Southern Downs' scenery while relaxing on the train with a brew from the bar. Enjoy dinner in charming Clifton, with its very own Irish Pub, O'Shanleys.
Adult $95; Child $50
downsexplorer.org.au/bookings/
Queries: bookings@downsexplorer.org.au
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Australian Solo Piping & Drumming Championships - The Best of the Best!
Scots PGC College, 60 Oxenham Street Warwick
Various Rooms - Chapel, Assembly Hall, Middle School WALEC
Take the rare opportunity to see Australia's best solo pipers and drummers (snare, tenor and bass) all perform in Warwick, Queensland at this premiere competition held biennially in various locations across the country. You can enter and leave the room in between performances if you just wish to take a peek!
Free.
Info - Scots PGC College 4666 9816
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Ghosts of Glengallan Homestead - Paranormal Experience
18515 New England Hwy Warwick (14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane)
Not just your average ghost tour……join a unique ghostly experience in Queensland's most haunted historical house, Glengallan Homestead, guided by Katie Harvey Paranormal. With hundreds of reported ghostly encounters over the years you will be placed into the darkness to experience for yourselves.
$100 - age minimum 16+ years
Tickets pre-purchase only. Limited spaces available.
Book either by Facebook/KHPKatieHarveyParanormal or by email: katieharvey.paranormal@gmail.com
Doors open 7:30pm
Feature Celtic Concert: Australian Celtic Women & Cape Byron Celtic Dance
Club Warwick RSL, 65 Albion Street Warwick
A night full of some of the greatest talent on the Australian Celtic scene with members who have performed locally & internationally. Heavenly voices, tantalising harmonies, dazzling costumes, accompanied by energetic fiddle, mandolin, guitar, drums & the most wonderful Celtic dance group.
Show tickets $28
warwickrsl.com.au/shop
Sat Highlight
Saturday 30 September
6:45 am start
Warwick Park Run - Celtic Style
Queen’s Park, Warwick
Join the kilted/tartan 100m dash before starting the Celtic-themed parkrun along the lovely Condamine River Path. Walk, run, jog or just cheer them on! Fabulous way to start your day.Starting point: On the meandering Condamine River Walking Track. As you enter Warwick from Brisbane over the bridge (OO Madsen Bridge), turn right into Alice Street. Then turn right into Queen's Park and turn towards river - park near river side exercise equipment.
Start point down concrete path on left.
Free
www.parkrun.com.au/warwick/course/
Meet at Town Hall 10.20am – Walk 10.30am – 11.30am
Town Crier & Haggis the Piper Historic Town Walk
Warwick CBD - meet @ Townhall, Palmern St, Warwick
World Champion Caller Bob the Bellman of Renown, Town Crier for the Southern Downs, will lead you on a guided historic town walk sharing stories that often the locals haven't even heard! In between the stops follow Haggis the Piper as he plays your favourite bagpipe tunes.
Donation to Tour Guides
9:30am - Noon
Warwick Masonic Centre
50a Guy Street Warwick
Free Entry
Enter the little known world of a Masonic building in this rare opportunity to visit Warwick Masonic Centre in Warwick. It has been a major landmark of the town for many generations having opened in 1887, and is considered to be one of the finest Masonic Centres in Queensland. Across Australia there are estimated to be around 45,000 members of this worldwide organisation. The intriguing Masonic symbols and rituals have long intrigued outsiders – now is your chance to get the facts!
9:45am - Noon
Celtic Busking
Warwick's Main Street - Palmerin Street
Enjoy the Celtic vibes after the parade as the music continues with busking in the CBD. Grab a coffee, morning tea or brunch; stroll around the shopping precinct, pick up some treasures and enjoy the tunes.
Enjoy Dublin Dan and Wes McGuinness outside The Cherry Tree Coffee and Dining and Little Gallery Café from 9.30am.
Be taken over by Toowoomba Caledonian Society Pipe Band outside the Townhall at 10am.
Free - Donations to buskers appreciated
10:00am - 4:30pm
Australian Solo Piping & Drumming Championships - The Best of the Best!
Scots PGC College, 60 Oxenham Street Warwick
The Australian Juvenile Pipe Band Championships will attract the best youth pipe bands from across Australia, with a number of them regularly competing and performing overseas including at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The rest of the solo piping and drumming competition will be held in the afternoon culminating with a Massed Band at around 4pm.
Food & drinks including delicious coffee available for purchase, and you can visit the premiere bagpipe retailer in Australia as they will be onsite!
Free
10:30am - 11:15pm
Musical Workshop - Best Sound - Least Effort with Amie Brûlée
BYO Musical Instrument if you have it with you!
Club Warwick RSL, 65 Albion Street Warwick
Delve into the mechanics of playing a musical instrument - how your muscles & bones connect with each other & the instrument to achieve the best sound with the least effort. You’ll explore how subtle changes in the way you hold your instrument and move your body can make playing the notes a whole lot easier. Amie, a fabulous singer and musician, will share a bagful of physical tricks she’s collected over the years (including her magic elbow trick) and a bunch of techniques to help you get the most out of your practice time.
Free Workshop - Enquiries: Amie 0408 350 932
Grab cake, coffee or lunch at the Club. No booking required;
Cap on numbers dependent on room size
11:30am - 12:15pm
Language Workshop: Bucket List Scottish Gaelic with Lorna Warner
Club Warwick RSL, 65 Albion Street Warwick
Yes, you can have a go at getting your tongue around some Scottish Gaelic guided by talented musician, singer and lover of Gaelic, Lorna Warner. Try some beginner Scottish Gaelic words and phrases and get an understanding of their meaning so you can bedazzle your friends. You will also get to sing a couple of catchy Gaelic songs, Crodh-Laoidh Nam Bodach (The Old Man’s Calving Cows) & Fear a' Bhàta (The Boatman).
Free Workshop.
Grab cake, coffee or lunch at the Club. No booking required; Cap on numbers dependent on room size
10:30am - 12:30pm
Celtic Art Workshop
Hosted by the Warwick Artist Group
The Art Hub, Warwick Artist Group, 21 Willi Street Warwick
Experience the majesty of the Scottish Highlands through creating a mixed media painting. Alive with acrylics and ink, capturing the dynamic beauty of the wild Caledonian thorn on 25cm square stretched canvas. Held at The Art Hub, everyone will leave with a completed unique Celtic art piece to take home as a memento of their CelticFest weekend. Enjoy the artisan vibe and the creative community as you are supported through the process.
All materials supplied.
$40 - Bookings required : warwickartistgroup@gmail.com
or call Sue 0402 460 919
10:30am - 3:30pm
Downs Explorer Heritage Railway Journey
Warwick Railway Station, Lyons Street Warwick
Heritage train trip from Warwick to Clifton and return (lunch option available). Experience our beautiful Darling Downs' countryside, wooden railway bridges, rock cuttings, villages and townships along the way. Enjoy lunch in Clifton, and pop over to the the highly recommended Clifton Museum before returning. Snacks and drinks available on the train.
With 2 course lunch: Adult $95; Child $50
No lunch: Adult $65; Child $30; 4 yrs & under freedownsexplorer.org.au/bookings/
Queries: bookings@downsexplorer.org.au
11:30am - Noon
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage Centre Celtic Roots Tour
18515 New England Hwy Warwick
(14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Immerse yourself in some of the region's earliest Celtic history at heritage listed Glengallan Homestead. Building started in the 1860s, with it becoming one of the region's finest homesteads. It is filled with stories from boom to bust, Queensland's first running toilet and a mummified moggy! Stay on for a delicious snack or lunch in the cafe with vistas across the valley.
Adults $15; Children $5; Family prices available
Tickets available at the door
11:30am - 1:30pm
The Abbey - Self Guided Tour
Abbey Boutique Hotel & Function Venue. 8 Locke St, Warwick
Imagine if the walls could talk in the 130 year old heritage listed Abbey! Make this a reality by taking a self guided tour of the ground floor of the Abbey and its gardens. Discover more about its history and enjoy the ambiance of this now grand Boutique Hotel. You make be so taken that you'd like to experience dinner in this delightful venue.
TOUR: $10 each; children under 5 free
Dinner Bookings: 07 4661 9777 – early bookings essential
View dinner menu online
www.abbeyboutiquehotel.com.au/dinnermenu
Noon - 2:00pm
Celtic Music: Auld Alliance Duo
Lunch with Lyrics
The Dairy Lounge, Historic Butter Factory Precinct, 145 Victoria Street Warwick
The Dairy Lounge, a tranquil cafe lounge in Warwick’s Historic Butter Factory Precinct, presents Glasgow born Graeme McColgan and Australian mademoiselle Amie Brûlée who combine their Scottish and French roots with fine vocal harmonies, ukulele and double bass. They perform an entertaining blend of upbeat traditional folk songs and beautiful heartfelt ballads from Scotland, Ireland, France, and Australia. Auld Alliance’s warm sounds will transport you across to Bonnie Scotland and La Belle France.
Bookings Essential - Choose from the lunch menu & BYO (corkage $5)
Bookings: 0447 054 224
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Ghosts of Glengallan Homestead - Paranormal Experience
18515 New England Hwy Warwick
(14 mins out of Warwick towards Brisbane & Toowoomba)
Not just your average ghost tour……join a unique ghostly experience in Queensland's most haunted historical house, Glengallan Homestead, guided by Katie Harvey Paranormal. With hundreds of reported ghostly encounters over the years you will be placed into the darkness to experience for yourselves.
$100 - age minimum 16+ years
Tickets pre-purchase only. Limited spaces available.
Book either by Facebook www.facebook.com/KHPKatieHarveyParanormal or by email: katieharvey.paranormal@gmail.com
SunHighlight
Sunday 1 October
11:30am - 1:30pm
The Abbey - Self Guided Tour
Abbey Boutique Hotel & Function Venue. 8 Locke St, Warwick
Imagine if the walls could talk in the 130 year old heritage listed Abbey! Make this a reality by taking a self guided tour of the ground floor of the Abbey and its gardens. Discover more about its history and enjoy the ambiance of this now grand Boutique Hotel. You make be so taken that you'd like to experience dinner in this delightful venue.
TOUR: $10 each; children under 5 free
Dinner Bookings: 07 4661 9777 – early bookings essential
View dinner menu online
www.abbeyboutiquehotel.com.au/dinnermenu
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Celtic Music: Auld Alliance Duo - Tapas and Tunes at the Dairy Lounge
The Dairy Lounge, Historic Butter Factory Precinct, 145 Victoria Street Warwick
There is no better way to finish off your CelticFest Sunday than to head down to The Dairy Lounge for some beautiful tunes by Auld Alliance. Join them for some delicious tapas plates and wonderful Celtic tunes. With a passion for folk music, whisky and wine, the Auld Alliance’s warm sounds will transport you across to Bonnie Scotland and La Belle France with renditions of Caledonia, Loch Lomond, La Vie en Rose and Sur Le Pont d’Avignon.
Bookings Essential - Celtic Tapas Menu & BYO
Bookings: 0447 054 224
Warwick
Monday 2 October
9:30am - noon
Line Dancing Workshop
Club Warwick RSL, 65 Albion Street Warwick
Modern Line Dancing embracing the Celtic Spirit! Fun dances choreographed to Celtic tunes. Come along and have loads of craic (fun) learning line dancing with a Celtic Spin.
You are welcome to order some morning tea during the workshop or have lunch after at Club Warwick RSL – great way to finish the weekend.
Free, No booking required.
Enquiries Jenny 0437 009 906
10:00am - 11:00am
CelticFringe Yoga with Jes Kerle
Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park and Cafe, Spring Creek Road, Killarney
Essence of my Heart hosts CelticFringe Yoga with the Parrots at Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park and Café.
What better way to finish off your CelticFest weekend than to immerse yourself in a gentle yoga class on the lawn at Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park and Café?
Deep in the heart of Southern Downs Celtic country at Killarney, Warwick yogi Jes Kerle will take you through this hour-long class, which is open to all levels of experience from beginners to beyond.
Breathe in the fresh air as you salute to the sun, stretch out those muscles in down dog, listen to the birdsong as you move through gentle twists and lunges, and gaze up at the changing moods of the sky in relaxation.
Bring your own yoga mat, blanket or towel.
After the class, there’s plenty more to do and to explore! Visit the Queen Mary Falls Café for a delicious morning tea or lunch, where you can also hand-feed the king parrots and crimson rosellas; or take a short walk to view the beautiful Queen Mary Falls nearby; Daggs Falls, Browns Falls and Carrs Lookout are also all only a short drive away.
$10, bookings not required.
Killarney
Clifton
Nobby
Allora
Leyburn
Maryvale
Yangan
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