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18 July, 2024
Fun weekend at Kilcoy Show
Strap on your boots, grab your hats and get ready for a weekend of fun, as the Kilcoy Show 2024 arrives on July 26 and 27.
This year’s show weekend is bringing a lot of fun attractions, on top of the traditional show displays, such as cattle, poultry, pavillion and horse events.
One of the inaugural events taking place on July 27, is the hobby horse races and barrel races.
These will take place on the Kilcoy Race Track, with hobby horse sprints scheduled for a 12:30 start and barrel races at 2:30.
Hobby horse events may sound funny to some, but have been growing into a serious sport, with the QLD Championships having taken place at the start of the month.
While the races at the Kilcoy Show are not being held on a competitive level, it will be guaranteed fun for participants and spectators, with trophies and ribbons still being presented at the end of the race events.
If horses aren’t your thing, there will also be plenty of other activities, including a circus on July 26 and 27.
Ashton’s Circus will feature acrobats flying through the air, trapeze artists, and aerial hoops, which will showcase 60 hoops spinning at once.
There will also be workshops to learn circus skills, promising good entertainment all around.
Another fun presentation will that of Lazy Logz owner, Melanie Schweiger, who will be sculpting a block of hardwood throughout the day on July 27, starting at 9am. You can find her next to the woodchopping and chainsaw events.
Once she finishes her sculpture, it will be auctioned off around 6:30pm, after the fireworks.
For those interested in reptiles, Urban Reptiles will have a variety of snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs displayed, allowing attendees to have hands on interactions with the animals, while being educated on wildlife.
These are just some of the many attractions of this year’s Kilcoy Show.
For more info visit https://www.facebook.com/kilcoyshow2024 or call (07) 5422 0256.
