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MANLY HARBOUR FESTIVAL 2008

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FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

National Fish & Chip Day
All Day
On this sacred day the Manly Harbour Festival encourages all Australians to salute and celebrate the ubiquitous Fish & Chip as the cornerstone of Australian Cuisine, from its most humble to its most refined. Manly’s restaurants will celebrate the day each in their own way with a fish & chip treat created especially for the occasion – using fresh Moreton Bay seafood. Come on down and enjoy Queensland’s best fish & chips

Try the Festival special fish & chip dish at participating restaurants and go into the prize draw for a fabulous Wild Dolphin Holiday Package for two at Tangalooma Island Resort - download information here

Q150 Twilight Lantern Parade
Manly Night Markets
Fish & Chip Fiesta
Little Bayside Park, the Esplanade, Manly

Get amongst the fun and festivities at the colourful night markets. Enjoy the cool of the evening and sing and dance amongst the stars at the exciting multicultural music fish & chip fiesta - featuring the vibrant pulse of the South Pacific, the infectious rhythms of Latin America and stunning Afro Cuban band ‘Chukale’. The evening kicks off with a special twilight lantern parade and a spectacular fire show.

Fiesta Program
5.00 Fiesta Tropicale
6.00 Twilight Lantern Parade
6.15 Phoenix Fire Tribe
6.40 Cook Island Dancers
7.00 Chinese Lion Dance
7.00 MBC Shadow Band – Jazz, Latin & Funk
7.45 Colombia Dance Group - Merengue, Puya & Salsa
8.00 Chukale – Afro Cuban - hot Salsa


SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2008

Marine Market and Treasure Market
Little Bayside Park & Manly Market Plaza
7.00 am - FREE
Ahoy….a boatee, sailor and fisherman’s market for everything nautical. Salty ol’ sea dogs trade their trash and treasure at the Manly Harbour marine market – you never know what you might find! Or take out a stall of your own - call PCYC on 3396 5017 or download info here (pdf file).

Festival in the Ruins – St Helena Island
William Gunn Jetty
Time: 9am & 11am. Bookings: (07) 3893 1240
Explore St Helena Island’s rich and colourful history as a high-security colonial prison. Learn about 19th Century prison life through special tours, games, crafts and demonstrations. Cat-O’- Nine Tails departs Manly at 9am and 11am

Wilsons Boathouse Blessing of the Fleet and Squid Sizzle
Wilsons Boathouse, Trafalgar St. Norfolk Point
11.00 am - FREE ENTRY
Celebrate the start of spring and the sailing season with the ‘other’ Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Up to one hundred or more yachts and boats of all shapes and sizes will sail past the public viewing point in Manly Harbour with colours flying to take a public salute before the official blessing of the fleet. Guest celebrity commentators will describe the boats and their colourful histories while brass bands and plenty of barbecued squid will be on hand to complete the ‘galah’ sense of occasion.

Port of Brisbane Harbourside Swing Concert
Little Bayside Park, Manly
2.00 pm - FREE
A concert not to be missed! Manly Harbour swings to the sensational sounds of Brisbane’s top stage brass bands. Featuring Brisbane Brass conducted by Greg Aitken and BSB Swing conducted by Paulo Felix-Almeida in a concert that’s all about swing. You know the songs so bring a picnic and sing and swing along.

This concert is supported by Brisbane City Council.


SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2008

Festival Sunday Markets
Little Bayside Park & Manly Market Plaza
8.00 am (all day) - FREE
Relax by the harbour and browse the myriad of market stalls ranging from plants, produce and clothing to arts and crafts and food. This special festival market is not your average trash and treasure so bring the family along, enjoy the bayside location and pick-up some great bargains.

Festival Fun Paddle
Registration at Wynnum Creek 11am; Paddle Start 1pm
$10 Entry per craft - register on the day
A fun paddle for leisure paddlers of all interests and abilities. The event is open to paddle craft of different styles - with one proviso - they must be person powered! Starting off from Wynnum Creek, the paddle ends up at Rose Bay (Manly) where just across the Park; the Festival Markets will be in full swing. Over $1000 in prizes to be won. Download Paddle Information here (pdf file)

Brisbane City Council Fathers Day Brass & Breakfast Concert
Little Bayside Park
10.00 am to 12.00 noon - FREE
Especially for Father’s Day this brass band concert features Australian champions Brisbane Excelsior conducted by Howard Taylor and the Queensland Wind and Brass conducted by Paul Kucharski which will be joined by the Celtic Precision Marching Girls. In case this not enough of a musical breakfast treat – look out for the Queensland Highlanders and dancers who will complete the festive program.

Bring Dad, bring the family, bring some breakfast or buy it there.
A great way to spend Father’s Day. Sponsored by Brisbane City Council.

Sunfish Family Fishing Competition
Big Manly Park and Norfolk Point
Time: 8am - 2pm FREE
8am - Anglers Education | 10am - Registration | 11am-2pm - Fishing at Norfolk Point
Free - Fishing fun for the whole family. Bring your own fishing rods and equipment, bait is supplied. The aim of the program is to catch and release, with great prizes to be won. For further information phone PCYC on (07) 3396 5017

Festival in the Ruins - St Helena Island
William Gunn Jetty - 9.00 am & 11.00 am
Bookings: (07) 3893 1240
Explore St Helena Island’s rich and colourful history as a high-security colonial prison. Learn about 19th Century prison life through special tours, games, crafts and demonstrations. Cat-O’-Nine Tails departs Manly at 9am and 11am.

QUEST Festival Finale Concert
Little Bayside Park
2.00 pm - FREE
Celebrate the season and bask in an afternoon of fine entertainment. The concert will include stage bands and street theatre performers from four local High Schools in a monster Sunday afternoon program of music and mayhem for the whole family. A fitting musical finale to the first of many Harbour Festivals to come.


Acknowledgements
The Manly Harbour Festival is a project of the Manly Chamber of Commerce. It is presented as part of Riverfestival 2008. Riverfestival is an initiative of the Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Government. The Festival is also part of the Moreton Bay Spring Festival which is sponsored by the Moreton Bay Task Force of Mayors and supported by Brisbane Marketing.

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