Award-winning Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival official …

… PROGRAM LAUNCH AND GALA BALL

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

The Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival is an award winning, hand crafted cultural festival held every two years in the mining town of Queenstown on Tasmania’s West Coast. Following the success of the 2012 festival, the festival returns in October 2014 appropriately themed ‘The Power of Water’ to celebrate the centenary of the Lake Margaret Power Station – Australia’s oldest working Hydro Electric station, near Queenstown.

The highlight of the West Coast winter is the official program launch and gala evening.

Date: Saturday 30 August
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Queenstown Memorial Hall, Orr Street, Queenstown
Tickets: Available for purchase from Wednesday 16 July at $145p.p
Tickets available from qhaf.org or by telephoning the West Coast Wilderness Railway Station in Queenstown (03 6471 0100)
Attire: Black tie

The program launch and gala evening are a major fundraiser for the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival. The Royal Australian Navy Band Tasmanian Detachment headlines a bumper evening of entertainment.Ticket prices include entertainment, alcohol, soft-drink and hors d’oeuvres catering.

Following last week’s announcement of the closure of the Mount Lyell Mine, Festival Director Travis Tiddy said that the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival played an important role in the morale of the West Coast community:

The pulse of our community responds to the heartbeat of our local mining industry. The imminent mine closure and the loss of 200 local jobs will have a devastating, rippling impact upon the region.

October’s festival is of increased importance in boosting morale and providing a social and economic lift for our community. Our aim and our pledge is to excite audiences by providing money-can’t-buy connection with a place and its people; inspiring audiences with the abilities and cultural wealth of regional Tasmania. We aim to demonstrate what can be achieved through working together and through adherence to authenticity, excellence, and understanding what makes our region so special.

The best thing that we can do is work hard to give everyone a big lift this October. We’d like to welcome you to attend our festival and contribute to this experience with us.

At a time when the residents of the West Coast need an event like this, we welcome all Tasmanian’s to join us in Queenstown.

• Official Program Launch and Gala Ball: Saturday 30 August

• Festival Weekend (More details to follow): Friday 10 October for three days

Festival Director Travis Tiddy encouraged visitors to Queenstown to book in advance:

Our experience is that tickets for the Gala Evening do sell quickly, and accommodation on the West Coast does fill up – both for the Gala Evening in August, and also for the festival weekend in October. I encourage Tasmanian’s to come and support West Coast Tasmania and participate in an award winning, hand crafted and ‘money can’t buy’ experience that the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival promises to deliver.
Travis Tiddy, Festival Director, Leigh Styles Marketing Coordinator