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TO BE ADVISED

 

2012 Official Jacaranda Festival Program download here.

 

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Rows of trees in bloom in Turf Street.

Photo: John Warrell

Jacaranda Avenue in Pound Street.

Photo: Clarence River Tourism

The world-renowned Jacaranda Festival is held yearly in Grafton, Northern Rivers New South Wales, from the second last weekend in October to the first weekend in November.

In 2013 the festival officially starts with the Jacaranda Ball on Saturday, October 19th and concludes on Sunday, 3rd November.

Inaugurated in 1934, this was the first of Australia's folk festivals and is based upon the magnificent spectacle of the hundreds of lilac-blossomed trees which grow in Grafton's broad tree lined avenues.

It expresses the people's thanksgiving for the generosity with which nature blesses this part of the globe.

Jacaranda Festival General Meeting

The next Jacaranda Festival General Meeting will be held at the Grafton District Services Club on Thursday 23 May, commencing at 5.30pm. This meeting is open to the public.

2013 Jacaranda Junior Queen Candidates NOMINATIONS OPENING SOON

The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. wish to advise that nominations will open for the 2013 Junior Jacaranda Queen – Wednesday 15th May 2013.

Read more here.

Festival FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Check out the FUNDRAISING EVENTS that our Jacaranda Queen Candidates are holding throughout the year here.

Nominations for 2013 Jacaranda Festival Matron of Honour NOW OPEN

Nomination forms are available from the Jacaranda Festival Office, Level 1, Dougherty House, 48 Prince Street, Grafton during business hours; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Read more here.

Junior Jacaranda Director(s) Wanted

The Jacaranda Festival Committee is seeking interest from anyone (individual or group) to take on the Event Directorship of the Junior Jacaranda Queen competition for 2013.

Enquiries to the Festival Manager - telephone 6642 3959 or jacarandafest@bigpond.com

1st Jacaranda Queen Candidate Announced

The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. are very excited to announce their first Queen Candidate nomination for the 79th annual Jacaranda Festival.

Miss Christie Paterson proudly sponsored by Gym Beans Espresso Bar

School Officially on for Jacaranda Thursday

The NSW Department of Education has ruled out closing Grafton schools to enable children to take part in Jacaranda Thursday celebrations.

The decision follows Clarence Valley Council axing the day as a gazetted half-day public holiday, and re-classifying it an ‘event day’. In the past, schools have closed to allow children to take part in the long-running traditional celebration.

Read more here.

2013 Jacaranda Queen Candidates NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

The Grafton Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. wishes to advise that nominations will open for the 2013 Jacaranda Queen Candidates:

Monday 8th April and will close Tuesday 28th May.

Read more here.

JACARANDA THURSDAY AS BIG AS EVER

JACARANDA Thursday will be as big as ever, festival organisers say.

Despite initial concerns over the day being changed from a half-day public holiday to an "event day", Mayor Richie Williamson visited the committee to reassure members it would make little difference.

Read more here.

2013 OFFICE BEARERS ANNOUNCED

On behalf of the Jacaranda Festival Committee I would like to advise the Community that the Committee held their Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 26th February 2013, at the Grafton District Services Club.

Read more here.

JACARANDA COMMITTEE IS PURPLE WITH RAGE AT HOLIDAY LOSS!

The Jacaranda Festival Committee is purple with rage at the decision to scrap the half-day holiday on Jacaranda Thursday.

At the committee meeting on Tuesday night members decided to galvanise and launch a campaign to save one of the Jacaranda City's biggest days of the year.

Read the article here.

GET INVOLVED!

The blossoming purple flowers may not be on the trees yet, but it's time to start thinking Jacaranda.

The Jacaranda Festival Committee will meet next week to start planning this year's festival, and festival manager Janelle Ellem said she hoped for community input about how to increase committee membership, business involvement and community participation in the events.

Read the article here.

 

LATEST NEWS

* The Jacaranda Festival Committee Inc. would like to advise that the office is now open for business. Office hours are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 9am to 5pm.

* AGM to be held Tuesday 26th February at the Grafton District Services Club commencing at 5.30pm.

 

SARA FILEWOOD Crowned Queen for 2012

Surrounded by purple blooms and tinted with the orange glow of a splendid Valley sunset, the people of Grafton welcomed in the reign of the region's new Jacaranda queens and princesses. This year's Jacaranda Queen Sara Filewood was ecstatic to hear she had taken out the crown, how- ever it was "not the first one" she had been given since entering the prestigious contest. Read more here.

For all the results of the senior Queen Crowning visit our Jacaranda Queen Page.

For all the results of the junior Queen Crowning visit our Jacaranda Junior Queen Page.

2012 Junior Jacaranda Queen Candidates at the Crowning Ceremony

Photo: Frank Rasborsek

 

 

 

 

 

 

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