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

In 2008 the festival officially starts on Friday, October 24th and concludes on Sunday, 2nd November.

Inaugurated in 1935, 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.

Turf Street in bloom

2007 Jacaranda Queen, Sarah Templeton

(Left to right) 2007 Jacaranda Queen, Sarah Templeton with Danielle Bower, Briony Hubbard and Karen Fernando.

Who will be the 2008 Jacaranda Queen? Check out the Queen Candidates section to find out who is in the running this year.

Bring the family along on Saturday 25th October for the Jacaranda Queen Crowning Ceremony in Market Square.

For more information on what's on and where during the festival check out our Events page or download the Festival Preliminary Guide (below)

2007 Queen's Party  photos by Frank Rasborseck (click image for larger version)

2007 Junior Queen Kirsten Knox (left) & Junior Princess Ashlee Jarvis

 

 

 

 

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