Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival
| Caxton Street Festival. | |
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| Genre | community festival |
| Dates | Labour Day weekend |
| Location(s) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Years active | 1994 to present |
| Founded | 1994 |
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The Caxton Street Festival (formerly the Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival) is an annual event which was launched in 1994 by the Caxton Street Development Association to promote Caxton Street in historic Petrie Terrace as a significant entertainment precinct that celebrates and promotes Australian music, seafood and wine. It features live music, food and drink from Caxton Street restaurants and cafés, as well as Art Exhibitions and Historical Displays and a dedicated annual Festival Band Competition. By 2012, the Festival attracted more than 15000 patrons. Proceeds from the Street Tickets are donated to various Queensland charities significantly in 2012 to the Wesley Hospital (Brisbane)Kim Walters Choices Program.
Held traditionally on the Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend, until 2013, the Festival is a promotion of the Queensland Seafood and Wine industries as well as a major Queensland Music Festival. Since its inception in 1994, it has featuring artists such as Russell Crowe and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, 1927 (band), Boom Crash Opera, The Angels (Australian band), Gang Gajang, Little Birdy, Grace Knight, Kevin Borich, Kram of Spiderbait, Dukes of Windsor, Calling All Cars (band), Don Walker (musician), Tyrone Noonan and Diana Anaid plus celebrities from Australian Idol, Big Brother and musical acts from all over Australia playing a variety of music styles. From 2014, it is held on the Queens Birthday long weekend in June.
The Caxton Street Seafood Festival is located on Caxton Street, Brisbane only a short 200 m away from Suncorp Stadium and a few minutes from the Brisbane central business district.
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