Veteran’s Retreat will soon be presenting its major fundraising event of the year, Beat the Retreat Charity Concert live from Mothar Mountain in Gympie.
For it’s second year running, Beat the Retreat Charity Concert is 12 hours of family fun and entertainment with live music, food stalls, full bar, camping facilities, kids entertainment with a jumping castle and rock climbing wall.
Taking place on Saturday June 26 from 10am with two amazing headlining acts, Col Finley and Jade Holland.
Having performed and shared the stage with international name artists, Tim McGraw, The Chicks, Luke Bryan, Luke Coombs and Zac Brown; Col Finley is one of Australia’s most successful independent recording and touring artists.
Col has wowed fans at all major Australian festivals including CMC Rocks, Big Red Bash, Tamworth CMF, Gympie Muster and Groundwater.
Jade Holland, an Australian singer/songwriter who was nominated for the 15th Annual IAMA in 2018 and won first prize ’Best OPEN/AOG’ for her song “That’s The Wine“.
Alongside her music career, Jade supports outdoor pursuits and is the ambassador for Sea Link and Women in Sport. She is also working closely with Mental Awareness Foundation.
Last year’s charity concert came about after a Facebook post by Beat the Retreat event organiser, and Director and Founder of Veteran’s Retreat Kylie James said, “I posted how devastated I was that the Gympie Music Muster was cancelled because of COVID and we should have our own muster in its place.“
“It kind of exploded from there,“ Kylie said.
“It was an extremely successful event raising much needed funds to keep the Veteran’s Retreat farm stay operational and continue to provide the services that it does.
“This year, we are treating this event as the ’Warm up to the Muster’.“
This year’s line-up are all generously donating their time in support of Veteran’s Retreat and will feature talented artists that the majority have all got a link somewhere with the veteran community.
Artists like Col Finley – a veteran, Benny M – a veteran, Boi & esKae – Boi was well known for entertaining the troops while he was deployed, Hound Dog Swagger – a veteran guitarist and vocalist, Mayan Fox and Blinders Band of Rock both with veteran members, One Foot West with a navy veteran and a veteran spouse as a duo and returning again this year, the legendary local band Beyond Sippy Creek which is made up of kids of veterans.
Veterans Retreat is a Charity Farm Stay open to all Veterans, First Responders and their families/ carers where it provides a relaxed and quiet environment for the veteran community, offers meaningful engagement, animal therapy and is host to regular holistic wellness weekends and social events throughout the year.
The charity concert will cap tickets and allow onsite camping for tents, swags, cars and camper trailers. For those wanting to camp in vans and motorhomes they can book into either Standown Caravan Park, located half an hour from the event on the Tin Can Bay road, or the Equestrian Centre eight minutes from the event.
Event goers will be treated to an outdoor bush concert where they are encouraged to bring along their chairs and blankets, grab a drink from the bar and choose from an array of food vendors to ensure they kick back for an enjoyable day and night of music.
This is an all-ages event open to the public who are encouraged to gather their groups together and make a weekend of it and explore the wonderful area around Gympie.
If any business or companies wanting to sign up as a sponsor, they are encouraged to get in contact with event organisers.
Tickets are $50 for adults (16+) and $15 for children (15 and under). This is an all-ages event.
Camping is $15 per adult (16+) and kids camp free. (Standard vehicle, camper trailer, tent or swag only, no caravans or motor-homes due to limited space).
For more information on tickets visit www.beattheretreat.org.au/tickets
