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Come together for a fun-filled family day

The fourth annual Noosa Come Together Festival and Noosa Busking Championships will take place on the weekend of 8 and 9 June at the beautiful Noosa River foreshore.

Noosa Come Together and the Busking Championships present a wonderful affordable family weekend of entertainment, activities and music for the local community and is fast becoming an item in the Noosa Events calendar, not to miss.

This festival was born in 2016 when a small a group of locals joined together to raise funds to ensure that the “Sailability” sailing program for children and people with disabilities would continue on the Noosa River. Funds raised to date have kept the Sailability program going for three years now.

This event provides an affordable day out for local families with activities including; children’s rides, international food stalls, and two music venues showcasing local and disabled artists.

Festival organiser Oz Bayldon said the festival is a celebration of being local.

“In the first year we raised over $10 grand and it just keeps on getting bigger and better,” Oz said.

“When I see kids doing outdoor activities it makes me happy, that’s why I decided I was going to do my best to make more of it happen.

“The idea of the festival is to bring the old community together with the new community.

“This year, we are hoping to attract even more sponsors so we can better support our three recipient charities: Sailability, Riding for the Disabled and the Disabled Surfers Association.”

This amazing event is growing rapidly with more musicians, artists and contributors each year.

“This year we have our best line up by far with three stages. We have over 20 local acts, with bands also coming from Brisbane and we have the Hillbilly Goats headlining who are a festival favourite,” Oz said.

“Without our sponsors we wouldn’t be where we are today. We’ve had loads of really generous donations and we’re always looking for more.”

Stay informed by liking Facebook pages both for Noosa Come Together and Noosa Busking Championships or visiting websites for both.

If you would like to volunteer or sponsor this inclusive, important community event and help those less fortunate, please contact Oz Bayldon for NCT at oz@theactivecommunity.org or Tony Oxley for Busking at annetony@iinet.net.au.

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