Food n Groove Fridays

11/09/2026

🚨🍕 ONLY 4 WEEKS TO GO until the first ‘Get Ready’ Food n Groove Fridays event! 🎶🎉

Mark your calendars for a night of tasty food, live music, and flashing lights!💥🚒👮‍♀️

🎶 GET READY - Hervey Bay
🗓 Friday 9 October | 🕓 4pm – 9pm
📍Seafront Oval , Hervey Bay

🎤 Musicians:
4:00pm – Emma Newman Music
5:15pm – Fool's Errand
7:15pm – DanceFloorConfessions

🎶 GET READY - Maryborough
🗓 Friday 30 October | 🕓 4pm – 9pm
📍 Brolga Theatre Riverstage, Maryborough

🎤 Musicians:
4:00pm – Frank Benn
5:15pm – Smooth Velvet
7:15pm – Bad Attitude

🎉 FREE ENTRY 🎉

Bring your friends and family, check out the emergency vehicles, and boogie the night away! 💃🕺

⭐️ Click ‘Interested’ on our event page and tag your mates below! 🎸🍔

👍 Like our page to stay up to date with event information!

10/09/2026

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09/09/2026

🎉 Groovers, guess what?! We're BACK! 🎉

‘Get Ready’ Food n Groove Fridays return this October with two special events! 🙌🏼✨

🚨 ‘Get Ready’ is a State Government initiative that helps Queenslanders prepare for summer and extreme weather events.

SAVE THE DATES:

🎶 GET READY - Hervey Bay
🗓 Friday 9 October | 🕓 4pm – 9pm
📍 Seafront Oval, Hervey Bay

🎶 GET READY - Maryborough
🗓 Friday 30 October | 🕓 4pm – 9pm
📍 Brolga Theatre Riverstage, Maryborough

🎉 FREE ENTRY 🎉

🚒 Check out the emergency vehicles, chat with the crew and learn how to prepare for storm season.

✨ Get ready for nights packed with flashing lights, delicious eats, groovy beats, and a whole lot of fun. 🌮🍻

Mark your calendars, grab your mates, and let’s groove! 💃🕺

15/12/2025

APPLY NOW! 🥳🎉

📢 Calling all regional businesses! 📢

Our 2026 vendor applications are officially OPEN! 🎉

We’re now welcoming Expressions of Interest from food vendors, market vendors, and wineries/distilleries who’d love to be part of our 2026 events.

🍽️ Food Vendors, form available here: https://account.stallmanager.com.au/apply/5433215575f178076d36bc3.11071815

👛 Market Vendors, form available here: https://account.stallmanager.com.au/apply/12290179185f179444312986.13271586

🍷Wineries/Distilleries, form available here: https://account.stallmanager.com.au/apply/2145392816577d955711e41.57641003

APPLY NOW and join us in creating amazing experiences at our 2026 events — we’d love to have you involved! ✨

04/11/2025

🎉 THANK YOU Fraser Coast! 🎉

What an incredible time we’ve had at the Get Ready Food n Groove Fridays! From emergency services crews to delicious food, cold brews, incredible music and good vibes, we’ve had an amazing time with all of you! 🍻🎶🫶

🙌 A massive shout-out to our amazing volunteers, vendors, contractors, sponsors, and performers for bringing it all together.

We hope you picked up some helpful tips to prepare for storm season. ⛈️

Stay safe, and don’t forget to follow and for the latest local event updates.

See you again in October 2026! 🌟

🎥 Videography and Photography

🌐 https://www.facebook.com/fngfridays

31/10/2025

🔥 What a night in Maryborough! 🔥

Get Ready Maryborough had it all — epic tunes, vibrant energy, and an incredible community vibe! 🎶🤝

A huge shoutout to our local emergency service crews and everyone doing their part to get ready for storm season. 💪 🚒

It’s all about being prepared and looking out for each other. 💜

Massive thanks to everyone who showed up, danced, and helped make the event such a standout! 🙌

🎥: Videography and Photography

🌐 https://www.facebook.com/fngfridays

29/10/2025

✨ Throwback to Get Ready Hervey Bay! ✨

Good vibes, bright lights, and amazing community spirit all around! 💥🙌

Huge thanks to our local emergency crews for their hard work and for guiding the community in storm season preparedness! 👮🚒

And of course, a massive thanks to everyone who came out and got involved – you made it a night to remember! 💛

🎥: Videography and Photography

🌐 https://www.facebook.com/fngfridays

27/10/2025

🎉 How great were the 'Get Ready’ events in Hervey Bay and Maryborough?! 🙌

We had an amazing time connecting with our community — learning how to stay safe this storm season while enjoying delicious food, live music, and meeting our incredible local emergency heroes! 🚒🎶🍔

A huge THANK YOU to our wonderful sponsors who made these events possible:
Get Ready Queensland
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Staging Solutions
Handyhire Queensland
What's on Fraser Coast Magazine
Zip Print Australia
Hit101.9 Fraser Coast
Triple M Fraser Coast

Check out these fantastic pics from the events captured by Glenn Morris Photography! 📸✨

For more information on how to prepare for storm season, please visit:
🚨 https://www.getready.qld.gov.au/
🚨 www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/storm-season-clean-up
🚨 https://disaster.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/

🌐 https://www.facebook.com/fngfridays

23/10/2025

🎉 TODAY’S THE DAY, Maryborough! 🎉

It’s your turn to enjoy 'Get Ready' from 4pm – 9pm at the Brolga Theatre Riverstage! 🌟

👮 Meet emergency crews and chat about disaster preparedness
🚒 Get up close to emergency vehicles and equipment
🎶 Enjoy live music and family-friendly entertainment
🍔 Savour tasty bites from food trucks and browse market stalls

🎶 Live Music Lineup:
4pm – Emma Newman Music
5.15pm – Fool's Errand
7.15pm – Forbidden Road

Grab your friends and family and head to Riverstage for an epic night of food, fun, and tunes! See you there! 😎✨

🎉 FREE ENTRY 🎉

Things to remember:
⭐️ Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian
⭐️ No BYO alcohol – bar available on site
⭐️ Please leave pets at home (assistance animals exempt)
⭐️ Bring chairs & picnic rugs (no shade structures)
⭐️ No ATM on site – most vendors have EFTPOS

🎶 GET READY - Maryborough
🗓 Friday 24 October | 🕓 4pm – 9pm
📍 Brolga Theatre Riverstage, Maryborough

🌐 https://www.facebook.com/fngfridays