Gympie Gold Rush Festival

18/06/2026

Spotto!

On Mellor Street outside local sponsor Dodts Floorcoverings and Blinds Gympie

Gympie Gold Rush Festival - Regionally Rich, Locally Loved. Support the locals supporting this community event!

15/06/2026

Spotto! Go for Gold signs popping up everywhere. Tom Grady Real Estate & Auctions.

Support the locals supporting our community!

Gold Rush is back!

15/06/2026

Support the businesses that support community events!

Check out the businesses proudly displaying the Gympie Gold Rush Festival signs!

Gunalda Landscape Supplies

12/06/2026

With all the rain around at the moment signs are starting to pop up like the proverbial mushrooms!



Watsons Marine Centre 4Tint2u Cooloola Window Tinting, Signs & Designs Gympie 4x4 Accessories

10/06/2026

It's beginning to look a lot like Gold Rush ....

05/06/2026

*Latest Update from the 2026 Gympie Gold Rush Festival*

ONLY FOUR MONTHS TO GO … YEP, THAT’S RIGHT, ONLY FOUR MONTHS UNTIL GYMPIE’S BIGGEST FREE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL!

The Gympie Gold Rush Festival Organising Committee will hold its next monthly general meeting on Thursday, 25 June @ 5.30pm @ Gympie RSL, Level 2.

The June general meeting will provide updates about our three huge events in October, plus our 'Go for Gold' event on 18-19 July.

All organisations, businesses, and individuals are welcome to attend. We are still seeking sponsors, parade participants, and volunteers for the street parade and community concert to join our amazing team. Come along to see what all the fuss is about!

More details about the 2026 Gympie Gold Rush Festival are on our website and socials: https://gympiegoldrushfestival.com.au/ and https://www.facebook.com/GympieGoldrushFestival/

Community Bank Gympie & District Gympie Regional Council Watson's Marine - Sea Jay Pressed Boats Corbets Group 4Tint2u Cooloola Window Tinting, Signs & Designs

Gympie Gold Museum, Markets & Cafe Gympie The real treasure is the town The Gympie Grapevine Gympie Autoglass Mary Valley Rattler Gympie RSL Tom Grady Real Estate & Auctions Slowgrass Zinc 96 Gympie's Positive 91Five Gympie Today The Gympie Times ABC Sunshine Coast 7NEWS Sunshine Coast Visit Gympie Region Absolutely 80s presents

02/06/2026

The things you see make you realise Gympie Gold Rush Festival is back. Thanks to our friends at Tayco Outdoor Advertising.



Gympie The real treasure is the town | The Gympie Grapevine | Chisholm Accounting & Taxation Services

26/05/2026

Thanks Jamie Hazelden, a brilliant story about the gold rush history of Gympie!

Join Jamie as he takes you on a journey through the early days of Gympie — from one man’s discovery of gold to the rise of a booming gold rush town. Travel b...

18/05/2026

Celebrate National Volunteer Week (18-24 May 2026) by striking GOLD in our community! It's 'Your Year to Volunteer'.

The Gympie Gold Rush Festival organising committee is calling for passionate volunteers to help bring this popular event back to the community where it belongs. Whether you’re keen to lend a hand with planning our core events (2-17 October), or be part of the excitement at the community parade along Mary Street, or support the community concert in Nelson Reserve, there’s a place for you on our team. Get involved, meet new people, and help create unforgettable moments for Gympie, your time will truly make a difference.

To see what all the fuss is about, come along to our next Monthly General Meeting on Wednesday, 20 May @ 5.30pm @ the Gympie RSL (2nd Level). If you can't make the meeting but are keen to lend a hand, please drop us a message here: [email protected].

Any businesses, organisations and individuals interested in sponsoring the iconic Gympie Gold Rush Festival, please contact our Communications & Marketing team for more information here: [email protected].

We are seeking local food trucks to support the Gympie Gold Rush Festival - Bendigo Bank Community Concert at Nelson Reserve on Saturday, 17 October 2026. To express your interest, fill out the online form: https://form.jotform.com/260908369758070.

One of the highlights of the Festival will be the street parade, consisting of a wide range of our communities across the Gympie region. From multi-cultural groups to schools, clubs and sporting teams, local businesses and organisations, our emergency services, to the Australian Defence Force, car clubs and anyone who wants to join in, the street parade will be a celebration of Gympie’s best! For more information, please contact or Events & Programming team here: [email protected]. Or fill out an expression of interest form here: https://form.jotform.com/260908369758070.

And don’t forget our ‘Go for Gold’ Activation Weekend on 18-19 July. More details are available on our page.

://gympiegoldrushfestival.com.au !

13/12/2025

Thanks to all that attended today, this will be a great event to bring back to life.