Summerfest 2022

Date

Saturday, 05 Nov 2022, 3PM – 7:30PM

Location

SunPAC 470 McCullough St Sunnybank

Accessibility

SunPAC & Brisbane City Council present

Summer is almost here and it’s time to celebrate warmer days and bluer skies with your local community, your family and friends at SunPAC’s annual, free celebration of culture and creativity, Summerfest.

On Saturday 5 November 2022, SunPAC offers a program of fantastic indoor and outdoor entertainment, concerts, scrumptious treats from our visiting food trucks and attractions including a baby animal nursery and mega jumping castle.

Summerfest 2022, 3pm-7.30pm Saturday 5 November 2022.

Free Family Fun Day

This year we’re offering an afternoon of the best of SunPAC 2022 with repeat performances by the magical, crazy, zany scientist, Richard Scholes in The Wonderful World of Magical Crazy Science, a concert version of Brisbane’s newest musical; the multicultural Marry Me, Maybe? by Kenji Lee, and for our youngest patrons and their parents, opportunities for music and play in Harmonie Music Centre’s SunKIDZ in SunPAC’s Skyview foyer. Stuntman extraordinaire Joel Fenton will wow the audience with his tricks and balance skills, finishing off with an awesome juggling routine that has to be seen to be believed. Add the talented vocalists and musicians from MacGregor State School, spectacular dance performances by Heilani Polynesian School of Arts and Lalitha Kalalaya School of Bharanatyam, and the program is packed full of excitement and wonder. The afternoon’s fun and frivolity comes to a spectacular, sparkly evening end with a giant fireworks display. And all this is absolutely free.

Join your family and friends and come along to SunPAC from 3 – 7.30pm on Saturday, 5 November.

Proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.

Download the program >

Summerfest Fireworks Spectacular 2022

Commencing approx. 7pm

Summerfest Events 2022

Heilani Polynesian

School of Arts

Heilani Productions is Australia’s largest and most comprehensive Polynesian Dance School and Polynesian Entertainment Production Company. Established in Brisbane in 2005 by Heimana and Lelani Tahiata, Heilani Polynesian School of Arts & Heilani Production Company takes pride in teaching authentic Polynesian dance and culture while maintaining the highest level of entertainment.

MacGregor State School

ensembles

MacGregor State School has a long tradition of music excellence in instrumental music.

The MacGregor Saxophone Ensemble is a newly formed ensemble adding to the depth of MacGregor’s Performing Arts Program. Their performance at Summerfest will feature a variety of repertoire including Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Jazz.

The MacGregor State School Stage Band is a dynamic ensemble playing a variety of music including pop, swing, funk and rock. This extension ensemble aims to build students’ independence and musicianship whilst creating a strong community within the ensemble.

With thanks to Queensland Symphony Orchestra and QSO’s education sponsor, Frazer Family Foundation for mentoring MacGregor State School’s stage band as they prepare their Summerfest performance and Brass Music Specialists for supporting MacGregor State School’s ensemble’s Summerfest performances.

SunKIDZ

By Harmonie Music Centre

The SunKIDZ program, encourages children from the ages of 6 months to five years to explore the world around them through play-based learning and musical activities. Parents and bubs are invited into SunPAC’s Skyview Foyer to come together and meet new people, while their little ones learn, engage, build confidence and have fun.

Joel Fenton

Stuntman

Joel Fenton has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years performing unbelievable circus stunts in theatres, cruise ships and circuses all over Australia, the USA, Belgium, Poland, Germany and New Zealand. He recently impressed 80,000 screaming football fans and is currently a feature act in Australia’s biggest circus show.

Nataraja by Lalitha Kalalaya

School of Bharanatyam

Lalitha Kalalaya School of Bharatanatyam provides training in ancient south Indian classical dance; a discipline known for its grace, purity, tenderness and sculptural poses. The school offers extensive, quality training to all students in a positive and disciplined learning environment. The school creates opportunities for students to perform in local and community programmes to showcase their dance skills.

With the intent of emoting the essence of devotion, Lalitha dance students perform this beautiful show, curated and choreographed by guru, Smt. Padmalaskshmi Sriram.

Marry Me, Maybe? Concert

Written, directed and performed by Kenji Lee

A blossoming relationship between an Indian-Australian professor and her Taiwanese-Australian graduate student is short-lived after the couple learns their respective families have arranged separate marriages for them. The star-crossed lovers must now convince their traditional families to accept their cross-cultural union before they inevitably stand at different wedding altars…

Marry Me, Maybe? Concert gives audiences an exclusive sneak peek to the full musical coming to SunPAC next year.

The Wonderful World of Magical Crazy Science

Following a sold out season last year, the Magical World of Crazy Science show returns to SunPac Theatre with BIGGER, FASTER AND MORE UNBELIEVABLE SCIENTRIFIC FUN!

Be prepared for a wild ride with Richard and his giant columns of elephant toothpaste, massive smoke rings, flying toilet paper, giant bubbles floating across the audience and billowing coloured concoctions. Kids LOVE this awe-inspiring, and educationally fun show from award-winning entertainer, educator and scientist, Richard Scholes.

The Lolly Pop Ladies

THE MASK FAMILY offers a suite of full-face, non-verbal, accessible, inclusive and magical roving mask theatre acts that connects directly to the audience. The Lolly Pop Ladies is highly visual, interactive, non-intrusive and non-language dependent. This unique roving theatre transcends age, language and culture barriers.

MC, Nadia Sunde

An acclaimed cabaret and concert artist, theatre actress, comedienne and former ABC radio presenter, Nadia Sunde is an outstanding performer. She effortlessly creates moments with audiences that hold the space for joyful, heartfelt and inspiring connections.

SunPAC is proud to welcome Nadia as the MC for Summerfest 2022.

LTL Group Australia

Lion dancing is a popular way to entice good luck to visit house warmings, weddings, birthdays….and festivals!

Two skilled, agile performers; one operating the head, and one operating the tail, mimic the movements of a magnificent, brightly coloured lion, shaking its mighty head to show its huge teeth and flashing eyes, demonstrating the lion’s strength and power as well as its playful side.

The lion dance is accompanied by a team of talented musicians playing traditional instruments such as drums, cymbals and gongs to create a captivating atmosphere of light and sound as the lion performs.

MacGregor State School Chamber Choir & Voices

Chamber Choir and MacGregor Voices perform a selection of repertoire learnt throughout the year, including works from musical theatre, popular music and choral works. The choirs are proud to support Australian composers including Annie Kwok, Todd McNeal and Karen Elliot and love performing their fabulous music.

With thanks to Brass Music Specialists for supporting MacGregor State School ensembles’ Summerfest performances.

Barnyard Babies