Walgett Show Society Inc. in Walgett, New South Wales, Australia | Community organisation

Walgett Show Society Inc.

Locality: Walgett, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6828 1318

Address: PO Box 56 2832 Walgett, NSW, Australia

Website: www.agshowsnsw.org.au/shows/all-shows/226-walgett-show

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22.01.2022 Thanks to the Australian Government's Regional Ag Shows Development Grants program, some repairs and improvements to the ring and arena area at Walgett Racecourse and Showground have been funded. This is much appreciated, with the project work including replacement of fencing, making the arena surface safer and installation of some new water infrastructure and shades sails. More details to come. Thank you also to everyone who helped to put the application together, including Mea Campbell (The Writing Co).

20.01.2022 Good news - the COVID-safe sideshow fun is coming back to Walgett again!!

18.01.2022 We are still seeing how things go, but if we can have Walgett Show in September, we are excited that Castlereagh Connection can make it. An impressive effort with their new song.

17.01.2022 Good news this morning from the NSW Government and the ASC of NSW - we can look forward to planning for 2021 Walgett Show again, thanks to the work that has and is being done by the Government and the ASC! Hopefully in exactly six months' time, we will be very busy!!

15.01.2022 Walgett Show President Scott White unfortunately has the news to share that Walgett Show is unable to go ahead this year. It is disappointing, and rest assured that significant effort was put in to trying to organize a later Show for everyone. However, the difficult decision was made with concerns about community health and safety and uncertainty regarding COVID-19 in mind. Walgett Show Society appreciates the assistance of the ASC of NSW, Showmen's Guild of Australasia and the support and sponsorship we receive from across the local Walgett Shire community and from far and wide.

14.01.2022 We dropped up to the Monster Grill sideshow area this evening. It was great to see families enjoying the rides, sideshow games and treats and to catch up with our Showmen's Guild of Australasia friends, who are great supporters of Walgett Show.

13.01.2022 During October, Agricultural Shows across NSW will be creating and displaying 'No Show Scarecrows' to celebrate local Show spirit and as a sign of solidarity for the network of shows across the country, despite so many cancelled shows in 2020. There are 660 Agricultural Shows in Australia, which attract six million visitors annually and the volunteer hours required to run them makes the show movement the largest volunteer network in the country. Shows like Walgett Show are n...ot just events - they are communities of volunteers, sponsors, competitors, supporting businesses, locals and visitors who love attending every year. We have created a Walgett Show Society 'no show scarecrow', pictured at Walgett Racecourse and Showground on 1st October, which will have a month to be seen around the Walgett Show district of Walgett Shire. #noshowscarecrow Agricultural Societies Council of NSW Ltd @ASCofNSW See more

06.01.2022 Shout out to our Showmens Guild of Australasia representatives, who bring the rides, showbags and sideshow games and treats to Walgett Show each year and are doing it tough, with so much of the 2020 Show calendar cancelled. The Brown family, who have been associated with Walgett Show for over 50 years and represent five generations of family business, brought Monster Grill and some rides and games and COVID-safe Showtime fun to Walgett recently. Shout out also to the entert...ainment providers and other stallholders whose businesses provide such great attractions at our Shows, including some in the photos here: Bruno's wood-fired pizza and all the other great food vans, Base Zero Mobile Rock Climbing, Blue Mountains Reptile Awareness, The Memphis Moovers, Troppo Bob, The Kangagang, Sand in Your Eyes, Eljay Show, Berkley Supertank and many others, too numerous to mention. We are thinking of you and looking forward to when the country Shows are able to run safely again (and hopefully show-goers next time will be able to see planned 2020 Walgett Show entertainment attractions if they can still come). P.S. we heard that the Monster Grill and attractions visited Coonamble and Cobar again recently - maybe they will be able to visit Walgett again too before too long. See more

04.01.2022 The Walgett Show 'no show scarecrow' visited our Showmens Guild of Australasia friends at Pearson Park today, who have brought some COVID-safe sideshow fun again with Carnival Eats Family Fun Day attractions. Unfortunately the Cha Cha was unable to be here this time, but there have been rides for the kids and sideshow games and treats, including Monster Grill, the kebab van and sweet treats. Thank you for coming, and we hope to see you again soon.

01.01.2022 After visiting Brewarrina, Bourke and Cobar, Monster Grill is bringing some COVID-safe sideshow fun to Walgett!!