The Blackheath Rhododendron Festival is a street fair, fun and games, music, art, theatre, dance and more. It’s lots of fun and has something for everyone.
Rhodo Festival, as it’s affectionately known, is an annual celebration held in the town during October and November to coincide with the peak flowering season of Blackheath’s signature rhododendrons.
It has been held every year since 1953 and is still going strong.
2019 will be the 66th festival.
Rhodo Day, on the first Saturday of November, is peak party time, with entertainment, rides and stalls. The pubs host wood chopping, coal shovelling and roof bolting competitions.
And hundreds line Wentworth Street to see the grand parade from 11.30am.
The festival began as a means of raising money to build the community hall. In time, the funds were raised, the hall was built, fitted out and furnished.
Funds raised in later years were used on a number of projects around the town, including the canteen at the oval and rotundas in Sutton Park.
The Rural Fire Service brigade, RSL, sporting and youth clubs, the swimming pool, schools, Streetscape and other organisations have benefitted from the Festival’s fundraising efforts.
But mostly, it’s fun. From the Art Show to the Rhodo Revue, it’s a nearly month-long celebration.
Come and join us this year.
Rhodo Festival, as it’s affectionately known, is an annual celebration held in the town during October and November to coincide with the peak flowering season of Blackheath’s signature rhododendrons.
It has been held every year since 1953 and is still going strong.
2019 will be the 66th festival.
Rhodo Day, on the first Saturday of November, is peak party time, with entertainment, rides and stalls. The pubs host wood chopping, coal shovelling and roof bolting competitions.
And hundreds line Wentworth Street to see the grand parade from 11.30am.
The festival began as a means of raising money to build the community hall. In time, the funds were raised, the hall was built, fitted out and furnished.
Funds raised in later years were used on a number of projects around the town, including the canteen at the oval and rotundas in Sutton Park.
The Rural Fire Service brigade, RSL, sporting and youth clubs, the swimming pool, schools, Streetscape and other organisations have benefitted from the Festival’s fundraising efforts.
But mostly, it’s fun. From the Art Show to the Rhodo Revue, it’s a nearly month-long celebration.
Come and join us this year.