Festival snapshot:
FIRST NATIONS
Celebrating the local First Nations heritage and culture with interactive experiences, arts, story, dance, song, bushfoods and workshops.
SOCIAL EVENTS
Relive the eras from colonial dance and music in the 1800s, the decadent 1920s to mid-century retro chic.
WORKSHOPS
Join heritage workshops from leathercraft, steam punk jewellery, blacksmithing, life drawing to fibre arts in historic settings.
TALKS AND TOURS
Enjoy guided bus and walking tours with discussions that reminisce on Ipswich’s shared past, it’s Engineering past, vintage pubs and distilleries by day and at night.
ONLINE
Recreate, name or locate your own classic image at the Picture Ipswich Collection or build the old town in digital block building software.
EXHIBITIONS AND OPEN DAYS
Step back in time with rail, road and a recreated heritage village, or wander through artworks as Remnants of the Past.
Galvanized Highlights
St Mary's Catholic Church
1B Elizabeth Street, Woodend QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Look at the World by John Rutter (September 1)
- St Mary’s Church Open Doors (September 7)
St Paul's Anglican Church
124 Brisbane Street, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here
- St Paul’s Quilt and Craft Display (August 31 – September 2)
The Workshops Rail Museum
North St, North Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Museum Torchlight Tours (September 1 and 8)
- Foreigners on the Slide (September 1-10)
- Introductory Photography Workshop (September 2)
- Leathercraft Taster Heritage Workshop (September 2)
- Prohibition Party (September 2)
- Leathercraft Full Day Heritage Workshop (September 3)
- Might & Muscle Exhibition Guided Tours (September 4 and 6)
- T-House Collection Guided Tours (September 4, 6 and 8)
- Chasing our Past Restoring the Spencer Motorcycle (September 5)
- Vintage Machinery Day (September 9)
- Blacksmithing Taster Heritage Workshop (September 9)
- Blacksmithing Full Day Heritage Workshop (September 10)
Denmark Hill
Ipswich General Cemetery
Cooneana Heritage Centre
1041 Redbank Plains Road New Chum 4303
What’s on here:
- Sky Iron – Festival of Blacksmithing (September 2 and 3)
- Cooneana After Dark(September 8)
- Back in Time – Family Fun Day (September 10)
Top of Town
Brisbane Street, Ipswich CBD‚ Ipswich
What’s on here:
- Historical Walking Walking Tours (September 2, 3, 9 and 10)
- Ghost Tours (September 1 and 8)
1 Nicholas St
1 Nicholas St, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Limestone Frolic (September 1)
- Changing Landscapes of Ipswich (September 2)
- Beards, Bikes and BBQs (September 3)
Harding's Paddock
Ipswich Soldiers Memorial Hall
63 Nicholas St, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Ipswich Soldier Memorial Hall Tours (September 2 and 3)
- 15th Battalion A.I.F World War 1 Display (September 2 and 3)
Goodna Cemetery
Queens Park
Merle Finimore Ave, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Galvanized Heritage Bus Tour of Ipswich (departs from Queens Park, September 2)
- Galvanized Heritage Bus Tour of Marburg (departs from Queens Park September 8)
Hotel Metropole
Woodlands of Marburg
174 Seminary Rd, Marburg QLD 4346
What’s on here:
- Heritage Dining (September 1 and 2)
- Historical Tour with the Woodlands Ghost and Legends (September 1)
- Woodlands Historic Mansion Open House (September 2)
- Heritage and History Tours (September 3 – 8)
White Rock Spring Mountain Conservation Estate
265-317 School Rd, Redbank Plains QLD 4301
What’s on here
- Galvanized Moonrise Night Walk (September 1)
Imbibis Craft Distillery
Fire Station 101
101 Limestone St, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here:
- Ipswich Threads 150 Years of Wool (September 1, 2 and 3)
Ipswich Art Gallery
D’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich QLD 4305
What’s on here
- Remnants of the Past: New Work by Kate Douglas (July 15 – September 10)
Ipswich Hospital
Marburg
Marburg, Ipswich
What’s on Here:
- Baker’s Ball starting with hors d’oeuvers at Scotland Yard Antiques, dinner at Marburg Hotel, dancing and dessert at Anglican Church Hall (September 9)
St Paul’s Anglican Church
Ipswich Cemetery Ghost Tour
Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway
Historic Woollen Mill Roof Beams
Cooneana Heritage Centre
Cooneana Heritage Centre
Woodlands of Marburg Mansion
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