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Apr 1 Maxwelton races
Apr 2 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Apr 7-9 Dirt N Dust Festival Julia Creek
Apr 7-9 Karumba Fishing competition
Apr 8 Julia Creek races
Apr 14-16 Easter weekend
Apr 14-16 Yelvertoft campdraft and rodeo
Apr 14-16 Normanton Barra Comp
Apr 14-16 Burketown Barra Comp
Apr 15 Boulia races and rodeo
Apr 16 Mount Isa community markets Easter Sunday 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Apr 20 Fred Smith, Mount Isa Civic Centre
Apr 21-23 Hughenden campdraft
Apr 21 Cloncurry Battle of the Bands, Equestrian Centre
Apr 22 Winton races
Apr 22 Triple J One Night Stand Tony White Oval Mount Isa
Apr 22-23 Camooweal cricket weekend
Apr 23 Mount Isa Autumn morning market, Buffs Club Car Park 8am-noon
Apr 28-30 Winton campdraft
Apr 29 Gregory Downs races
Apr 30 Gregory River Canoe race
May 6 Mount Isa races
May 6 Birdsville Bronco Branding, Campdraft and Rodeo
May 6-7 Burketown Rodeo and Campdraft
May 7 Mount Isa community Mothers Day markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
May 7 Breast Friends Day 5km Mothers Day Rainbow Run, Cloncurry Rec. Grounds, 8am
May 13 Cloncurry races
May 13 Mother’s Day High Tea, Terrace Gardens 10am-12pm
May 16-18 MineX at Buchanan Park
May 19-28 Mount Isa Eisteddfod
May 19-21 Julia Creek campdraft
May 20 Mount Isa races
May 20 Arthur Beetson outback rugby league challenge, Cloncurry
May 21 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
May 26- Jun 16 There goes the Bride MITS comedy production
May 27 Cloncurry races
May 27 Fountain Springs Mountain Bike Classic
Jun 2-4 Camooweal Campdraft and Rodeo
Jun 3 Mount Isa races
Jun 4 Colours for Cancer, Lake Moondarra 9am
Jun 4 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Jun 8-11 Normanton Rodeo
Jun 9-10 Richmond Field Days
Jun 10 Richmond races
Jun 11 Birdsville Rugby Nines
Jun 15 Cloncurry Cattleman’s Dinner
Jun 16-17 Cloncurry Show
Jun 23-24 Mount Isa Show
Jun 17 McKinlay races
Jun 18 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Jun 23-Jul 2 Winton Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival
Jun 24 Mount Isa races
Jun 24 Birdsville Motorbike and Horse Gymkhana
Jun 24-30 Cairns to Karumba bike ride
Jun 30-Jul 2 Saxby Round-Up
Jun 30-Jul 2 Rockhana Gem and Mineral Festival in Cloncurry
Jul 1-2 Bedourie Campdraft, Rodeo, Bronco Branding and Gymkhana
Jul 2 Mount Isa community WinterWonderland markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Jul 2-9 NAIDOC Week
Jul 4-6 Big Red Bash
Jul 9 Mount Isa Motor Show & Swap Meet
Jul 13-16 Cloncurry Stockman’s Challenge
Jul 14-16 Boulia Camel Races
Jul 16 Mount Isa community Winter Wonderland markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Jul 22 North West Qld Breast Cancer Support Group Debutante Ball, Civic Centre 6pm
Jul 23 Outback to the Stack running festival
Jul 23 Winton camel races
Jul 29-31 Hughenden Country Music Festival
Jul 30 Quamby Rodeo
Jul TBA Zonta One Million Stars
Aug 3-6 Cloncurry Merry Muster
Aug 6 Mount Isa community Rodeo markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Aug 11-13 Mount Isa Rodeo
Aug 18-20 Sedan Dip campdraft, rodeo, races
Aug 18-Sep 9 Rinse the Blood of my Toga MITS comedy production
Aug 20 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Aug 25-27 Camooweal Drovers Camp Festival
Aug 26 Camooweal races
Sep 1-2 Birdsville Races
Sep 3 Mount Isa community Fathers Day markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Sep 8-9 Bedourie Races and Rodeo
Sep 9 Cloncurry races
Sep 15-22 Cloncurry 150 years celebration
Sep 17 Run with Dad, Mount Isa prostate cancer fundraiser
Sep 17 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Sep 19-23 Outback Festival in Winton
Sep 29 - Oct 1 Morning Glory festival Burketown
Sep 30 - Oct 1 Burketown Rodeo
Oct 1 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Oct 14 Cloncurry races
Oct 15 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Oct 27- Nov 18 Right to Remain Dead MITS comedy production
Oct 27-29 Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic
Nov 4 Cloncurry races
Nov 5 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Nov 7 Melbourne Cup day
Nov 18 Paws Hoofs and Claws Animal Masquerade Ball, Overlander Hotel
Nov 19 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Dec 3 Mount Isa community markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Dec 17 Mount Isa community Christmas markets 10am-2pm Overlander Hotel
Dec 25 Christmas Day