AvoFest – Blackbutt Avocado Festival

The small rural Queensland town of Blackbutt comes alive in September for AvoFest.

This Festival celebrates all things Blackbutt, particularly their Blackbutt avocados -the sweetest and finest avocados you will ever find.

Festival goers will have the opportunity to visit “Avo Central” to learn how to cook, eat and grow avocados. Everything avocado featuring Blackbutt avos will amaze and entertain all. Join in the avo juggling and other avo games and tests of skill. Make sure you have a roll or two in the famous Blackbutt Avo Roll and be in the roll for an AUD1,000 first prize for the closest to the pin.

A big attraction is the Ken Mills Street Parade with lots of Avocado Decorated floats which start at 1pm.

This year will again see the infamous “Avo Drop”, where parachutists jump from 5,000 feet and attempt to grab a marker as they land inside the drawing of a giant avocado drawn inside the Blackbutt Showgrounds arena. Over AUD800 in prizes for the owners of the lucky markers grabbed by the parachutists.

But the Festival is much more than that. Live music, street entertainment, free kids activities, historical guided tours, quirky ways to use, enjoy and have fun with Avocado and much, much more.