Make Smoking History Canning Show set to explode!
With more than 15,000 early bird tickets snapped up in just a few weeks, the Make Smoking History Canning Show is set for a record-breaking community celebration like no other! With two nights of fireworks, two days packed with fun for all, and first release now exhausted, don’t miss out on the action; save by grabbing Second Release tickets ASAP, now on sale from Eventbrite.
Exploding with good times for all on Friday 1 (5-10PM) and Saturday 2 (9AM-10PM) November, the Show’s latest additions include:
- Landslide (playing the very best of Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles live)
- 12 food trucks taking your palette on a gourmet global tour at Foodworld
- Festive music ranging from DJs to live hip hop, an Indigenous choir and roving carnival big bands
- The West Coast Lego User Group (responsible for the wildly successful Bricktober) offering fantastical displays, interactive building and competitions for all to enter)
- Buskers Lane highlighting local talent, from puppet shows to singer-songwriters
- Farmland offers plenty of new friends to meet, including free pony rides and plays with alpacas, goats, chickens, rabbits, ducks, lambs, piglets, a dog and roving sheep live, plus camel rides
These join an already packed line-up that offers hundreds of things to do, and thousands of things to see – most of them FREE, included in the price of tickets!
Also, a reminder entry forms are due on 18 October to have your talents showcased in the Canning Show Exhibition, and secure your chance to win in over $13,000 in cash prizes. Covering 650+ different classes in arts, crafts, hobbies creations, produce and more, it’s open to all ages, and levels of skill.
CLICK TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SCHEDULE HERE:
TWO NIGHTS OF FESTIVE FIRE
- Always a highlight on the Friday, what better way to celebrate than to set imaginations alight than with two nights of fireworks
- Faves from last year’s Canning Show’s Friday night entertainment and our sold-out The Greatest Showman Free Movie Event, Zap Circus return for both nights to dazzle us with fire shows, as well as holding a free workshop.
ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADES
In 2019 you can expect levels of fun to max at new heights, with an array of debut and exciting FREE entertainment planned, including:
- A number of elements celebrating 2019 as the International Year Of Indigenous Languages, including Food World, gathering some of the most delectable cuisines from around the globe to tantalise your tastebuds
- Sideshow Wonderland, presented by the WA Showmen’s Association, who recently celebrated their 50th year of providing hair-raising rides, discounted showbags and more to the best Ag Shows in WA
- One10 Mini Style motorbike free style ramp shows
- Progressive Axe Men –wood chopping demonstrations, along with chainsaw shows
- ‘Buskers Lane’ promoting incredible live music talent all festival long
- A costumed fashion parade (wearing your own festive outfits also highly encouraged)
- Worm farm making workshops for the kids (with takeaway results)
FREE ACTIVITIES GALORE
Of course, there will be a mix of the fascinating and fun fare you’ve come to expect from the Show, including FREE entertainment such as: Dave The Blacksmith, face painting, pony rides, roving sheep, roving entertainment, community group performances, school choirs, Old Mac Donald’s Farm, Machinery Preservation Society, West Coast Remote Control Trucks, WA Police Historical Society, and many more to be announced closer to the Show.
SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS
The Canning Show Exhibition Schedule has now also just been released.
- There’s over $13,000 in cash prizes to be won, over 650+ Classes
- One of the largest annual exhibitions in the state that showcases a wide array of arts, crafts, hobbies, creations and produce.
- Open to everyone, from talented amateurs to awarded artisans, the competition celebrates, promotes, rewards and encourages diverse passions and talents, plus inspires others in the community.
- All entries exhibited as part of the 2019 Make Smoking History Canning Show.
- View the Schedule HERE
PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE
ESSENTIAL INFO:
DATES: Friday 1 & Saturday 2 November
VENUE: Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds
Displays on Show Gates Open Exhibition Halls Open
Friday 1 5pm to 10pm 5pm to 9pm
Saturday 2 9am to 10pm 9am to 8pm
TICKETS:
- Limited FREE Early Bird ticket registrations! Then…
- Presale: $10+BF Adults / $5+BF Concession / Family $20+BF
- Gate sales: $15 Adults / $10 Concession / Family $30
- 5 & under free any time
