Good morning Queensland North

Celebrate Christmas together at Carols by Candlelight this

weekend. Grab your friends and family and enjoy all the fun under the big top on Sunday, December 4 at Riverway Oval. Gates open at 4pm with the main show at 6.30pm. The evening will include food stalls, art workshops, amusement rides, and a reindeer antler world record attempt with special guests Sophie Ricca, 1RAR Band and Townsville Choral Society Choir.

Vinnies’ brand new Donation Hub is

holding an open day party today. Go along to 3 Woodman Court, West End from 8am to 12pm and grab a snag, find some unbeatable bargains and learn more about donating and volunteering with Vinnies. Decluttering has never been easier at this first of a kind donation hub.

Immerse Im yourself in four fo new fun-themed Christmas Rooms including the Mistletoe Room, Reindeer Refueling Station, Naughty or Nice Room and the Selfie with an Elfie Room. Don your festive hats and sweaters and grab a family photo at Willows Shopping Centre, opposite Daiso. The rooms are open all day, every day until Christmas.

A special Umbrella’s Christmas CHC i Market is being f held h today and tomorrow from 9am-1pm. Get your gifts gi for the holiday season, with the shop stocking up on a wide range of new, unique gifts by North Queensland artists. You will be able to buy textiles, prints, ceramics, paintings, books, sculptures and more. When you shop with Umbrella’s, you are supporting local artists so visit the Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts at 408 Flinders St in the city this weekend.

The T Sleeping Beauty, presented p by The Ann

Roberts R School of Dance, is showing sh at the Townsville Civic Theatre The today. Young dancers from one of Townsville’s premiere dance schools will showcase the perennial fairy story of a princess awoken from a 100 year sleep by a handsome prince. There is a matinee performance at 1pm and another show at 6.30pm. Tickets are selling fast and it’s a show not to be missed, featuring young dancers of all ages.