2025 Kalbar Sunflower Festival

Kalbar Sunflower festival is one of the most talked about and photographed events in southeast Queensland.

Started by Russell and Jenny Jenner in an effort to diversify in a drought, the festival has grown to become a favourite event for tens of thousands of Australians.

Enjoy over one million sunflowers in 2025 with some incredible new features at the festival this year. The Children’s Hub will also include an Animal Petting Farm for the first time, lots of free art and craft activities for the little ones and free face painting and tattoos – sunflower ones of course.

Live entertainment will feature each day and the River 94.9 Maze will be back and full of surprises.

There will be plenty of food choices for everyone, from their Mater Devonshire Tea marquee which will be serving lovely fresh scones with jam and cream and fresh sandwiches, their special event lunches, and gala dinner and of course a wide array of food trucks for you to choose from. There will also be market stalls with everything sunflower you can imagine to browse through.

Pick your Own Flowers will be back for $2 a stem or you can purchase a pre-cut bunch as you leave the festival. All funds raised through the flower sales goes to their charity partners – The Mater Foundation – to provide funds for a Cancer Care Nurse and the Ipswich Hospital Foundation for the purchase of a cuddle bed for the palliative care ward.

Their sensory garden will be back bigger and better, as well as a longer wheelchair accessible track and a secret fairy garden.

Purchase a pre-painted yellow rock, write the name of your loved one you are missing and place it in their giant sunflower at the Sunflower Memorial.

Another first this year is their Community Mural Project. Get hands on and paint a small piece of these two fabulous murals which will be donated to community organisations at the end of the festival.

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