The 2015 Cessnock Show is on this weekend, with plenty of fun and excitement for the whole family over the two days.
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Gates open at 5am on Friday, with the first event the camp draft starting at 6.30am, followed by the horse class competition and the dog show competition, the All Breeds Championship at 8.30am.
There will then be some furry friends from Hunter Valley Zoo from 9am.
Pavilion judging starts at 10am with flowers, vegetables, home craft and cooking all on display. See more here.
There will be a great range of rides suited to all ages from the Showmen’s Guild, all day Friday and Saturday.
Come down in the afternoon for a relaxing game of lawn bowls from 4.30pm.
There’s a lot more fun for the kids in the evening, with Nelloona the Balloona from 5pm-8pm as well as the great Super Hubert’s Wild Magic Show, Junior Jack Attack bowls and Fran’s Fun Factory doing some cool plaster painting from 6pm.
The official opening of the show will take place at 6.30pm Friday with the Cinema on the Track screening Smurfs 2 to follow at 8pm.
Gates open nice and early again on Saturday at 5am, with the horse class competition again kicking off at 8.30am.
The pavilion judging resumes again at 9am with the poultry, flowers, vegetables, homecraft and cooking sections.
The animals from Hunter Valley Zoo will be on show again from 9am and meet Rexie the Dinosaur and view the fossil displays in the My Pet Dinosaur show from 9am as well.
The trotters and mini trotters will be on at 2.30pm, and Nelloona the Balloona will be out again from 5pm to 8pm.
The evening will be full of action with the exhilarating ‘Freestyle Kings’ freestyle motocross shows at 5.30pm and 8.30pm and get ready to rumble with the demolition derby at 6.30pm.
The show will be rounded out in the evening with the Fireworks Spectacular at 9pm.
Call the showground office on 4990 1181 for ticket inquiries.
Admission: family pass $22, adult $10, pensioner or child $5, child under 5 free.
SHOW PROGRAM
FRIDAY
5am: Gates open
6.30am: Camp draft - all day
8.30am:
- Horse class competition - all day
- Dog show competition – All Breeds Championship
9am: Hunter Valley Zoo – all day
10am: Pavilion judging – flowers, vegetables, home craft and cooking
4.30pm: Lawn bowls
5pm-8pm: Nelloona the Balloona
5.20pm: Pipe and Brass Band
6pm:
- Fran’s Fun Factory
- Junior Jack Attack bowls
- Super Hubert Wild Magic Show
8pm: Cinema on the Track – Smurfs 2
SATURDAY
5am: Gates open
8.30am: Horse class competition – all day
9am:
- Pavilion judging – poultry, flowers, vegetables, home craft and cooking
- Hunter Valley Zoo – all day
- My Pet Dinosaur – all day with Rexie the Dinosaur and fossil displays
2.30pm: Trotters and mini trotters
5pm-8pm: Nelloona the Balloona
5.30pm: “Freestyle Kings” freestyle motocross
6.30pm: Demolition Derby
8.30pm: “Freestyle Kings” freestyle motocross
9pm: Fireworks Spectacular