Each year The Townsville City Council and The Combined Churches of Townsville work together to create a FREE family friendly event celebrating Christmas. We invite you to experience the Christmas Story with us! Stable 2022 will again bring a gift to the people of Townsville bringing hope, life and meaning this Christmas season. For 18 years Stable has been North Queensland‘s Christmas Festival, a signature event held at Strand Park, Townsville for 5 nights from 18-22nd December and attended by 40,000 people. We have re-created the Christmas story in the town of Bethlehem with live animals, convincing actors, authentic props, a real Baby Jesus and heaps of activities for the whole family. In 2020 we created a Covid safe drive by event called Stable on the Streets. The Christmas message was brought alive across this city through, Christmas scenes, stars, lights and performances and in 2021 again with Covid in mind we moved to Riverway. In 2022, our 21st year, we will again and bring Stable Riverway. It’s a much larger space, where we can have heaps of different activities, attract new people but still have all our favourite scenes and props to tell the wonderful story of Christmas. Our Motto is: “By our love”
Awards:
2013 – Creating Inclusive Communities Awards : Business/Community Sector
2011 – Community Event of the Year – Australia Day Award
2011 – Townsville Arts Award – Event / Festival of the Year
2009 – Rev Anne Harley, Qld finalist – Local Hero, National Australia Day Awards
2007 – Australia Day Certificate of Achievement
2006 – Event Organiser Pastor Anne Harley was honoured by becoming the Townsville Citizen of the Year
2002 – Community Event of the Year – Australia Day Award
The Churches involved: https://www.stableonthestrand.com.au/churches
