Yes, there will be a licenced bar within the Festival Precinct at the Laidley Recreational Reserve. FRIDAY NIGHT - 5pm - 9.45pm SATURDAY - 11AM - 3.45PM STRICTLY 18+ | This will be a fenced off area near the stage. No alcohol will be permitted outside this area and security will be monitoring the area and checking IDs.

The 2024 Program - https://issuu.com/lockyervalleyregionalcouncil/docs/lsf_program_a5_2024 Program booklets will be available at the Festival Info tent at the Laidley Recreational Reserve and at many of the festival expos. Follow our Facebook page for announcements. A digital copy of the program is also available on our homepage - Laidley Spring Festival | Lockyer Valley | Queensland

Staff located at the Information tent at the Festival Precinct will be offering wristbands to parents and guardians of children to put contact details on in case their child becomes lost. Festival staff will also be briefed on lost child policy including how to care for a lost child, how to identify parents or guardians and when to call QLD Police.

Yes! Laidley Recreational Reserve is dog friendly if they remain on leash, and you pick up after them! All of the outdoor markets are also pet-friendly (on-leash).

If you have lost something around the Festival Precinct, head to the Information tent and chat to our staff to see if it has been handed in.

Park the car and use the festival shuttle buses to hop on and off at the various expos. Friday and Saturday buses depart at 9am, stopping at all stops on a regular loop with last pickup at 3.00pm. There are 9 stops in total. Laidley Sports Complex, access via Whites Rd – Orchid Show Festival & Garden Precinct, Patrick St Pioneer Village, Pioneer St Laidley Showgrounds, MacGregor St – Parking Redeemer Lutheran Church, MacGregor St – Artist Show Uniting Church, Patrick St – Quilt & Craft Das Neumann Haus, William St Post Office, Patrick St Corner Coats St & Thomas St - Parking There will be six, 12-seater shuttles running on continuous loop approximately every half hour, depending on traffic. * Buses are NOT wheelchair accessible. They will accommodate small strollers that can be folded down, but not large prams or wheelchairs. The shuttles are FREE for all passengers.

The recreational reserve will have restricted path access near the Scout Den area from Monday 2nd September to Tuesday 10th September due to the installation and removal of the Laidley Spring Festival Garden Precinct. We understand this may cause some minor disruption to you and hope that any inconvenience will be offset by the offering of this significant event to the region. The Laidley Spring Festival is something that the community can be very proud of.

The Information tent is located at the Laidley Recreational Reserve along the footpath, directly in front of the stage. The tent will be staffed from 5pm-10pm on Friday night for the Twilight Feast and Fest and from 9am-4pm on Saturday for the main festival event.

All council led elements of the festival are free to attend including the Twilight Feast and Fest! Some community groups ask an entry of $4, whilst others are entry by donation, so you can choose how much you would like to pay.

Event parking is along Railway St, Forest Hill and in the Forest Hill Recreation Reserve next to the hall. Palm Avenue will be closed from 7.30am-12.30pm whilst Bee Happy Day is occurring. This is for the safety of young children as the event area is not fenced.

Parking on Friday will be no issue. There is free on street parking across the town as well as directly outside of event locations. Parking is also available at the Laidley Showgrounds and Laidley Pioneer Village - both are on the shuttle route. On Saturday, parking will be limited due to road closures in place for pedestrian safety and the street parade that occurs through Laidley CBD. We recommend checking the road closure information on our website and Facebook to best prepare for the day. The festival also has shuttle buses that can take you from each location to minimise your requirement to drive and find parking. Check out our shuttle bus page for more information.

On Saturday, there will be an additional bus 9am-3.30pm, that runs from the Garden Precinct to the Thomas St car parking area. The shuttle bus will pick up attendees from the 2min drop off zone, including their product and assist them in delivering this to the car parking area. The driver will help unload the product but will not assist in taking it to the attendee’s car. There will be a marquee shelter near the 2 min drop off zone where attendees can wait to jump into the bus. This bus will only take people from the garden precinct to this car park – if they park anywhere else, they will not be taken there.

Whites Road from Patrick St to The Laidley Sports Centre will be closed from 8am-4pm. This affects access to the Orchid Show. However, those with a disability pass will be permitted through to allow access to disabled parking along Whites Road. For all other attendees, we encourage you to park in Michael O’Keefe place, on the corner of Ambrose and William St, and wander over the pedestrian bridge to the Sports Centre. If the road opens earlier than 4pm, we will let people know via social media.

The 2 min drop off area is for attendees to use to drop off family members and elderly before driving over to the parking areas along Thomas St and Coates St/Edward St. This area will be signed both days and manned by Traffic Control on Saturday. If you are purchasing large quantities of garden product you can also bring your vehicle to this zone for your family members to meet you and load your wares into the car.

We highly recommend where possible visitors park at one of the Park & Ride Shuttle locations. For the Friday Night Twilight Feast & Fest we recommend Ferrari Park, Whites Road. (The Shuttle will not be running on Friday Night) See Shuttle information including map > Shuttle Bus | Laidley Spring Festival FRIDAY > Laidley Showgrounds > Ferrari Park, Whites Road > Laidley Pioneer Village & Museum, Pioneer Street > Street Parking SATURDAY > Laidley Showgrounds > Thomas Street > Cnr Coates Street & Edward Street (400m walk or catch shuttle from Thomas St) > Ferrari Park, Whites Road > Laidley Pioneer Village & Museum, Pioneer Street > Street Parking

7am-9.30am: Laidley CBD * WILLIAM STREET Between Ambrose and Patrick Street * PATRICK STREET Between William and Spicer Street * SPICER STREET Between Patrick and Ambrose Street * AMBROSE STREET Between Spicer and William Street These roads will be accessed by local traffic; however, no vehicles will be allowed to park along these roads. This is for the safety of the crowd that will be viewing the street parade. The IGA car park will remain open for those needing to access a local business. Lockyer Valley Traffic Management have been advised that some members of the public will need to drop off staff members and that is okay to pull up along Patrick Street for this purpose, but vehicles must immediately move on. 9.30am-11.30am: Hard closure, no one in or out except emergency vehicles. This is for public safety as crowds of attendees begin to line up along the streets of the CBD in anticipation of the street parade. There is no ifs or buts. 11.30am: Laidley CBD streets will re-open for all traffic and parking. 7am-5pm: Patrick St between William and Edward St, and Whites Rd between John St South and the Sports Complex. This is a hard closure, with only permittable vehicles allowed access. This includes those involved in the event delivery (staff, suppliers, entertainers, street parade entrants, show ‘n’ shine entrants, emergency vehicles, shuttle buses, coaches, and Laidley residents who live on this street. All other traffic will be diverted. This is the create a walking precinct connecting the main festival to the CBD for attendees. Safety of attendees is the reason behind this road closure, especially as they all wander down Patrick St after the parade. The black lines are the diversions that will be in place for Saturday only. Traffic will be diverted around Laidley avoiding the CBD area and Patrick St where the festival will be operating. A reminder that the CBD has a firm closure from 9.30am-11.30am and will then reopen. However, Patrick St from William to Edward St and Whites Rd from John St South to the Sports Complex will remain closed from 7am-5pm. Traffic controllers will divert you around the reserve.

Located along Patrick St in front of the Lutheran Redeemer Church and hall with path access to the Artists’ Expo. Off Edward St inside the Recreational Reserve with path access to the Garden Precinct. Along Whites Road with path access to the Show ‘n’ Shine, Orchid Show and Festival Precinct.