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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Sweet Days, Hot Nights Festival is all about showcasing and celebrating what is great about our rich agricultural region and the enviable lifestyle that comes with it, from fresh produce and culinary delights through to adventure and sports tourism experiences, country hospitality, great music and family-friendly entertainment.

Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival

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๐Ÿ”ฅ May 30th-31st, 2025
๐Ÿ“ Home Hill Showgrounds, Queensland
๐ŸŒพ Celebrating the best of the Burdekinโ€™s people, produce & culture
๐Ÿ“ฑ #SweetDaysHotNights
Did you know the Burdekin produces 8.3 million ton Did you know the Burdekin produces 8.3 million tonnes of sugarcane every year making us the Sugarcane Capital of Australia? Drive through our region and you'll be greeted by sugarcane paddocks that stretch all the way to the horizon. ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ“ธ @seanscottphotography #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #SDHN #VisitBurdekin #SugarcaneCapital
We bring the heat to the Sweet Days Hot Nights Fes We bring the heat to the Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival ๐Ÿ’ฅ The Burdekin is one of the few regions in the world where sugarcane is still burnt before harvest ๐ŸŒพ Don't miss this unique sensory experience - from the sweet scent of burning sugar to the intense heat of the fire as it tears through the paddock! ๐Ÿ“… The Sweet Days, Hot Nights Festival returns on Friday 30 to Saturday 31 May 2025! #SDHN25 #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #VisitBurdekin
Dancing our way into the weekend like ๐Ÿ’ƒ Planni Dancing our way into the weekend like ๐Ÿ’ƒ Planning is underway for the 2025 Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival, who's excited! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Share your favourite performances from the 2023 Burdekin Cultural Fair featuring First Fire in the comments below ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ“† The Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival returns on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ #SDHN25 #SDHN #VisitBurdekin #Burdekin #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #TownsvilleNorthQueensland #NorthQueensland #ThisIsQueensland
It's all happening here! The paddock for the 2025 It's all happening here! The paddock for the 2025 Australian Hand Cane Cutting Championships has been planted ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Mark your calendars, the festival is back at the Home Hill Showgrounds on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“! #VisitBurdekin #SDHN25
Let's hear it for the boys! ๐Ÿ‘ Our competitors Let's hear it for the boys! ๐Ÿ‘ Our competitors in the 2023 Kevin Swindley Memorial Cut, Top and Load Relay were absolutely on fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ Did you get a chance to watch them in action? ๐Ÿ† The Cut, Top and Load Relay requires a team of 4 to cut, top and load 6 x 15-metre drills of cane as quickly as possible. This competition really is an incredible display of skill and teamwork! ๐Ÿ“† The Australian Hand Cane Cutting Championships return on Saturday 31 May 2025 #SDHN #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #AHCCC #AustralianHandCaneCuttingChampionships #VisitBurdekin #CaneCutting #Burdekin #Festival #HomeHill
๐‚๐š๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ โ˜€๏ธ Completed in May 2016, these two towering hand cane cutter sculptures represent the multicultural history of the Australian sugarcane industry ๐ŸŒพ Standing 3.5 metres high and weighing 20 tonnes each, these sculptures can be found inside the Home Hill Showgrounds, home of the biennial Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival. Indigenous artists from the Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation, mentored by Dr Farvardin Daliri OAM, brought these sculptures to life through design, construction, and painting. #SDHN2025 #SDHN #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #VisitBurdekin #Burdekin #BurdekinArtTrail #HomeHill #CaneCutterMemorial #AHCCC #TownsvilleNorthQueensland
Who got to witness the 2023 Australian Hand Cane C Who got to witness the 2023 Australian Hand Cane Cutting Championships last year? ๐Ÿ’ฅ If you missed it, don't worry! ๐Ÿ“… The Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival returns to the Home Hill Showgrounds on ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates! #AHCCC #SDHN #VisitBurdekin #AustralianHandCaneCuttingChampionships #SweetDaysHotNightsFestival #SDHN2025 #Burdekin #Festival #TownsvilleNorthQueensland
Our performers really know how to attract a crowd Our performers really know how to attract a crowd at the Burdekin Cultural Fair featuring First Fire ๐Ÿ’ƒโœจ๐ŸŽŽ Celebrating the diversity of the Burdekin region with food, fun, family and live cultural performances! The Burdekin Cultural Fair featuring First Fire is back at the Home Hill Showgrounds on Friday 30 May 2025 ๐Ÿ“† #sweetdayshotnights #sweetdayshotnightsfestival #sdhn #visitburdekin #burdekin #townsvillenorthqueensland #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia #upforunexpected
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