Cowboys & Country · Saturday 19 September
Sell Your Wares at Cowboys & Country
Market sites, 8 AM to 3 PM by the Coomera River
A Country Crowd, Already Through the Gate
Cowboys & Country is our western festival on the riverside lawns: a whip-cracking show by Ringers Western, live country music, line dancing, mechanical bull rides, horses and alpacas. Entry is free, so families come for the day and browse while they are here. We hold a run of market sites along the crowd's path, and this is where you apply for one. September's is the fifth festival day this year: we ran 28 March, 9 May, 20 June and 18 July, rested August to let the lawns regrow, and continue on Saturday 19 September.
$5 parking
1 hr Brisbane
What brings the crowd
The Day You'd Be Trading Into
People come for the programme and stay for hours. There is music and dancing, there are horses and animals, and the market sites trade alongside the programme all day.
Live Country Music
Bands through the day on the lawn stage, with line dancing between sets.
Ringers Western Whip Cracking
The whip-cracking show draws the whole crowd to one spot, then releases it.
Mechanical Bull Rides
Registration runs all day, with a queue of families waiting their turn.
Horses, Ponies & Alpacas
Pony rides and animal feeding keep children on site for the afternoon.
Jumping Castle
One more reason a family stays past lunch rather than driving home.
Market Sites
Your stall, in front of the crowd the day's programme brings in.
The market on the day
What a Trading Saturday Looks Like
Photographs from a Cowboys & Country Saturday, with the marquees up, the racks out and customers along the row. Tap any picture for the whole day.
What we look for
Stalls That Suit a Country Day
Visitors arrive in hats and boots and are in the mood for the part. Work that is made, grown or found by the person selling it does best on these lawns.
Western & Country Goods
Hats, boots, belts, buckles and leatherwork, bought on the day they are worn.
Craft & Handmade
Woodwork, pottery, soap and textiles made by the person at the table.
Clothing & Fashion
Clothing and scarves with a story behind them, small labels welcome.
Plants & Garden
Potted plants, cut flowers, seedlings and things for the shed and the yard.
Homewares & Gifts
Country homewares, prints, signage and the gift someone buys on the way out.
Kids & Family Activity
Face painting, games and hands-on stalls that hold a queue of children.
Food and drink on the day are served by the Rivermill Café and our own bar, so market sites are for goods rather than catering. Packaged pantry lines are worth asking about.
How it works
From Hello to Trading Day
Four steps between your first message and 8 AM on the Saturday. A market site for the event is $50, and nothing is committed until the information pack is in your hands.
Apply
Send the form below with a link to pictures of what you sell. It takes a few minutes.
Information Pack
We send you the pack, with the site plan and everything you need to decide. You take it from there.
Confirm & Pay
You confirm your site and pay, and we collect your certificate of currency for public liability.
See Your Site
Come out before the day to walk your site, so you know where you set up and how you get in and out.
Expression of interest
Apply for a Site on 19 September
Share a few details and we'll come back to you about your site. Saturday 19 September is the planned date; weather moved one festival this year, June's, by a week, and if it moves this one, applicants hear from us first. See the event page for the full programme.