PCA Kingaroy Peanut Festival

Our Major Festival Sponsors

The Kingaroy Peanut Festival is only possible because of the generous support of our sponsors.

These are the people who are supporting us this year - so please support them!

And if you or your company would be interested in sponsoring the Festival, please contact us on (07) 4162-2749

Ergon Energy

Ergon Energy are the South Burnett's major electricity suppliers and they also supply electricity and related products and services to around 600,000 customers across regional Queensland. Their mission is to provide customers with sustainable, quality energy solutions.

Peanut Company of Australia
The Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) is the premier supplier of healthy Hi Oleic peanuts in Australia and the major name behind one of Kingaroy's major industries. PCA's Hi Oleic peanuts are naturally better - just like olive oil - and stay fresher for longer! PCA's silos are a Kingaroy landmark.

South Burnett Regional Council

The South Burnett Regional Council is the local government that covers Kingaroy and adjacent areas. It is heavily involved not only in the usual work carried out by local governments everywhere but also in tourism promotion, regional expansion, the development of the local economy and the support of community events.

Tarong Energy

Tarong Energy is a Queensland Government Owned Corporation with the capacity to supply a quarter of Queensland’s energy needs. Tarong Energy operates two power stations in the South Burnett region, both located at Tarong, near Nanango.

The Peanut Van

The Peanut Van was established in Kingaroy in 1969 and is now one of the town's best-known tourist icons. They're open seven days a week and are one of the first things most visitors see when they drive into Kingaroy. The Peanut Van sells more than 20 types of flavoured peanuts as well as boiled, chocolate-coated and roasted peanuts.

Supporting Sponsors

First Avenue Machinery Sales / Redland Farm and Garden

First Avenue Machinery is the sole distributor in Australia for Kelley Manufacturing Co (KMC) peanut diggers, fluffers and threshers. Redland Farm and Garden handles sales and servicing of agricultural machinery including Kubota tractors and Krone hay handling equipment.

The Artists Cottage

The Artists Cottage is a small art and craft community of creative and committed artisans located opposite Kingaroy Airport. It incorporates many features including the Mayo Vale Gallery, Cafe Nouveau, Cottage Sugar & Spice craft shop and other working studios. The Artists Cottage also hosts the Makers, Bakers & Growers Market on the second Saturday of every month from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Media Sponsors

CROW-FM

CROW-FM Real People, Real Radio. CROW-FM, based in Wondai, broadcasts across the South Burnett with the latest music, local news and sports reports.

Our Country FM

Our Country FM offers easy, family friendly radio listening across the South Burnett and the Lockyer Valley. Stations are based in Kingaroy, Nanango, Murgon, Wondai, Gatton and Laidley.

South Burnett Online

South Burnett Online is the web portal for the South Burnett and attracts approximately 700,000 unique visitors a year. The site provides daily news briefs, free classifieds, tourist information as well as a database of South Burnett websites and the region's most comprehensive calendar of daily events.

South Burnett Times

The South Burnett Times is the South Burnett's bi-weekly newspaper which circulates throughout the region every Tuesday and Friday. Part of the APN Australian Publishing group, the South Burnett Times also publishes several other newspapers including the fortnightly South Burnett Mail and the weekly Central and North Burnett Times.

Friends Of The Festival

Platinum: Andersons Produce, Archer Family Trust, Bruce Scott MP (Federal LNP Member for Maranoa - Supporting Maranoa Communities), Crane Wines, David Carter (South Burnett Mayor), Don Errington Homes, Dorothy Pratt MP (Independent Member for Nanango), Driver Training and Education, Baker Rossow Consulting Engineers, Harvey Norman, Kingaroy Accounting & Tax, Kingaroy Couriers, Kingaroy Hotel Motel, Kingaroy RSL, Kingaroy Tree Services, Loves Tiles, MJ Huston & Sons, Mortimer & Co, Pharmacy Essentials, Seiler's Transport, Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, SupaIGA Kingaroy, Swickers Kingaroy Bacon Factory, Wards Electrical, Wide Bay Group Training

Gold: Argue & Co, Coppards Menswear, Flamingo Wish, In Touch Chiropractic, Jumping Beans, Pottique, Retravision Kingaroy, The Stop Shop, V Sapin Consulting

Silver: Goldy's Gifts, Motel Holliday, Sheryl's Surgical Drapes

Bronze: Burning Beats Cafe, Kingaroy Carpets, Tuffspan, Kingaroy Country Motel, Kingaroy Toyworld, Whipbird Cafe

Prize sponsors: ANZ Bank, Avon, Beds R Us, Betta Electrical, Bill Hull Car Centre, Book City, Context Hair Studio, Days Sports, Deshons Retreat, Eagle Boys, Fone Zone, Framed With Style, GJ Gardner Homes, Greens, Harvey Norman Electrical, Harvey Norman Furniture, John Dundas Automotive, Ken Mills Toyota, KFC, Kingaroy Butchery, Kingaroy Carvery, Kingaroy Great Outdoors & Marine, Kingaroy Pharmacy, Kingaroy Ten Pin Bowl, Mars, McDonalds Family Restaurant, Red Rooster, Retravision, Rob & Chris Patch, Shoppingworld Butchery, Target Country, Turners Mitre 10, Westpac Bank, Woolworths

Other Sponsors

There are many other sponsors without whom the Kingaroy Peanut Festival would not be possible, including Tony Pratt (from Pratt Air Services - cropdusting and charter services), the South Burnett National Show Society (organisers of the annual Kingaroy Show) and Laurie Mayzes (Skeets Contracting & Engineering - contract peanut harvesting).

A special mention must be made of Thiess who installed the bitumen tarmac for the Peanut Thresher pull in 2008.

The Kingaroy Peanut Festival could also not take place without the support of local service clubs including Lions, Quota, Kingaroy Rotary and Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary and the co-operation of the State Emergency Service, Queensland Police, Queensland Ambulance Service and the Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee.

Invaluable assistance has also been received from Burnett Insurance, Kingaroy & District Machinery Club, Kingaroy Security Patrol, Purple Porta Pottys, South Burnett CTC and the South Burnett Musical Comedy Society.