Dagwood dogs and fairy floss are bound to be devoured at the 145th Beenleigh Show on 8 March.
The annual event is bringing back all the classics once more with rides, food, a wide range of exhibits, live performances and of course, sideshow alley.
There will also be a host of scheduled competitions for those interested such as spinning and weaving, old collectables, bush poetry and the always exciting dog show.
Beenleigh Show Society’s Annette Mundt made the decision last year to move the show from the usual September time slot.
“We’ve had it in September for nearly 70 years and this is the first time we’ve had it in March,” she said.
“It’s probably a better spot as it’s just before easter and we’re halfway through the first term of school.”
The pavilion will also be host to the fan favourite bull riding, plus a first for the Beenleigh Show, with the Aussie FMX team performing aerial stunts with one of them being an Australian first.
Aussie FMX team manager and rider Brodie Carmichael is excited to bring his show and team to the Beenleigh Show to put on some of the ‘biggest tricks in the industry”.
“We’ve performed in Beenleigh before, but it’s been about six or seven years so it will be really good to be back,” he said.
“We seem to have a really good following in the area.”
Mr Carmichael is excited to perform tricks such as quarter over backflips and backwards Superman, but it’s the finale called ‘Riders of the Night’ that he thinks will blow the crowds mind.
“We will turn off all the lights in the stadium and then the FMX performance is done in complete darkness, with the riders and bikes illuminated with LED’s,” he said.
“Our riders need to turn off their eyes and tune into the feel of the engine and the bike because your speed perception changes
“It is very high risk, but very high reward so the team has been doing specialised training leading up to the show.”
The team will also perform a segment they call ‘One Up’ where a rider performs an upright trick and the rider behind them has to perform that same trick upside down.
“We like to keep it a little bit of a surprise so the rider behind doesn’t know exactly what the rider in front is going to do,” he said.
“That can get pretty crazy.”
With the FMX team sure to get bums in seats at the pavilion, Mrs Mundt says she might skip that one.
“I’ll tell you now, I won’t be there watching it. It’s too scary for me,” she said.
“They’re jumping the rodeo so I hope the bulls are brave enough.”
