Bands in Parks: Community Train Day
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Bands in Parks performs at McPherson Park Connect with the local community at Bracken Ridge with sausage sizzles, live music, food and plant stalls and rides on a real steam train run by Bracken Ridge Central Lions Club with music by Swingalicious Big Band.
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Bands in Parks: Community Train Day
Bands in Parks performs at McPherson Park. Lutwyche Brass band will entertain the crowds at monthly Train Day. There will be market stalls and sausage sizzles so treat the kids to a ride on a real steam train organised by the Bracken Ridge Central Lions club.
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