Dear Santa - Keep the lights on
2025-12-06 18:00 - 23:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Monto RSL, Rutherford St, Monto
Step inside the twinkling lights and fading memories of Amarina Dean – a former starlet with a heart full of music and a mind slipping through time. In the cosy corner of a nursing home with a sarcastically cheerful name, Amarina flips through her photo album, reliving magical Christmases gone by: from glamorous cabaret shows to lonely war-time holidays, disastrous love affairs, and heartwarming video calls with her beloved granddaughter, Rhapsody.
Told through song, story, and laugh-out-loud moments, Amarina’s Christmas Journey is a festive, moving, and hilarious one-woman show with live piano and heavenly vocals from her “wireless”– who just happens to be a divine tenor.
Featuring classic and quirky Christmas songs, witty tales of misadventure, and a final reflection on what really matters – love, forgiveness, and family – this is a heart-string-tugging Christmas show not to be missed.
Tickets:
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Pony Club Rally Day
2025-12-07
Monto Pony Club – monto.ponyclub@gmail.com

Tai Chi
2025-12-08 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Monto Shire Hall

Playgroup at Monto Primary School
2025-12-08 09:00 - 23:00

Cards - 500
2025-12-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-15 12:00 - 16:00 | Monto Shire Hall
MONTO CARD GROUP
Plays 500s every Monday afternoon in the Monto Community Hall Function Room
12.00noon to 4.00pm
$3.00 covers the game and afternoon tea
Some experience in 500s appreciated. Sense of humour essential.
All welcome

Ladies Morning Tea
2025-12-09 09:30, 2025-12-16 09:30, 2025-12-23 09:30 | Monto Christian Ministry Centre, 5 Leichhardt St, Monto

Bingo at the RSL
2025-12-09 12:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-16 12:00 - 15:00

Diabetes Education
2025-12-10

Story Time at the Library
2025-12-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-12-18 10:00 - 11:30
Talk, Read, Sing, Play!

Storytime offers a fun and interactive experience for children in their first 5 years, through talking, reading, singing and playing. We aim to foster a life-long love of stories and learning, as well as important listening and social skills.

In their first years of life your child’s brain forms over one million new connections every second. Research shows the first five years last a lifetime and that simple, everyday activities with you help to make these connections strong.

First 5 Forever Storytime is free! Join us every week to get ideas to try at home, meet other families and explore talking, reading, singing and playing with fun activities and resources.

Mundubbera Library: Tuesdays, 10am
Eidsvold Library: Tuesdays, 10am
Gayndah Library: Wednesdays, 10am
Mt Perry Library: Wednesdays, 10.30am
Monto Library: Thursdays, 10am
Biggenden Library: Thursdays, 10.30am

pottery
2025-12-12 10:00 - 12:00
Held at the shed behind Sunshine house, Rutherford St, Monto.
Call Jacqui for more info: 0466889526

Lapidary
2025-12-12 12:30 - 17:00, 2025-12-19 12:30 - 17:00
Held at the shed behind Sunshine house, Rutherford St, Monto.
Call Jacqui for more info: 046688952

Learn to Knit
2025-12-12 13:30 - 14:30

Markets
2025-12-13 08:00 - 12:00
Monto Markets – Newton Street Monto.
Enquiries: 0491140873

The Bone Bus
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-19

Book Club
2025-12-17 16:00 - 18:00

Arts & Crafts at the Library
2025-12-18 14:00 - 15:00
Get Creative at Your Local Library! All North Burnett libraries are hosting arts and craft sessions to help keep the kids entertained these school holidays.Check out the times below and unleash your creativity!

Pottery
2025-12-19 10:00 - 12:00

Christmas Night Markets
2025-12-19 16:00 - 19:00
Christmas Night Markets
& extended business trading

When: Friday 19th December
Where: Newton Street, Monto

Monto Markets will be holding a twilight Christmas Market and participating businesses in Newton Street will be open until 7pm for all your Christmas shopping needs.

So come along, shop local and join in the festival celebration.

If anyone is interested in having at stall at the markets please reach out to the Monto Market coordinator on 0487 133 054 or montomarkets@outlook.com .

Social Bowls
2025-12-19 18:00 - 20:30
Friday night social bowls.All welcome 6pm for a 6:30pm start Always a great night No bowls ~ no worries the club have some you can borrow.
Cost $10 a team (3 per team)
If u don’t have 3, don’t stress we will find u team mates.
BBQ tea.
Every fortnight (Friday’s )
Courtesy bus available.

Unveiling of sculpture
2025-12-19 18:30 - 19:00
All are welcome to join The Rex & Monto Magic Tourism Action Group for the unveiling of the public sculpture at the paved crossing in Newton Street.
6.30pm.

We mark the close of the Monto Makeover by Rural Aid which began by way of donation to the Monto community of $100 000 from Rural Aid in 2020.

Many projects were carried out by locals and visiting volunteers.
Monto Show Society buildings and ring were painted.
Monto Girl Guides hut was painted.
Mungungo Hall was painted.
Monto LandCare received assistance with a watering system and plantings.
Monto Magic made more of rail trail walkable and planted trees at the Railway precinct.
Monto Museum of modern art received paint and supplies.
The Rex reopened the arcade for visitors to experience it once again.
Many buildings in the Main Street & surrounds received part funding for beautification, the skate park and Rotary sign got some love and 9 large pots in Newton Street were put in place.

The beautiful laneway is a legacy of this project and complimented by Monto Magic & North Burnett Regional Council Disaster funded murals. Along with Frrr funded silo murals.

Thanks to all that contributed and made Monto just that bit more beautiful. A special thanks to the funders Rural Aid and Ergon Energy.

Carol's by Candlelight
2025-12-20 17:00 - 23:30
Carol’s by Candlelight on the 20 Dec at the RSL from 5 pm.
Food van.
Free ice blocks for the Children etc.
Singing from 6.30 pm

Catholic Christmas Mass
2025-12-21 18:00 - 20:00

Combined Churches Carol Night
2025-12-24 18:30 - 21:00
Monto combined churches Carol night will be held in the All Saints Anglican Church in Monto on Christmas Eve @ 6.30 pm.
the format will be the same as other years.
The Monto Choir will be there to keep use in tune.
Our doors are open to all and we look forward to welcoming everyone joining us on Christmas Eve.
