SYP Agricultural Society Inc.

04/04/2026

24/03/2026

24/03/2026

🎶 Live Music in the Main Street – Saturday 28 March 🎶

The Main Street will be alive with music during the Minlaton 150th Anniversary Celebrations, so come along, grab a spot and enjoy the atmosphere!

How amazing it would be to still have the old median strip Band Stand in place for all these performances ! Still, the music lives on in the heart of our Main Street! 🎺

🎤 FOODLAND STAGE
🕘 9:00am – 10:15am – The Maybe Tuesdays
(Rick Cook, Dean Macintosh, Sarah Macintosh, Pete Burford)
🕥 10:30am – 12:00pm – Just Us
(Rob Kidd, John Weekly, Pete Burford)

🎺 UNITING CHURCH LAWN
🕘 9:00am – 10:00am – Peter Cook (solo act)
🕥 10:15am – 12:15pm – KWM Brass Band

🎉 Musical acts will wrap up around midday as the celebrations move across to the Town Oval Festival. Where a full day of music and entertainment is planned down there !

Make a morning of it — great music, great atmosphere and a wonderful way to celebrate 150 years of Minlaton! 🎵✨

21/03/2026

The Yorke Peninsula Blacksmiths & Lost Skills Association. are quietly working away in the background once again.

We cannot thank them enough!

If you are visiting Minlaton for the 150th Celebrations make sure to have a look at the Heritage listed Pavilion, Ticket Office and Blacksmiths forge!

Photo taken of upstairs of the pavilion building during our 'balustrade' project.

19/03/2026

10/03/2026

1️⃣ 7️⃣ Days to go ❗️

🎪 Program at a Glance – Saturday Afternoon & Evening
Minlaton Town Oval
Head to the Minlaton Town Oval for an action-packed afternoon and evening of entertainment.
✈️ Entertainment in the Sky
• Silver Sharks Aerobatic Team Flying Display
• Historic Stearman Aircraft Flyovers
• Parachute Jump Displays
🎠 Entertainment at the Oval
• George the Farmer
• Slack Taxi performers on stilts
• Horse rides with Keen2Ride
• Barossa Helicopters joy flights
• Carnival rides – Trippa, Wave Sw***er & Mini Ferris Wheel
• Bluey inflatable
• Old-fashioned oval games
🎶 Live Music
• Cuizn Blues
• Karina Voigt
• Caleb Raymond
• JUST MATES - the Band
• Swamp Donkeys
🛍 Things to Explore
• Artisan Market – Show Pavilion
• Sports Memorabilia – Minlaton District Community & Sports Centre
• Minlaton photographic display
• Family history boards
• Vintage cars and machinery
🍔 Food & Refreshments
• Food trucks
• Community BBQs
• Afternoon tea by Country Women’s Association – Central Yorke Peninsula
🎆 Fireworks to finish the night
Bring a chair or picnic rug and enjoy a huge community celebration.

📸 1975 Centenary Celebrations Minlaton Town Oval

25/02/2026

Check out our story in this week's Yorke Peninsula Country Times

Read All Over The Leg - the Yorke Peninsula Country Times is Yorke Peninsula's newspaper.

19/02/2026

🏛 Have you seen our beautiful new Heritage Plaque? 🏛

This is plaque is really a symbol of recognition for anyone who has been involved in helping to preserve our Pavilion including:
- Our passionate building committee
- grant writers
- all the tradies and builders who have treated her with care
- Families and members of the public who have donated to our Building Fund.
- Our dedicated group of cleaners at our working bees
- the community and farmers who helped build the pavilion and it's walls
- Our dedicated conveners and helpers who decorate and tidy their space before show day
- The Yorke Peninsula Blacksmiths & Lost Skills Association. who have repaired, maintained, improved their 'forge' and continue to raise awareness of our heritage buildings
- people who have hired the building
- members of the public that attend events held here
- many many more!

Make sure to check out our new repairs at Minlaton 150th Celebrations in March 2026

"More than just a show"

Heritage South Australia
South Australian Country Shows

19/02/2026

The Yorke Peninsula Blacksmiths & Lost Skills Association. have been huge contributors to our restoration efforts!

19/02/2026

It's amazing to look back and see how far you've come!

04/02/2026

Going through the archives for the upcoming Minlaton 150th Celebrations !