For the third time held on Tamborine Mountain – in 2013, the Festival was held on Friday May 3rd to Sunday May 5th 2013
UPDATE regarding the 2013 event, submitted in April 2013 by Organiser Paul Biagini:
Greetings Folks
Things are hotting up here at the office as we head full steam into organising Garterbelts & Gasoline 2013
The 5th annual GarterBelts & Gasoline Nostalgia Festival, will again be a full blown three day and night celebration of 1950s culture featuring hot rods, custom cars, live rockabilly, jump blues and Alt country bands from both Australia and overseas, international VIP’s, one of Australia’s finest traditional pinup contests, vintage fashion parades, shopping tour, kustom culture art exhibition, nostalgia movies in an old world theatre and one of Australia’s only and easily largest public road vintage soap box derby races. The weekend will again rock picturesque Tamborine Mountain on the Gold Coast hinterland and will include four separate venues, lots to see and do, wineries and vintage shops, take it easy or party hard, its your choice, there will again be VIP camping for vintage caravans and campers and camping for modern campers and vans also, lots of other accommodation on offer also but be quick! All of this just half way between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
The Queensland Labour Day Long Weekend
It is official, the Queensland Government has scrapped the Qld Labour Day long weekend as of this year. What this means is the Monday of GarterBelts & Gasoline 2013 will not be a Qld public holiday as it has been in the past, a bit inconvenient but no point complaining, it is what it is.
The festival will continue on as normal with the exemption of the art show which will close on Sunday night, instead of Monday, there will not be a Champagne Brunch on the Monday which did prove popular this year and the traditional Sunday Night Wind Down will be reconfigured with more details to come.
GarterBelts & Gasoline 2013 1/2 ?
With the moving of the Qld Labour Day long weekend being moved to the first weekend in October, this means that the Monday public holiday will align with NSW and Victoria, this has led me to make what seems like a obvious decision.
GarterBelts & Gasoline 2014 will move to the first weekend