Bringing Life, Light and Hope to our City at Christmas
STABLE NQ!
North Queensland’s
Premier Tourist
Attraction
Date: December 3 - 5, 2026
Time: 5:30 - 9:00pm Daily
Stable NQ is one of Townsville’s most loved Christmas traditions, bringing the whole community together in celebration. For nearly thirty years, this free, family-friendly festival has combined creativity, storytelling, music, food, and live entertainment to create a joyful experience for all ages.
Each year more than 30,000 people attend Stable NQ, making it a premier tourist attraction and one of the largest Christmas festivals in North Queensland. Families, visitors and locals gather as the city comes alive with connection, celebration and Christmas spirit.
Stable NQ awakens hearts to the wonder of Christmas, it is an immersive and interactive experience, building community and fostering generosity and belonging and is made possible through the collaboration of local churches, Townsville City Council, schools, businesses, volunteers and community organisations, all working together to create a memorable Christmas experience.
Help Bring Stable NQ to Life!
Plan Your Visit
(Volunteer, become a Stable NQ Champion, Register for Markets and Food Trucks)
(More information for Stable NQ 2026 Coming Soon!)
(Become a Stable NQ Sponsor)
Testimonials
“I love that Stable is inclusive and family friendly. All walks of life are welcome!”
— Breanna
“Loved the puppet show, the whole thing was wonderful, thank-you volunteers and organisers!”
— Marcus
“I love how families can do something at Christmas for free!”
— Tracy
With Thanks to our Major Partners and Sponsors
Become a Stable NQ Sponsor and Support the wellbeing of our community
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Stable NQ is a Not-For-Profit Christian organisation made up of 600+ volunteers from across Townsville. Annually we partner with churches, businesses, government, schools and organisations to run one of Townsville’s most loved premier Christmas tourist attractions.
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Stable NQ is FOR Townsville. We believe in our city. Every year, Stable NQ volunteers pour their hearts into making Townsville a vibrant, family-friendly city, delivering the most memorable and cost-effective Christmas festival North Queensland has ever seen!
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Driven by a strong, visionary (volunteer!) management team, Stable NQ partners with churches, schools, businesses and organisations who love our city and want to make a positive impact, just like YOU!
We acknowledge God as Creator and owner of all things. We acknowledge that He gave stewardship of the land on which we meet to the Bindal and Wulgurukaba people who have welcomed many other cultures onto this land.
We pay our respects to the Wulgurukaba and Bindal people and their elders/leaders, both past and present, and future.