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AGFEST

Friday, May 8, 2026

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Agfest is a rural event held in the north of Tasmania that seeks to promote and fundraise for the Rural Youth Organisation (RYO). It is a public holiday in the municipal area of Circular Head. In 2027, the Agfest holiday falls on Friday 7 May. The holiday will be on Friday 5 May in 2028. Note: Municipal area of Circular Head only. Agfest has run since 1983 and is now held over the three days that begin with the first Thursday in May. The RYO is a body of young people aged from 15 to 30 years who meet together for social, educational and skill development and also go on exchange with other RYO groups around the world. There are around 350 members of the RYO in Tasmania and a committee of 30 of these youth puts together Agfest. The funds raised by Agfest go to improving the show site, developing RYO and helping support three full-time counsellors for Tasmania Rural Counselling. Agfest is one of the top three field days in Australia and, as it’s name suggests, the event is centred on agriculture and related industries. Here are just a few: Free parking is available for everyone and free shuttle buses are available from the Forster Street entrance to York Park in Launceston and other places en route.

History

Agfest is a rural event held in the north of Tasmania that seeks to promote and fundraise for the Rural Youth Organisation (RYO). Note: Municipal area of Circular Head only. Agfest has run since 1983 and is now held over the three days that begin with the first Thursday in May. The RYO is a body of young people aged from 15 to 30 years who meet together for social, educational and skill development and also go on exchange with other RYO groups around the world. Agfest is one of the top three fie

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Other Years

2027 Fri

7 May

2028 Fri

5 May

2026 Fri

8 May

2025 Fri

2 May

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Australia

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📅 holiday Feb 10

Feast of St Paul's Shipwreck

The Feast of Saint Paul’s Shipwreck is a holiday unique to Malta because it was on Malta that the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked around the year A.D. 60. In 2027, Feast of St Paul's Shipwreck falls on Wednesday 10 February. The holiday will be on Thursday 10 February in 2028. The feast is kept on February 10th each year, and as Paul is the patron saint of Malta, it is a much-anticipated event. Out of dozens of “saint days” on the church calendar in Malta, the Feast of Saint Paul is one of only a handful that have the status of a national holiday. The account of Paul’s shipwreck and three-month, wintertime stay on Malta is found in the Bible’s Acts 27:27 through 28:11. He was being taken to Rome as a prisoner to eventually stand trial before Caesar. God let him know in advance he would be shipwrecked but would spare the lives of all on board, which promise was later kept and in answer to Paul’s prayers for their lives. The Bible says the storm was in the Adriatic Sea, though Malta borders the Ionian Sea, because in ancient times, the Adriatic’s boundaries were considered to extend much farther south. The ship broke up on the rocks near the shores of Malta, and all swam ashore. The local population greeted them, but thought he might be a murderer whom the “goddess of justice” had finally caught up with after he was bitten by a poisonous snake. After he lived, however, they supposed him to be, perhaps, a god. Paul, however, soon showed them it was God’s power at work in a mere man by healing the governor of the island, Publius, and many others who were sick or disabled among the island’s population. No doubt, Paul preached the Gospel to them as well, and when he left Malta, the inhabitants gave him all necessary supplies out of gratitude. The Feast of Saint Paul’s Shipwreck is kept at the “Parish Church of Saint Paul Shipwrecked” in Malta’s capital city of Valletta. It is also a day of processions and family get-togethers. Three things to do should you visit Malta, though hopefully not be shipwrecked there, on February 10th are:

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