Amy Ryan
GEM FEST
Fri, 08 Aug
|Anakie Siding
August 2025 will see the return of our historic Gemfest Festival of Gems. With daily live musical entertainment, gemstones and jewellery exhibits, artisan displays, and a dedicated children’s entertainment area next year’s festival is not to be missed!
Time & Location
08 Aug 2025, 10:00 am – 10 Aug 2025, 2:00 pm
Anakie Siding, Anakie Siding QLD 4702, Australia
About the event
The Sapphire Gemfields is one of the largest sapphire-bearing areas of the world, and is the only place in Australia where you can live, work and play on what is known as ‘common ground’. We share the land and roads with the local wildlife, so as you explore the 4 townships that make up the Sapphire Gemfields - Rubyvale, Sapphire Central, Anakie Siding and the Willows, it is not uncommon to find yourself giving way to camels, cattle, brolgas, kangaroos, echidna and turtles as you explore this magical place we call
We are the proverbial “diamond in the rough” - people come for a weekend and stay for a lifetime. Sapphires truly are a beautiful gemstone, and so too are the locals who from across the globe and who now call the Sapphire Gemfields home