Celebrating 32 years Lismore’s 32nd Annual Gemfest

The Lismore Gem & Lapidary Club would like to invite you to Lismore’s 32nd Annual Gemfest. With the large number of fantastic stalls selling everything from rare fossils and meteorites to beautiful jewellery, opals and crystals, there is something for everyone. Enjoy a day of family fun and learn how to fossick for gems at our fossicking site on the hill where you are certain of fnding some treasures.

There will be great displays, demonstrations and a kid’s colouring competition to view in the Fine Arts Pavilion. The colouring competition has three age categories with the winners receiving fossicking kits and crystals. There is also our Club sales table in the Fine Arts pavilion selling a large variety of gems and jewellery. With a large number of stalls outside to tempt you, we also have a number of traders selling all things lapidary in the pavilions. That includes everything from jewellery to crystals and lapidary machinery. There will also be a wide variety of food and drink stalls with the addition of a Vegetarian caterer and an ice cream van. The CWA will be catering to all from the new kitchen in the far pavilion. Rotary will have their own stall just outside the pavilions and both are sponsored by The Lismore Gem & Lapidary Club as they are charity foundations. This year we have the pleasure of offering a Free Shuttle bus sponsored by Northern Rivers Buslines. This service will operate on May 18th & 19th from the Lismore Transit Centre, pick up/drop off near Browns Creek car park, then on to the Showgrounds at Anzac Memorial, Alexander Parade. The bus will then circle back along the same route as a continuous pickup/drop off service. So please use this service for your convenience.

Our Gemfest Lucky Gate Prize major winner will receive a beautiful Amethyst Geode valued at $1200 sponsored by Kristallen who is one of our dealers in the Traders pavilion. Every person that enters Gemfest will be given a gate ticket and go in the draw for this incredible prize. There is also a

$200 voucher from Bunyips and a $200 voucher from Gemcuts as runner-up prizes. The winners will be drawn on Sunday 19th May at 3pm and notifed by phone.

Gemfest is organised and run entirely by volunteer members of The Lismore Gem & Lapidary Club, therefore without all our sponsors it would be nearly impossible to run a successful Gemfest.