Entertainer and ex-local Jim Haynes will be returning to Inverell this weekend as part of the 60th Sapphire City Festival.
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Jim will perform and judge at Inverell’s Got Talent this Friday, October 21, be the guest of honour for a lunch and take part in the Poet’s Breakfast on Saturday.
A keen lover of poetry, Jim will join Jimmy Brown and other local favourites at Campbell Park from 7.30am. Jimmy describes bush poetry as a “stand up comedy routine that rhymes”.
With several poetry books under his belt and a recent Order of Australia Medal for his service to the performing arts, Jim Haynes is expected to be a huge drawcard for local poetry enthusiasts.
Always a popular part of the festival, Inverell Breakfast Toastmasters will also take part in the morning of poetry, bush ballads and music.
A cooked breakfast will be available for $5.
Tourism Inverell’s Ann Clydesdale said the breakfast was a well-loved staple of the Sapphire City Festival, and that some visitors regularly travel all the way from Tasmania to take part.
“They’ll come every year to go to the Poet’s Breakfast and the finale,” she said.
Naomi Shumack
Born and bred in Inverell, I'm passionate about community journalism. I'm the youngest of five kids, am a book worm and have a ridiculous movie collection. I have a double degree in Communications and International Studies from the University of Wollongong. I write stories for the Inverell Times, Moree Champion and Goondiwindi Argus. You can contact me at naomi.shumack@fairfaxmedia.com.au or on 0438 606 351.
Born and bred in Inverell, I'm passionate about community journalism. I'm the youngest of five kids, am a book worm and have a ridiculous movie collection. I have a double degree in Communications and International Studies from the University of Wollongong. I write stories for the Inverell Times, Moree Champion and Goondiwindi Argus. You can contact me at naomi.shumack@fairfaxmedia.com.au or on 0438 606 351.
