What is the longest time you have waited in line for something? Was it worth the wait?

I hope you didn't bleed to death.

Thankfully, I wasn't bleeding that time. 

You just taught me about this thing.  Thanks.  Now I need to learn what Boxing Day could be.

The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of Woodford,^[1] 72 km north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the biggest annual cultural events of its type in Australia.^[1] Every year approximately 125,000 patrons attend the festival. Approximately 2000 performers and 438 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests.

The festival takes place over six days and nights from 27 December to 1 January each year.^[1] It features a wide range of performance styles, musical genres and nationalities, with artists playing at over 25 different venues within the festival grounds.^[1] Along with musical acts, the festival offers a wide spectrum of entertainment such as circus, cabaret, comedy, street performance, workshops, debate, a Children's Festival and more. The streets are lined with restaurants, cafes, stalls, bars, street theatre and parades. The festival supplies both Season and Overnight camping ground to patrons, with most attendees staying for the entire week of festivities.

The 3 Minutes Silence is a recurring Woodford tradition, part of the New Year's Eve celebrations where festival goers within the grounds gather for 3 minutes of candle-lit silence to welcome the new year. A Sunrise Ceremony then takes place on the Woodfordia hilltop on New Year's Day. The whole community greets the Sun as they listen to Tibetan chants and guest musicians on the grassy hill. The final evening of the festival culminates in a spectacular New Year's Day closing ceremony, The Fire Event.^[2]

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Woodford Folk Festival was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an "event and festival".^[3

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas - a custom in Australia and England.
It's a hang-over from times long gone when people boxed up the Christmas gifts they didn't like or couldn't use and gave them to servants.
These days we give them to charities.

Although Woodfood doesn't start till the 26th, it opens its gates the day before to let in the campers. The restaurants are already up and running - many of the shops and stalls (in tents) are already open.
The music covers a wide range of styles - but my favourite is the folk and classical fusion at the Folklorica venue. I spend most of the festival listening to the gigs there. Wonderful heart-lifting stuff.

If you ever decided to visit Australia, I'm certain you'd love it. This post was edited by inky at October 6, 2019 9:25 PM MDT

I'm certain I would love it so much I am longing to go.  That is right up my alley.  I would wait two days for that one.

I always thought that Boxing Day was to do with the SPORT. LOL   I had NO idea.  I thought it had to do with boxing as a sport.  I need to get more "worldly".  

Thank you, bookworm, the breadth of your knowledge knows no bounds!!!!!!

Thanks! :)
Australia may be a big land but its population is relatively small.
This makes us look outwards towards the rest of the world - and what we see fascinates us.

If you do come, we live only five hours drive from Woodford.
You'd be welcome to come and stay with us for a week or so.
Our area has the largest proportion of hippies, greenies and artists of any rural area in Australia -
so we can guarantee that they'rd be plenty of sights and activities you'd enjoy. This post was edited by inky at October 6, 2019 9:25 PM MDT