An all-Elvis rugby union match was played at Pioneer Park in Parkes on Friday.
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Both sides kitted up in their hunky best with matching white jumpsuits, big-hair wigs and (some) fake bellies.
Jackie Batt was named the 2017 Goodsell Machinery Miss Priscilla winner.
Pamela Taggert won the Picture Perfect Makeup category and Hannah Barber was the winner of the best Viva Las Vegas Movie Hair.
The Parkes Elvis Festival has grown dramatically since Sue Cossar left town.
The nurse left Parkes about 11 years ago, and now lives and works in Gloucester.
One year ago she and some friends set up a rockabilly dance group, and they decided to kick off 2017 with the Parkes Elvis Festival. Read more of Sue’s story here.
Buskers have been lining Clarinda Street since Wednesday morning, competing in the 2017 Parkes Elvis Festival Busking Competition.
Stopping some people in their tracks to take in the music, have a dance or snap a photo, it’s all happening here.
Pint-sized Elvis fanatic Elijah Mannah, from Sydney, was an unknown seven-year-old this time last year.
Now, he has a world wide fan base and has performed with both national and international Elvis Tribute Artists (ETA), appeared on national TV and in featured in major newspapers.
The Mannah family have returned to Parkes this year for their second Elvis Festival. Read more of Elijah’s story here.
They have the moves, the looks and the voices, and on Thursday night international Elvis Presley tribute artists Jake Rowley and Pete Storm wowed the crowds.
Parkes Elvis Festival fans were treated to a double international headline act for the first time this year at the Feature Concert Series.
Texas born Jake Rowley is just 21 years old, and even off stage he sounds like The King.