Yeppoon Running Festival

Six events. One YRF weekend. Choose the start line that fits your 2027: marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km, 2km or Family Run.

Every distance brings you into the same Yeppoon race weekend.

Save 24 & 25 July, then tell us which event is going on your calendar.

Save the weekend: Yeppoon Running Festival returns 24 & 25 July 2027.

Six events, two days and a course set along the Capricorn Coast. Come to race, support someone, or build the weekend around both.

Registration opens 6 October. Who is coming to Yeppoon with you?

Looking for your next challenge? 🏃🌳👟

Why not head along to the Gladstone Ports Corporation Port to Park fun run!

What: Gladstone Ports Corporation Port to park
When: Sunday, 16 August 2026
Where: East Shores Parklands

Race day belongs to the runners. But it runs on the volunteers.

An enormous thank you to everyone from , Nurse Next Door Rockhampton QLD, , , and the individuals who gave up their Sunday morning so thousands of runners could have theirs.

Early alarms. Long shifts. Big smiles. Every single one of you made a difference.
We couldn't do this without you. See you next year. 🙌

These are the names you might not see on the start arch. But without them, race day doesn't happen.

kept our course safe and well-signed for thousands of runners. Aussie Gold Natural Spring Water a Yeppoon family business since 1994, kept our runners, volunteers and crew hydrated all weekend. And Waste Qld Pty Ltd handled the behind-the-scenes logistics that every event needs but nobody wants to think about.

Ten years of quiet, reliable support from most of these legends. Thank you!

Three local businesses. All here because they care about this community.

Movement Improvement Rockhampton have been in our corner for years, helping people of all ages and abilities move and feel better.

Keppel Dental stepped up this year and we're proud to have them alongside us.

brought the fuel, the recovery and the expertise to keep our runners going!

Thank you to Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton for your continued commitment to our community and to events that bring people together!

Setting the stage for our entire event!

To the team from Keppel Bay Sailing Club, thank you.

You wouldn't have a race day without volunteers. And our volunteers wouldn't look the part without Ray White.

Thanks for kitting out every single volunteer in a tee. Early starts, long days, smiling faces all the way down the course.

Community Bank Emu Park and Yeppoon is a bank that puts its money where its community is.

Return up to 80% of profits directly back into the local community. Grants, sponsorships, events like this one. The more locals who bank with them, the more they can give back. Thanks for your support!