It is not every year that planning goes smoothly for one of Lismore's signature events, but when it does come along, you take it.

The 2025 Elders Lismore Show looks to be in that envious position when the Lismore App spoke to Vice President of North Coast National, Lyndal Gordon, and Secretary Mark Sollom, who were happy for 8am to tick over, so the gates can swing open and the show can begin.

"I feel it's all going quite well; everything's been going smoothly at this point in time. We've just got wonderful volunteers on board as well, that really is assisting us with making this truly an amazing event again for 2025," Lyndall said, referring to the 30 or so volunteers who give up their time and roll up their sleeves to make sure people from Lismore and all over the Northern Rivers have a fantastic time.

"We've got some schools involved as well that will actually be here for the duration of the show, doing different events like the ring events, cattle events, which is part of their school curriculum."

Mark Sollom added, "We will have all of our exhibits up and running and ready for you to come and have a look at."

"We have some marvellous rides that have come in. We've got two straight here from Melbourne, and a new one this year, the 30-meter Tower Drop, which will be quite exciting. And I'm sure a lot of screams will be heard from Northern Lismore."

For the families, Sideshow Alley is the biggest it has been in a decade, with rides stretching down to the Ashtons Circus tent and horse stables. There are rides for the young kids and plenty for the older, with a host of games to play to win the hugely popular soft toys.

You can walk through the pavilions at the top of Showground to see the TURSA Art Prize, the handmade products, the homegrown vegetables and the homemade cakes.

Ashton's Circus is included in the price of entry. You can see shows at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5:30pm. There is LEGO building in the William Smith Pavilion plus showbags to buy near the popular wood chop.

On the agricultural side, there will be beef cattle, led steers, school steers, equestrian, poultry and alpacas.

For entertainment, there's the Northern Rivers Ford Spectacular FMX Motor X, Jetpack & Monster Trucks at 12:30pm and 6:15pm (Thursday and Friday) in the Main Arena.

Saturday night at 6pm will see the return of the rodeo for the first time since 2019.

"We've had so many requests for the rodeo. People have missed it, and we've got some talented people here who run rodeos, and they came to us and asked us, would we like to have the rodeo again? And we went, we certainly do. People have been looking for it," Mark said.

"It's nice to change things up a little bit as well," added Lyndal.

"This is the cheapest family entertainment you can get in the whole of the Northern Rivers, all year. The family pass of $45 will get two parents and three kids in here for the whole day."

You can check out all your show details on the Lismore App 2025 Lismore Show, and you can purchase tickets by clicking here.

See you at the Show!