The Coffee Club Telethon Ball 2015

What do Jessica Mauboy, The Ten Tenors, Justice Crew and 17000 folded paper cranes have in common? All will be appearing at The Coffee Club Telethon Ball 2015 in Brisbane on October 17.

Australian singing superstar and multi-award winner, Jessica Mauboy comes to Brisbane off the back of her showstopping national anthem performance at the NRL Grand Final on Sunday, where she will be joined by fellow sensations the Ten Tenors and Justice Crew as the stars rally for this major fundraising event.

Joining the celebrity fray will be the hosts for the evening, Catriona Rowntree together with The Today Show’s Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson, Richard Wilkins and Sylvia Jeffreys.

This year the event has been inspired by the story of the ancient Japanese Peace Crane, and the legend that 1000 origami cranes will bring luck, good fortune and health. In keeping with the theme 17,000 suspended folded paper cranes will welcome guests on arrival at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

And taking inspiration from Japan for the culinary adventure component of the evening, BCEC Executive Chef, Martin Latter has created a menu which nods to famous flavour combinations from the land of the rising sun.

Monies raised from the 2014 The Coffee Club Telethon Ball enabled the Children’s Hospital Foundation to continue to fund research to achieve faster diagnoses, better treatments and ultimately cures for some of the most devastating childhood illnesses.

Says The Coffee Club's John Lazarou, “The event raises hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund vital research into the most devastating childhood cancers. Thanks to research, kids are now surviving cancer more than ever before, however, little boys and girls still lose their fight, and this event makes sure less lose the fight.” 

And if there's a better reason to frock up and enjoy a top night's entertainment amongst the stars with a Japanese culinary adventure thrown in, we can't think of it.