The second annual event will feature plenty of fun for the whole family, including water activities, face painting, lantern making, live music and market stalls, along the yarn-bombed banks of the Queanbeyan River.

As part of the festivities, Queanbeyan residents and businesses are being encouraged to register for the boat building activity to raise money for the Cancer Support Group.

The Service NSW team, named the Swans, will take part for the second year running.

Manager Jennifer McNeill said the team enjoyed the challenge, and the atmosphere of the festival.

"It builds such a strong sense of community and I've seen that. Although we're already very community oriented here, it's actually engaged the team even more so," Ms McNeill said.

"It builds team morale and it is just a super fun day."

Ms McNeill said the team had held boat-building sessions in the lead up to the event, and they're following the same principles they did for their last entry.

"Last year we were successful in securing the best use of recycled material, so she looked a treat but she wasn't very fast," she said.

2015 Queanbeyan River Festival Program

12.20pm Welcome to Country Opening by Mayor Tim Overall

12.30pm Clearwater Sculpture Prize - Awards

12.35pm Naming ceremony for the Queanbeyan. Platypus mascot - followed by a talk from the Australian Platypus Conservancy in the Sensory Gardens

1-1:30pm / 2:15-2:45pm / 3:30-4pm "Build Your Own" & Inflatable Boat Races (x3 heats of 30mins each)

12 noon - 4pm

Food Stalls

Children's Activity Tent

Aboriginal Basket Weaving Workshop

Come and Try Water Balls on the River

Airbrush Tattooing

Lantern Making Workshop

Face Painting

Rock Climbing Wall

Clearwater Sculpture prize - "Sculpture by the River"

Platypus Mosaic

12 noon - 4pm Enviro expo in the Sensory Gardens

4pm Close