, Brisbane Events & Festivals

Australia's most adventurous cycling event, The BDO Kendalls Brisbane Coot-tha Challenge, is scheduled for Sunday 22 March. The 70 kilometre ride includes a punishing... read more

Brisbane Festival is Australia's largest international arts festival. For three weeks extraordinary international and Australian artists and productions, free world-class... read more

The Brisbane International is the first of the Australian Open Series tournaments held in the lead-up to the Australian Open, the Australian Men's Hardcourts (Adelaide)... read more

The annual Brisbane Photographic Fair will be held Sunday 24 May. Cameraholics is an affiliated club of the Photographic Society of Queensland and the members are active... read more

South East Queensland's growing market sector just got even bigger, the immensely popular Brookwater Markets doubling in frequency to twice a month starting on Sunday... read more

Hop in to The Workshops Rail Museum for the annual Bunny Eggventures event. Meet the Workshops Bunny, visit the baby animal farm, take a ride on the Workshops Express... read more

Candy Man is a high energy, sophisticated song and dance show that brings to life the legend that was Sammy Davis Junior; the ultimate entertainer. Candy Man takes the... read more

Chicago is one of the world's most popular smash-hit musicals. After a decade of decadence, Chicago is returning for its Australian Premiere at Lyric Theatre, QPAC from... read more

Roll up!, roll up! for all the big loud fun of The Workshops Rail Museum's Circus Train event. Circus trains operated throughout Queensland from the late 1890s to the... read more

No love lost with the Kiwis at the Commonwealth Bank One Day Series, Australia versus New Zealand. It's the night before Valentine's Day, but there will be no love lost... read more

‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism' is the first in a major new national triennial series of thematic contemporary Australian art exhibitions. Encompassing many facets... read more

The Workshops Rail Museum's signature annual event, Day Out With Thomas, will once again delight visitors of all ages. Sir Topham Hatt, The Fat Controller and Thomas... read more

Come for an incandescent evening of Australian circus artists and gypsy diablerie at Doch and the Circus. Sparks fly when east European roustabouts, Doch, are joined... read more

Celebrating the fresh food grown and produced in the beautiful heart of the Scenic Rim the Fassifern Fresh Food Festival to be held on 4 July, will be a feast for the... read more

The Queensland Museum has an extensive collection of more than 200,000 photographs that document the State's natural and cultural heritage and some of the best will be... read more

Get ready to play your way through the history of videogames at the international blockbuster exhibition, Game On. This action packed celebration of videogames culture... read more

Museums are like icebergs - what you see is only a fraction of what there actually is. It would take many museums to show everything that is held in the collection at... read more

The very scenic Jetty to Jetty Run course follows the waterfront, starting and finishing in front of the Belvedere Hotel, next to the Woody Point Jetty... read more

Exterminating the Redbacks at KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Queensland Bulls versus South Australia. All the fun and frivolity of the New Year will be encapsulated in the KFC... read more

The world's best are at the Gabba for the KFC Twenty20 International, Australia versus South Africa. The top two nations in world cricket square off at the Gabba for... read more

Join all your peers, clients and colleagues in Brisbane 25-27 May for the largest event dedicated to the Coal Seam Gas industry in Australia! With the coal seam gas... read more

Queensland International Orchid Fair is Australia's largest orchid fair. Representatives from the 25 leading orchid nurseries in Australia will be found under one roof... read more

Discover the fascinating world of model railways at the train mecca of Queensland! Marvel at an impressive display of model railway layouts and trade displays and learn... read more

Four days, 500 artists, 11 stages! The QUT Urban Country Music Festival is four exciting days of free events, concerts, markets and the biggest names in country music... read more

The complete, articulated (joined-together) skeleton of this animal (not a dinosaur), the Richmond Pilosaur was found in 1990 near the town of Richmond, north-western... read more

Experience the magic of live theatre in the great outdoors at the annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival. The University of Southern Queensland's (USQ) Springfield... read more

Australia's hottest summer festival line-up heads north to infuse Brisbane in sonic goodness at Sunset Sounds this January. With tickets to The Falls Festival well and... read more

If you come down to the Museum this day you're in for a big surprise! Bring along your favourite Teddy Bear and join them for Teddy Bears Picnic on the lawn... read more

Get geeky with science at the Museum this summer with the Coolest Show on Earth (and other science stuff), because this science is cool. Enter the Lab and the crazy... read more

The Dreaming is a vibrant, exciting and valuable destination where local, national and international audiences look forward to their annual ceremony time, along with... read more

The Fat Controller Steam Train Trips will take Thomas the Tank Engine fans on a journey to historic Grandchester station, west of Ipswich, where The Fat Controller will... read more

Can you solve the mystery of The Great Train Robbery? On the evening of the 31 August, 1938, a daring robbery took place on board a mixed train travelling from Cloncurry... read more

Enjoy an adventure in nature's playground at the Straddie Salute Off-road Triathlon. Swim, bike and run your way around one of Queensland's iconic island destinations... read more

Trains have featured in children's play since the 19th Century with stories and toys delighting both child and adult alike. Toyland Express explores trains in our childhood... read more