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Supercell Mini-Fest at HOTA

HOTA 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Australia’s premier festival of contemporary dance Supercell 2021 celebrates its new home at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, with the debut of The Makers Program and Mini-Fest. The Makers Program commissions more than 100 artists from across Australia to travel to the Gold Coast and create original works within 10 days, […]

Free

The Gathering at Ipswich Turf Club

Ipswich Turf Club 219 Brisbane Road, Bundamba, Queensland, Australia

Gather the clan to celebrate Celtic music, culture, food and performance at The Gathering at Ipswich Turf Club. Visitors can sample Haggis, learn how to play the bagpipes and even participate in the strong man style Highland games, featuring the caber toss, kilted dash and tug-of-war. In the spirit of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, against […]

Free – $20

The Time is Now at La Boite Theatre

La Boite Theatre Company 6 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia

Through political speeches, dance, dialogue and surprise cameo appearances, La Boite's The Time Is Now gives a platform to a diverse group of young Queenslanders whom are part of a generation often silenced and dismissed.  The show gives this young citizen’s assembly a stage and a platform to address audiences, threading dance, dialogue and surprise […]

$35 – $45

South African Film Festival On Demand

Online

Following on from another successful virtual Festival, the South African Film Festival (SAFF) presents SAFF On Demand, a curated selection films from the 2021, 2020 and 2019 SAFF Festival program available for rent online. The films selected reflect South Africa’s diverse population, rich tradition of struggle for democracy and equality, and complex political and economic […]

$10

Lucy O’Doherty at Edwina Corlette Gallery

Edwina Corlette Gallery 555 Brunswick Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

Winner of the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2016), Lucy O’Doherty completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, Sydney, in 2011. Highly commended in the Pro Hart Outback Prize in 2016, she has been a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize in 2015, the Brunswick St Gallery Small Works Prize in […]

Free

State of Origin at Treasury Brisbane

LiveWire Bar Treasury Casino Building Level 1, 130 Williams Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

State of Origin is the ultimate rugby league battle and spectator sport. It’s State against State, mate against mate and if you can’t get to the games this year, then there’s no better place to watch these three epic encounters then at Treasury Brisbane. Brisbane Treasury’s LiveWire Bar will be the venue for the celebrations […]

Free

River Totem Revival at FireWorks Gallery

FireWorks Gallery 9/31 Thompson St, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia

Following a majorly successful public art installation River Totem Revival at Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital (RBWH) in 2020, Joanne Currie Nalingu and Ian Waldron join forces in an exhibition presenting a broad range of their work. The exhibition, also titled River Totem Revival, at FireWorks Gallery, will be officially opened by curator Lynne Seear. A dynamic […]

Free

Veiled Paradise Exhibition at QUT Art Museum

QUT Art Museum 2 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Veiled Paradise surveys three decades of Badtjala artist Fiona Foley’s practice. This leading contemporary Aboriginal artist’s work is informed by her ancestral connection to K’Gari/Fraser Island, drawing equally upon its serene beauty and the history of systemic violence and sexual exploitation perpetrated on its shores. Spanning over thirty years, Foley’s practice—from the founding of Boomalli […]

Free

Darkest Hour at HOTA Gallery

HOTA Main Gallery 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Darkest Hour transforms the Gallery into a playground, blaring with live music, art, and performance. Explore beyond the velvet ropes and blow-out the lights. Every part of the HOTA Gallery will be open for you to forge and conquer. New experiences by Libby Harward, Adrienne Kenafake, Donny Love, The Oogars and Smells Like Nanna’s House […]

$30

Underground at HOTA

HOTA 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Art, performance, film, music, theatre and even a dance party or two – across three winter nights, UNDERGROUND is all about big ideas, brave artists, shared moments and the spaces in-between, complete with a festival pop-up bar and disruptors-in-residence. It’s a kaleidoscope of uncharted works, and artistic roulette. UNDERGROUND it’s HOTA’s newest art festival featuring […]

$20

Yhonnie Scarce Missile Park at IMA

Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane Ground Floor Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Developed by the IMA in partnership with the ACCA, Melbourne, Missile Park is a major new exhibition of work by Yhonnie Scarce. First shown in Melbourne, the exhibition now travels to Brisbane. The exhibition includes a series of new commissions plus a comprehensive survey of the past 15 years work from this leading Australian contemporary artist. Yhonnie […]

Free

Botanical Bazaar 2021 – Country Paradise Parklands, Nerang

Country Paradise Parklands 231 Beaudesert Nerang Rd, Nerang, Queensland, Australia

Held at the magnificent Country Paradise Parklands in Nerang, the Botanical Bazaar 2021 will cater to the needs of nature enthusiasts all over the Gold Coast.  The full program of entertainment, expert speakers, hands-on workshops, and exhibitors including thousands of plants for sale, ensure that there will be something there for every budget and interest. Botanical Bazaar is a […]

$18

Michael Muir Exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery

Jan Murphy Gallery 486 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

View the newest addition to the Jan Murphy Art Gallery, exhibition by Michael Muir titled Rabbit Holes. Muir has been included in countless major award shows including the prestigious Sulman Prize, and has exhibited extensively in Australia and internationally. The local Sydney artist continues his exploration of colour and composition with subject matter that expresses […]

Comeback Ekka 2021 – Brisbane Showgrounds

Brisbane RNA Show Grounds 600 Gregory Tce, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) is Queensland's largest and most loved annual event, attracting on average 400,000 people. Run by the RNA and staged at its original birthplace, the Brisbane Showgrounds, the Ekka brings the country and city together for a true celebration of agriculture. The Ekka showcases the best of Queensland, attracting more than […]

FRIENDS! THE MUSICAL PARODY at The Tivoli

The Tivoli Theatre 52 Costin Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

The Australian Premiere of the hilarious New York and Las Vegas hit Friends! The Musical Parody has been secured for the Gold Coast. Friends! The Musical Parody national tour will open with seasons in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane following. Join your six favourite friends at their favourite café for a night of unstoppable […]

$79.90

Horizon Festival Cancelled

Sunshine Coast Council's Horizon Festival 2021 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. The festival was scheduled to be held across the region from 27 August to 5 September 2021. According to Zoe Graham, the Acting Director of Horizon Festival, the decision to cancel the Festival came after close consultation with health authorities, discussions with […]

Giant Humanoid | Portside Wharf

Portside Wharf 39 Hercules Street, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia

Australian artist Amanda Parer's "humanoids" are on show at Portside Wharf this September as one of their many destinations across the globe. Inspired by the 1973 Czech/French film Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage), these five-metre tall luminous inflatable figures is present on the wharf at Northshore for everyone to see.

Free

Brisbane’s Art Boat Airship Orchestra

Northshore, Hamilton North Shore Road, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia

Brisbane's Art Boat is a floating art experience traveling along the Brisbane River between Northshore Brisbane, Hamilton and South Bank, featuring art and technology from ENESS's studio. Airship Orchestra will be present for the first part of the festival, featuring giant space-themed inflatables with googly eyes that light up and perform a mesmerising choir as visitors can walk […]

$40 – $55

Irish Film Festival Online

Online

In 2021, The Irish Film Festival Australia will offer audiences an incredible line-up of Ireland’s best feature films and compelling documentaries, online for the second consecutive year. Films from both emerging and established directors focus on a full range of genres including family-friendly animation, comedy, moving drama, musical biopics and even a horror movie. Audiences […]

IMAGINARIA in South Bank

Queensland Maritime Museum 412 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

IMAGINARIA, the newest immersive playground will debut in Brisbane Festival's BOQ Festival Garden precinct. The stunning immersive play experience combines audio-visual art, inflatable architecture, light installations and futuristic gamification suitable for all ages. IMAGINARIA will be located in a purpose-built enclosed playground underneath the Goodwill Bridge, next to Queensland Maritime Museum. Step inside the multi-sensory […]

$23.95 – $29.95

RED at The Warehouse

The Warehouse 89 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton, QLD, Australia

Performed as part of this year's Brisbane Festival, Dancenorth Australia's RED illustrates the universal challenge of biodiversity and survival for genetic mutations, in this case the gene that gave rise to red hair in humans, through a large inflatable structure from which air is slowly emptying, ultimately sealing the dancers trapped inside. Red hair, like many other […]

$45

Street Serenades | Brisbane Festival

85 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton 85 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton, QLD, Australia

Streets Serenades are back as part of this year's Brisbane Festival in September. Contemporary musicians, DJs, cabaret sows, circus, folk, jazz and world music concert, classical musicians and ballet dancers will perform in various public spaces in 190 across Brisbane, from streets to parks. The Hamilton performance will feature Common People Street Party's Dance Project, […]

Free

Exhibitions at FireWorks Gallery

FireWorks Gallery 9/31 Thompson St, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia

Two Australian artists will showcase their artworks at FireWorks Gallery. Rod Moss: All My Fat Country will comprise a series of large, magnificent graphite drawings on Waterford paper, while Samantha Hobson: Willa Blo Punga (Tide of the Fish) will feature some twenty recent paintings completed in glistening turquoise blues and greens. Although both artists used distinctly different […]

Free

Piano Burning at Northshore

Northshore Riverside Park 305 Macarthur Avenue, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia

Piano Burning, performed as part of this year's Brisbane Festival, is a homage to the first of Annea Lockwood's Piano Transplants, in which she reimagined people's relationship with the iconic instrument. In the original Piano Burning, Lockwood celebrated the transformation of objects by burning an irreparable upright piano on the banks of the Thames in London, in […]

Free

Carpe Jugulum | Arts Theatre

Brisbane Arts Theatre 210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

It’s common sense not to invite vampires into your home (unless you want a permanent house guest, that is) - however the King of Lancre has invited the city’s newest fanged residents to celebrate the birth of his daughter… and they have no intention of leaving… ever. As the residents of Lancre are about to […]

$36

CRAFTED Beer and Cider Festival Kurrawa Park

KURRAWA Park Old Burleigh Road, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia

Grab the picnic blanket, prep that fave stubby cooler and start dreaming about sipping in the Spring sunshine because Gold Coast's CRAFTED Beer and Cider Festival is back. Organisers announce the first suds, snacks and songsters to take over pitcher-esque Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach. Returning for a stellar fifth year, it won't be 'deja brew' - expect CRAFTED to […]

Free entrance

Seasonal Flavours | Milton Markets

Milton Markets Cribb Street and Little Cribb Street, Milton, Queensland, Australia

Spring has come and it's time to say goodbye to winter. The Milton Markets Seasonal Flavours (Twilight Edition) will be back in September! In the market, you will find bespoke pop-up bar, over 150 vendors, gourmet street food, unique handcrafted goods, and live entertainment. Let's have a sip of Sangria and enjoy some incredible live […]

$2

Final Call | Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden

Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden 51 Palm Creek Road, Tanawha, QLD, Australia

Horizon Festival presents Final Call at the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden in Tanawha on Kabi Kabi Country in September and October. This provocative exposition features six Queensland artists who worked with scientists and thought leaders to produce art that responds and brings attention to the impact of climate change. The exposition is also available […]

Fridays on the Lawn | HOTA Gallery

HOTA Gallery 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Presented in partnership with Inside Gold Coast, Fridays on the Lawn will take place at HOTA gallery. HOTA gallery will open till 8pm on Friday nights. Make the most of the night by enjoying incredible live performance by local musicians, and pick your favourite drinks at the Lawn Bar.

Free

Energies 21 | HOTA Gallery

HOTA Gallery 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Energies 21 is presented by HOTA in partnership with Gold Coast Visual Arts educators and in consultation with HOTA Gallery and Visual Arts Education Reference Group art work is selected from Gold Coast students based upon individual merit and skill. For more than 30 years, Energies has provided a platform for local senior secondary visual […]

Free

A Bee Story | HOTA

Arts Theatre, HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

A Bee Story is a unique physical theatre performance for children and families presented by HOTA. It is a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance, and live music. Exploring themes of environmentalism, sustainability, and community, A Bee Story is created and directed by Australian performer and director Robbie Curtis (Circa, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Oz, Australian […]

$22.5

Adrienne Gaha Verdure | Edwina Corlette Gallery

Edwina Corlette Gallery 555 Brunswick Street, New Farm, Queensland, Australia

Adrienne Gaha's new exhibition Verdure is showing at the Edwina Corlette gallery in October. An alum of the Sydney College of the Arts and the National Art School, Adrienne Gaha's work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia as well as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Mexico. A finalist in the Grace Cossington […]

Free

Stewart MacFarlane Odyssey | Mitchell Fine Art

Mitchell Fine Art Gallery 86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Stewart MacFarlane's new exhibition Odyssey is showing at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley in October. MacFarlane is a figurative artist whose work is saturated with contrasting blocks of colour and exaggerated angles. His paintings are dramatic narratives, uncertain and unsettling. Three years in the making and impacted by the changing world and restrictions to global […]

Free

Big Little Fest | Coorparoo Square

Coorparoo Square 26 Holdsworth Street, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia

Introducing Coorparoo Square's first annual BIG Little Fest! Bring the family to Coorparoo Square for a day including meet and greets with real live Minions, Stuart and Kevin, jumping castle, mini ferris wheel live and interactive stage shows, and pop-up food. There will be a boutique, handmade art & craft market by BrisStyle, that will […]

Bush to Bay | Bay Central Tavern

Bay Central Tavern 155 Boat Harbour Dr, Pialba, QLD, Australia

The Bush to Bay country music festival is coming to Hervey Bay in October after being postponed in June due to COVID restrictions. While the change of date has caused changes to the lineup, Bush to Bay is still ready to bring its ARIA winning country acts to Bay Central Tavern, as well Gold Coast […]

$87.50

Diversity and Fashion | Brisbane Quarter

Brisbane Quarter 300 George Street, Brisbane City, QLD

Brisbane Quarter is organising fashion and makeup workshops for Brisbane Fashion Month throughout October. Among them is the Styling You The Label Diversity and Fashion talk, in which Styling You The Label's Nikki Parkinson sits down with Active Truth's Nadia Tucker and Stevie Angel and Capriosca Swimwear's Marcia Pilkington to talk about the three brands' […]

$65

Ancient Medicine for Modern Day Living | Shanti Yoga

Shanti Yoga 1/126 Scarborough Street, Southport, QLD, Australia

World renowned yogi Shanti Gowans is doing a public workshop titled “Ancient Medicine for Modern Day Living” at her Southport studio in October. The goal of the workshop is to help the community through Aruveydic medicine, an alternative form of medicine that has been used for 5000 years, using special diets, massage, and meditation to […]

Free

Finder Keepers Market | Brisbane Showgrounds

Brisbane Showgrounds 600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia

The Finders Keepers marketplace is back at the Brisbane Showgrounds in October. Australia's largest curated marketplace, the Finders Keepers bring together makers, designers and entrepreneurs. This year's season puts emphasis on supporting small and local creative businesses, with more than 90% of stall holders this season hailing from Queensland, a first in the market's history.

$5

The Haunted Passage | Cavill Lane Surfers Paradise

Cavill Lane Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

This year Cavill Lane Surfers Paradise will be another GC evil residency to get your Halloween thrills on with their debut Haunted Halloween weekend nights of The Haunted Passage. This atmospheric showcase is designed to transport you into a haunted passage influenced by horror films and haunted attractions, for an experience of an immersive event. These […]

Free

Global Fiesta | Little Stanley Street Lawns South

Little Stanley Street Lawns South Little Stanley Street Lawns South, South Bank, Queensland, Australia

The Global Fiesta by Regional Flavours is postponed due to current circumstances regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an event that promotes multicultural diversity. You can enjoy delicious cuisines and amazing live performances, and explore local products in the carnival. It is definitely a foodie event you don't want to miss out!

$10.75

Long Lunch | Riverwalk via Will & Flow

Will & Flow 59B Gardens Point Rd, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

Treasury Brisbane is polishing the silverware, pressing the napkins and setting an epic dining table for its inaugural Will & Flow Longest Lunch, hosted by Chandon. The posh, riverside venue is encouraging Brisbanites to fire up the group chat and assemble the tribe for a long lunch like no other with 200 diners seated along the […]

$110

Downer Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycling Challenge

Brisbane

Whether you're an avid cyclist, new to the sport or more of a “stroll down to the shops on the weekends” kind of rider, grab your helmet and some friends for the Downer Brisbane to Gold Coast Cycling Challenge. This year, attendees can sign-up for one of three distances—the classic 100km Brisbane to Gold Coast, […]

Van Gogh Alive | Northshore

257 MacArthur Avenue 257 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton, QLD, Australia

Grande Experiences' Van Gogh Alive is coming to Northshore Brisbane. The experience retraces the painter's life through more than 3000 paintings and other images projected onto every surface in the room alongside a score of classical music, giving visitors the impression of stepping inside the paintings as the come alive around them.

$45

2021 Italian Film Festival | Palace Barracks

Palace Barracks 5-61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

The 2021 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival presented by Palace, now in its 22nd year, will return to cinema screens this September showcasing a superb selection of the best new films from Italy. With a focus on contemporary cinema that tells the stories from today’s Italy, plus a selection of classics honouring the country’s filmmaking […]

Away | La Boite Theatre

La Boite Theatre Company 6 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia

Travel back in time to the summer of 1967 in this sun-kissed revival of Michael Gow's Australian classic. Directed by Daniel Evans and featuring Queensland thespians including Roxanne McDonald and Bryan Probets, Away follows three families on an unexpectedly magical Christmas beach vacation set in an Australia entangled in the Vietnam War. Delve into a […]

$50

Festival of Frights | Redcliffe Markets

Redcliffe Parade Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe, QLD, Australia

The Redcliffe Markets are bringing the Festival of Frights Twilight Markets to Redcliffe Parade for Halloween. The event includes spooky stalls and decorations, street food, live music and entertainment, a sideshow alley with prizes, trick or treating, fireworks, a jumping castle and face painting. Get your Halloween costumes ready for the night.

Free

Melbourne Cup Luncheon | Northshore Harbour Cafe

Northshore Harbour Cafe 285 Mac Arthur Ave, Hamilton, QLD, Australia

Northshore Harbour Cafe is organising a cocktail event for the Melbourne Cup in November. Watch the race on the big screen on the edge of the river while enjoying canapes, a two-course meal and a three-hour drink package. This is a dress-to-impress event, so take out your best suit or dress, and there will also […]

$119

Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run | Gateway Bridge & Hercules Park

Gateway Bridge, Murarrie Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Now postponed from August 29 to November 7, 2021, Bridge to Brisbane is an annual event long-distance fun run over a distance of 10 kilometre, 4.5 kilometre or Virtually held in Brisbane.  Each year the event raises funds for charity. We are heading back to the Gateway Bridge to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The […]

Free – $57