Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium events
Brisbane City Council's Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium features entertaining and informative shows for adults and children. All general audience and children's shows include two parts - the main feature and a tour of Brisbane's night sky by the Planetarium's astronomers. Bookings are recommended. The Planetarium is closed on Mondays and public holidays. View the opening hours.
Show schedule
On this page, you will find a display of all shows, in calendar order. To see all Planetarium shows for a specific date or date range, or to see a specific show, filter your search. Alternatively, you can choose a show from the list below.
General audience shows
Capturing the Cosmos | Cosmic Collisions | Dark Universe | Edge of Darkness | Experience the Aurora | Moons: Worlds of Mystery | Passport to the Universe | Saturday Night 'Live' | Starlight | Tales of a Time Traveler | We Are Aliens!
Children's shows
Perfect Little Planet | The Little Star That Could
Tue 15 Oct 2019, 1:15pm
Session for school students, covering school curriculum topics. If seats are available, the public may attend this show - please phone to enquire.
Tue 15 Oct 2019, 3:00pm
Learn about dark matter, dark energy, and recent dramatic advances in our knowledge of the Universe. Explore what's to come in the future of cosmology. Produced...
Wed 16 Oct 2019, 1:30pm
Moons have some spectacular features, from volcanoes and geysers to ice-covered oceans and methane rain. Learn what these celestial bodies reveal about the...
Wed 16 Oct 2019, 3:00pm
Where is the edge of darkness? Fly through the great cliffs on comet 67P, gaze at the fascinating bright spots on Ceres, see the first close ups of dwarf binary...
Thu 17 Oct 2019, 1:30pm
Session for school students, covering school curriculum topics. If seats are available, the public may attend this show - please phone to enquire.
Thu 17 Oct 2019, 3:00pm
Travel through time to explore ancient civilizations and the birth of the universe. Journey to the edge of a black hole. Follow the lives of stars, the time...
Fri 18 Oct 2019, 1:30pm
Session for school students, covering school curriculum topics. If seats are available, the public may attend this show - please phone to enquire.
Fri 18 Oct 2019, 3:00pm
This show explores "all-sky" astronomy, probing the early Universe and the forces that have shaped it, with two of Australia's next-generation telescope...
Fri 18 Oct 2019, 6:30pm
Get your passport for a thrilling journey through the Solar System, beneath the rings of Saturn, into the heart of the Orion Nebula, out of the Milky Way Galaxy...