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 17 Dec 2019, 10:30am
Children will love this tour of the solar system through the eyes of a family of aliens on vacation from another star system, discovering rings, ice cliffs and...
Tue 17 Dec 2019, 12:00pm
Are we alone? The human race is connected better than ever before but could we one day be part of a galactic community sharing our knowledge and ideas? Or is...
Tue 17 Dec 2019, 1:30pm
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...
Tue 17 Dec 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 18 Dec 2019, 10:30am
Children will love this tour of the solar system through the eyes of a family of aliens on vacation from another star system, discovering rings, ice cliffs and...
Wed 18 Dec 2019, 12:00pm
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...
Wed 18 Dec 2019, 1:30pm
Collisions, both dazzling and destructive, release energy that drives the growth and evolution of the universe, and shape our place within it. Produced by the...
Wed 18 Dec 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...
Thu 19 Dec 2019, 10:30am
The story of Little Star, an average yellow star searching for planets of his own. Along the way he meets other types of stars, learns what makes each star...