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.

Show schedule

On this page, you will find a display of all shows. 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.

Current programs

The Dark Side of the Moon experienceAstronomy Live | Cosmic Collisions | Dark UniverseEdge of Darkness | Passport to the Universe | Perfect Little Planet | The Little Star That Could | Tycho Goes to MarsTycho to the Moon | We Are Aliens! | Worlds Beyond Earth

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Fri 22 Sep 2023, 2:00pm

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...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Fri 22 Sep 2023, 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...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Fri 22 Sep 2023, 5:00pm
Booked out

Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Fri 22 Sep 2023, 6:00pm
Booked out

Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Fri 22 Sep 2023, 7:00pm
Booked out

Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Sat 23 Sep 2023, 9:30am

Our favourite cheeky dog is blasting off to discover the red planet, Mars. Tycho is in search of water to fly his steam-powered space kennel back home. But how...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Sat 23 Sep 2023, 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. Session concludes with an...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Sat 23 Sep 2023, 11:30am

On vacation at her grandpa’s, a little girl named Mia accidentally discovers a mysterious piece of astronomical machinery. Edmund, Mia’s eccentric uncle, tricks...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Sat 23 Sep 2023, 1:00pm

This immersive planetarium film tells the story of Māori, Pasifika and European Navigation towards Aotearoa New Zealand through the eyes of a budding navigator...

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha

Last updated: 29 August 2023

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