Brisbane City Council helps deliver thousands of markets, festivals and events each year, like Green Heart Fair on 28 May. Check out featured and free events, festivals, art exhibitions, workshops, fitness and well-being classes, cultural events, local markets and more.

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Thu 31 Aug 2023 to Sun 8 Oct 2023

Following extraordinary success in the UK and US, the internationally acclaimed, multi-sensory immersive experience Lightscape comes to Brisbane’s City Botanic...

City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City

Tue 12 Sep 2023 to Tue 17 Oct 2023

Discover the character and charm of Racecourse Road through unique events and exclusive experiences. The Discover Racecourse Road events are proudly supported...

Racecourse Road, Ascot and Hamilton

Wed 4 Oct 2023
Free

The Brisbane Portrait Prize finalists exhibition runs at the Brisbane Powerhouse from September 28 to October 29. The exhibition will showcase the 84 artists...

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Wed 4 Oct 2023, 3:00pm
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

Wed 4 Oct 2023, 4:30pm
Free

Staged at the iconic Brisbane Powerhouse, Night Feast is a month-long sensory celebration of feasting and art. Set within a temporary village of Queensland...

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Wed 4 Oct 2023, 7:30pm

Queensland Ballet first performed it in 2016 to rave reviews and is bringing it back by popular demand... Strictly Gershwin comes roaring back to evoke the...

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), South Brisbane

Thu 5 Oct 2023
Free

The Brisbane Portrait Prize finalists exhibition runs at the Brisbane Powerhouse from September 28 to October 29. The exhibition will showcase the 84 artists...

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Thu 5 Oct 2023, 4:30pm
Free

Staged at the iconic Brisbane Powerhouse, Night Feast is a month-long sensory celebration of feasting and art. Set within a temporary village of Queensland...

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Thu 5 Oct 2023, 6:30pm

Queensland Ballet first performed it in 2016 to rave reviews and is bringing it back by popular demand... Strictly Gershwin comes roaring back to evoke the...

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), South Brisbane

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Last updated: 14 September 2023

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