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Upcoming Events in Brisbane

Discover what's happening in Brisbane with our curated selection of upcoming events, festivals, and activities.

Free guided tours - City Botanic Gardens
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 11am - 2pm

Free guided tours - City Botanic Gardens

Take a free volunteer guided walk to learn about the plants and features at the City Botanic Gardens. Our volunteer guides all have a love for Brisbane's botanic gardens and a desire to share their passion and knowledge with visitors.Walking tours for individuals or small groups (no more than ten people) are free and do not require a booking. Have a larger group? Find out more about booking walks for groups 10 or more in size.Walk timesDaily departures at 11am and 1pm, Monday to Saturday.Walks last about one hour and are taken at a gentle pace.Meeting point: City Botanic Gardens Information Kiosk (next to the Queensland University of Technology's Main Drive pathway).Note: Walks may be subject to environmental conditions and guide capacity on the day.

Paddington song birds
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 11:30am - 12:15pm

Paddington song birds

Come along and join our relaxed community group where singers and ukulele players come together for fun. We enjoy songs from the 1960s-70s. The group is hosted by Grace, a local Paddington volunteer who loves sharing her passion for music and singing. This group meets during school terms.For more information visit the Paddington song birds website.

Zumba Gold®
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Zumba Gold®

Bookings essential. Perfect for active older adults who are looking for a modified Zumba class that recreates the original moves you love at a lower intensity. Learn easy-to-follow choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Gentle fitness and Tai-chair
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Gentle fitness and Tai-chair

Bookings essential. Focus on aerobic fitness, strengthening with light weights, flexibility, coordination and balance followed by relaxation with gentle exercises. The session is performed either seated on a chair or standing while holding onto a chair for stability and support. No floor work.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Community Immunisation Clinic - Chermside
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 12:15 - 5:45pm

Community Immunisation Clinic - Chermside

Brisbane City Council provides free vaccinations to eligible residents (aged from 6 weeks and above) through our community immunisation clinics. Immunisation helps protect people against diseases such as influenza, measles, whooping cough, polio and tetanus.Take a look at Immunisation Schedule Queensland for advice about when you should be vaccinated.Providing a free immunisation service is another way Council is helping deliver Brisbane Vision 2031.

Aqua yoga
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 1 - 2pm

Aqua yoga

This is a low impact form of exercise that supports the body while still providing function and movement. Many yoga poses that you do in a class can be adapted for the pool, sometimes using the pool walls as if it were the studio floor.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Gentle fitness and Tai-chair
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 1 - 2pm

Gentle fitness and Tai-chair

Bookings essential. Focus on aerobic fitness, strengthening with light weights, flexibility, coordination and balance followed by relaxation with gentle exercises. The session is performed either seated on a chair or standing while holding onto a chair for stability and support. No floor work.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Aqua yoga
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 1 - 2pm

Aqua yoga

This is a low impact form of exercise that supports the body while still providing function and movement. Many yoga poses that you do in a class can be adapted for the pool, sometimes using the pool walls as if it were the studio floor.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Chair fitness
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 1 - 2pm

Chair fitness

Bookings essential. Enjoy a fun and effective body conditioning class from the comfort of a chair. Work on improving strength, toning, suppleness, balance and coordination at your own pace.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Aqua aerobics
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 1:30 - 2:30pm

Aqua aerobics

Experience an excellent, low-impact cross-training workout in the water. Feel the benefits of exercise without the pain. Using minimum-impact movement, participants will develop strength, mobility and movement in a fun environment.

Passport to the Universe
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 2 - 2:45pm

Passport to the Universe

Get your passport for a thrilling journey through the Solar System, out of the Milky Way Galaxy and to the edge of the observable universe, returning home via a black hole. Narrated by Tom Hanks.Session concludes with a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky.Passport to the Universe was developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Major support for new version provided by the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Talk to a Planner
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4 - 7pm

Talk to a Planner

Talk to a Planner sessions help residents, business owners, community groups and industry professionals understand Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan) and how it relates to their building and construction plans.Talk to a Planner is available all year round, with additional sessions held regularly across the city for your convenience.During these free sessions you can speak face-to-face with a planning specialist, giving you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about how City Plan relates to your property.Council also has a team of dedicated officers who can answer simple questions about your development application over the phone during business hours (9am-4pm, Monday-Friday). To speak to an officer, phone Council on 07 3403 8888.

Kids sports
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4 - 5pm

Kids sports

Bookings essential. Fun, high energy park games that the whole family can enjoy! Every session combines active play with skill building challenges that improve coordination, fitness, and teamwork.

Sky Martial Arts Academy
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4 - 5:30pm

Sky Martial Arts Academy

Discipline for Taekwondo & Korean Sword Art.Tae Kwon Do is one of the most systematic and powerful Korean Martial Arts. It uses offence and defence techniques with all parts of the human body while hands and feet play key roles in the techniques.It is a discipline that shows a way of enhancing one's spirit and life through mental and physical training. Today it is a global martial art that has an international reputation and stands proudly among official games in the Olympics.

Yoga
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4 - 5pm

Yoga

Focus on a range of movements to relax the mind and body. Stretching, breathing, strength and balance exercises are included by incorporating mat work into the session.

Yoga
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Yoga

Bookings essential. Focus on a range of movements to relax the mind and body. Stretching, breathing, strength and balance exercises are included by incorporating standing poses and mat work into the session.

Run Wild: Trail Runs
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Run Wild: Trail Runs

Discover the fun of trail running while exploring Brisbane's bush tracks and parklands. Build fitness, balance and endurance as you learn pacing, navigating varied terrain and running safely on natural surfaces. Suitable for beginner to intermediate.

Outdoor gym circuit
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Outdoor gym circuit

Boost your fitness and learn how to train effectively using the outdoor gym facilities. These workshops focus on functional strength, core stability and full-body conditioning using a mix of equipment and bodyweight exercises.

Pilates
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Pilates

Pilates helps you strengthen and stretch simultaneously through core-based exercises. Join anytime.

Kids karate classes
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:30 - 6:15pm

Kids karate classes

Kids karate classes for primary school aged children.Play On vouchers accepted.

Seido Karate Classes for Children
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Seido Karate Classes for Children

Our children's program has classes at 5.30pm, three times per week (Monday, Thursday & Friday).The majority of students in our children's program are 6-12 years old, but we have some children start as young as 4 or 5 and some parents who join in the class with their child(ren).Our classes are suitable for beginners through to advanced students. On Monday and Thursday, an advanced class is run simultaneously for our advanced yellow, green, and brown belt students.Children learn discipline, focus, confidence, strength and humility as well as being active and learning to socialise and work with other children of various ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Zen Do Kai karate classes
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 6:15 - 7:10pm

Zen Do Kai karate classes

Family oriented, reality based self-defence classes.

Seido Karate Classes for Adults & Teens
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 6:30 - 7:30pm

Seido Karate Classes for Adults & Teens

Our adult program offers classes at 6.30pm, three times a week (Monday, Wednesday & Thursday).Our adult program includes students as young as 10 through to students as mature as 80+! The adult syllabus starts from 15 years old, with students learning the junior (children's) syllabus up until this age.Our classes are suitable for beginners through to advanced students. On Monday and Thursday, an advanced class is run simultaneously for our green, brown and black belt students. Black belt classes are also run at 7.30pm on Monday and Thursday.Adults and teenagers learn discipline, focus, confidence, strength and humility as well as being active and having the opportunity to socialise, meet and work out with like-minded individuals of various ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Sculptures & Sips: Mechanical Reef
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 6:30 - 9:30pm

Sculptures & Sips: Mechanical Reef

If you love art and design, pop the champagne and push the benches together - Dead Puppet Society's Sculptures & Sips workshops will be right up your alley. As well as creating and taking home an original handmade treasure, participating in a Sculptures & Sips is a chance to get to know other like-minded makers and work with Dead Puppet Society artisans in the Fabrication Workshop where we dream up, design and make the puppets and props you see in our productions.Check out our current offerings! The Kinetic Whale, Mechanical Reef, Flapping Butterfly and Flying Bird.Dead Puppet Society is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council. For more information or to view the full range of workshops, please visit the website.

Koreaboo
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 7:30 - 8:50pm

Koreaboo

La Boite Theatre presents the Queensland premiere of a Griffin Theatre Company production, a Show of Family and Belonging!Hannah had her trip all planned out. Travel to Korea. Visit her birth mother. Spend a golden summer creating precious memories. But when she arrives in Seoul reality hits hard. Her Umma works in a convenience store day and night, barely taking a break. She seems more interested in stacking shelves and re-arranging the garden gnome display than connecting with her long-lost Australian daughter. Hannah is Korean, yet in Umma's mind, Hannah is a "Koreaboo"-a foreigner captivated by K-Pop, kimchi and hanboks. Armed with only Google Translate and unrelenting optimism, Hannah must try to find a place within Umma's world before the end of a sweltering summer. Taking inspiration from real events in playwright Michelle Lim Davidson's life (The Feather in the Web, The Newsreader), this profound and heartfelt play marks the writing debut of one of Australia's most beloved performers. Michelle herself takes to the stage under the direction of Jessica Arthur (The Dictionary of Lost Words), in a reunion story that reaches across continents, cultures and Spotify® playlists.Discover more at La Boite.

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose
Friday, 18 September 2026

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose

Celebrating Country and Culture through the bold designs of Magpie Goose.Museum of Brisbane is excited to collaborate with Magpie Goose, a proudly Aboriginal owned and led fashion and social enterprise, to celebrate extraordinary First Nations cultural stories and designs.This exclusive to Brisbane exhibition, developed in close collaboration with Magpie Goose owners Amanda Hayman (Wakka Wakka and Kalkadoon) and Troy Casey (Kamilaroi), offers a deep dive into the work of some of the region's most talented First Nations artists and designers.Using clothing as a canvas for storytelling, this exciting collaboration will connect audiences with the rich and diverse cultural expressions of First Nations communities in Queensland and beyond. Discover the artists and stories behind the brand that's making a difference, one garment at a time.Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.Museum of Brisbane is Brisbane City Council's leading history and art museum where you can experience our city's vibrant culture. For more information, visit MoB website.Image: Magpie Goose x Quandamooka Artists, by Amanda Hayman & Troy Casey, Country to Couture, 2025, Photo by Dylan Buckee.

Pilates
Friday, 18 September 2026, 6 - 7am

Pilates

Pilates helps you strengthen and stretch simultaneously through core-based exercises. Join anytime.

Tai Chi Qigong
Friday, 18 September 2026, 7:30 - 8:30am

Tai Chi Qigong

Feel relaxed, refreshed and calm after this dynamic exercise. Rejuvenate your body and learn to create a tranquil mind. Join any week.This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Pilates
Friday, 18 September 2026, 8 - 9am

Pilates

Bookings essential. Pilates helps you strengthen and stretch simultaneously through core-based exercises. Join anytime.

HIIT - cardio strength and core
Friday, 18 September 2026, 8 - 9am

HIIT - cardio strength and core

Circuit training, strength, cardio and core. Boost up your heart rate, with this fun active class to improve your cardio and core strength. High intensity interval training, mixed with circuit training and tabata. All ages and abilities welcome.