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Wheely Fun
Riding's more fun on two wheels - in just one session our friendly trainer will help your young one make the transition from training wheels to two wheels, and provide some tips for how you can keep encouraging them.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Brisbane Sculpture Festival 2026
Explore the captivating world of sculpture through Sculptors Queensland's dynamic exhibitions, showcasing the mastery of local artists. Our curated displays unveil the diverse expressions of form, material, and concept, offering a visual feast for art enthusiasts.Join us on a journey of discovery and appreciation, as we celebrate the power of sculpture to inspire, provoke thought, and elevate the human experience.Sculptors Queensland, Brisbane Sculpture Festival is open during Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha opening hours.
Mountain bike skills for juniors (beginner)
For riders that can ride but want to improve skills for off-road. Session is held on grass only. Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Mountain bike skills for juniors (intermediate)
For confident riders that want to experience riding off-road.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Zumba®
Improve your fitness, burn hundreds of calories and learn some new dance moves! The classes move between high and low intensity dance moves designed to get your heart rate up and boost cardio endurance. Come join the party.
Zumba Gold®
Enjoy a low-impact, moderate-intensity workout in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. Have fun shaking it at your own pace to zesty Latin tunes, Indian-infused rhythms, plus other music from around the world. This class can help you improve your balance, range of motion and coordination.
Fishing fun
Bookings essential. Have fun learning or brushing up on your land-based fishing skills with the multi-award-winning team at 2 Bent Rods. All bait, tackle and equipment is provided.This is a GOLD'n'Kids event suitable for seniors and young people.
Wheely Fun
Riding's more fun on two wheels - in just one session our friendly trainer will help your young one make the transition from training wheels to two wheels, and provide some tips for how you can keep encouraging them.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Learn to skate workshop
Bookings essential. Free learn to skate lessons for all skill levels.This is a Chillout event suitable for young people 6-17 years.
Step into nature - Community walk
Our new community walking group is a relaxed, social way to explore Brisbane's beautiful parks and green spaces.Walking in a group is a safe and supportive way to explore bushland, especially for those who may be unfamiliar with the area or prefer not to walk alone. Along the way, you might pick up interesting facts about local flora, fauna, and history, while enjoying the many benefits of walking, from improved health, community connection, and time in nature.Requirements: Safety first! Please wear closed-in walking shoes, bring a water bottle, and dress in sun-protective clothing including a hat and sunscreen. Walks may include uneven terrain, uphill sections of the walk.Note: This walk may be cancelled if unsafe walking conditions arise on the day, including severe weather, extreme heat, or any other hazards that may impact participant safety.
Guided walk of the Billai Dhagun Circuit
Join experienced Volunteer Guides in a guided walk through the stunning Boondall Wetlands Reserve. Learn about the unique plants and animals of the wetlands on this gentle, easy, all abilities 2km walk.Participants can visit the Bird Hide, observe distinct changes in vegetation, and discover why Boondall Wetlands is an internationally important conservation area.Requirements:all children must be accompanied by an adultwear a wide-brimmed hat, secure and fully enclosed walking shoes, sun-smart clothing, sunscreen, and insect repellentbring drinking water and a snack or picnic lunch as there are no food outlets on sitearrive 10minutes early.Note: Walks are subject to weather and environmental conditions.
Power Nadeshiko Women's Empowerment Project community screening
Join us for a free community screening and panel discussion to learn practical knowledge that could one day help you, your family, your friends, or someone in need.Together, we can build a stronger and more compassionate community.The Power Nadeshiko Women's Empowerment Project is a community-led initiative that empowers and educates culturally and linguistically diverse communities to address gender-based and domestic and family violence through multilingual educational resources and community engagement.Discussion topics include:mental health and domestic and family violencepostnatal depressionmisogyny and gender-based discriminationtechnology-facilitated abusecoercive control lawschildren living with trauma and intergenerational traumaelder abusesurvivor stories.Program:9.30am - Welcome and opening9.55-10.45am - Community screening10.45-11.35am - Panel discussion11.35-11.45am - Feedback and project updates11.45am-12.15pm - Networking and morning tea (complimentary).Venue: Garden City Library, Meeting Room.Address: Level R4, Yellow Car Park, Westfield Mount Gravatt, Cnr Logan Road & Kessels Rd, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122. Free parking available.The project is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through the Empowering Multicultural Community Projects Grant.
Junior bike skills
This course is suitable for young riders who can ride confidently on two wheels. Through riding-based games and fun activities your child will learn the skills needed to have fun off-road and on the bikeways.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Mountain bike skills for juniors (advanced - drops and jumps)
For high intermediate to advanced riders that ride mountain bike single trail regularly and want to improve their jumping skills.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Mountain bike skills for adults (advanced - drops and jumps)
For high intermediate to advanced riders that ride mountain bike single trail regularly and want to improve their jumping skills.Presented as part of Council's Cycling Brisbane program.
Brisbane Greeters - Greeter's Choice guided walk
Join one of our welcoming and experienced Brisbane Greeters as they share their knowledge and passion for Brisbane on this guided walking tour.Explore our booking site to discover a Brisbane Greeters walk to suit you, whether it be in the CBD or one of our most historically significant suburbs. For locals and visitors alike.
Audrey Gibbs Art Prize
Audrey Gibbs joined the Royal Queensland Art Society in 1983 and was recognised as a Fellow of the society in 2009. This exhibition explores genre artworks, one of Audrey's great pleasures.This exhibition focuses on Genre Artworks, one of Audrey's favourite themes to paint. Genre Artworks are those that depict ordinary people in everyday situations, both in the exterior and the interior. Rather than heroic or mythological subjects, these works celebrate the familiar: everyday people participating in domestic routines, work, leisure, social gatherings, and quiet moments of daily life.The Royal Queensland Art Society is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council.
Little Artist's Eye Spy
Polish your peepers! You never know what you might spot.There is plenty for little eyes to spy with this free MoB Kids activity sheet. Transform your Museum visit into an exciting game of Eye Spy and discover details you might otherwise have missed.Can you spot the flowers? This playful Museum experience will immerse you in all manners of local art, history and culture, encompassing five different exhibitions.Ask our friendly staff at MoB reception when you arrive. We have activity sheets for children and their parents or carers.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 the MoB website.
Warrajamba
Follow the mermaid in the bay. Dive into story, culture and hands-on creativity with our latest Artist in Residence, Quandamooka artist Delvene Cockatoo-Collins.Journey alongside Delvene to the shores of Minjerribah and discover the ancestral story of Warrajamba, the mermaid, a living cultural legacy that Delvene continues to explore as she searches for its lost ending.Get hands-on and create your own mermaid or dugong using artist-designed stamps, connecting with the stories of Warrajamba and Yungong, the dugong. Discover Delvene's powerful sculptural work made from materials gathered from Country - yungair/yungaire (freshwater reed), talwalpin (beach hibiscus cotton tree), and quampie shell.Come and be immersed in a space that celebrates care for land, sea and story.MoB's Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.The Creative Space is proudly supported by Major Partner Brisbane Airport and generously supported by Ian and Cass George, and Holly and John Livingstone.Warrajamba 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.
Lord Mayor's Photographic Awards 2026
Brisbane through the lens of local photographers.The winners exhibition of the 2026 Lord Mayor's Photographic Awards brings together striking photographic works that capture the city's spirit - from familiar streets and riverside scenes to the fleeting moments, routines and characters that make Brisbane feel like home.New this year, the Brisbane Postcards Collection category invites photographers to showcase Brisbane's charm and energy through images that locals recognise, and visitors instantly fall in love with. Selected winning works will be available as collectible postcards at MoB Shop.Open to anyone who lives, works or studies in Brisbane, the 2026 Awards celebrate what makes our city unique through this year's theme, Everyday Brisbane.For more information, visit our website.From 3 to 31 August 2026, the Brisbane Airport Pop-Up Exhibition will showcase a range of exciting artworks at two locations within the Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal for travellers and visitors to enjoy. 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, please visit MoB website.
Artist in Residence: Renee Kire
Step inside an exciting new residency project that invites you to experience art in unexpected ways.Artist in Residence Renee Kire takes over Museum of Brisbane's entryway, transforming these spaces with a vibrant and dynamic mix of striking vinyl graphics and sculptural timber elements. These features create an immersive pathway that stretches across walls and ceilings, guiding you into the heart of the Museum.Drawing inspiration from Minimalism while reinterpreting the movement through a contemporary feminist lens, Kire brings fresh attention to the often-overlooked contributions of women in the field. Bright, colourful and welcoming for all visitors, the artwork is both joyful and thought-provoking.Responding directly to the architecture of the Museum, City Hall and the Brisbane cityscape, Kire's design reveals unexpected connections between the built environment and abstract form. Repetition, rhythm and thoughtful details invite you to slow down, look closely and discover new perspectives.MoB's Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.Museum of Brisbane is Brisbane City Council's leading history and art museum where you can experience our city's vibrant culture.
Clock Tower Tour
Discover the hidden secrets of your heritage-listed City Hall building with a guided tour of Brisbane's iconic Clock Tower.The Clock Tower Tour is a "must do" while in Brisbane!For many years, City Hall's Clock Tower elevated the building to Brisbane's tallest, offering visitors a magnificent 360 degree view of the city around them. Whilst the view has changed significantly over the last 90 years, the time-honoured tradition of "taking a trip up the tower" happily continues at Museum of Brisbane.The Clock Tower Tour includes a ride in one of Brisbane's oldest working cage lifts, a look behind Australia's largest analogue clock faces and time to explore the observation platform that shares a unique perspective of your city. See if you can catch a glimpse of the bells!Make a booking online today to secure your spot! Spaces are limited and fill up quickly.Date & Time 10:15am - 4:45pm Daily, every 15 minutes Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour.
Convict Brisbane Walking Tour
Explore Brisbane's colonial history on this guided tour through the city's convict past.Beginning at the historic Windmill on Wickham Terrace and winding down to the river at Queens Wharf, the tour traces Brisbane's transformation between 1823 and 1842 - from a remote penal outpost to an emerging free town. Hear stories of convicts and commandants, revealing how punishment, labour and authority shaped daily life. Along the way, our guides bring the settlement into focus, illuminating the social fabric and living conditions, as well as the central role of the Brisbane River in sustaining the colony.Woven throughout the tour are First Peoples' responses to British settlement, their enduring connection to Country, and the Frontier wars that directly followed this era. Together, these intersecting stories offer a deeper understanding of how Brisbane grew from its earliest foundations into a regional centre.Tour highlights include: The Windmill, The Brisbane Crest, The Petrie Tableau, Convict-built structures and surviving remnants, Miller Park and the Commissariat Stores, Queens Wharf and, the Brisbane River.This 90‑minute, 1.75km tour is designed to suit most fitness levels, however, please note it includes walking downhill along city streets and across uneven surfaces. For more information about accessibility requirements, please refer to the Museum of Brisbane FAQs.Museum of Brisbane is Brisbane City Council's leading history and art museum where you can experience our city's vibrant culture.
Aqua fitness
Experience an excellent, low-impact cross-training workout in the water. Feel the benefits of exercise without the pain. Using minimum impact movements, participants will develop strength, mobility and movement in a fun environment.
Deinzel Morris - Book launch
Join local author Deinzel Morris on the Banyan Lawn as she launches her new book 'Holy Shigamoley, WTF Just Happened?' with the Brisbane public.What happens when your life falls apart so completely that the only way forward is through the wreckage?In Holy Shigamoley, WTF Just Happened?, Deinzel Morris opens the door to the wildest, darkest, funniest, and most transformational chapter of her life.From closing a teaching business and stepping into a dangerous new world, to drugs, love, heartbreak, psychosis, hospital wards, spiritual signs, family bonds, and the long road back to herself, this memoir is a brutally honest account of what it means to break, survive, heal, and keep laughing through the chaos.Told with raw humour, deep vulnerability, and no polished filter, this is not a story about having all the answers. It is a story about losing your mind, finding your truth, and learning that even in the messiest parts of life, love can still pull you home.Messy. Dark. Funny. Honest. Human.This is chaos, truth, love, and transformation - exactly as it happened.
Learn to skate workshop
Bookings essential. Free learn to skate lessons for all skill levels.This is a Chillout event suitable for young people 6-17 years.
Free guided tours - Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Take a free volunteer guided walk to learn about the plants and features at Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha. 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 and small groups (up to 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: Meet at the Mt Coot-tha Visitor Information Centre.Note: Walks may be subject to environmental conditions and guide capacity on the day.
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.
Deep water aqua
This is an aquatic workout that uses all major muscle groups. Participants wear a buoyancy belt so there is no need to worry about being in deep water, however basic swimming skills are required. You must bring your own buoyancy belt for this class.
Aqua aerobics
Experience an excellent, low-impact cross-training workout in the water. Feel the benefits of exercise without the pain. Using minimum impact movements, participants will develop strength, mobility and movement in a fun environment.