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Upcoming Events in Brisbane

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

Music beat kids groups
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:30 - 11am

Music beat kids groups

Come and enjoy the great outdoors with your little ones while you move and make music together. You will share a special time with other parents, while helping your little ones learn and grow through musical play and movement. Take home tips for how to keep grooving and creating musical moments at home provided.

Cardio and strength
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:30 - 11:30am

Cardio and strength

Get active with like minded people, maintain or increase your independence, improve brain function and boost mood with strength training. This low-impact workout is suitable for all fitness levels. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Children’s storytime in the park - Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:30 - 11am

Children’s storytime in the park - Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks

Experience the magic of storytime with your child during a First 5 Forever storytime session in the park at the Pop-up Library. This interactive session includes stories and songs for young children. Ideal for children from birth to five years and their parents or carers. First 5 Forever is an initiative of the Queensland Government, coordinated by State Library of Queensland and delivered in partnership with local government.

Yoga and meditation
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:30 - 11:30am

Yoga and meditation

Classes are designed to promote general wellbeing, overall health and relaxation to help ease stress or tension in the mind and body.  This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

For the Love of Tony & Friends
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11am - 12:15pm

For the Love of Tony & Friends

For the Love of Tony & Friends will take the audience on a musical journey celebrating the songs and life of iconic American artist Tony Bennett, along with memorable songs from the greatest crooners of all time. Throughout a remarkable career spanning seven decades, no artist in popular music has recorded for as long and at such a high level of excellence as Tony Bennett. Acclaimed Australian vocalist Chris Lloyds will be accompanied by the Jamie Rigg Band will showcase a repertoire of timeless standards, treating the audience to classic melodies and heartfelt stories. SunPAC is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council. For more information, visit the SunPAC website.

Music beat kids groups
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11 - 11:30am

Music beat kids groups

Come and enjoy the great outdoors with your little ones while you move and make music together. You will share a special time with other parents, while helping your little ones learn and grow through musical play and movement. Take home tips for how to keep grooving and creating musical moments at home provided.

Free guided tour - Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11am - 12pm

Free guided tour - 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. 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.

Haitch
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11am - 12:15pm

Haitch

HAITCH unleashes a musical journey in Brisbane with his one-man show! Brisbane’s own multi-talented artist, HAITCH, is set to take the stage with his captivating one-man show. This unique musical experience promises to be an unforgettable event, showcasing HAITCH’s remarkable skills on a diverse array of instruments. His performance will feature an incredible line-up of instruments, including the iconic Australian Didgeridoo, Asian and Native American style wooden flutes, European brass horns, whistles and his unmistakeable vocals. Each note he plays brings to life the rich traditions and stories behind these instruments, inviting the audience to embark on a magical journey through sound. SunPAC is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council. For more information, visit the SunPAC website.

Free guided tour - City Botanic Gardens
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11am - 12pm

Free guided tour - 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. The walks are taken at a gentle pace for about one hour. 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. Location: Meet at the 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.

Zumba Gold®
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11:15am - 12:15pm

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
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Gentle fitness

Bookings essential. This is a fun gentle exercise class to improve strength, balance, coordination and flexibility. All fitness benefits in one class for all levels. If needed, you can use a chair too. Bring an exercise band if you have one. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

CANCELLED: Chair fitness
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11:30am - 12:30pm

CANCELLED: Chair fitness

***This event has been cancelled***Bookings essential. Enjoy a fun and effective body conditioning class from the comfort of a chair. It aims for graceful ageing, strong core, toning, suppleness, balance and coordination. Work at your own pace.  This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Intro to keyboard
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11:45am - 1:15pm

Intro to keyboard

Bookings essential. Introduction to the basic concepts such as melody, chords, rhythm and brings it all together to play songs. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Gathering - Robyn Hourigan: Weaving
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12 - 1pm

Gathering - Robyn Hourigan: Weaving

Gathering presents Robyn Hourigan. Robyn Hourigan is a proud Bundjalung Woman. Weaving, a tradition she learned from her own cousin, Robyn uses mainly raffia sourced from palm trees and more traditionally lomandra grass to create a range of items like earrings, baskets and bookmarks. Join us from 12 noon - 1pm, at the Queen Street Mall main stage to create your own bookmarks. This Gathering event is produced by Cre8tiveNations. Gathering showcases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performances in the Queen Street Mall. Unique to Brisbane, it is the only Indigenous performance in Australia that is featured weekly in the heart of a major capital city.

Community Immunisation Clinic - Toowong
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:30 - 2:30pm

Community Immunisation Clinic - Toowong

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 the National Health Medical Research Council vaccination schedule for advice about when you should be vaccinated. Providing a free immunisation service is another way Council is helping deliver our Brisbane Vision.

Chair yoga
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1 - 2pm

Chair yoga

Enjoy being supported by the chair as you stretch and strengthen your body both seated and standing poses.  This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Free guided tour - City Botanic Gardens
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1 - 2pm

Free guided tour - 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. The walks are taken at a gentle pace for about one hour. 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. Location: Meet at the 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.

Free guided tour - Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1 - 2pm

Free guided tour - 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. 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.

Lite yoga
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1 - 2pm

Lite yoga

Bookings essential. Become more flexible, fit and relaxed. This session is specifically designed for beginners and finishes with meditation. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Dawn of the Space Age
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2 - 2:45pm

Dawn of the Space Age

From the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the magnificent lunar landings and privately operated space flights. Be immersed and overwhelmed with this most accurate historic reconstruction of Man’s first steps into space. Who were these Men and Women that took part in these death defying endeavours? Witness their drive, their passion, and their perseverance to explore, in Dawn of the Space Age. Session includes a virtual tour of the Brisbane night sky.

Belly dance
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2 - 3pm

Belly dance

Bookings essential. Enjoy gentle dance focused on fitness, co-ordination, flexibility, relaxation and fun. Belly dance provides physical, emotional and psychological benefits. Suitable for all levels.  Bring a belly dance belt if you have one. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Fun basketball skills and games at a basketball court
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 3:30 - 5pm

Fun basketball skills and games at a basketball court

Bookings essential. Skill development and fun games with fundamental basketball drills and 3x3 action.

Zumba Gold®
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Zumba Gold®

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.

Live Recording Session
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5 - 7pm

Live Recording Session

Are you a solo artist or group looking for more performance opportunities? We can produce and record sound and/or video of your performance, to share on your socials or submit to venues and festivals. Register your interest to book a session!

Pilates
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Pilates

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

Salsation
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Salsation

Bookings essential Hola! Salsation is here to make you sweat to the hot beats of Latino music. Salsation is fitness meets salsa. Salsa is a popular dance originating in the Caribbean commonly used at social events. With worldwide fame, this rhythm will make you move your feet and hips while you get fit. Suitable for all ages and even those with two left feet.

Zumba Gold®
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Zumba Gold®

Bookings essential. Enjoy a fun, simple and low-impact workout in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. Shake it at your own pace to zesty Latin tunes, Indian infused rhythms plus a variety of other wonderful music. This class will help you improve your balance, range of motion and coordination.

CANCELLED: Fitness circuit and HIIT running
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 6 - 7am

CANCELLED: Fitness circuit and HIIT running

***This event has been cancelled***Bookings essential. Workout set on park gym equipment including strength training and HIIT running This is excellent for fast fitness and weight loss.

Pilates
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 7 - 8am

Pilates

Pilates helps you strengthen and stretch simultaneously through core-based exercises. Join anytime. This is a GOLD event suitable for seniors.

Volunteer Bushcare Working Bee - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Group
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 7 - 9am

Volunteer Bushcare Working Bee - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Group

Join other like-minded volunteers to help protect and restore Brisbane’s unique biodiversity through our Habitat Brisbane program. Whatever your skill level and motivation, joining your local Habitat Brisbane group is a great way to connect to nature and be active and healthy, all while meeting new people, developing new skills and making a difference to your local environment. With 160 groups across the city there’s bound to be one near you! Habitat Brisbane volunteers undertake a variety of activities including: Managing environmental weeds revegetating with local native plants creating habitat for native wildlife citizen science projectsThe Tennis Avenue Bushcare Group meet the first Sunday of the month, and every Thursday morning, both 7am - 9am at Tennis Avenue Park, 23 Tennis Avenue, Ashgrove.