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What's On in Brisbane in October

2025

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Updated: Oct 05, 2025

From Night Feast, Brisbane Writers Festival, Bell Shakespeare Company's Romeo & Juliet, the Good Food & Wine Show and the all-Aussie show The Lucky Country to CelticFest, The Veronicas, Oktoberfest and Urban Country Music Festival, the top things to do in and around Brisbane in October:

Entry to Night Feast 2025

Night Feast returns to Brisbane Powerhouse with a vibrant feasting menu of food, immersive art and live music

Poster of The 39 Steps

The turbo-charged, Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy smash that mixes Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash of Monty Python-style chaos

Brisbane Writers Festival 2025

Brisbane Writers Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse

Brisbane Writers Festival will bring a star-studded program of events when it is held for the first time this year at Brisbane Powerhouse

Living Loud: 20 Years of Youngcare

The Veronicas at Living Loud: 20 Years of Youngcare

Iconic Brisbane charity Youngcare is hosting a massive anniversary concert at The Triffid, headlined by The Veronicas

Milton House Spring Social

Drinks on Lawn in front of Milton House

Milton House Spring Social is a four weekend pop-up bar set to transform historic Milton House's lawn into a festival of spring

Oktoberfest at Eat Street Northshore

Women holding beer steins Oktoberfest at Eat Street Northshore

Brisbane, dust off your dirndl and lederhosen's - Oktoberfest is coming to Eat Street Northshore!

Sky High Brunch

Tables and chairs at Aloria

Elevate your Sundays this spring with a Sky High Brunch at Aloria on Sky Deck, where you can indulge in an exquisite rooftop brunch experience

The Long Sunset

Crowd in front ot stage The Long Sunset

After a massive sellout in 2024, The Long Sunset is back - and this year it’s setting up camp in Boonah for three unforgettable days of music, art and adventure!

Cinematic - The Oscars

QSO performing Cinematic

Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s popular Cinematic concert returns to QPAC with an Oscar worthy lineup of movie music

Romeo & Juliet

Bell Shakespeare returns to Brisbane Powerhouse with Romeo & Juliet, marking the company's 1st performance there in 14 years.

Good Food & Wine Show

Get ready to sip, shop, snack and sample when Australia’s favourite culinary celebration, the Good Food & Wine Show returns

Archie Moore: kith and kin

Archie Moore's kith and kin makes its Australian premiere at GOMA, the first time the artwork has been displayed since winning the Golden Lion Award

Highland Cows CelticFest

CelticFest Warwick invites you to #GetYourCountryCelticOn at Queensland’s biggest Celtic festival

The Lucky Country

Cast ensemble The Lucky Country

The smash-hit new musical The Lucky Country is heading to Brisbane Powerhouse this October as part of Melt Festival.

Starring Noni Hazlehurst, The Lark is a one-woman, powerful and moving meditation on life, death and change

Comedy Open Mic Night

Neon Comedy sign on wall

Get up and have a go! This is your chance to see if you’ve got what it takes to make an audience laugh!

Australia Independent Film Festival

King-of-Forks AIFF

AIFF returns to showcase the very best Australian & International short films, documentaries and animations at Palace Cinemas, James St

Spooky Putt Putt

Entrance to Spooky Putt Putt

Victoria Park's Spooky Putt Putt is a world of spooktacular fun, with creepy clowns, zombies & ghosts

An Evening with Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters on couch

The Broadway icon will perform an exclusive show at Melt Festival 2025, in what will be her first Australian performance in over a decade

Urban Country Music Festival

Crowd at Urban-Country-music-festival

Urban Country Music Festival is back with a day of outstanding live music, entertainment and community spirit at Caboolture Showgrounds

In Conversation with Jane Harper

Jane Harper, In Conversation with Jane Harper

Join bestselling author Jane Harper at Brisbane Powerhouse to celebrate the release of her new standalone crime novel.

Ariat Warwick Rodeo

Man riding horse at Warwick Rodeo

Bringing together the best of Australian rodeo, campdrafting, and country hospitality at the Warwick Showgrounds

Waltzing the Wilarra

Cast dancing on RPAC stage

Step inside the world of Waltzing the Wilarra, a powerful, entertaining and music-filled night of nostalgia at RPAC

Whitefella Yella Tree

Main actor in Whitefella Yella Tree

A First Nations love story set on the brink of history premieres in Queensland at La Boite

Oktoberfest at The Hills

People holding beers at Oktoberfest at The Hills

Put on your best lederhosen and dirndls as Oktoberfest at The Hills of Rivermakers brings the spirit of Munich to Brisbane

Recovered Futures Art Exhibition

People looking at art Recovered Futures Art Exhibition

Now in its 34th year, the huge free exhibition will showcase more than 300 works by 217 artists with lived experience of mental health challenges

Weekend-Table---Royal-Bulls-Head-Inn

Weekend Table is a multi-day, multi-venue series of 12 unique culinary events hosted across the Toowoomba Region

Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival

Women in dresses and hats Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival

Don your fascinators, as the Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival is back at Eagle Farm & Doomben Racecourses

In Conversation: Dame Quentin Bryce

Quentin Bryce

The official Queensland launch of Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography, in conversation with Honourable Anna Bligh AC

Moreton Bay Farm Trail

Aerial view of Moreton bay Farn

The Moreton Bay Farm Trail is a self-guided discovery of local farms growing food and flowers, found in the picturesque Moreton Bay region

Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail

Bird art at the Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail

The Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail brings together more than 40 artists across 23 locations, held over two art-filled weekends

An Evening with Henschke at Aloria

Tables with views at Aloria The Star Brisbane

Indulge in An Evening With Henschke at Aloria, one of Brisbane's best restaurants, where elevated dining meets one of Australia’s most revered wine legacies

The Bogong's Song – a call to Country

The Bogong's Song

The Bogong’s Song is a blend of storytelling, shadow puppetry, dance, and song created especially for primary-aged children.

The God of Small Things

Adi-Laxmi The God of Small Things

A world-leading conservation project and free exhibition showcasing a collection of artworks by iconic Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma’s

In Conversation with Jonathon Moran

Jonathon Moran with a red backdrop of flowers

Join entertainment journalist and podcast host Jonathon ‘J.Mo’ Moran as he brings his hit book Mental as Anyone to the stage

Crowd under lights at Town Square

Get ready to experience the magic of Diwali at Westfield Mt Gravatt when Town Square is transformed into a vibrant festival space

Aerospace Experience Day 2025

Helicopter landing Aviation High School

Aviation High is hosting its annual Aerospace Experience Day with rocket launching, flight simulators, drones, helicopter landings and more

Queens Wharf Heritage Walking Tours

The Queen's Wharf Heritage Walking Tour gives a fascinating insight into the hidden stories of Brisbane's development, from a Penal Settlement

Weekend-Table---Cake-Date TCOF

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers will end this year's festtivities on a sweet note, with the launch of its scrumptious new event, Cake Date

Halloween at Eat Street Northshore

Clown at Halloween Eat Street Northshore

Brisbane’s favourite food and entertainment hub is bringing Brisbane's ultimate go-to Halloween event back for the 12th year!

Cast on stage The Lovers

A fresh, high-energy reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with an electrifying pop score, a dynamic live band, and a whole lot of heart

In Conversation with William McInnes

Hero Image - In Conversation with William Mcinnes

Bestselling author and actor William McInnes brings a collection of stories about Australian summers to Brisbane Powerhouse

Artbox for Kids

Craft at Artbox for Kids

The ever-popular Children’s Art Centre at GOMA is celebrating artist Mandy Quadrio at 'Art Box for Kids'

Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri

One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally will be joined by Alex Raineri in Songs of Light and Sky

Festival of Frights 2025

Crowd at Redcliffe Markets Festival of Frights 2025

Ghouly good times are ahead, as Redcliffe Markets prepares for their annual Festival of Frights!

Plantapalooza Plant Festival

Customers looking at plants at the Plantapalooza Plant Festival

The Plantapalooza Plant Festival, a celebration of spring and all things plants, returns to the Saturday Fresh Market

Halloween Ghost Train

Halloween Ghost Train

All aboard the Halloween Ghost Train for a spooktacular journey and dinner on a heritage steam train

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Yatala Drive-In is screening the 1970's cult classic and longest running musical of all time for its 50th anniversary

Crowd at the Carseldine Farmers Market Barktoberfest

BARKTOBERFEST: Brisbane’s most pup-ular event returns for 2025!

Hero Wonderstruck GOMA

Visitors of all ages will find wonder and awe in the everyday with Wonderstruck, a major free exhibition at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art

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Three First Nations women wearing fashions by First Nations designers at Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose

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Aerial view of Milton Xmas Markets

Christmas on Cribb

Milton Markets are hosting a mega Xmas twilight market

Circus performer Flipside Circus

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Outside of Queensland Museum by night

A Night at the Museum

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People browsing stalls QAGOMA Christmas Design Market

QAGOMA Christmas Design Market

The QAGOMA Store’s beloved Christmas Design Market is back and bigger than ever this year

Santa between carriages at QPSR

Twilight Santa Train

All aboard the Twilight Christmas Train, with heritage carriages

Chalets and tree Scandinavian Christmas market

Scandi Christmas Market

Brisbane's annual twilight Scandi Christmas Market is popping up in Woolloongabba

Boats moored at the Breakfast Creek Lifestyle Precinct

Farm Gate to City Door Christmas Market

Scenic Rim Christmas Markets to add festive produce cheer

Man on stage juggling knives at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo

Oddities & Curiosities Expo

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Window seating at Supernormal

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