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What's On in Brisbane in October

2025

Updated: Oct 02, 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:

Night Feast returns to Brisbane Powerhouse with a vibrant feasting menu of food, immersive art and live music
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 will bring a star-studded program of events when it is held for the first time this year at Brisbane Powerhouse
Iconic Brisbane charity Youngcare is hosting a massive anniversary concert at The Triffid, headlined by The Veronicas
Milton House Spring Social is a four weekend pop-up bar set to transform historic Milton House's lawn into a festival of spring
Brisbane, dust off your dirndl and lederhosen's - Oktoberfest is coming to Eat Street Northshore!
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
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!
Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s popular Cinematic concert returns to QPAC with an Oscar worthy lineup of movie music
Bell Shakespeare returns to Brisbane Powerhouse with Romeo & Juliet, marking the company's 1st performance there in 14 years.
Get ready to sip, shop, snack and sample when Australia’s favourite culinary celebration, the Good Food & Wine Show returns
Archie Moore's kith and kin makes its Australian premiere at GOMA, the first time the artwork has been diaplayed since winning the Golden Lion Awars
CelticFest Warwick invites you to #GetYourCountryCelticOn at Queensland’s biggest Celtic festival
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
Get up and have a go! This is your chance to see if you’ve got what it takes to make an audience laugh!
AIFF returns to showcase the very best Australian & International short films, documentaries and animations at Palace Cimemas, James St
Victoria Park's Spooky Putt Putt is a world of spooktacular fun, with creepy clowns, zombies & ghosts
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 is back with a day of outstanding live music, entertainment and community spirit at Caboolture Showgrounds
Join bestselling author Jane Harper at Brisbane Powerhouse to celebrate the release of her new standalone crime novel.
Step inside the world of Waltzing the Wilarra, a powerful, entertaining and music-filled night of nostalgia at RPAC
A First Nations love story set on the brink of history premieres in Queensland at La Boite
Put on your best lederhosen and dirndls as Oktoberfest at The Hills of Rivermakers brings the spirit of Munich to Brisbane
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 is a multi-day, multi-venue series of 12 unique culinary events hosted across the Toowoomba Region
Don your fascinators, as the Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival is back at Eagle Farm & Doomben Racecourses
The official Queensland launch of Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography, in conversation with Honourable Anna Bligh AC
The Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail brings together more than 40 artists across 23 locations, held over two art-filled weekends
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 is a blend of storytelling, shadow puppetry, dance, and song created especially for primary-aged children.
A world-leading conservation project and free exhibition showcasing a collection of artworks by iconic Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma’s
Join entertainment journalist and podcast host Jonathon ‘J.Mo’ Moran as he brings his hit book Mental as Anyone to the stage
Get ready to experience the magic of Diwali at Westfield Mt Gravatt when Town Square is transformed into a vibrant festival space
Aviation High is hosting its annual Aerospace Experience Day with rocket launching, flight simulators, drones, helicopter landings and more
The Queen's Wharf Heritage Walking Tour gives a fascinating insight into the hidden stories of Brisbane's development, from a Penal Settlement
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers will end this year's festtivities on a sweet note, with the launch of its scrumptious new event, Cake Date
Brisbane’s favourite food and entertainment hub is about to get a haunting Halloween makeover!
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
Bestselling author and actor William McInnes brings a collection of stories about Australian summers to Brisbane Powerhouse
The ever-popular Children’s Art Centre at GOMA is celebrating artist Mandy Quadrio at 'Art Box for Kids'
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
Ghouly good times are ahead, as Redcliffe Markets prepares for their annual Festival of Frights!
The Plantapalooza Plant Festival, a celebration of spring and all things plants, returns to the Saturday Fresh Market
All aboard the Halloween Ghost Train for a spooktacular journey and dinner on a heritage steam train
Yatala Drive-In is screening the 1970's cult classic and longest running musical of all time for its 50th anniversary
BARKTOBERFEST: Brisbane’s most pup-ular event returns for 2025!
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

Top Things To Do In Brisbane This Week

CelticFest Warwick invites you to #GetYourCountryCelticOn at Queensland’s biggest Celtic festival
Archie Moore's kith and kin makes its Australian premiere at GOMA
A turbo-charged, Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy smash
Stories and music create the unforgettable - as Camerata has captured
Brisbane Writers Festival has launched its 2025 program
One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally
Bringing together the best of Australian rodeo, campdrafting & country hospitality
Milton House Spring Social is a four weekend pop-up bar
The Plantapalooza plant festival returns to the Saturday Fresh Market
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