What’s On October 2010
This information available in a brochure from the Information Centre and the Administration Building
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FREE MINI-BUS TOURS
Mondays and Thursdays Regular weekly tours
This entertaining tour takes you throughout the Gardens’ smaller paths
incorporating Garden highlights and the 27 hectare Australian Plant Communities.
Recorded commentary is by Gardens’ Curator, Ross McKinnon.
10.30-11am [...]
6 October, 2010, Palace Cinemas.
Savour all the glamour, passion, drama and artistry of Italian cinema when the Lavazza Italian Film Festival presented by Palace Cinemas hits Brisbane this September.
The 11th edition showcases twenty six films handpicked from the Cannes, Berlin, Rome and Venice film festivals. Among the festival highlights are opening night selection LA NOSTRA [...]
4 September, 2010, Brisbane River.
The night sky explodes, a thumping beat sounds and over half a million spectators on Brisbane’s riverbanks, backyards and balconies look up in awe. It could only mean one thing; THE OPENING OF BRISBANE FESTIVAL 2010 WITH QBE RIVERFIRE!
The celebration starts as early as 12noon, when people arrive to stake out [...]
1 – 5 September, 2010, Brisbane.
Plenty of opportunities for book lovers to indulge at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival!
Did you know that BWF will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2012? Show your love and support for the Festival, and help ensure it’s around for another 50 years by purchasing a raffle ticket or two from [...]
3 – 5 September, 2010, Cleveland Showground.
Redland Spring Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held in September in Cleveland, just 25 minutes east of Brisbane on beautiful Moreton Bay. It is Redland City’s premier event and boasts musicians and artists from across the globe.
For two and half days, Redlands Showground becomes a magical [...]
2 – 5 September, 2010, Noosa, Sunshine Coast
2010 marks the 20th celebration of the Noosa Jazz Festival. After 20 years of bringing the cream of Australian Jazz talent to the beautiful resort town of Noosa Heads Queensland, the festival can now hold its head high as one of Australia’s longest running jazz festivals.
The list of [...]
3-4 September, 2010, Beaudesert Showgrounds, Beaudesert
The Beaudesert Show Society was established in May, 1889. It is a community organisation run by volunteers and their families. The Committee has approximately 50 members who attend regular meetings throughout the year to organise the event. As soon as one Beaudesert Show finishes the next one begins to be [...]
2 November, 2010, Exchange Hotel.
The Exchange Hotel is proud to present: Melbourne Cup with Daryl Braithwaite performing live – Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Join us for Melbourne Cup this year at The Exchange Hotel for a casual set menu lunch before the “Race that stops the Nation” or enjoy one of the best day’s of the year on The Rooftop [...]
4 September, 2010, Exchange Hotel.
Riverfire Sat 4th September 2010: Live entertainment from 6.30pm featuring Cutloose on The Rooftop Terrace to show us a good time. Kids Eat Free from 2pm – 7pm. For enquiries please call (07) 3229 352.
29 August, 2010, Windsor, Brisbane.
Aladdin’s Antique and Collectable Fairs have delighted treasure hunters for over twenty five years. The fairs are held four times a year at the inner city address at Downey Park and always provide an eclectic source of interesting finds and bargains for the [...]
27 – 29 August, 2010, Parklands, Southport.
Records indicate that the first Show was held at Recreation Reserve. The Reserve was located at what we now know as Woodroffe Park directly behind the Southport RSL in Lawson Street.
From research undertaken, it is apparent that the Show then moved to farmland donated by the Owen family in [...]
28 August, 2010, Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain.
The end of August sees the welcome return of the Samford Valley Steiner School fair – festiValley – a vibrant mix of creativity and entertainment.
Beginning on Friday 27 August, at 7-9pm, the school will host a Gallery of Creative Arts in the school’s new Library. An eclectic and impressive [...]
26 – 28 August, 2010, Powerhouse, Brisbane.
Following eight years of success in neighbouring New Caledonia, French Gypsy Jazz is coming to Australia.
With influences from traditional Gypsy, Balkans music and of course, Django Reinhardt, the inaugural festival will be full of foot-tappin’ swing, feisty passion and virtuosic improvisation.
Ewan MacKenzie, who has performed with Doch Gypsy Orchestra, [...]
28 August, 2010, Tivoli, Fortitude Valley.
THE Cat Empire’s message, on stage and in the studio, has always been about breaking down borders: musical, geographic, lingual. But they have never done it so powerfully as they do on their new album, Cinema. The album serves up a set which captures the inexorable force – and sheer [...]
29 August, 2010, Gateway Bridge, Brisbane
Welcome to The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane, entries for the 2010 event are now open!
The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane is a fun run held in Brisbane, Australia each year in August.
The first race occurred in 1997 with less than 5000 entrants and each year the event [...]
19-20 October, 2010, The Tivoli, Brisbane.
Presented by: Michael Coppel Presents
Paul Weller – one of England’s most influential and iconic musicians and songwriters – he embarks on a national Australian tour this October.
Fans waited more than 20 years for Paul Weller’s long-overdue, highly acclaimed and sold-out 2008 tour. Two years on, Weller brings [...]
Tue 5 – Sun 10 Oct + Tue 12 – Sun 17 Oct 2010, Brisbane Powerhouse
Scod, Yon and Gatesy strap on their scabbards to embark on their latest opus: a musical theatre work of exquisite sophistication and hilarity that delves deep into the terrifying, operatic, geektastic world of Dungeons and Dragons.
Special Early Bird price available [...]
25-26 September, 2010, Gold Coast Parklands, Southport
This year’s Body Painting Expo will be held at Parklands Gold Coast on September 25th & 26th.
The event will be showcasing some of Australia’s most talented Body Painters as they transform their models from stark to stunning works of art.
Artists will be competing in the categories of Body Painting, Camouflage, 3D Pavement Art [...]
20 August, 2010, Powerhouse, Brisbane.
Justine Clarke holds a unique place in the Australian entertainment landscape. With 25 years of being on our screens and stages, she is also a firm favourite with our children. A long standing member of the Play School team she is now a popular recording artist in her own right.
Following on [...]
19-29 August, 2010, QPAC Cultural Centre.
Over thirty years ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the greatest rock musical the world has ever known. Almost ten years ago, Brisbane audiences experienced the remarkable voice of a then unknown young singer in the title role as Harvest Rain Theatre Company launched the career of one [...]
14 Aug – 28 Nov, 2010, State Library of Queensland.
Highlighting one of the most artistic families in Australia’s literary history, The Lindsays: artists, writers and publishers showcases the work of the Lindsay clan, including Norman, Lionel and Ruby, from the State Library’s Lindsay Collection of Pat Corrigan.
Featured are rare illustrations, original publications and family letters [...]
4 June – 17 October, 2010, MOB, King George Square.
Prejudice & Pride: Recognising the contribution of the LGBT communities to Brisbane
To coincide with the 20 year anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Queensland, Museum of Brisbane presents this respectful and dignified exploration of the lives of LGBT people in Brisbane over the past [...]
20 August, 2010, Perrin Park, Toowong.
FREE OUTDOOR CINEMA – Movie – UP
Activities from 5.30pm, movies from 6.30pm
Friday 20th August
Perrin Park, Josling Street
Toowong
Supported by the Lord Mayor’s Suburban Initiative Fund and
the Walter Taylor Ward Councillor.
information/images: here
4-25 September, 2010, Brisbane.
Welcome to Brisbane Festival 2010.
It is my first year as Artistic Director of this fantastic event, and let me tell you how proud I am to be involved.
Brisbane Festival, Australia’s youngest arts festival, is one of the most exciting challenges. Brisbane is full of opportunity and the Festival is poised to carve out [...]
13 August, 2010, Judith Wright Centre, Valley.
Calling all break-dancers and hip hop enthusiasts! So you think you can break-dance? This is your chance to compete or check out the monthly break-dance competition, Judy Breaks, where competitors are paired at random to battle it out in the Judith Wright Centre Shopfront. Hosted by Australia’s Got Talent
sensation [...]
13 August, 2010, Tribal Theatre, Brisbane.
6:15pm Tickets $12 (includes entry to all three films) 18+ event
Dress in your PJs!
Bring pillows and chill out for a night of low-budget schlock horror classics!
Slumber Party Massacre (1982) (R18+) – 6.15pm
Buxom beauties and drill killers!
Razorback (1984) (M) – 7.45pm
The infamous Ozploitation classic!
Last House on the Left (1972) (R18+) – [...]
14 August, 2010, Brisbane Racing Club, Eagle Farm.
The stallholders at Mathilda’s Market may be crafters, artists, designers, dressmakers, Mums, Dads … But what they all have in common is that they’re friendly, fun and enthusiastic makers of lovely items for babies and kids. We hope you’ll enjoy meeting them face-to-face and finding out what inspires [...]
10 August, 2010, Stanley Street, South Bank
An evening Young Designers Market will take place from 5.00pm to 10.00pm on Tuesday 10 August 2010 to complement the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival.
Stanley Street will be closed from 12 noon to 12 midnight for the set up, duration and dismantling of the market.
Local residents may experience additional noise while [...]
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5-14 August, 2010, RNA showgrounds.
GREAT VISION AND STORIES START THIS WEEKEND
Ekka gates open next Thursday 5 August, but the buzz and excitement of
Ekka starts this weekend with:
THE ANIMALS ARE COMING!!!
THE ARRIVAL OF 1,500 HEAD OF BEEF CATTLE
Ekka is the biggest showing of stud beef cattle in the southern hemisphere. Some of the most
magnificent cattle across [...]
04 August 2010 – 05 December 2010, Queensland Museum, Cultural Centre.
an era of exploration, the Burke and Wills Expedition set out from Melbourne to chart an inland route to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The land the party crossed was, for them, an empty void; unknown, unchartered and unoccupied. It was a journey of discovery [...]
Finishing 8 August, 2010, Queensland Museum
From neck-to-knee to next to nothing!
Fashion shoot with Beverly Evans. Woollen Mermaid design by Tigerlilly. Cover of Modern Weekly magazine, 1934.Exposed! the story of swimwear highlights the designs and designers, past and present, at the forefront of Australian swimwear fashion.Movie sirens, aquatic stars, models, bathing beauties, athletes, sporting icons, swimmers [...]
7 August – 14 November 2010, The Fairfax Gallery (Gallery 1.1), 1.2 & 1.3 GoMA
Exclusive to Brisbane, ‘Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future’ is a major exhibition developed by the renowned institution, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris. It explores the work of the celebrated Italian fashion house Valentino, known around the world for its sophisticated, timeless design and glamorous [...]
