Events

Bookings required. Feel safe and confident online by learning the basics of secure internet use. Learn how to protect yourself against viruses and malware, pay safely online and create strong passwords. Basic computer and internet skills required.

Bookings required. Learn how to use the keyboard and mouse, and find your way around a Windows 7 computer. Perfect for the first time user. Computers provided.

Bookings required. Discover all the fantastic children’s resources and interactive stories you can access through the library catalogue. Ideal for children aged 2-5 years and their carers.

Food ~ Family ~ Fun ~ Festivities ~ Treasure Hunt

Bookings required. Join retired Curator, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Ross McKinnon as he discusses the process of creating and restoring his own home garden. Ross's photographs and stories will inspire you in creating your own authentic heritage garden or restoring your property's original garden.

Bookings required. Learn how to a create floral arrangement for home, gifts or functions. Horticulturalist Noel Burdette will call on his background in floristry to teach the basics in colour, texture and design. Participants will leave with their own floral masterpiece

Scouts Queensland celebrates with a festive Christmas carol concert for the scouting community and the general public.

Community Christmas carols, rides and BBQ for Fairfield and Yeronga  families

Enjoy a concert with the Outtawak Trio (with Wickety Wak originals Rob Rosenlund and Tony Jeffery and the man of a thousand faces Dave 'Davo' Mitchell) playing the classics with tenor David DeVito in a special one hour performance. Bookings not required.

Bookings required. Looking to de-clutter, or add to your home? Learn about buying and selling goods safely online through eBay and Gumtree. Basic computer and internet skills required.

Bookings required. Learn how to find your way around the internet safely, save your favourite websites, search for information and use Google to help you find answers. Basic computer skills are required.

The Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols is a much-loved free family event. Join some of Australia’s most renowned singers and entertainers as they ignite the big stage in this joyous and magical celebration of Christmas. The event supports charity organisation Mater Little Miracles. Schedule: 5pm       : Gates Open 5:30pm : Pre-Show Entertainment 6:15pm […]

Bookings required. Come and get creative this Christmas! Go for a nature walk around the park to collect natural materials such a leaves and twigs to create textures on clay.  Learn how to make different types of vessels such as bowls or vases.  Decorate using the items collected during your walk.  Get active and healthy […]

Brass Roots and Windsor Brass, along with the Salvation Army Choir, sing everyone's favourite Christmas Carols and songs. If you sing loud enough, you might even be lucky enough to have a surprise visit from some naughty Christmas Elves and Santa himself!

Activities from 5.30pm / Carols from 6pm Bring the family along and join in the fun.

Bookings required. Join Children's Books Daily's Megan Daley to chat about your favourite books for Summer Reading and find out about some exciting new reads. Then create your own mini Summer Reading book journal from scratch using book binding techniques, including folding, cutting and collaging. Ideal for children aged 8-12 years. Presented as part of […]

Come along and join in the Christmas decoration making workshops. There will be lots of different things to make and take home to hang on the Christmas tree. Location: Banyan Lawn

Bookings required. Learn the basics of using Pinterest to collect images on the internet by signing up and creating your own virtual pin boards. Basic computer skills, internet skills and an email account required.

Bookings required. Join author Emmanuelle Buecher-Hall as she reads from her book Merlin's Voyage, and shares a craft activity from the story. Ideal for children aged 5-8 years. Presented as part of Brisbane City Council’s Summer Reading program. It’s game on with Summer Reading these school holidays! By reading books and attending Summer Reading events […]

Bookings required. Try your hand at a variety of paper crafts and book-related activities. Ideal for children aged 5-12 years.

Bookings required. Enjoy a special storytime and craft based on modern Australian Christmas stories and yarns. Ideal for children aged 3-7 years.

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated G.

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Bookings required. Join a team of investigators to solve a mystery at the library. Crack codes to solve the mystery. Ideal for children aged 8-12 years.

Join in a fun and festive frolic around different cultures in Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall. While Christmas is celebrated in many countries, other joyful national celebrations give their homelands a distinct flavour. Become a tourist for the evening and join music groups Mzaza, Mark Lowndes and Chukale in a whirlwind jaunt as they party in […]

njoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Annual Christmas nativity play and carols for Chelmer and surrounding suburbs

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated G Location: Streets Beach

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated G Location: Streets Beach

Join us for an evening of carols followed by a free community supper.

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated G Location: Streets Beach

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Bookings required. With Christmas celebrations underway, everyone is super excited about the festive season. There is singing and dancing and gift giving galore, when Cheeky Monkey discovers that someone is stealing his Christmas fun. With help from the Christmas Snow Angel, children will enjoy solving this Christmas tale and help Cheeky Monkey catch the very […]

Bookings required. Make friends and test your literary knowledge with trivia questions. Individuals and groups welcome.

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated PG Location: Streets Beach

Bookings required. Connect with family, friends and organisations using email. Learn how to create an email account, send and reply to emails, create contacts, and sign in and out of your account. Basic computer and internet skills required.

Bookings required. Enjoy a fun Australian Christmas story time. Share in Wombat's Christmas adventure and create your own Australian Christmas tree decoration. Ideal for children aged 4-9 years.

Enjoy Brisbane’s balmy evenings with a Christmas cinema experience on Streets Beach. Snuggle up on a beach towel or picnic rug under the stars or dive in to the cool waters and enjoy Christmas family favourites on the silver screen. Rated G Location: Streets Beach

Bookings required. Join a special reading of the classic story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and holiday craft. Ideal for children aged 2-5 years.

Bookings required. Enjoy a special storytime to celebrate the season.

Bookings required. Learn how to find your way around an iPad. Discover apps, connect to wi-fi and search the internet. Perfect for the first time user. Bring your own iPad.