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Upcoming Events

Discover what’s happening across Queensland with our Events Calendar. Browse upcoming events from all around the state by clicking on a year to view a complete list of events from that time.

2025 Events Calendar

January

7-14
15-19
17-19
26
26
31-3 Feb
Magic Millions Yearling Sales and Race Day, Gold Coast
Capricorn Film Festival, Yeppoon
Goldfield Ashes, Charters Towers
Great Australia Day Beach Party, Yeppoon
Rockhampton Australia Day Celebrations
Capricorn King of Kings Fishing Tournament, Capricorn Coast

February

7-9
8
21-23
22-23
Let’s Go Caravan & Outdoor Expo, Gold Coast
Big Beer Festival, Rockhampton
Blues, Roots and Rock Festival, Agnes Water
Hell of the West Festival, Goondiwindi

March

7-8
8
14-16
21-23
22-22 Jun
29
30
Meatstock, Toowoomba
Big Beer Festiva, Mackay
National 4X4 Outdoors Show, Brisbane
CMC Rocks QLD, Willowbank
Ken Done at Rockhampton Museum of Art
Monto Races
Feast of the Senses, Innisfail

April

4-6
5-26
6
11-13
11-13
11-13
11-13
12
17-21
20-3 May
25-27
26
27
Rockynats, Rockhampton
Mackay Isaac's Lucky Catch and Snap
Waltzing Matilda Day, Winton
Dirt ‘n’ Dust Festival, Julia Creek
Winton celebrates 150th Anniversary
Kilkivan Great Horse Ride
Outback River Lights Festival, Cunnamulla
The Salty Hops Festival, Yeppoon
Easter in the Country Festival, Roma
QLD Music Trails - The Outback, South West Outback Queensland
Outback Rock & Blues Festival, Undara
The Caves Show, The Caves, Rockhampton
The Archer Race 2025, Rockhampton

May

1-31
2-4
2-4
2-5
2-9
3
3-5
4
4-5
6-11
6
9
9-11
9-11
10
11
11
13-19
14
15
15-18
16
16-18
17
18
18
19
20
21
22
23-25
23-25
23-25
23-25
23-25
24
28
28
30-31
31
31
GourMay Food Festival, Mary Valley
Hughenden Festival of Outback Skies
Charters Towers Country Music Festival
Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival
Gem of the West Camp Draft 25th Anniversary, Winton
Summer Salt, Mackay
Planes, Trains and Autos, Ipswich
Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon
Golden Mount Festival, Mount Morgan
Greenvale Campdraft
Capella Country Music Festival
Great Wheelbarrow Race, Mareeba
Paradise Lagoons Campdraft, Rockhampton
Cairns Expo
GourMay Festival Day, Mary Valley
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Roma
Triple M Festival of the Wind, Emu Park
Festival of Outback Opera, Winton & Longreach
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Winton
Broadbeach Blues Festival, Gold Coast
Music in the Mulga, Thargomindah
Chillagoe Rodeo
Townsville Expo
Nebo Rodeo
Rocky River Run, Rockhampton
The Great Australian Charity Cattle Drive Start, Longreach
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Longreach
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Barcaldine
CMC Rocks QLD, Willowbank
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Blackall
Port Douglas Carnivale
Mackay Expo
1770 Festival, Agnes Water
The Shearers Shindig, Thargomindah
Goomeri Pumpkin Festival
Sunset Sessions, Great Keppel Island
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Gympie
Rotary FNQ Field Day, Mareeba
Sweet Days, Hot Nights, Burdekin
Opera Queensland, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Gold Coast
Sunset Sessions, Great Keppel Island

June

1
4-8
5-8
7
7
7-8
7-8
7-8
8-14
12-13
13-14
13-15
15
19-27
20-22
21
21-27 Jul
22
24-27
27-28
27-29
27-29
27-5 Jul
28
28-29
Mackay Marina Run
Let’s Go Caravan & Camping Supershow, Brisbane
Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, Ipswich
Pop Up Polo, Rockhampton
Winton Show
Charters Towers Motor Show & Swap Meet
Australian Italian Festival, Ingham
Yeppoon & District Show
Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic
Rockhampton Agricultural Show
QLD Music Trails - Between The Tides, Mackay
Black Mountain Unplugged Picnic'25, Cooktown
Winton Motorsport Association 1/8 mile Drag Races
Croydon Heritage Festival
Cooktown Discovery Festival
TAB Ipswich Cup
Outback Queensland Masters (Golf) 
Great Whitehaven Beach Run, Whitsundays 
Outback Writers Festival, Winton
Country Fest Queensland, Bloomsbury
Laura Rodeo & Races
St Lawrence Wetlands Weekend
The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Winton
Be Social Festival, Mackay
Fox Superflow, Finch Hatton

July

1-31
4-6
5
5-6
5-6
8-9
8-13
11-13
11-13
11-13
11-20
12
12
12-13
14-20
15
17-27
18-19
18-20
18-20
18-27
19-20
19-26
24-27
25-27
25-27
25-2 Aug
26
26-27
Mackay Festival of Arts
Rally Queensland, Gympie
Rockhana Gem & Mineral Festival, Cloncurry
Mackay Motor Show
Heritage Makers Fair, Gympie
Big Red Sunset Concert, Birdsville
Cloncurry Stockmans Challenge & Campdraft
NTI Supercars, Townsville
Country on Keppel, Great Keppel Island
Rockhampton Expo
SPARK Ipswich
Rockhampton Cup Race Day
Mareeba Rodeo
Winton Opal Festival
Channel Country Music Muster, Thargomindah
Kuranda Roots Festival
Jumpers and Jazz in July, Warwick
Charters Towers Rodeo
Hughenden Country Music Festival
Boulia Camel Races 
Noosa Alive 
Gold Rush Hill Sprint, Mount Morgan
Ephemera Art Festival, Townsville
Childers Festival 
Rockhampton River Festival
Outdoor Adventure Expo, Toowoomba
Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville
Camel Races, Winton
Yeppoon Running Festival

August

1-3
1-3
2
5-6
6
7-14
7
8-10
8-10
9
9
9-10
9-17
13-17
14-17
15-16
15-17
15-17
16
16-17
16-23
23
23
23-24
26-27
28-31
28-3 Sep
30
30
30-13 Sep
TBA
TBA
Great Barrier Reef Festival, Airlie Beach
Curry Merry Muster Festival, Cloncurry
Corfield Races, Winton
Swim Around Keppel, Great Keppel Island
Isa Street Festival, Mount Isa
Airlie Beach Race Week & Whitsundays Festival of Sailing
Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championships 
Mount Isa Mines Rodeo
Ipswich Super 440
Mt Carbine Rodeo
Mount Morgan Show
Diamantina Open Golf Championships, Winton
The Ekka (Brisbane Royal Show)
Black Mountain Unplugged, Cooktown
Better in Blackall Festival, Blackall
Moura Coal Country Festival
North Queensland Elite Rodeo, Townsville
Townsville Triathlon and Multisport Festival
The Great Australian Charity Cattle Drive Finish, Roma
Airlie Beach Triathlon Festival
Hamilton Island Race Week
Rhythm and the Reef, Mackay
Taste of the World Cultural Festival, Rockhampton
Historic Leyburn Sprints
Bronco Branding, Camooweal 
Gympie Music Muster 
SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 

CapriCon, Rockhampton
Mareeba Multicultural Festival
Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie
The Drover’s Camp at Camooweal
Yeppoon Lions Tropical Pinefest

September

4-7
5-6
5-6
5-7
5-14
6
12-6 Oct
12
12
12-13
13
13-14
14
19
19-21
19-21
20
20-21
23-27
23-27
26-27
26-28
TBA
TBA
Capricorn Food and Wine Festival, Rockhampton
Swim Around Keppel
Birdsville Races 
Don River Dash, Bowen
Galvanized - A Festival of Heritage, Ipswich 
Mount Morgan Wattle Day Festival
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
WBTA Junior Bush Poetry Competition, Winton
Beat the Heat Festival, Cloncurry
White on Whitehaven Long Lunch, Whitsundays
North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton
Whitsundays Writers Festival, Airlie Beach
Winton Motorsport Association 1/8 mile Drag Races
Ewan Cup
Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Fest, Mary Valley
Mushroom Valley Festival, Mackay
Toowoomba Carnival of Flower Parade
Cunnamulla Fella Round Up, Cunnamulla
Outback Festival, Whip Out to Winton
Youth Sail QLD (national sailing regatta), Yeppoon
Rumble on the Reef, Mackay
Wallaby Creek Festival, Tropical North Queensland
North Australia Festival of Arts, Townsville
QLD Music Trails - The Tropics, Tropical North Queensland

October

4-5
9-12
10 - 11
11
11
18
18
20-26
24-25
25
28-31
31-2 Nov
31-1 Nov
Conquer the Corrugations, Cape York Peninsula
Savannah in the Round, Mareeba
Yeppoon Lions Pinefest
Oktoberfest Rockhampton
Legends on the Lawn, Mackay
Caulfield Cup Race Day, Rockhampton
Halloween Ball, Ravenswood
Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft
Goodna Jacaranda Festival, Ipswich
Oktoberfest Emu Park
Fitzroy River Barra Bash, Rockhampton
Camp and sCare Halloween Weekend, Airlie Beach
Professional Bull Riding Australia Grand Final, Townsville

November

1
7-9
8
8
15
29
29-24 Dec
TBA
Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos, Gladstone
Airlie Beach Festival of Music
Cooktown Races
Sunset Sessions, Great Keppel Island
Nindigully Pig Races
Sunset Sessions, Great Keppel Island
Radiance, Rockhampton
Pentland Races

December

1-31
6
12-13
12-13
15
27 - 26 Jan
31
31
Christmas in Ipswich
Rockhampton CBD Christmas Fair
Rockhampton Carols by Candlelight
Capricorn Caves Summer Solstice
Carols by the Beach, Yeppoon
Day Out With Thomas: The Party Tour, Ipswich
Cameron Corner New Year’s Eve Party
Northerlies New Year’s Eve, Airlie Beach

2025 School Terms

Queensland

Term 1: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 4 April
Term 2: Tuesday 22 April – Friday 27 June
Term 3: Monday 14 July – Friday 19 September
Term 4: Tuesday 7 October – Friday 12 December

New South Wales

Term 1: Friday 31 January to Friday 11 April
Term 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 13 October to Friday 19 December

Australian Capital Territory

Term 1: Monday 3 February – Friday 11 April
Term 2: Tuesday 29 April – Friday 4 July
Term 3: Tuesday 22 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Tuesday 14 October – Thursday 18 December

Victoria

Term 1: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 4 April
Term 2: Tuesday 22 April — Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July — Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October — Friday 19 December

Tasmania

Term 1: Thursday 6 February – Friday 11 April
Term 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 13 October – Thursday 18 December

South Australia

Term 1: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 11 April
Term 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 13 October – Friday 12 December

Western Australia

Term 1: Wednesday 5 February – Friday 11 April
Term 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 13 October – Thursday 18 December

Northern Territory

Term 1: Wednesday 29 January — Friday 4 April
Term 2: Monday 14 April — Friday 20 June
Term 3: Tuesday 15 July — Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October — Friday 12 December

2025 Queensland Public Holidays

Wed 1 Jan
Mon 27 Jan
Fri 18 Apr
Sat 19 Apr
Sun 20 Apr
Mon 21 Apr
Fri 25 Apr
Mon 5 May
New Year's Day
Australia Day
Good Friday
The day after Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Anzac Day
Labour Day
Wed 13 Aug
Mon 6 Oct
Wed 24 Dec
Thu 25 Dec
Fri 26 Dec
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)
King’s Birthday
Christmas Eve (from 6pm to midnight)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day

2026 Events Calendar

January

1

New Year’s Day Races, Caloundra

7-19

Magic Millions GC Yearling Sale, Gold Coast

8-11

Capricorn Film Festival, Yeppoon

13

Magic Millions Yearling Sales and Race Day, Gold Coast

16-18

Goldfield Ashes, Charters Towers

17

Mount Festival Half Marathon, Mount Morgan

17

TAB Millions Raceday, Gold Coast

26

Great Australia Day Beach Party, Yeppoon

26

Australia Day Celebrations, Rockhampton

February

5-8

Capricorn King of Kings Fishing Tournament, Capricorn Coast

6-8

Let’s Go Caravan and Outdoor Expo, Gold Coast

13-15

Heatwave Festival, Port Douglas

13-15

Moreton Bay Expo, Redcliffe

20-22

Blues, Roots and Rock Festival. Agnes Water

21

Big Beer Festival, Bundaberg

18-22 Feb

2026 Gold Coast Open, Gold Coast

27-8 Mar

Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival

March

7

Big Beer Festival, Mackay

7-8

Hell of the West Festival, Goondiwindi

13-15

National 4 x 4 Outdoors Show, Brisbane

13-22

Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Heads

14-15

Mooloolaba Triathlon

20-22

CMC Rocks QLD, Ipswich

21

Big Beer Festival, Emerald

21

St Patrick’s Day Races, Springsure

26-29

Feast of the Senses, Innisfail

28

Monto Races

28

North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton

29

Triple M Festival of the Wind, Emu Park

29-5 Apr

Central Highlands Easter Sunflower Festival, Emerald

April

1-6

Easter in the Country Festival, Roma

2

Cloncurry Easter Fair

6

Waltzing Matilda Day, Winton

10-11

Meatstock, Toowoomba

10-12

Kilkivan Great Horse Ride

12

Watercress Creek Olive Festival, Ipswich

17-19

Rockynats, Rockhampton

17-19

Suncoast Outdoor Adventure Expo, Sunshine Coast

17-19

Outback River Lights Festival, Cunnamulla

17-19

Rally Queensland Gympie

18

The Caves Show, The Caves, Rockhampton

21-25

Paradise Lagoons Campdraft, Rockhampton

23-25

Outback Rock & Blues Festival, Undara

24-9 May

Queensland Music Trails – The Outback, South West Outback, Queensland

24

Queensland Music Trails – Saddle Up, Charleville

25

Diggers Cup Race Day, Longreach

26

Queensland Music Trails – Tambo Bush Dance

26

Burdekin Sugar Rush, Ayr

28

Queensland Music Trails – Outback Exchange, Barcaldine

29

Queensland Music Trails – Spirit Of The Bush, Longreach

30

Queensland Music Trails – A Journey Between the Fires, Winton

May

1-4

Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival

1-31

GourMay Food Festival, Mary Valley

1-3

Charters Towers Country Music Festival, Charters Towers

1-3

Hughenden Festival of Outback Skies

1-3

Gem of the West Campdraft, Winton

1-3

Golden Mount Festival, Mount Morgan

1

Tambo Stock Show

1

Country Fest Honky Tonk Pre Party, Cairns

1

Queensland Music Trails – North Gregory Hotel, Winton

1

Queensland Music Trails – The Dusty Hour, Winton

2-4

Planes, Trains and Autos, Ipswich

2-3

Big Rosella Field Days, Woolooga

2-4

Home Hill Sugar Bowl, Home Hill

3

Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon

3

The Archer Race 2026, Rockhampton

3

Feast of the Three Saints, Silkwood

3

GourMay Mary Valley Festival Day

3

Queensland Music Trails – Music by the Lake, Hughenden

3

Toowoomba Running Festival

5-10

Greenvale Campdraft

5-10

Capella Country Music Festival

5

Queensland Music Trails – Dinner Under The Stars, Julia Creek

7-10

The Wombat Festival, Clermont

8-9

Kooroorinya Races

8-10

Cairns Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

8-10

Great Wheelbarrow Race, Mareeba

8-10

Annual Show, Blackall

9

Queensland Music Trails, Outback Sounds, Mount Isa

9

Childers Heritage Day

9

GourMay Mary Valley Autumn Long Table Lunch

9

Salty Hops Festival, Yeppoon

10

Chillagoe Festival

10

Springsure Mountain Challenge

14-17

Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast

14-17

Music in the Mulga, Thargomindah

15-16

Nebo Rodeo

15-17

Ipswich Show

15-17

Townsville Caravan, 4×4 & Outdoor Adventure Expo

15-16

Chillagoe Rodeo

16

Hughenden Races

16

GourMay Mary Valley Farm and Food Trail

16-17

Hampton Festival, Hampton, Toowoomba Area

16

Burdekin Growers Race Day, Home Hill

17

Rocky River Run, Rockhampton

17

GourMay Mary Valley Walking with Macadamias

17

David Hack Classic Meet, Toowoomba

19-25

Festival of Outback Opera, Longreach and Winton

19

Festival of Outback Opera Opening Ceremony, Winton

20

Festival of Outback Opera All Together Now! Winton

21

Festival of Outback Opera Dark Sky Serenade, Winton

22-24

Port Douglas Carnivale

22-23

The Shearers Shindig, Thargomindah

22-24

Mackay Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

22-24

1770 Festival, Agnes Water

22

Festival of Outback Opera Long Lunch, Longreach

22

Festival of Outback Opera Singing in the Night, Longreach

22-24

Savannah Sounds, Port Douglas

22-23

Longreach Annual Show

22-24

Central West Stockmans Challenge, Longreach

23

GourMay Mary Valley Sunrise Breakfast

23

GourMay Mary Valley Paddock to Plate Long Lunch

24

Festival of Outback Opera, Opera Ball, Longreach

24

Outback Queensland Cattle Drive Start, Longreach

24

GourMay Mary Valley One Hundred Percent Mary

25-27

Clermont Show

28-30

Rotary FNQ Field Days, Mareeba

29-30

Hughenden Show

29-31

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

29-30

Julia Creek Dirt N Dust Festival

29-31

Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame Campdraft, Longreach

30-31

Pioneer Weekend, Herberton Historic Village, Herberton

30

Tambo Races

30

GourMay Mary Valley Gala Celebration

30

Isisford Sheep and Wool Show

30

Legends on the Lawn, Mackay

31

GourMay Mary Valley Walking with Macadamias

June

1-30

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month

3-7

Let’s Go Camping and Caravan Supershow, Brisbane

4-7

Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, Ipswich

5

Mackay Festival of Arts

5-6

Northern Beef Producers Expo, Charters Towers

5-7

Pranafest, Woodford

6-7

Yeppoon & District Show

6

Winton P & A Show

6-7

Charters Towers Motorshow and Swap Meet

6

Pop Up Polo, Rockhampton

6-7

Thargomindah Polocrosse Carnivale

6

Relish Food and Wine Festival, Maryborough

7

Mackay Marina Run

7

Freestyle Kings Live World Tour, Rockhampton

7

GKI Trail Run, Great Keppel Island

10-12

Rockhampton Agricultural Show

11-14

Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Noosa Heads

12-14

Laura Quinkan Dance Festival

12-14

Sunshine Coast Agricultural Festival, Nambour

13-14

The Queensland Womens Sand Greens Championship, Taroom

14-20

Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic

14-15

Cairns Airport Ironman, Cairns

14-21

Yellowbelly Country Music and Poets Festival, St George

18-20

Ag-Grow, Emerald

19-21

Cooktown Discovery Festival

19-21

Lakeland Campdraft

20

Ipswich Cup

20-21

Noosa EV and Electrify Expo, Noosa Heads

20-21

Noosa Enduro, Tewantin

20-26

Croydon Heritage Festival

21

Great Whitehaven Beach Run, Whitsundays

23-26

Outback Writers Festival, Winton

25-28

Stars of Charlotte Plains, Nr Cunnamulla

26-27

Country Fest QLD, Bloomsbury

26-5 Jul

The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Winton

26-29

Laura Rodeo and Races

27-3 Jul

Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride

27

Wellshot Hotel Speed Shears, Ilfracombe

27-28

Isisford Horse Sports

July

3-5

St Lawrence Wetlands Weekend

3-12

Darling Downs Cutting Club Futurity, Dalby

4

Stamford Races

4

Jundah Camel Races

4

Rockhana Gem & Mineral Festival, Cloncurry

4

PBR Cairns

4-11

2026 Australian Deaf Games, Caloundra

4-26

Desert Champions Way, Outback Camel Trail

4-5

Yaraka Horse and Bike Gymkhana & team penning

4

Queensland Music Trails – Between the Tides, Airlie Beach

6-9

Birdsville Carnival

7-12

Cloncurry Stockman’s Challenge and Campdraft

8-12

SPARK Ipswich – A Festival Of Arts and Culture

9-13

North Queensland Dancesport Championships, Cairns

9-12

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns

10-11

QBOA Opal Festival, Winton

10-12

Rockhampton Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

10

Winton Motorsport Association Show and Shine

10-12

NTI Supercars 500, Townsville

10-12

7Cairns Marathon Festival, Cairns

10

Outback Queensland Cattle Drive Finish, Roma

10

Hervey Bay Whale Festival – Blessing of the Fleet

10-12

Abbey Medieval Festival, Caboolture

11

Rockhampton Cup Race Day

11

Bedourie Camel and Pig Races

11

Winton Motorsport Association 1/8 Mile Drag Races

11-12

Mareeba Rodeo

11

Bring in Spring, Karumba

11

Ilfracombe Picnic Races

13-19

Channel Country Music Muster, Thargomindah

16-26

Jumpers and Jazz in July, Warwick

17-18

Charters Towers Rodeo

17-19

Fraser Coast Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

17-19

Hughenden Country Music Festival

17-19

Boulia Camel Races

17-26

Noosa Alive

17-19

Gold Rush Hill Sprint, Mount Morgan

17-19

River Head Rocks, Hervey Bay

17-19

Noosa Concours D’Elegance, Noosa Heads

17-26

Yeppoon Pickleball Festival

18-19

Annual Old Wheels in Motion Rally, Biloela

18

Wisley Food and Wine, Mackay

19

United Airlines Jetty 2 Jetty, Redcliffe Peninsula

22-26

Kuranda Roots Festival

23-26

Childers Festival

23-2 Aug

Cairns Italian Festival

24-25

Swim Around Keppel, Great Keppel Island

24-26

Queensland Outdoor Adventure Expo, Toowoomba

24-26

Bronco Branding, Camooweal

24-26

The Drovers Camp at Camooweal

24-26

Rockhampton River Festival

24-1 Aug

Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Cairns

24-2 Aug

The Curated Plate, Maroochydore

25

Winton Camel Races

25-26

Airlie Beach Triathlon Festival

25-26

Yeppoon Running Festival

25-26

Hughenden Rugby 7’s Carnival

25-26

Isisford Fishing Comp, Oma Waterhole

30-2 Aug

Curry Merry Muster Festival, Cloncurry

31-2 Aug

Great Barrier Reef Festival, Airlie Beach

31-1 Aug

Thunder in the Canefields, Cairns

31-2 Aug

Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races

31

Back to Irvinebank Festival, Irvinebank

August

1-30

InStudio Art Trail, High Country Hamlets, Toowoomba Area

1

Corfield races, Winton

1

Hervey Bay Whale Festival

5

Isa Street Festival, Mount Isa

6-13

Airlie Beach Race Week & Whitsundays Festival of Sailing

6-9

Taste Port Douglas

6-9

Australian UFO Festival, Cardwell

7-9

Mount Isa Mines Rodeo, Mount Isa

7-8

Thunder in the Canefields, Cairns

7-9

Jewel of the Gemfields, Sapphire

8

Mount Morgan Show

8

Mt Carbine Rodeo

8-9

Diamantina Open Golf Championship, Winton

8-16

The Ekka (Brisbane Royal Show)

8

Salthouse Food and Wine Festival, Cairns

8-9

Quilpie Sporting Clays Club Annual Carnival

8

Iron & Steam Fair, Herberton Pioneer Village, Herberton

9

Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championship, Mount Isa

14-15

North Queensland Elite Rodeo, Townsville

14-16

Black Mountain Unplugged, Cooktown

20-23

Hughenden Camp Draft

21-23

Rhythm and the Reef, Mackay

21-23

Ipswich Super 440

22-23

Historic Leyburn Sprints

22

Dingo Races and Dingo Trap Throwing Competition

22

Great Northern Brewing Co. Amateurs Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

27-30

Gympie Music Muster

27-2 Sep

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week

27

Ladbrokes Sportsman’s Luncheon & Calcutta, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

28-29

Betoota Rodeo and Races

28-12 Sep

Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie

28-6 Sep

Noosa Jazz Festival

28

Ladbrokes Cairns Newmarket Ladies Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

28-30

Longreach Yellowbelly Fishing Comp

28-30

Let’s Go Ipswich Caravan and RV Expo at Willowbank Raceway

28-29

Betoota Rodeo and Races

28

Cairns Festival Symphony under the Stars, Cairns

28-6 Sep

Cairns Festival, Cairns

29

CapriCon, Rockhampton

29

Mareeba Multicultural Festival

29

Taste Central Highlands, Emerald

29

Red Beret Hotel Cairns Cup Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

29

St Brendan’s College Rodeo, Yeppoon

29

Cairns Festival Grand Parade and Fireworks, Cairns

30

Festuri Buderim Multicultural Music and Dance Festival

September

1-6

Birdsville Town Festival

3

Birdsville Races RFDS Fun Run

3

Birdsville Races Cup Parade

3

Birdsville Races RFDS Gala

3-6

Capricorn Food & Wine Festival, Rockhampton

4-5

Cunnamulla Fella Round Up, Cunnamulla

4-5

Birdsville Races

4-6

Don River Dash, Bowen

4-13

Galvanised – A Festival of Heritage, Ipswich

4-6

Pittsworth Sprints, Pittsworth

5

Maltha Waru Arts Celebration & Fashion Show, Mount Isa

5

Prairie Races

5

Mount Morgan Wattle Day Festival

5

Toowoomba & District Old Machinery Society Expo, Oakey Showgrounds

5

Burdekin Water Festival, Ayr

6

Run Port Douglas

6

Cairns Festival Carnival on Collins, Cairns

11-12

White on Whitehaven Long Lunch, Whitsundays

11-12

Quilpie and District Show and Rodeo

11-13

Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival

11

Twilight Feast and Fest, Laidley Spring Festival, Lockyer Valley Area

12

Capella Pioneer Village Heritage Day

12

Bedourie Races

13

Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

16

WBTA Junior Bush Poetry Competition, Winton

18-5 Oct

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

18-20

Rumble on the Reef, Mackay

18-20

Mushroom Valley Festival, Mackay

18-20

Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Fest, Mary Valley

19

Grand Central Floral Parade, Toowoomba

19

North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton

20-21

Redcliffe KiteFest, Redcliffe Peninsula

23-27

Townsville Triathlon and Multisport Festival

25

Ewan Cup

25-27

Sunshine Coast Expo

25-27

Wallaby Creek Festival, Rossville TNQ

25-27

Mundubbera Blueberry Festival

26

Longreach Cup Race Day

26-4 Oct

Outback by the Sea Festival, Karumba

October

2-5

Defender Fest, Hervey Bay

2-4

Australian Senior Open Golf, City Golf Club, Toowoomba

2-4

The Outbackistan Song Convention, Cooktown

3-4

Conquer the Corrugations, Cape York Peninsula

3-4

Australian Camp Oven Festival, Milmerran

3-4

Yaraka End of the Line Campdraft

4

Outback Rowing Regatta, Longreach

8-11

Savannah in the Round, Mareeba

9-10

Stanthorpe Gardenfest

9-11

Longreach Horsesports

12-17

Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic

16-18

Ipswich Outdoor Living, 4×4 and Caravan Expo

16-17

Pinefest, Yeppoon

17

Mix and Mingle, Hughenden

17

Caulfield Cup Raceday, Rockhampton

17-18

Toowoomba Gemfest

18-21

Fitzroy River Barra Bash, Rockhampton

18

Port Shorts Film Festival, Port Douglas

19-25

Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft

23-24

Goodna Jacaranda Festival, Ipswich

23-28

Mystery Box Rally, Charleville

24

Oktoberfest, Hughenden

24-26

Cooktown Community Day and Barra Bash

24

Octoberfest, Emu Park

24

Isisford Ross Cup

30

Camp and sCare Halloween Weekend, Airlie Beach

31

Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos, Gladstone

November

1

Noosa Triathlon

6-15

Pan Pacific Masters Games, Gold Coast

6-8

Airlie Beach Festival of Music

7

Cooktown Races

7

Jacaranda Day Festival, Goombungee, Toowoomba Area

7

Home Hill Harvest Festival, Home Hill

14

Stanthorpe Berry Festival

28-24 Dec

Radiance Rockhampton

December

4-4 May

Disney: The Exhibition – A Century of Magic, Mackay

5

Christmas Street Party, Hughenden

11-20

St Nicholas Precinct, Ipswich

21

Capricorn Caves Summer Solstice, Rockhampton

27-1 Jan

Woodford Folk Festival

31

Cameron Corner New Years Eve Party

2026 School Terms

Queensland

Term 1: Tuesday 27 January – Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 26 June
Term 3: Monday 13 July – Friday 18 September
Term 4: Tuesday 6 October – Friday 11 December

New South Wales

Term 1: Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Term 3: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Term 4: Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December

Australian Capital Territory

Term 1: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Tuesday 21 April – Friday 3 July
Term 3: Tuesday 21 July – Friday 25 September
Term 4: Tuesday 13 October – Thursday 17 December

Victoria

Term 1: Tuesday 27 January – Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Monday 20 April — Friday 27 June
Term 3: Monday 13 July — Friday 18 September
Term 4: Monday 5 October — Friday 18 December

Tasmania

Term 1: Thursday 5 February – Friday 17 April
Term 2: Monday 4 April – Friday 10 July
Term 3: Monday 27 July – Friday 2 September
Term 4: Monday 19 October – Friday 18 December

South Australia

Term 1: Tuesday 27 January – Friday 10 April
Term 2: Monday 27 April – Friday 3 July
Term 3: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Term 4: Monday 12 October – Friday 11 December

Western Australia

Term 1: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September
Term 4: Monday 12 October – Thursday 17 December

Northern Territory

Term 1: Wednesday 28 January — Thursday 2 April
Term 2: Monday 13 April — Friday 19 June
Term 3: Tuesday 14 July — Friday 18 September
Term 4: Monday 5 October — Friday 11 December

2026 Queensland Public Holidays

Thu 1 Jan
Mon 26 Jan
Fri 3 Apr
Sat 4 Apr
Sun 5 Apr
Mon 6 Apr
Sat 25 Apr
Mon 4 May
New Year's Day
Australia Day
Good Friday
The day after Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Anzac Day
Labour Day
Wed 12 Aug
Mon 5 Oct
Thu 24 Dec
Fri 25 Dec
Mon 28 Dec
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)
King’s Birthday
Christmas Eve (from 6pm to midnight)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day (Observed)

2027 Events Calendar

January

1-4 May

Disney: The Exhibition – A Century of Magic, Mackay

1

New Year’s Day Races, Caloundra

12-17

Magic Millions GC Yearling Sale, Gold Coast

14-17

Capricorn Film Festival, Yeppoon

15-17

Goldfield Ashes, Charters Towers

16

Magic Millions GC Race Day, Gold Coast

16

TAB Millions Race Day, Gold Coast

23

Mount Festival Half Marathon, Mount Morgan

26

Australia Day Celebrations, Statewide

26

Great Australia Day Beach Party, Capricorn Coast

26

Australia Day Celebrations, Rockhampton

February

1

Barra Season Opens, Capricorn Coast

4-7

Capricorn King of Kings Fishing Tournament, Capricorn Coast

5-6

Smoked Festival, Rockhampton

5-7

Let’s Go Caravan & Outdoor Expo, Gold Coast

12-14

Heatwave Festival, Port Douglas

17-21 Jan

2027 Gold Coast Open, Gold Coast

19-21

Blues, Roots & Rock Festival, Agnes Waters

19-21

1770 Festival, Agnes Water

26-7 Mar

Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Heads

27-28

Hell of the West Festival, Goondiwindi

March

12-14

National 4×4 Outdoors Show, Brisbane

12-13

Meatstock, Toowoomba

13-14

Mooloolaba Triathlon

13

St Patrick’s Day Races, Springsure

13-14

Mooloolaba Triathlon

18-21

Feast of the Senses, Innisfail

19-21

CMC Rocks QLD, Ipswich

20

Monto Races

20

St Patrick’s Race Day, Rockhampton

21-28

Central Highlands Easter Sunflower Festival, Emerald

25

Cloncurry Easter Fair

29

Waltzing Matilda Day, Winton

April

2-4

Rockynats, Rockhampton

3

North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton

9-11

Suncoast Outdoor Adventure Expo, Sunshine Coast

11

Watercress Creek Olive Festival, Ipswich

11

Burdekin Sugar Rush, Ayr

15-18

Paradise Lagoon Campdraft, Rockhampton

16-18

Outback River Lights Festival, Cunnamulla

16-18

Rally Queensland Gympie

16-17

Country Fest Queensland, Townsville

16-17

Julia Creek Dirt N Dust Festival

16-17

Country Fest QLD, Townsville

25

Diggers Cup Race Day, Longreach

30-2 May

Charters Towers Country Music Festival, Charters Towers

30-9 May

Hughenden Festival of Outback Skies

30-3 May

Golden Mount Festival, Mount Morgan

May

1-2

Big Rosella Field Days, Woolooga

1-3

Planes, Trains and Autos, Ipswich

2

Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon

2

The Archer Race 2027, Rockhampton

2

Feast of the Three Saints, Silkwood

2-8

Beef 2027, Rockhampton

4-9

Capella Country Music Festival

7-9

Cairns Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

8

Kooroorinya Races

8-9

Annual Show, Blackall

9

Springsure Mountain Challenge

11-17

Festival of Outback Opera, Longreach and Winton

11

Festival of Outback Opera Opening Ceremony & Bravo! Winton

12-13

Festival of Outback Opera The Dawn Chorus, Winton

12

Festival of Outback Opera Festival Trivia, Winton

13-16

Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast

13

Festival of Outback Opera Cultural Conversation, Winton

13

Festival of Outback Opera Dark Sky Serenade, Winton

14-16

Great Wheelbarrow Race, Mareeba

14-15

Nebo Rodeo

14-16

Ipswich Show

14-16

Chillagoe Rodeo

14

Festival of Outback Opera Long Lunch, Winton

15

Hughenden Races

15-16

Hampton Festival, Hampton, Toowoomba Area

15

Burdekin Growers Race Day, Home Hill

15

Salty Hops Festival, Capricorn Coast

15

Festival of Outback Opera Singing in the Night, Longreach

16

Festival of Outback Opera Sing Sing Sing, Longreach

16

Festival of Outback Opera, Opera Ball, Longreach

17

Festival of Outback Opera, Bravo! Longreach

18

Outback Queensland Cattle Drive Start, Longreach

21-23

Port Douglas Carnivale

21-22

The Shearers Shindig, Thargomindah

21-23

Savannah Sounds, Port Douglas

21-23

Mackay Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

21-23

1770 Festival, Agnes Water

21-23

Longreach Annual Show

21-23

Central West Stockmans Challenge, Longreach

23

Rocky River Run, Rockhampton

26-28

Rotary FNQ Field Days, Mareeba

28-29

Sweet Days Hot Nights Festival, Home Hill

28-29

Hughenden Show

28-30

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

28-30 Jun

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month

28-30 Jun

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month

29-30

Pioneer Weekend, Herberton Historic Village, Herberton

29

Tambo Races

June

2-6

Let’s Go Camping and Caravan Supershow, Brisbane

4-6

Pranafest, Woodford

4-6

Laura Quinkan Dance Festival

6

Mackay Marina Run

6-12

Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic

11-13

Charters Towers Motorshow and Swap Meet

11-13

Sunshine Coast Agricultural Festival, Nambour

12-13

Thargomindah Polocrosse Carnivale

13

The Queensland Women’s Sand Greens Championship, Blackall 

13

Cairns Airport Ironman, Cairns

17-20

Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Noosa Heads

17-19

Ag-Grow, Emerald

18-26

Shitbox Rally, Cairns

18-20

Cooktown Discovery Festival

19

Ipswich Cup

19-25

Croydon Heritage Festival

20

Great Whitehaven Beach Run, Whitsundays

21

Winton Motorsport Association Show and Shine

22-25

Outback Writers Festival, Winton

24-27

Stars of Charlotte Plains, Nr Cunnamulla

25-3 Jul

The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Winton 

26-27

Noosa Enduro, Tewantin

26-2 Jul

Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride

July

2-4

St Lawrence Wetlands Festival

3

Jundah Camel Races

3-31

Desert Champions Way, Outback Camel Trail

6-8

Birdsville Big Red Bash

6-8

Birdsville Carnival

6-11

Cloncurry Stockman’s Challenge and Campdraft

8-11

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns

9-11

Abbey Medieval Festival, Caboolture

9-10

Mareeba Rodeo

10

Bedourie Camel and Pig Races

10

Rockhampton Cup Race Day

11

7Cairns Marathon Festival, Cairns

12-18

Channel Country Music Muster, Thargomindah

15-25

Jumpers and Jazz in July, Warwick

16-18

Boulia Camel Races

16-25

Yeppoon Pickleball Festival

16

Chillagoe Festival

16-18

Rockhampton Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

16-17

Charters Towers Rodeo

16-18

Hughenden Country Music Talent Fest

16-25

Yeppoon Pickleball Festival

17-18

Annual Old Wheels in Motion Rally, Biloela

17

Noosa Concours D’Elegance, Noosa Heads

18

United Airlines Jetty 2 Jetty, Redcliffe Peninsula

22-25

Childers Festival

23-25

Fraser Coast Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

24-25

Yeppoon Running Festival

30-8 Aug

Noosa Alive

30-1 Aug

Queensland Outdoor Adventure Expo, Toowoomba

31

Winton Camel Races

August

12-15

Better in Blackall Festival, Blackall

13-14

Swim Around Keppel, Great Keppel Island

20-22

Kuranda Roots Festival

27-28

Betoota Rodeo and Races

September

2

Birdsville Races RFDS Fun Run

2

Birdsville Races Cup Parade

2

Birdsville Races RFDS Gala

3-4

Birdsville Races

11

Bedourie Races

17-4 Oct

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

18

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Floral Parade

21-25

Outback Festival, Winton

25-26

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers FEASTival

October

1-4

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Weekend Table

November

Events coming soon.

December

Events coming soon.

2027 School Terms

Queensland

Term 1: Wednesday 27 January – Thursday 25 March
Term 2: Monday 12 April – Friday 25 June
Term 3: Monday 12 July – Friday 17 September
Term 4: Tuesday 5 October – Friday 10 December

New South Wales

Term 1: Thursday 28 January to Friday 9 April
Term 2: Monday 26 April – Friday 2 July
Term 3: Monday 19 July – Friday 24 September
Term 4: Monday 11 October to Monday 20 December

Australian Capital Territory

Term 1: Tuesday 2 February – Friday 9 April
Term 2: Wednesday 28 April – Friday 2 July
Term 3: Tuesday 20 July – Friday 24 September
Term 4: Tuesday 12 October – Friday 17 December

Victoria

Term 1: Thursday 28 January – Thursday 25 March
Term 2: Monday 12 April — Friday 27 June
Term 3: Monday 13 July — Friday 17 September
Term 4: Monday 4 October — Friday 17 December

Tasmania

Term 1: Thursday 4 February – Friday 9 April
Term 2: Monday 26 April – Friday 2 July
Term 3: Monday 19 July – Friday 24 September
Term 4: Monday 11 October – Thursday 16 December

South Australia

Term 1: Wednesday 27 January – Friday 9 April
Term 2: Monday 26 April – Friday 2 July
Term 3: Monday 19 July – Friday 24 September
Term 4: Monday 11 October – Friday 10 December

Western Australia

Term 1: Monday 1 February – Friday 9 April
Term 2: Monday 26 April – Friday 2 July
Term 3: Monday 19 July – Friday 24 September
Term 4: Monday 11 October – Thursday 16 December

Northern Territory

Term 1: Wednesday 27 January — Friday 2 April
Term 2: Tuesday 13 April — Friday 18 June
Term 3: Tuesday 13 July — Friday 17 September
Term 4: Tuesday 5 October — Thursday 9 December

2027 Queensland Public Holidays

Fri 1 Jan
Tue 26 Jan
Fri 26 Mar
Sat 27 Mar
Sun 28 Mar
Mon 29 Mar
Sun 25 Apr
Mon 26 Apr
Mon 3 May
New Year's Day
Australia Day
Good Friday
The day after Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Anzac Day
Anzac Day Holiday
Labour Day
Wed 11 Aug
Mon 4 Oct
Fri 24 Dec
Sat 25 Dec
Sun 26 Dec
Mon 27 Dec
Tue 28 Dec
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)
King’s Birthday
Christmas Eve (from 6pm to midnight)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Christmas Day Holiday
Boxing Day Holiday

2026 Events Calendar

January

1

New Year’s Day Races, Caloundra

7-19

Magic Millions GC Yearling Sale, Gold Coast

8-11

Capricorn Film Festival, Yeppoon

13

Magic Millions Yearling Sales and Race Day, Gold Coast

16-18

Goldfield Ashes, Charters Towers

17

Mount Festival Half Marathon, Mount Morgan

17

TAB Millions Raceday, Gold Coast

26

Great Australia Day Beach Party, Yeppoon

26

Australia Day Celebrations, Rockhampton

February

5-8

Capricorn King of Kings Fishing Tournament, Capricorn Coast

6-8

Let’s Go Caravan and Outdoor Expo, Gold Coast

13-15

Heatwave Festival, Port Douglas

13-15

Moreton Bay Expo, Redcliffe

20-22

Blues, Roots and Rock Festival. Agnes Water

21

Big Beer Festival, Bundaberg

18-22 Feb

2026 Gold Coast Open, Gold Coast

27-8 Mar

Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival

March

7

Big Beer Festival, Mackay

7-8

Hell of the West Festival, Goondiwindi

13-15

National 4 x 4 Outdoors Show, Brisbane

13-22

Noosa Festival of Surfing, Noosa Heads

14-15

Mooloolaba Triathlon

20-22

CMC Rocks QLD, Ipswich

21

Big Beer Festival, Emerald

21

St Patrick’s Day Races, Springsure

26-29

Feast of the Senses, Innisfail

28

Monto Races

28

North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton

29

Triple M Festival of the Wind, Emu Park

29-5 Apr

Central Highlands Easter Sunflower Festival, Emerald

April

1-6

Easter in the Country Festival, Roma

2

Cloncurry Easter Fair

6

Waltzing Matilda Day, Winton

10-11

Meatstock, Toowoomba

10-12

Kilkivan Great Horse Ride

12

Watercress Creek Olive Festival, Ipswich

17-19

Rockynats, Rockhampton

17-19

Suncoast Outdoor Adventure Expo, Sunshine Coast

17-19

Outback River Lights Festival, Cunnamulla

17-19

Rally Queensland Gympie

18

The Caves Show, The Caves, Rockhampton

21-25

Paradise Lagoons Campdraft, Rockhampton

23-25

Outback Rock & Blues Festival, Undara

24-9 May

Queensland Music Trails – The Outback, South West Outback, Queensland

24

Queensland Music Trails – Saddle Up, Charleville

25

Diggers Cup Race Day, Longreach

26

Queensland Music Trails – Tambo Bush Dance

26

Burdekin Sugar Rush, Ayr

28

Queensland Music Trails – Outback Exchange, Barcaldine

29

Queensland Music Trails – Spirit Of The Bush, Longreach

30

Queensland Music Trails – A Journey Between the Fires, Winton

May

1-4

Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival

1-31

GourMay Food Festival, Mary Valley

1-3

Charters Towers Country Music Festival, Charters Towers

1-3

Hughenden Festival of Outback Skies

1-3

Gem of the West Campdraft, Winton

1-3

Golden Mount Festival, Mount Morgan

1

Tambo Stock Show

1

Country Fest Honky Tonk Pre Party, Cairns

1

Queensland Music Trails – North Gregory Hotel, Winton

1

Queensland Music Trails – The Dusty Hour, Winton

2-4

Planes, Trains and Autos, Ipswich

2-3

Big Rosella Field Days, Woolooga

2-4

Home Hill Sugar Bowl, Home Hill

3

Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon

3

The Archer Race 2026, Rockhampton

3

Feast of the Three Saints, Silkwood

3

GourMay Mary Valley Festival Day

3

Queensland Music Trails – Music by the Lake, Hughenden

3

Toowoomba Running Festival

5-10

Greenvale Campdraft

5-10

Capella Country Music Festival

5

Queensland Music Trails – Dinner Under The Stars, Julia Creek

7-10

The Wombat Festival, Clermont

8-9

Kooroorinya Races

8-10

Cairns Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

8-10

Great Wheelbarrow Race, Mareeba

8-10

Annual Show, Blackall

9

Queensland Music Trails, Outback Sounds, Mount Isa

9

Childers Heritage Day

9

GourMay Mary Valley Autumn Long Table Lunch

9

Salty Hops Festival, Yeppoon

10

Chillagoe Festival

10

Springsure Mountain Challenge

14-17

Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast

14-17

Music in the Mulga, Thargomindah

15-16

Nebo Rodeo

15-17

Ipswich Show

15-17

Townsville Caravan, 4×4 & Outdoor Adventure Expo

15-16

Chillagoe Rodeo

16

Hughenden Races

16

GourMay Mary Valley Farm and Food Trail

16-17

Hampton Festival, Hampton, Toowoomba Area

16

Burdekin Growers Race Day, Home Hill

17

Rocky River Run, Rockhampton

17

GourMay Mary Valley Walking with Macadamias

17

David Hack Classic Meet, Toowoomba

19-25

Festival of Outback Opera, Longreach and Winton

19

Festival of Outback Opera Opening Ceremony, Winton

20

Festival of Outback Opera All Together Now! Winton

21

Festival of Outback Opera Dark Sky Serenade, Winton

22-24

Port Douglas Carnivale

22-23

The Shearers Shindig, Thargomindah

22-24

Mackay Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

22-24

1770 Festival, Agnes Water

22

Festival of Outback Opera Long Lunch, Longreach

22

Festival of Outback Opera Singing in the Night, Longreach

22-24

Savannah Sounds, Port Douglas

22-23

Longreach Annual Show

22-24

Central West Stockmans Challenge, Longreach

23

GourMay Mary Valley Sunrise Breakfast

23

GourMay Mary Valley Paddock to Plate Long Lunch

24

Festival of Outback Opera, Opera Ball, Longreach

24

Outback Queensland Cattle Drive Start, Longreach

24

GourMay Mary Valley One Hundred Percent Mary

25-27

Clermont Show

28-30

Rotary FNQ Field Days, Mareeba

29-30

Hughenden Show

29-31

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

29-30

Julia Creek Dirt N Dust Festival

29-31

Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame Campdraft, Longreach

30-31

Pioneer Weekend, Herberton Historic Village, Herberton

30

Tambo Races

30

GourMay Mary Valley Gala Celebration

30

Isisford Sheep and Wool Show

30

Legends on the Lawn, Mackay

31

GourMay Mary Valley Walking with Macadamias

June

1-30

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month

3-7

Let’s Go Camping and Caravan Supershow, Brisbane

4-7

Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, Ipswich

5

Mackay Festival of Arts

5-6

Northern Beef Producers Expo, Charters Towers

5-7

Pranafest, Woodford

6-7

Yeppoon & District Show

6

Winton P & A Show

6-7

Charters Towers Motorshow and Swap Meet

6

Pop Up Polo, Rockhampton

6-7

Thargomindah Polocrosse Carnivale

6

Relish Food and Wine Festival, Maryborough

7

Mackay Marina Run

7

Freestyle Kings Live World Tour, Rockhampton

7

GKI Trail Run, Great Keppel Island

10-12

Rockhampton Agricultural Show

11-14

Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Noosa Heads

12-14

Laura Quinkan Dance Festival

12-14

Sunshine Coast Agricultural Festival, Nambour

13-14

The Queensland Womens Sand Greens Championship, Taroom

14-20

Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic

14-15

Cairns Airport Ironman, Cairns

14-21

Yellowbelly Country Music and Poets Festival, St George

18-20

Ag-Grow, Emerald

19-21

Cooktown Discovery Festival

19-21

Lakeland Campdraft

20

Ipswich Cup

20-21

Noosa EV and Electrify Expo, Noosa Heads

20-21

Noosa Enduro, Tewantin

20-26

Croydon Heritage Festival

21

Great Whitehaven Beach Run, Whitsundays

23-26

Outback Writers Festival, Winton

25-28

Stars of Charlotte Plains, Nr Cunnamulla

26-27

Country Fest QLD, Bloomsbury

26-5 Jul

The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Winton

26-29

Laura Rodeo and Races

27-3 Jul

Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride

27

Wellshot Hotel Speed Shears, Ilfracombe

27-28

Isisford Horse Sports

July

3-5

St Lawrence Wetlands Weekend

3-12

Darling Downs Cutting Club Futurity, Dalby

4

Stamford Races

4

Jundah Camel Races

4

Rockhana Gem & Mineral Festival, Cloncurry

4

PBR Cairns

4-11

2026 Australian Deaf Games, Caloundra

4-26

Desert Champions Way, Outback Camel Trail

4-5

Yaraka Horse and Bike Gymkhana & team penning

4

Queensland Music Trails – Between the Tides, Airlie Beach

6-9

Birdsville Carnival

7-12

Cloncurry Stockman’s Challenge and Campdraft

8-12

SPARK Ipswich – A Festival Of Arts and Culture

9-13

North Queensland Dancesport Championships, Cairns

9-12

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns

10-11

QBOA Opal Festival, Winton

10-12

Rockhampton Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

10

Winton Motorsport Association Show and Shine

10-12

NTI Supercars 500, Townsville

10-12

7Cairns Marathon Festival, Cairns

10

Outback Queensland Cattle Drive Finish, Roma

10

Hervey Bay Whale Festival – Blessing of the Fleet

10-12

Abbey Medieval Festival, Caboolture

11

Rockhampton Cup Race Day

11

Bedourie Camel and Pig Races

11

Winton Motorsport Association 1/8 Mile Drag Races

11-12

Mareeba Rodeo

11

Bring in Spring, Karumba

11

Ilfracombe Picnic Races

13-19

Channel Country Music Muster, Thargomindah

16-26

Jumpers and Jazz in July, Warwick

17-18

Charters Towers Rodeo

17-19

Fraser Coast Outdoor Adventure plus Home & Lifestyle Expo

17-19

Hughenden Country Music Festival

17-19

Boulia Camel Races

17-26

Noosa Alive

17-19

Gold Rush Hill Sprint, Mount Morgan

17-19

River Head Rocks, Hervey Bay

17-19

Noosa Concours D’Elegance, Noosa Heads

17-26

Yeppoon Pickleball Festival

18-19

Annual Old Wheels in Motion Rally, Biloela

18

Wisley Food and Wine, Mackay

19

United Airlines Jetty 2 Jetty, Redcliffe Peninsula

22-26

Kuranda Roots Festival

23-26

Childers Festival

23-2 Aug

Cairns Italian Festival

24-25

Swim Around Keppel, Great Keppel Island

24-26

Queensland Outdoor Adventure Expo, Toowoomba

24-26

Bronco Branding, Camooweal

24-26

The Drovers Camp at Camooweal

24-26

Rockhampton River Festival

24-1 Aug

Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Cairns

24-2 Aug

The Curated Plate, Maroochydore

25

Winton Camel Races

25-26

Airlie Beach Triathlon Festival

25-26

Yeppoon Running Festival

25-26

Hughenden Rugby 7’s Carnival

25-26

Isisford Fishing Comp, Oma Waterhole

30-2 Aug

Curry Merry Muster Festival, Cloncurry

31-2 Aug

Great Barrier Reef Festival, Airlie Beach

31-1 Aug

Thunder in the Canefields, Cairns

31-2 Aug

Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races

31

Back to Irvinebank Festival, Irvinebank

August

1-30

InStudio Art Trail, High Country Hamlets, Toowoomba Area

1

Corfield races, Winton

1

Hervey Bay Whale Festival

5

Isa Street Festival, Mount Isa

6-13

Airlie Beach Race Week & Whitsundays Festival of Sailing

6-9

Taste Port Douglas

6-9

Australian UFO Festival, Cardwell

7-9

Mount Isa Mines Rodeo, Mount Isa

7-8

Thunder in the Canefields, Cairns

7-9

Jewel of the Gemfields, Sapphire

8

Mount Morgan Show

8

Mt Carbine Rodeo

8-9

Diamantina Open Golf Championship, Winton

8-16

The Ekka (Brisbane Royal Show)

8

Salthouse Food and Wine Festival, Cairns

8-9

Quilpie Sporting Clays Club Annual Carnival

8

Iron & Steam Fair, Herberton Pioneer Village, Herberton

9

Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championship, Mount Isa

14-15

North Queensland Elite Rodeo, Townsville

14-16

Black Mountain Unplugged, Cooktown

20-23

Hughenden Camp Draft

21-23

Rhythm and the Reef, Mackay

21-23

Ipswich Super 440

22-23

Historic Leyburn Sprints

22

Dingo Races and Dingo Trap Throwing Competition

22

Great Northern Brewing Co. Amateurs Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

27-30

Gympie Music Muster

27-2 Sep

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week

27

Ladbrokes Sportsman’s Luncheon & Calcutta, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

28-29

Betoota Rodeo and Races

28-12 Sep

Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie

28-6 Sep

Noosa Jazz Festival

28

Ladbrokes Cairns Newmarket Ladies Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

28-30

Longreach Yellowbelly Fishing Comp

28-30

Let’s Go Ipswich Caravan and RV Expo at Willowbank Raceway

28-29

Betoota Rodeo and Races

28

Cairns Festival Symphony under the Stars, Cairns

28-6 Sep

Cairns Festival, Cairns

29

CapriCon, Rockhampton

29

Mareeba Multicultural Festival

29

Taste Central Highlands, Emerald

29

Red Beret Hotel Cairns Cup Day, Ladbrokes Cannon Park, Cairns

29

St Brendan’s College Rodeo, Yeppoon

29

Cairns Festival Grand Parade and Fireworks, Cairns

30

Festuri Buderim Multicultural Music and Dance Festival

September

1-6

Birdsville Town Festival

3

Birdsville Races RFDS Fun Run

3

Birdsville Races Cup Parade

3

Birdsville Races RFDS Gala

3-6

Capricorn Food & Wine Festival, Rockhampton

4-5

Cunnamulla Fella Round Up, Cunnamulla

4-5

Birdsville Races

4-6

Don River Dash, Bowen

4-13

Galvanised – A Festival of Heritage, Ipswich

4-6

Pittsworth Sprints, Pittsworth

5

Maltha Waru Arts Celebration & Fashion Show, Mount Isa

5

Prairie Races

5

Mount Morgan Wattle Day Festival

5

Toowoomba & District Old Machinery Society Expo, Oakey Showgrounds

5

Burdekin Water Festival, Ayr

6

Run Port Douglas

6

Cairns Festival Carnival on Collins, Cairns

11-12

White on Whitehaven Long Lunch, Whitsundays

11-12

Quilpie and District Show and Rodeo

11-13

Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival

11

Twilight Feast and Fest, Laidley Spring Festival, Lockyer Valley Area

12

Capella Pioneer Village Heritage Day

12

Bedourie Races

13

Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

16

WBTA Junior Bush Poetry Competition, Winton

18-5 Oct

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

18-20

Rumble on the Reef, Mackay

18-20

Mushroom Valley Festival, Mackay

18-20

Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Fest, Mary Valley

19

Grand Central Floral Parade, Toowoomba

19

North Gregory Turf Club Races, Winton

20-21

Redcliffe KiteFest, Redcliffe Peninsula

23-27

Townsville Triathlon and Multisport Festival

25

Ewan Cup

25-27

Sunshine Coast Expo

25-27

Wallaby Creek Festival, Rossville TNQ

25-27

Mundubbera Blueberry Festival

26

Longreach Cup Race Day

26-4 Oct

Outback by the Sea Festival, Karumba

October

2-5

Defender Fest, Hervey Bay

2-4

Australian Senior Open Golf, City Golf Club, Toowoomba

2-4

The Outbackistan Song Convention, Cooktown

3-4

Conquer the Corrugations, Cape York Peninsula

3-4

Australian Camp Oven Festival, Milmerran

3-4

Yaraka End of the Line Campdraft

4

Outback Rowing Regatta, Longreach

8-11

Savannah in the Round, Mareeba

9-10

Stanthorpe Gardenfest

9-11

Longreach Horsesports

12-17

Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic

16-18

Ipswich Outdoor Living, 4×4 and Caravan Expo

16-17

Pinefest, Yeppoon

17

Mix and Mingle, Hughenden

17

Caulfield Cup Raceday, Rockhampton

17-18

Toowoomba Gemfest

18-21

Fitzroy River Barra Bash, Rockhampton

18

Port Shorts Film Festival, Port Douglas

19-25

Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft

23-24

Goodna Jacaranda Festival, Ipswich

23-28

Mystery Box Rally, Charleville

24

Oktoberfest, Hughenden

24-26

Cooktown Community Day and Barra Bash

24

Octoberfest, Emu Park

24

Isisford Ross Cup

30

Camp and sCare Halloween Weekend, Airlie Beach

31

Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos, Gladstone

November

1

Noosa Triathlon

6-15

Pan Pacific Masters Games, Gold Coast

6-8

Airlie Beach Festival of Music

7

Cooktown Races

7

Jacaranda Day Festival, Goombungee, Toowoomba Area

7

Home Hill Harvest Festival, Home Hill

14

Stanthorpe Berry Festival

28-24 Dec

Radiance Rockhampton

December

4-4 May

Disney: The Exhibition – A Century of Magic, Mackay

5

Christmas Street Party, Hughenden

11-20

St Nicholas Precinct, Ipswich

21

Capricorn Caves Summer Solstice, Rockhampton

27-1 Jan

Woodford Folk Festival

31

Cameron Corner New Years Eve Party

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