Community Events Noticeboard
Discover church and not-for-profit community events from across Brisbane.
Flip Out Friday!
Flip Out Fridays is a fantastic event for Youth Groups, groups of family and friends or just individuals looking for a cost effective night out!
For $15, you get unlimited access to all areas of the trampoline arena between the hours of 6pm-9pm. You also get a free medium slushee with every admission and get to take part in hourly competitions and give-aways!
There is a designated area for under 10 year olds, but the balance of the arena is accessible to all ages; Slam Dunk, Foam Pits, Running Walls and trampolines everywhere.
Grip socks are a must – you can BYO or you can purchase a pair for $3.50 on arrival.
Online bookings recommended, particularly for groups.
Community
Players Wanted 2019 Season
Whitehill FC is a family-friendly, community based Football (soccer) Club in Ipswich, Qld. As a part of the QCSA we play games on Friday nights and Saturdays.
We have teams for all age groups, from under6 through to Over30s and Over40s, for boys and girls, women and men. We would love to welcome you and your family into our Whitehill FC community.
We seek to make the sport we love and our great Club as accessible as possible. We are one of the cheapest sporting options in the Ipswich region.
You can register right now by clicking the sign up button, or visiting…
http://qcsawhite.myclubmate.com.au/myDetails
#WeAreWhitehillFC
#Season2019
Sports
Players Wanted 2019 Season
Whitehill FC is a family-friendly, community based Football (soccer) Club in Ipswich, Qld. As a part of the QCSA we play games on Friday nights and Saturdays.
We have teams for all age groups, from under6 through to Over30s and Over40s, for boys and girls, women and men. We would love to welcome you and your family into our Whitehill FC community.
We seek to make the sport we love and our great Club as accessible as possible. We are one of the cheapest sporting options in the Ipswich region.
You can register right now by clicking the sign up button, or visiting…
http://qcsawhite.myclubmate.com.au/myDetails
#WeAreWhitehillFC
#Season2019
Sports
Declutter Support Group
This Declutter Support Group started in April last year ( 2018 ).
We meet fortnightly in my home to find motivation, support, encouragement and friendship.
We are a friendly group all desiring VICTORY over clutter so we can become our BEST.
There are no fees for this group.
Thank you and God bless you, Janet.
Community
Declutter Support Group
This Declutter Support Group started in April 2018. We meet fortnightly in my home to find motivation, support, encouragement and friendship.
We are a friendly group all desiring VICTORY over clutter so we can become our BEST.
There are no fees for this group.
Thank you and God Bless you,
Janet
Community
Flip Out Friday!
Flip Out Fridays is a fantastic event for Youth Groups, groups of family and friends or just individuals looking for a cost effective night out!
For $15, you get unlimited access to all areas of the trampoline arena between the hours of 6pm-9pm. You also get a free medium slushee with every admission and get to take part in hourly competitions and give-aways!
There is a designated area for under 10 year olds, but the balance of the arena is accessible to all ages; Slam Dunk, Foam Pits, Running Walls and trampolines everywhere.
Grip socks are a must – you can BYO or you can purchase a pair for $3.50 on arrival.
Online bookings recommended, particularly for groups.
Community
MEGA MONSTER GARAGE SALE
Held at Bridgeman Baptist Community Church.
Don’t miss Bridgeman Down’s annual Mega Monster Garage Sale taking up a whole block.
Running for 26 years it has grown to be one of Brisbane’s biggest. 100’s and 100’s of households contribute to donating goods and all sell at bargain prices. Goods fill: three auditoriums, one large 3-bay shed, meeting rooms, two houses and spots in between. Mostly air-conditioned and undercover the event runs rain or shine. Also come and enjoy the great food and coffee stalls, cafe and home-bake stall. Free parking and entry. Cash needed. ATM available on site. See it to believe it! Everyone is welcome!
Community
Rock a Buy Baby Markets new and pre loved Baby and Children’s Markets
BRISBANE’S HUGEST new and pre loved Baby and Children’s Markets!!!
If you love your kiddies having a fantastic range of designer clothing, awesome toys, nursery furniture and much more but cringe at the cost. You must NOT miss this event! Bargains are insane! Over 65 stalls. All indoors in HUGE air conditioned hall. Come and see why shoppers & stall holders come from as far as both coasts to our Markets every month. See us on FB.
Market
Micro Histories Exhibition
Artworks and artefacts from the Museum of Brisbane and City of Brisbane Collections are paired with buildings by six of Brisbane’s most exciting architectural firms in Micro Histories, an exhibition exploring the relationship between architecture, art, people and place.
Co-curated with Cameron Bruhn, Head of Architecture at The University of Queensland, Micro Histories celebrates the work of Brisbane architects and the inspiration that they find in the environment, community and history of the city. Each of the new buildings is presented using models, images and drawings and displayed alongside artworks and objects that tell a story about Brisbane’s culture and built environment.
Exhibiting architects are: Marc&Co., Baber Studio, PHAB, Bureau Proberts, Anna O’Gorman Architects, M3 Architecture and Kevin O’Brien Architects.
Exhibiting artists are: Carl Warner, Simon Degroot, Bruce Reynolds, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, William Bustard, Jane Grealy,Sonja Carmichael and Gordon Bennett.
Community
Unpacking the Archive: Designer Tours
The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive features 200 garments selected in collaboration with designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson to reveal the artistry, techniques and demi-couture practices that placed the label at the forefront of Australian fashion from 1989 – 2016.
Established and emerging Brisbane fashion designers choose their favourite outfits from The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive exhibition, explore the design and construction of the garments and shares the influence of Easton Pearson on their own design practice and ambitions. This is a perspective you won’t find on your own.
Dates are:
7 Feb, 7 Mar, 4 Apr
The Seen and Unseen
For the first time Museum of Brisbane is partnering with the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards and BrisAsia Festival to present contemporary Indonesian masterpiece The Seen and Unseen as part of a suite of films celebrating Asian Cinema for BrisAsia Festival.
One day, 10-year-old Tantri realizes she does not have much time left with her critically ill twin brother, Tantra. Tantri retreats to an enchanting nocturnal dream world, which becomes the twins’ playground. Tantri dances and experiences a magical journey and emotional relationship between reality and imagination, grief and hope.
FREE
Bookings essential
Community
Mentor Training
Partnering with Living Wholeness, we are providing our first round of training for our mentors. With a Christ centred and focus on trauma and relationship building this training is essential to anyone who wants to mentor people who have experienced any form of struggle or trauma.
Community
Macrame Eco Art Workshop – Make Your Own Plant Hanger
Participants will be shown the ropes to create their own plant hanger. These beauties look great hanging on their own or in multiples.
We’ll be exploring basic macrame techniques and using salvaged materials such as ropes, computer cable and fabric strips from the warehouse.
This workshop is suitable for beginners to intermediate knotters. Come on your own or bring a friend. Open to all ages from 13 years and up.
Limited to 15 participants: $40 per person + $1.97 booking fee.
Community
Macrame Eco Art Workshop – Make Your Own Wall Hanging
Participants will be shown the ropes to create their own wall hanging. These beauties look great hanging on their own or in multiples.
We’ll be exploring basic macrame techniques and using salvaged materials such as ropes, computer cables and fabric strips from the warehouse.
This workshop is suitable for beginners to intermediate knotters. Come on your own or bring a friend. Open to all ages from 13 years and up.
Limited to 15 participants: $40 per person + $1.97 booking fee.
Community
Technicolour Chinese New Year Night Market
Chinese New Year or “Spring Festival” is the most important celebration in the traditional Chinese calendar. To mark the event in red (“good luck” in Chinese culture) and gold (“fortune” in Chinese culture), join us at MCC to celebrate this year’s spring festival with our FREE entry event, Technicolour Chinese New Year Night Market.
Main Attractions include;
– Performance
– FREE Yee Sang Testing
– Delicious Asian cuisine food stalls
– Traditional Crafts Workshop
– Jumping Castle
– Kids Games
– Chinese Games
– Lantern riddles
AND many other unique & spectacular activities
Market
Unpacking the Archive: The Secret Lives of Garments
Join designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson, textile conservator Louise McCullagh and the Museum’s Collections and Curatorial Manager Kathryn King to dissect the design, construction and conservation of garments from the Easton Pearson Archive.
Featuring favourite garments selected by the designers, this event will reveal the life story of each piece from sketches, fabric swatches, manufacture, construction, fleeting public life on the catwalk and the meticulous process of archiving and conserving.
Cost: $30 pp
Community
Slow Fashion Weekend: Speed Date a Stylist
MoB’s Slow Fashion Weekend will shine a spotlight on slow fashion, artisanal skills and a make-and-mend approach to fashion consumption. Presented in partnership with Brisbane-based design collective The Stitchery, the Museum will be taken over by makers, menders and the mindful to give you the skills to lighten your fashion footprint.
Book yourself in for a mini-styling consultation for advice on how to make the most of your existing wardrobe, make smart decisions when buying clothes and develop a personal style that doesn’t rely on fast fashion cycles and fleeting trends.
COST: $20
Community
Dollshouse Extravaganza
A display of scale dollhouses and miniatures and all manner of accessories mostly 1/12 scale.
Also trading tables with sellers travelling from as far away as Victoria, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand. They will be selling anything from tiny sewing kits to doll houses and everything in between.
This year the Qld Egg decorators, The North Side doll club and Brisbane Doll Society will all have displays of their work on view.
The venue is wheel chair friendly as there are no stairs, great parking (free), on site Café serving great food.
Entry is only $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for school age and pre school FREE. All children must be accompanied by an adult please.
Community
Cars & Coffee
MTA Queensland is holding Cars & Coffee on the 24th of February to help support Youngcare, our official charity partner.
Please join us in your rare, classic, vintage historic, exotic or race vehicles.
Family friendly event – all welcome to attend.
Youngcare BBQ & Zali’s Cafe will be open.
Youngcare is a not-for-profit organisation spearheading powerful and positive change to create a future where every young person with high care needs has the freedom, choice and dignity to live the lives we all deserve. MTA Queensland regularly holds events for Youngcare to create awareness, support and fundraising opportunities.
Community
Brisbane StreetLevel Community Art Show
Brisbane’s Street Level Art Exhibition is giving people, who normally wouldn’t have the chance, a space to showcase their talent.
The exhibition will be held at Street Level Spring Hill from 1st and 2nd of March 2019.
We understand that many are faced with adversities and opportunities are not always available to everyone. Art is not about social status or education, it’s about expression and we believe that everyone deserves a chance to express themselves.
If you would love your own chance to shine, please submit your Expressions of Interest at https://salvos.org.au/brisbanestreetlevel and follow the link to our art show page or come in and have a chat with us.
Art
Flip Out Friday!
Flip Out Fridays is a fantastic event for Youth Groups, groups of family and friends or just individuals looking for a cost effective night out!
For $15, you get unlimited access to all areas of the trampoline arena between the hours of 6pm-9pm. You also get a free medium slushee with every admission and get to take part in hourly competitions and give-aways!
There is a designated area for under 10 year olds, but the balance of the arena is accessible to all ages; Slam Dunk, Foam Pits, Running Walls and trampolines everywhere.
Grip socks are a must – you can BYO or you can purchase a pair for $3.50 on arrival.
Online bookings recommended, particularly for groups.
Community
Brisbane Bible Reading Marathon
For the 5th year we will read aloud the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, non-stop, over three days. 72 hours is divided into 3 hour brackets and then 15 minute reading slots. Form a team or join in someone else’s team and help release the power and presence of God over Brisbane city.
Church
Unpacking the Archive: Designer Tours
The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive features 200 garments selected in collaboration with designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson to reveal the artistry, techniques and demi-couture practices that placed the label at the forefront of Australian fashion from 1989 – 2016.
Established and emerging Brisbane fashion designers choose their favourite outfits from The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive exhibition, explore the design and construction of the garments and shares the influence of Easton Pearson on their own design practice and ambitions. This is a perspective you won’t find on your own.
Dates are:
7 Feb, 7 Mar, 4 Apr
Community
DISTINCTIVE: Life@Work Conference 8-9th Mar 2019
Start 2019 pondering how we are ‘Distinctive’ and recognising ‘the power of an attractive life in Your workplace’ with Eddie Woo, Sam Chan and Andrew Laird.
This Conference will be a great chance for Christian workers to think through how they live and speak as witnesses in their workplace and to meet other Christians in their industries around the city of Brisbane.
Friday 8 March, 5:45-9:30pm
Saturday 9 March, 8:15am-12:15pm
Community