Community Events Noticeboard
Discover church and not-for-profit community events from across Brisbane.
Barber Talk
This Barber Talk is dedicated to them, our less fortunate families in our community.
On WEDNESDAY 12th December @5.30pm, Spacifik Cuts Barbershop
We’ll give out free haircuts and hair services, free food and free goodies to our less fortunate families struggling this Christmas season.
Community
Early Bird Markets – Beenleigh Town Square
Early Bird Markets
The Early Bird & Breakfast Markets are the best place for delicious food, farm-direct produce, and unique crafts every Wednesday! With a huge range of gourmet breakfast stalls, heaps of fresh produce at market prices and a wide selection of flowers & plants, arts, crafts, nic nacs, clothing, handmade gifts, and more!
Located in the heart of Beenleigh, at the newly renovated Town Square, the Beenleigh Town Square Markets are easy to access and enjoy with free entry and plenty of free parking! Open rain, hail or shine!
Free Parking
Free Entry
Premium farm direct produce
Genuine Artisans
Fresh local Seafood and Premium Meats
Deli lines
Artisan Baked Breads and Pastries
Huge savings $$
Delicious Traditional foods
Arts & Crafts
Fresh Eggs
Perfect for the family
Fashion, Gifts and Jewellery
Live Music
EVERY Wednesday.
For more information visit:
http://earlybirdmarkets.com.au/ or the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Beenleightownsquaremarkets/
Market
MoB Makers: Drawing the Body
Back by popular demand, join us in one of our monthly Drawing the Body events.
Expect body builders, burlesque performers and acrobats in our popular MoB Makers: Drawing the Body series. This life drawing series with a twist sees athletes and performers of all shapes and sizes pose and share their stories as inspiration for sketching. Facilitated by artist and designer Leigh Buchanan, this monthly event will give you an insight into the diverse physical and creative pursuits of Brisbane’s sports and performance communities, all while sharpening your drawing skills.
Museum of Brisbane
Monthly, 5.00pm – 7.00pm
$18 per session, see all dates below:
1 June
29 June
27 July
24 August
21 September
19 October
16 November
14 December
Art
Christmas at Creekside
Christmas at Creekside on the 14th & 15th December from 5pm to 8pm.
Family fun including Lights display, kids rides, animal farm, scavenger hunt, food & drinks – Free entry.
Plus Gingerbread house decorating everything you need for lovely house! $30 pre booking required. See Events at Creekside Community Church on facebook.
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MoB Makers: Drawing the Body Easton Pearson Edition
Our popular Drawing the Body series gets an Easton Pearson makeover for The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive.
Facilitator Leigh Buchanan will draw on his own background as a fashion designer, including his time with Easton Pearson, to help you hone your fashion illustration skills.
The models are Brisbane women showcasing their favourite Easton Pearson outfits and telling the stories that transform their garments from cloth into vessels for memories and creative inspiration.
14 Dec, 18 Jan, 22 Feb, 8 Mar, 5 Apr
Cost: $20
Community
Unpacking the Archive: Curator Tours
Most of us struggle to edit our wardrobes, so how do you select 200 garments from an archive of more than 3,300 designer pieces?
Discover how the Museum’s Curatorial and Collections team worked with Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson to create the first exhibition from the Easton Pearson Archive.
7 Dec, 14 Dec, 25 Jan, 15 Feb, 22 Mar, 12 Apr
Cost: $18 pp
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Free Open-Air Cinema – ELF!
Everyone is invited to our FREE Open Air Cinema for some school holiday FUN!! Come and see ‘Elf’ on the big screen under the stars.
Food stalls from 6pm with popcorn, hotdogs, hot chips, lolllies, icecream and more. Pre-show fun for the kids, including snow machine AND don’t miss Santa’s arrival at 6.15pm with a free gift for every child!!
Bring the whole family and all your friends for a fun night out. We’re on our brand new carpark, so bring along a chair, bean bag, blanket and cushions, or something comfy to sit on. There’s heaps of street-side parking and more with our friends next door at 500 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road.
Come along and join your local community for Christmas fun!! More at 17milechurch.com/cinema
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What the World Needs Now…A concert celebrating 2018
Upbeat Arts Queensland (formerly the School of Hard Knocks) will present their fifth annual Brisbane concert at The Edge, State Library of Queensland at 7pm on Friday 14 December 2018.
Upbeat Arts Patron Mark Holden, will be appearing on the program as our very special guest artist. Also performing is Brisbane’s ladies only choir, ‘Musica’.
Expect to be moved. Expect to be inspired.
The concert will feature inspiring performances by each of the School’s Brisbane arts programs (choir, music theatre, junk percussion and creative writing) and is presented in partnership with the State Library of Queensland.
More info online: www.upbeatarts.org.au
Concert
Community Christmas Carols – New Beith Baptist Church
All welcome to our Community Christmas Carols featuring our guest singer/songwriter Brendon Walmsley presenting classic carols and his own work, alongside entertainers, face painting and freebies for kids. Hamburgers, sausages and cold drinks for sale from 5:30pm, carols starting at 6:30pm under the stars. BYO blanket/chairs.
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QAGOMA Christmas Design Market
QAGOMA Christmas Design Market
Saturday 15 December, 9am–4pm
Outside the Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane
Take the stress out of Christmas and do all your shopping in one place at this year’s QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market on Saturday 15 December.
Nearly 50 independent craft and design artists will feature at the market, to be held outside the Gallery of Modern Art at South Brisbane from 9am to 4pm.
The QAGOMA Design Market is the place to find a wide variety of high-quality handmade objects and gifts – ceramics, jewellery, homewares, paper products and more!
Most stallholders will have EFT facilities, but some may not, so bring cash with you just in case. Don’t forget to visit the QAGOMA Store for a huge range of books, art merchandise and designer gifts.
The market coincides with the flagship 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) exhibition, showing at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art from 24 November 2018 to 28 April 2019. For public enquiries, contact QAGOMA Store on (07) 3842 9900 or email gallery.store@qagoma.qld.gov.au.
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QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market
Treat yourself and those you love to a handmade gift this Christmas!
Carefully curated to include only the best makers in Queensland, it’s easy to see why this is Brisbane’s favourite market. Stop by and meet some local artisans, enjoy their diverse offerings and take the stress out of Christmas this year!
When
Sat 15 Dec 2018
9am – 4pm
Where
Gallery of Modern Art
Stanley Place, Cultural Precinct
South Brisbane
Enquiries: (07) 3842 9900
Market
Christmas Gala
Kingdom Makers Church will be hosting a Christmas Gala for the Kippa Ring Community and surrounding suburbs on Saturday the 15th December 2018.
The purpose of this free event is to surround our community with people who care and to make
a positive impact in their lives by showing the true meaning of having a Christmas Spirit.
It is a FREE event, free rides, free entertainment, food available for purchase.
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Darra Community Christmas Carol
Darra Christmas Fete
4:00pm – 7:00pm
We will have jumping castles, popcorn, fairy floss, snow cones, slushie, activities for kids, , balloon twister and sausage sizzle. Will also have raffles and hampers to give away.
Christmas Carol
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Christmas light viewing
From 6th-24th December 2018 from 7pm-10pm
You can find us on Facebook under Darra Uniting Church.
Thank you
Christmas
Riverlife Christmas Extravaganza – Musical, Food Trucks and Markets!
Featuring a family-friendly musical, ‘O Little Clown of Bethlehem’, the Riverlife Christmas Extravaganza is an all-ages free community event! Bring your friends and family and enjoy a night of festive fun to kick-start the holidays!
5pm – Christmas Musical ‘O Little Clown of Bethlehem’
6.15-8pm Food Trucks, Christmas Markets and Entertainment
Saturday 15 December and Sunday 16 December
For more info visit: www.riverlifechurch.org.au
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Introduction to Progressive Christianity
An adult education program – Living the Questions. Commencing on Saturday 8 June at 5.30pm wiht a shared meal, video presentation and discussion, then meeting twice each month from June to December 2018.
All are welcome!
Starts : Saturday 9 June.
Calendar dates are:
8 and 19 December
Parking in the Data 3 car park, High Street next to the Church.
Community
Carols in the Park
Brisbane Bunya Lions Club presents Carols in the Park Supported by the Lord Mayor’s Suburban Initiative Fund and Enoggera Ward. Musical entertainment suitable for all the family. Free rides and activities for children. Special appearance by Santa. Food Stalls and Fireworks at 8pm.
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Milton Farmers Markets
THE MILTON MARKETS
Formally the Red Hill Farmers Markets, the Milton Markets are re-opening as Inner West Brisbane’s premium food, farmers & lifestyle market.
After the tremendous response at Red Hill, we remain dedicated to supporting SE QLD’s best growers, farmers, painters, cooks, chefs, designers, bakers, fishmongers, butchers, baristas, juicers and artists.
The new location will feature more of the freshest farm-direct produce, meats, seafood, eggs, honey, gourmet food stalls, arts & craft, as well as, more parking, easy public transport access and improved facilities!
Packed with over 120 stalls, live music, activities for the kids and more, the Milton Markets are the perfect weekend outing for both fans of weekend markets and a healthy lifestyle, alike.
- Multi-story carpark 10m from entrance
- Free Entry
- Premium farm direct produce.
- Genuine Artisans
- Fresh local Seafood and Premium Meats
- Deli lines.
- Artisan Baked Breads and Pastries
- Huge savings $$
- Delicious Traditional foods
- Arts & Crafts
- Fresh Eggs
- Perfect for the family
- Fashion, Gifts and Jewellery
- Live Music
Every Sunday 6 AM – 12 NOON, Corner Cribb and Little Cribb St, Milton.Free entry and $2 Secure parking next door.
We are always a PET FRIENDLY market
Market
FREE Community Christmas Fun Day and Carols
Clontarf Beach Baptist Church holds their annual Christmas Fun Day and Carols Service.
It is a lot of Fun- and the best part its ALL FREE
Jumping Castles
Fly Wall
Bungee Run
Snow Cones
Fairy Floss
Petting Zoo
Pony Rides
Face Painting
Christmas Craft
Lawn Games
Cookie Decorating
Food
Stalls and More!
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Christmas at Ashgrove
4-6pm: Street festival including jumping castles, inflatable maze rock climbing, laser tag, merry-go-round, face painting, kids craft, family portraits, animal farm, hot food, drinks, coffee- ALL FREE! AND, Santa at 5:30pm
6-7pm: Christmas Carols with live nativity, carols singing, special performances, free ice-cream and FIREWORKS to conclude.
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Christ Community Carols
Come join us for our annual Christmas Carols! Start off the afternoon at 4:30 with free activities for the kids including jumping castles and face painting, or grab a bite to eat at the food trucks. Then make yourself comfy as we join together to sing our favourite Christmas carols from 6:30 to 7:30!
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St David’s Anglican Church Christmas Festival
St David’s Anglican Church Christmas Festival is on again. Bring a picnic blanket or picnic chairs and enjoy the festive atmosphere. Free activities for children, jumping castle and animal nursery (already booked). Free sausage sizzle. Grab a glow stick and enjoy singing Christmas Carols from 6.30pm. We will have some wonderful Christmas stalls where you can buy some last minute gifts or some yummy treats.
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Family Carols Night
All Saints’ Anglican Church Booval warmly invite you to our Family Carol Event on Sunday 16th December at 144 Brisbane Road, Booval. Free Christmas fun for the whole family. Starting at 5pm with a sausage sizzle and kids’ activities. Carols commence around 6pm. Additional access between 7-9 Booval Street. All welcome. Register your interest at www.allsaintsbooval.com/events .
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Christmas Carols in the Park
This free community Christmas carols event is perfect for the whole family. There will be face painting, free craft, free sausage sizzle, and food trucks selling ice cream, donuts and coffee. There will also be a collection point for donating hamper items for families in need. Come and celebrate God’s greatest gift with us. Supported by the Lord Mayor’s Suburban Initiative fund.
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KPC Follow the Clues Kids Club
Come join the investigation, following the clues to solve the mystery, with craft, games and Bible stories.
Who: 2018 Primary Schoolers (including Prep)
When: Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th December 8:45am-12:30pm
Where: The Hall, Kenmore South State School (16 Kersley Rd, Kenmore)
Cost: $25/child or $65/family for 4 mornings (Part-time $10/child or $25/family per morning)
Register online at kids-club.kpc.org.au
More info: Contact Kenmore Presbyterian Church 3305 0256 or church@kpc.org.au
School Holidays
Reverse Garbage Queensland School Holiday Summer Series
Over the school holidays, why not escape the heat and join us for our Children’s Eco Art Workshops Summer Series. Come along to either our December workshops, January workshops or both!
Every workshop is $20 per child (+ booking fee). As always, if you book 2 or more tickets, you’ll receive a 10% discount off subsequent tickets.
You can now book in for our December workshops, which will be running from Monday the 17th of December to 21st of December. Choose from:
Fairy Gardens
Tinker Lab – Make Your Own Robot Friend
Salvaged Snow Globes
Christmas Characters
Mosaic Festive Ornaments
Our January workshops will run from Wednesday the 8th of January to Wednesday the 23rd of January. These workshops will go live on our ticketing page at the end of November. Our themes will be:
Build Your Own Adventure Kit
Tinker Lab – invent your own machine
Make a Pet
Monsters, Beast & Dragons
Fairy Gardens
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StreetSmart Kids (6 yrs +)
School Holidays – Monday 17th December 3:00-5:30pm
It’s fun, it’s free, it’s informative.
If you’re looking for something for the kids to do over the holidays, come along to our Bully Defence Kids workshop. You are also welcome to bring a guest along free too.
Your child (6yrs+) will learn:
* Fun, easy, and non aggressive self-defence
* How bullies pick their victims
* How to handle bullies
* How to build self-esteem and confidence
* Situational awareness
* Protective behaviours
* How to protect themselves against bullies, physically and mentally.
No uniforms or previous martial arts experience are required.
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