What's on at Queen's Wharf, weekend by weekend

Every date on this page comes from an official event page, read on 31 October 2026. Plans change; the source links at the bottom are the place to check before you book a weekend around something.

Illustration of a morning street market with white canopies, flowers and bread under jacaranda trees — A Thursday market lane, as we imagine it. Illustration, not a photograph of the hotel.

Every week

When	What	Where	Age
Thursday 8 am – 2 pm	Brisbane City Markets: fresh food, street food, flowers	George Street entry, Queen's Wharf	All ages
Wednesday 3:00 – 4:30 pm; Saturday 9:00 – 10:30 am	Public Art Tour with Museum of Brisbane guides	Starts at Lindy Lee's sculpture, ends on the Sky Deck	All ages
Friday 5 – 10 pm; Saturday 3 – 10 pm	Live sport on screen and food	Leisure Deck, Level 7	All ages
Tuesday 6:30 – 8 pm	Trivia night	LiveWire, Level 5	18+
Saturday from 2 pm	Soloist, DJ, then a band from 9:30 pm	LiveWire, Level 5	18+
Friday and Saturday 4 – 8 pm; Sunday 2:30 – 6:30 pm	DJ sets (Sunday with saxophone)	Cicada Blu, Sky Deck	All ages

Dated events, November 2026

Date	Event	Notes from the official page
Tuesday 3 November	Melbourne Cup Day lunches	Event Centre ballroom 11 am – 3 pm (registration 10:30 am); lunches at Sokyo and Cucina Regina 12 – 3 pm; Aloria's event listed as sold out. 18+.
Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 November	Live bands at LiveWire	One Sound, Vybez, Empire Band, Forty20, all 9:30 pm – 12:30 am. 18+.
Wednesday 18 November	Skyline Cinema: Wonka (2023)	Leisure Deck, from 6:30 pm, bookings essential, cancelled by midday in bad weather.
Friday 20 November	Aloria closed for dinner	Listed on Aloria's page; plan dinner elsewhere.
Wednesday 25 November	Skyline Cinema: The Hunger Games (2012)	Leisure Deck, from 6:30 pm.

December 2026

Date	Event	Notes from the official page
Friday 18 December	Sleigh the Night Christmas Ball	Brisbane Ballroom, Event Centre; entry from 6 pm, dinner and entertainment package 6 – 11 pm, formal dress, 18+. Tickets are limited and non-refundable.
Christmas Day	Sky Deck	Platform open; Babblers and Cicada Blu closed; Aloria for ticket-holders only. The casino closes from 3 am to midnight.

How we use this page when planning

A few events change our weekend plan more than others. The Thursday market only matters if you arrive a day early. The Saturday art tour fits neatly into the morning before check-in. The cinema nights are midweek, so they suit a longer stay. And a sold-out ballroom night, such as the Christmas ball, means the hotel will be busy that Friday — send your dates early if your weekend overlaps.

Across the river and around town

South Bank, a walk away over the Neville Bonner Bridge, has its own programme at QPAC, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, and at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. We do not copy their calendars here because they change weekly; their official sites are linked on our South Bank page. For games, The Star's FAQ puts Suncorp Stadium about 3 km away, the Gabba about 2 km and Riverstage about 1 km.

We list events; we do not sell tickets and we are not paid by any venue on this page. Our income comes only from room requests that turn into stays, as explained on the revenue disclosure page.