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What to do in Brisbane in December 2026

161 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 27. Busiest venues: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), The Sit Down Comedy Club, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 26

Small Figures

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 30

Precious

Museum of Brisbane · Brisbane City
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until May 23

Great and Small: Kindred Creatures in Indigenous Australian Art

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose

Museum of Brisbane · Brisbane City
- Visual arts
Free
Cinema
until Dec 9

Curator's Pick 2026

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Cinema
until Dec 5

The Long Haul 2026

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 16

Sorcerers from Bohemia: Picasso's Saltimbanques

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 16

Towards a Collapsing World: German Expressionism

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Cinema
until Apr 18

Beyond Henson: Puppetry and World Cinema

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 18

Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Cinema
until Apr 18

Screened to be Believed: The Jim Henson Company

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Cinema
until Apr 18

Where the Wild Things Are Made: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
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Visual arts
until Mar 7

Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 20

Kate Cooper: Infection Drivers and Untitled (After Somatic Aliasing)

Kate Cooper

Institute of Modern Art · Fortitude Valley
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 20

Mitch Cairns: Artist's Mouth

Mitch Cairns

Institute of Modern Art · Fortitude Valley
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 14

In Residence: A Decade of Creative Practice

Museum of Brisbane · Brisbane City
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Sep 19

Smokescreen: A Thickness of the Air

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 5

Nothing to Write Home About

Munimba-ja Blak Creatives Collective

Outer Space · Fortitude Valley
- Visual arts
Free
Theatre
until Dec 11

Scene Roulette

Metro Arts · West End
- Theatre
Visual arts
until Jul 25

Barbara Heath: Hidden Jewels

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 2

Sally Anderson: Houses and Horses for Dad

Sally Anderson

Edwina Corlette Gallery · New Farm
- Visual arts
Free
Theatre
until Dec 18

The Jury Experience - numerous Dates

Old Museum · Bowen Hills
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 20

Selene Cochrane – Small Object Spaces: Familiar

Metro Arts · West End
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Dec 13

Toucan Club Festival

PIP Theatre · Milton
- Theatre
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Visual arts
until Jun 27

An Eloquent Inheritance

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Music
until Mar 7

THE LION KING

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) · South Bank
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 19

Shan Michaels: Can Touch This

Metro Arts · West End
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until May 16

Art Box for Kids: Tyza Hart

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Aug 29

Feeling the Universe

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Visual arts
Free
Cinema
until Dec 20

Japanese Film Festival 2026: Between Sound and Silence: The Cinematic Resonance of Tōru Takemitsu

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Comedy
7 PM

Aurie Styla: Maverick

Aurie Styla

The Sit Down Comedy Club · Paddington
- Comedy
$54.90 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

ALIO

The Junk Bar · New Farm
- Music
- Pop
$17.35 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Crowbar Brisbane · Fortitude Valley
- Music
- Blues
- Rock
$66.50 Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 24

Summer Exhibition

Philip Bacon Galleries · Fortitude Valley
- Visual arts
Free

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Cinema
6 PM

Sound, Music, Silence: Tōru Takemitsu’s distinctive approach to film music and his works with the Japanese new wave

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) · South Bank
- Cinema
Free
Other
6:30 PM

Netherworld Trivia

Netherworld · Fortitude Valley
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Music
7 PM

Wolf Alice

The Fortitude Music Hall · Fortitude Valley
- Music
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Lachy Doley

The Princess Theatre · Woolloongabba
- Music
$59 Tickets
Theatre
until Dec 3

Grossbusters – The Monster Musical

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) · South Bank
- Theatre
$45 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Open Mic Night

Jack Lestone

The Junk Bar · New Farm
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Sakar Fest 2026

The Tivoli · Fortitude Valley
- Music
$55 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats

Crowbar Brisbane · Fortitude Valley
- Music
- Hard rock
- Metal
- Rock
$79.90 Tickets

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Music
10:30 AM

MORNING MUSIC PROGRAM

Old Museum · Bowen Hills
- Music
Tickets
Music
2 PM

The TEN Tenors: A Not So Silent Night

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) · South Bank
- Music
$99–$160 Tickets
Comedy
7 PM

Cage Match: 2026 Brawl Off Heat 1

Big Fork Theatre · Fortitude Valley
- Comedy
Tickets
Comedy
7:30 PM

Mike E. Winfield (USA)

Mike E. Winfield

The Sit Down Comedy Club · Paddington
- Comedy
$79.90 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

The Pharcyde

Felons Barrel Hall, Howard Smith Wharves
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Ricky Albeck & the Belair Line Band

Ricky Albeck

The Junk Bar · New Farm
- Music
- Indie
$22.45 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Reytons Australian & New Zealand Tour

The Reytons

The Brightside · Fortitude Valley
- Music
- Rock
$84.90 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Sisters Of Mercy

The Tivoli · Fortitude Valley
- Music
$89.90 Tickets

Friday, December 4, 2026

Other
7 PM

An Evening with Anthony Scaramucci

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) · South Bank
$89–$169 Tickets
Comedy
7 PM

Saturday Night Comedy: Singalong & Crowd Sourced

Big Fork Theatre · Fortitude Valley
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
7 PM

The Dandy Warhols

The Fortitude Music Hall · Fortitude Valley
- Music
Tickets
Comedy
8 PM

Christmas Double Feature

Fiona McGary Mike van Acker

The Sit Down Comedy Club · Paddington
- Comedy
$39 Tickets
Cabaret
Time not announced

Femme Follies Christmas

Femme Follies

The Wickham · Fortitude Valley
- Cabaret
$34.90 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Joost Klein

The Tivoli · Fortitude Valley
- Music
$71.10 Sold out
Music
Time not announced

ROYALE WITH CHEESE: RAGE AGAINST THE 90S - THE ULTIMATE 90'S ROCK SHOW

Royale with Cheese

The Back Room · Annerley
- Music
- Grunge
- Rock
$39.80 Tickets

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Comedy
1 PM

Eric Idle – An Evening of Idle Conversation

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) · South Bank
- Comedy
$89–$149 Tickets
Comedy
2:30 PM

Hey Felicia! Christmas Drag Spectacular

The Sit Down Comedy Club · Paddington
- Comedy
$59.95 Tickets
Comedy
5 PM

Diagnonsense (improv comedy) PLUS Donation/Charity Drive

Big Fork Theatre · Fortitude Valley
- Comedy
Tickets

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