This times is my weekend recommendation is Gold coast show. It is from today to Sunday, at Broadwater parklands and Owen Park. I would call it, the Gold Coast version of Ekka, a giant carnival, and there are farm animals for kids, mobile games and music shows, and even Showbags. Also, it is also a fireworks show at 7 o’clock in the present and tomorrow nights. The most important thing about the “Little” EKKA is the free admission! So I believe it will be suitable for your family size!
date:31-8-2018至2-9-2018
Venue: board water parkland and Owen park。
Free to Entry
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Yesterday, I went from Redcliffe after a two days business trip. When I came back, I saw Pelican Park hanging the banner of kite fest. When I back home, I went online and checked it out. I found out this Saturday and Sunday, there will be a kite fest. A lot of international and local kite masters will join this event, or you can make a kite with the children and fly it in the public kite area. Besides, there are also market and live music performances. It should be suitable for your family. I am only worried about whether tomorrow will rain or not.
Date: August 25-26
Location: Pelican Park
Cost: Adult (16 years old or older) $10
Student (15 years old or younger) and elderly $5
Family ticket (2 Adult 2 Children or 1 Adult 3 Children): $25
Free admission for two-year-old or younger
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EKKA, I believe that is the most significant event in Brisbane, started today! This event holds in RNA showground until 19/8. Firstly, this event is an agriculture show. Of course, during the show, you can see a lot of livestock and crops.

Nowadays, EKKA got a lot of various activities. It sounds like a carnival.

It got some rides and some live performances and firework displays at night!

If you go to EKKA, you should miss their show bags which is a bag contains retail merchandise. This merchandise will have much higher value than the price tag of a showbag.

Also, there is the gourmet plaza again. That is similar to a street food market; you can enjoy from street foods in there. The stalls are from various restaurants, the choices are from Mexican to Italy.

Please do not miss that! However, the ticket price is quite high. For adults, each ticket cost $35. Children ticket cost $20. If you are a member of RACQ, they will have 10% discount on the ticket price, if you choose to go on 14/8, RACQ got 15%off ! please find the further information from RACQ website
There is a cheaper option if you just want to watch the night show and to have dinner there. You can get a Twilight Ticket for $18 if you choose to enter after 6pm.

From tomorrow to 5th August, it is the Night Noodle Markets again. You can go to the cultural forecourt of the South Bank every night to “sweep the streets” and taste Asian street food. During the period, there were more than 20 Asian restaurants stalled there, such as:

Filipino skewers – Hoy Pinoy, there is a big charcoal stove to do skewers!

And Blackstar Pastry, n2 Gelato, Teppanyaki Noodles, etc. Blackstar Pastry’s Watermelon Strawberry Cake has been very popular in the Night Noodle Markets in recent years. When I went to Sydney at the beginning of the year, I personally tried their lychee and watermelon cakes. The taste was excellent! my friends in Sydney say it’s one of the must-try items for tourists.

Of course, it will not be just about “food” , there will be some live music performances too.

I believe that this year’s night market will be quite exciting!

However, according to the experience of previous years, the amount of food they sold is not too significant. If you want to eat enough, each person will spend almost $20, and please remember your bank card, only accept the card, not cash.

Free admission

time:

Monday to Friday: 5pm to late night (til late)
Saturday and Sunday: 4pm to late night (til late)

Location: South Bank, cultural forecourt

This Saturday in Southbank, there is an excellent food show, Regional Flavours. Tomorrow (21/7,) and Sunday (22/7), there will be more than 80 food stalls selling a variety of Queensland foods, from chocolate to fruit. Moreover, there are live music performances and celebrity chefs cooking demonstrations, which should be suitable for your family’s activities this week!

Fee: Free
Location: Southbank Brisbane
Time: 10am-5pm

Tdoay (14th July,2018), Sunnybank Plaza and Sunny Park will hold Sunnybank $2 Food Trail again,this event will be held occasionally during these recent years . Today, from 2 pm to 8 pm, around 45 participated restaurants across those two shopping centers will offer $2 tasting plates. Besides, the ranges of the dish on the offers have wide range of choices, such as Chinese, Japanese, Hong Kong Style, Vietnamese, Korean and Taiwanese styles. Also, because we are in the Summer, this times, some restaurants will offer chilled desserts and they mentioned some other new mini tasting dish. According to their website, this event is only about food; there will be some live entertainments too, such as live performance from
local musicians and traditional roaming lion dancers . This year, they will have a dedicated Kids Zone. There will be face painting, board games and colouring-in. I think the kids will have fun too!
For the further details, please visit their website and download their event map.

Date:14/07/2017(Sat)
Time:2-8pm
Venue:Sunnybank Plaza and Sunny Park

Now is the winter time in Brisbane, but the lowest degree in Winter time is just only around 7-8 degree. Thus, we cannot see the snow at all.
However, you can go to SkatingAt Festiva to have a snowy winter.
From today to 22nd July 2017, a giant ice rink and ice slide have setup in King George Square. I believe you can skate in there. But you need to pay the entry fee, Adult $28, Children (8 to 13-year-old) $20, Kid (3 to 5-year-old) $10.(Buy online ~20% off).
Also, there are some food trucks next to the ice rink. They offer some hot foods, which is the best for the cozy winter.
That sounds cool, I think you should not miss this event.

Tomorrow is ANZAC Day which is a national day of remembrance in all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. The people across Australia will stop to mark this day Also, the day is to honor Australian and New Zealanders soldiers took part in the operations at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915.

Tomorrow from 10am to 1pm, a ANZAC parade will be held in Brisbane City (From Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, near City Hall ) . The Australia defence force and ex-service men and women will be a part of the parade. This parade will be very meaningful for every Australian.

The major event happening in Surfer Paradise is Sand Safari Art Festival. I have been there a few weeks ago. That sounds quite interesting. There are a number of sand sculptures sitting on Surfers Paradise Foreshore. All of them are themed with a different sea creatures, moreover, the artists only used sand and water to create them, they is magnificent! In additional, there are inflatable arts placed in the beach!

Please do not miss this weekend are last two days of this event.

I have not realized today is the new year eve of Chinese New Year. Most of the Chinese in Brisbane live in Brisbane southside. Thus, we have a few of Chinese New Year Celebrations, although they are smaller scale than those in Sydney and Melbourne, I know there will be street markets and dragon dance. Our Chinese New Year Celebrations are mainly in Sunnybank Plaza and Grand City; those are the major shopping malls in Southside.
For Sunnybank Plaza, there will be kung fu and lion dance performances in front of the cinema at 10:30 every day from today to this Sunday and ice sculptures at 2 p.m today

There are also lion dance performances at Graden city between 16 and 18 /2 and fireworks at 8:00 pm on New Year’s Day. There are also lion dance shows in some smaller shopping malls in Southside. You can watch out for any announcements in your nearby shopping malls.

I wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year
Sunnybank Plaza

15/2
10:30am kung fu and lion dance performances
2pm ice sculptures
16/2
10:30am kung fu and lion dance performances
17/2
10:30am kung fu and lion dance performances
18/2
10:30am kung fu and lion dance performances
Graden City

16/2
11am lion dance performances(Level 2)
2pm lion dance performances(Level 1)
6pm至9pm Live Entertainment (Town Square Restaurant Precinct)
8pm Fireworks Display(Town Square Restaurant Precinct)
17/2
11:30am至1pm Chinese Carol
12pm kung fu and lion dance performances(8 Street)
1pm Live Entertainment (Level 2)
4pm Live Entertainment (Level 1)
18/2
12pm kung fu and lion dance performances(8 Street)