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Events & Activities

The Rockhampton region offers an exciting range of entertainment, arts, cultural, community and sporting programs and events at its many venues which are listed in the below events calendar.  

Would you like to add your event to our community calendar? 

Community groups and businesses are encouraged to use our My City platform to promote their events on Council's event calendar below. To do this please follow the below steps.

  1. If you do not have a My City account please click here to create one. Your My City account is free and it allows you to load and manage your event. 
  2. If you already have a My City account please click here.

Event submissions are approved within three business days. If you have not supplied all required information your event may be rejected. Changes may be made to your event prior to approval in order to improve the promotion of your event with a more dynamic image or a correction of text formatting/typos.  

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Marvellous, Magnificent, MEGA Manga Exhibition @ Southside Library

30 Dec 2025 Celebrating the artistic talents of Rockhampton Regional Library's creative Anime/Manga Club.
The Anime/Manga Club will showcase their talents and artwork this summer.
Grand Opening Monday 15 December 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm at Southside Library.
Please RSVP by 12 December 2025 on 4936 8043 or libraries@rrc.qld.gov.au.
All Library events are FREE to attend.

Southside Library, 230 Bolsover Street, Rockhampton City 4700

Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals, General Community Event

New Year's Eve

31 Dec 2025 Kick of 2026 with a BANG! Bring the whole family, pack a picnic blanket, and settle in for a night on the Rockhampton River Front. Enjoy a delicious selection of eats from our onsite food vans as we celebrate the end of 2025 in Style! Family Fireworks kick off at 7:30pm, then join us again at Midnight as we farewell 2025 with a spectacular finale

Riverside Precinct, 208 Quay Street, Rockhampton City 4700

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Tagged as: , Food, General Community Event, Kids & family, Outdoor

New Years Eve Bull Ride & Concert

31 Dec 2025 🎉 Rockhampton’s Ultimate NYE at Great Western! Ring in 2026 with bull riding and a country concert: HURRICANE—Australian Luke Combs tribute, The Cody Johnson Experience & the Trucker Hat Country Hoedown. Choose Bull Ride + Concert or Concert Only (from 8pm). Don’t miss the adrenaline, music & vibes—grab tickets now! 🤠🎶

Great Western Hotel, 37-39 Stanley Street, Rockhampton City 4700

Tagged as: , Major Event, Music & arts, Sports

Rockhampton - Coffee & Chin Wag

01 Jan 2026 We run laid back social events for men to connect, hang out and be themselves - there isn't much structure or formalities to our events - we stand around, mingle, chat have a laugh, have a good time - we definitely don't take ourselves too seriously - we create a vibe that is fun and relaxed some examples of our events: coffee catch up, bacon and egg bbq breaky, burger nights.

Boathouse, 189 Quay St, Rockhampton City, Rockhampton City 4700

50 more dates

Tagged as: , Community Event
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