Upcoming Events

Mon 12 May - Wed 15 Oct

Songcraft Studio

HOTA Engages Hayden Andrews

Tue 13 May - Wed 31 Dec

Kids Cinema Parties

Family

Tue 20 May - Sun 30 Nov

Cruise and Dine

HOPO x The Exhibitionist Bar

Thu 5 Jun - Wed 22 Oct

Ballun Gawrehma: River Stories 2025

Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts

Wed 20 Aug - Wed 12 Nov

The Exhibitionist Bar Pizza & Cocktail Masterclass

Fri 29 Aug - Fri 14 Nov

Education End of Term Networking Events

HOTA Engages Educators

Sat 30 Aug - Sat 20 Sep

Art Write Now: Creative Writing Workshops

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Musicals

Fri 12 - Sun 21 Sep

In The Heights

Presented by HOTA and Joshua Robson Productions

Thu 18 Sep

Drawing for Life | Beach Daze

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Thu 18 - Sat 20 Sep

Shore

Presented by Running Duck Ensemble

Fri 19 Sep - Fri 21 Nov

Art Explorers

Talks & Ideas Family

Sat 20 Sep

Comedy Underground | Neel Kolhatkar

Presented by Based Comedy

Mon 22 - Fri 26 Sep

Write Like An Author

HOTA Presents

Mon 22 - Fri 26 Sep

The Sound Collectors | Kunga Jungun

Mon 22 Sep - Sat 4 Oct

Kids Take Over 2025

Tue 23 Sep

Business Builders

HOTA Presents

Tue 23 - Wed 24 Sep

Stop Start Motion Workshop

HOTA Presents

Wed 24 Sep

Movie Review Club

Wed 24 - Tue 30 Sep

Make Space

Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

DJ Skool

Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

Intergalactic Pizzeria

Flying saucers of the edible kind

Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

The Artist Series with Amanda Gorman

HOTA Presents

Thu 25 Sep

Lego Battle | Out of this World

HOTA Presents

Thu 25 - Fri 26 Sep

Beanstalk

HOTA Presents

Thu 25 - Sat 27 Sep

Spaceship Salvage

Thu 25 - Sat 27 Sep

Arcadia

Thu 25 - Sat 27 Sep

Galaxy Salon

Thu 25 - Sun 28 Sep

Space within Space

HOTA Presents

Thu 25 - Tue 30 Sep

Explore The Night Sky

HOTA Presents with Gold Coast Astronomy

Fri 26 Sep

XR Creators

HOTA Presents

Fri 26 - Sat 27 Sep

Into Space by ARC Circus

Presented by HOTA

Fri 26 - Sun 28 Sep

Sky Tea at Palette

Fri 26 Sep - Fri 3 Oct

Fridays on the Lawn - Kids Edition

Family Gigs

Sat 27 Sep

Into the Unknown

HOTA Presents

Sun 28 Sep

Mini Marketeers 2025

Presented by HOTA

Sun 28 Sep

GIDDHA CUP BRISBANE 2025

Presented by PUNJABI FOLK DANCE ASSOCIATION BRISBANE INC

Mon 29 Sep - Wed 1 Oct

Draw Like An Artist

HOTA Presents

Workshops Festivals & Series

Wed 1 Oct

Sunroom | Icons in Paint

Wed 1 Oct

Improv Classes

HOTA Presents

Wed 1 Oct

Gold Coast Jazz & Blues Club: Gold Coast Big Band

Thu 2 Oct

Waltzing the Wilarra

Presented by HIT Productions

Thu 2 - Sat 4 Oct

Bin Chicken Universe

HOTA Presents

Fri 3 Oct

Little ArtLab | Smooth Sailing

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Fri 3 Oct

Skool of Rock

HOTA Presents

Fri 3 Oct

Gatsby Glitz & Glamour Dance Party!

HOTA Presents

Sat 4 Oct

Ballun Gawrehma

Explore the lands of our Elders

Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct

Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

HOTA presents a Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre production

Sat 11 Oct

Voices of Black Ink: A night of Poetry & Panel Discussion

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Mon 13 Oct

Mayor's Seniors Concert: Putting on the Glitz

Wed 15 Oct

ENCORE

Presented by Helensvale State High School

Sat 18 Oct

ArtLab | Night Reef

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Mon 20 Oct

Aerial Angels Cirque Central | Back to the 80's

Circus

Wed 22 Oct

Rob Beckett

Bohm Presents

Thu 23 Oct - Thu 27 Nov

Drawing for Life with Meg Stoios

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Fri 24 Oct

Lawrence Mooney: Dead Set Country

Presented by A-List Entertainment

Sat 25 Oct

Katie Noonan: Jeff Buckley's Grace Tour

Presented by Frontier Touring

Mon 27 - Tue 28 Oct

Seussical Jr.

Presented by St. Vincent's Primary School

Wed 29 Oct

Pevan & Sarah in Concert

Family Gigs

Fri 31 Oct - Sat 1 Nov

Gold Coast Sake Festival

Festivals & Series

Fri 31 Oct - Sat 1 Nov

Japanese Food Markets

Festivals & Series

Tue 4 Nov

Melbourne Cup at Palette

Thu 6 - Sat 8 Nov

Elastic Hearts featuring the music of Sia

Presented by Queensland Ballet and HOTA

Sat 15 Nov

NATYAM

Presented by Rhythm India School of Dance

Fri 21 Nov

The Joe Cocker Express: Mad Dog vs The Englishman

Presented by Good Company Entertainment

Mon 24 Nov

REELZ

Student Film Festival

Thu 27 Nov

2025 Gold Coast Music Awards

Presented by HOTA and Gold Coast Music Network

Fri 28 Nov

Elite Academy Showcase 2025

Presented by Dance Force

Wed 3 Dec

The Nutcracker: Hinterland Dance Academy

Fri 5 Dec

The Imperfects

Presented by Live Nation & Jubilee Street

Fri 12 Dec

The Greatest Christmas Show

Presented by Base Entertainment

Circus Dance

Fri 19 Dec

Christmas Actually

HOTA & The Little Red Company Present

Tue 23 Dec

A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland

Presented by Pace Live

Wed 11 Feb 2026

OneRepublic - Sweet Escape Tour

with special guest Zara Larsson

Sat 21 Feb 2026

The Life and Times of Led Zeppelin "Orchestrated"

Presented by Livewire Touring Australia

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Barcelona Guitar Trio: Tribute to Paco de Lucía

Presented by Entourage Touring

Wed 15 - Fri 17 Apr 2026

Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Presented by BBC Studios and Andrew Kay in association with Windmill Theatre Co.

Theatre Family

Sat 18 Apr 2026

JOHN WILLIAMSON | 55 Years – My Travellin’ Days are Done!

Presented by Artist Network on behalf of Fair Dinkum Road Co Pty Ltd

Fri 10 Jul 2026

Tom Gleeson - Out of Touch

Presented by Token Events

ArtLab & Little ArtLab

Makers of the Future