Kids Take Over 2025

Mon 22 Sept - Sat 4 Oct
Kids Take Over 2025

KIDS GO INTERGALACTIC

Get ready to step into an Intergalactic world full of shows, activities and adventures!

Enter into an imaginary space station full of surprises, take flight to another planet in the world Premiere of Into Space and follow along with HOTA's Mascot The Bin Chicken in an enchanting quest around the HOTA precinct.

This year, Kids Take Over children’s festival is bursting with free and ticketed workshops, creative experiences, performances, and everything in between.

Perfect for kids aged 3 to 11, it's the ultimate memory-maker, boredom-buster, and creative play festival for kids on the Gold Coast. Stand back and watch the next generation unleash their imaginations and take charge as kids take over at HOTA.

Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts

Dates
Mon 22 Sept - Sat 4 Oct
Where
HOTA, Home of the Arts
Tickets
Get 5% off when you purchase tickets to two or more Kids Take Over events (excludes free events).

#World Premiere

Into Space by ARC Circus
Past Event
Kids Take Over
Fri 26 - Sat 27 Sep

Into Space by ARC Circus

Presented by HOTA


#Kids Take Over TV


#Explore the program

Make Space
Free
Kids Take Over
Wed 24 - Tue 30 Sep

Make Space

DJ Skool
Free
Kids Take Over
Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

DJ Skool

Intergalactic Pizzeria
Kids Take Over
Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

Intergalactic Pizzeria

Flying saucers of the edible kind

The Artist Series with Amanda Gorman
Kids Take Over
Space within Space
Free
Past Event
Kids Take Over
Thu 25 - Sun 28 Sep

Space within Space

HOTA Presents

Explore The Night Sky
Kids Take Over
Thu 25 - Tue 30 Sep

Explore The Night Sky

HOTA Presents with Gold Coast Astronomy

Sky Tea at Palette
Past Event
Kids Take Over
Fridays on the Terrace - Kids Edition
Free
Kids Take Over
Mini Marketeers 2025
Past Event
Kids Take Over
Sun 28 Sep

Mini Marketeers 2025

Presented by HOTA

Draw Like An Artist
Sold Out
Kids Take Over
Mon 29 Sep - Wed 1 Oct

Draw Like An Artist

HOTA Presents

Improv Classes
Kids Take Over
Bin Chicken Universe
Kids Take Over
Thu 2 - Sat 4 Oct

Bin Chicken Universe

HOTA Presents

Skool of Rock
Free
Kids Take Over
Fri 3 Oct

Skool of Rock

HOTA Presents

Gatsby Glitz & Glamour Dance Party!
Sold Out
Kids Take Over
Ballun Gawrehma
Sold Out
Kids Take Over
Sat 4 Oct

Ballun Gawrehma

Explore the lands of our Elders


#Solar System Cinema

Elio

Elio

PG
Mon 29-09
Titan A.E. (2000)
Mon 29-09
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Mon 29-09

#Related Events

DJ Skool
Free
Kids Take Over
Wed 24 Sep - Thu 2 Oct

DJ Skool

Hot Potato Band
All Ages
Sat 19 Sep 2026

Hot Potato Band

HOTA presents Hot Potato Band

Bin Chicken Universe
Kids Take Over
Thu 2 - Sat 4 Oct

Bin Chicken Universe

HOTA Presents

The Artist Series with Amanda Gorman
Kids Take Over
The Box Show
Education
Wed 16 Sep 2026

The Box Show

HOTA and Junkyard Beats Presents, The Box Show

Skool of Rock
Free
Kids Take Over
Fri 3 Oct

Skool of Rock

HOTA Presents

Draw Like An Artist
Sold Out
Kids Take Over
Mon 29 Sep - Wed 1 Oct

Draw Like An Artist

HOTA Presents

Explore The Night Sky
Kids Take Over
Thu 25 - Tue 30 Sep

Explore The Night Sky

HOTA Presents with Gold Coast Astronomy

Improv Classes
Kids Take Over
Fridays on the Terrace - Kids Edition
Free
Kids Take Over
Kids Cinema Parties
Tue 13 May - Wed 31 Dec

Kids Cinema Parties

Gatsby Glitz & Glamour Dance Party!
Sold Out
Kids Take Over

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HOTA proudly acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout South East Queensland.

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