Weekend of 30 October – 1 November 2026
Halloween shapes the family calendar this weekend, with Bayside Backyard and the Harcourts Halloween celebration at Raby Bay and a moonlight movie at Jingeri Park in Redland Bay, while Redland Art Gallery hosts a family drawing day with Jack Rodgers.
Events are arranged per suburb.
Gin & Makers Market
31 October 2026 | Redlands Coast Distillery, Capalaba
A boutique market of curated local makers with no duplicated stall types, plus food trucks and locally made gin, cocktails and beer, from 12pm to 5pm.
Friday Story Time Fun! – Capalaba Library
30 October 2026 | Capalaba Library, Capalaba
Stories, pop-up books and imaginative play for children aged 0–5 from 9.30am to 10am.
Digger Door Scavenger Hunt
30 – 31 October 2026 | Redlands Coast Museum, Cleveland
Children search the museum for eight handcrafted Digger Door plaques, each hiding a native animal in a hard hat, in the hunt’s final days.
Bayside Backyard
31 October – 1 November 2026 | Raby Bay Harbour, Cleveland
A free waterfront weekend of community activities including music sessions, face painting, a Halloween trail, an evening outdoor screening of Minions and Monsters, a run club, Pilates and a long table lunch.
Harcourts Annual Halloween Celebration
31 October 2026 | Raby Bay Harbour Park, Cleveland
A free afternoon of trick-or-treat bags, balloon twisting, face painting, a petting zoo, bubble wands and a sausage sizzle, with best-dressed prizes announced at 5pm; free tickets are needed for treat bags.
Cleveland Markets
1 November 2026 | Cleveland Markets, Cleveland
More than 70 stalls of fresh produce, arts and crafts, food and coffee line Bloomfield Street from 7am to 1pm, with well-behaved dogs welcome.
Monthly Animal Farm
1 November 2026 | Cleveland Sands Hotel, Cleveland
Children can meet farm animals from 11.30am to 1.30pm in the last Animal Farm visit before the animals take a summer break.
Family Fun Day: Hooked on Drawing with Jack Rodgers
1 November 2026 | Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
Artist Jack Rodgers leads a relaxed drop-in drawing session exploring memory and imagery through expressive mark-making, from 10am to 1pm.
Cast Your Line Drawing Game
30 October & 1 November 2026 | Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
Visitors spin a drawing wheel for surprise prompts and build a one-of-a-kind artwork in this drop-in activity linked to the FISHO exhibition.
Explore and Draw: Visualising the Written Word
30 October 2026 | The Mezz at RPAC, Cleveland
A clue-by-clue drawing activity that helps visitors discover the artworks in the Redland Yurara Art Society exhibition.
Halloween Moonlight Movie
31 October 2026 | Jingeri Park, Redland Bay
The Shoreline Association for Neighbourhood Development hosts a free Halloween evening with an outdoor movie, food trucks, games, entertainment and a costume competition with four $100 prize cards.
Group Fishing Lesson – Victoria Point
31 October 2026 | W.H. Yeo Park, Victoria Point
2 Bent Rods instructors teach families and beginners to pump yabbies, net bait, tie knots and cast, with all gear and bait supplied, from 11am to 2pm.
Group Fishing Lesson – Wellington Point
1 November 2026 | Wellington Point Recreation Reserve, Wellington Point
A hands-on beginner fishing class for all ages with 2 Bent Rods, covering bait collection, knots, casting and catching, with equipment supplied, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
Junior anglers can join group fishing lessons at Victoria Point and Wellington Point, the Digger Door hunt at Redlands Coast Museum finishes on 31 October, and Cleveland Sands Hotel’s Animal Farm makes its last visit before a summer break.
Weekend of 23 – 25 October 2026
Monster Machine Day at Stockland Shoreline, the Twilight Makers Market at Raby Bay and an October family fun day at the Koala Tavern led the family calendar, alongside Digger Doors at Redlands Coast Museum, Cleveland Markets and drop-in activities at Redland Art Gallery.
Events are arranged per suburb.
Boos and Bows (royal icing cookies)
24 October 2026 | Cordie’s Cake Supplies, Capalaba
A hands-on Halloween class from 10am to 1pm where participants decorate a set of royal icing cookies. All ages and skill levels are welcome and the class costs $90.
October Family Fun Day
25 October 2026 | Koala Tavern, Capalaba
Rusty the Raptor dinosaur experience from 1pm, face painting and balloon twisting from 12pm to 2pm and a beer garden soloist from 12pm to 3pm, with free entertainment and all-day dining.
Friday Story Time Fun! - Capalaba Library
23 October 2026 | Capalaba Library, Capalaba
Stories, pop-up books and imaginative play for children aged 0 to 5 from 9.30am to 10am. Free, no bookings required, and children must be supervised.
Digger Doors
23 – 25 October 2026 | Redlands Coast Museum, Cleveland
Eight handcrafted Digger Doors are hidden throughout the museum, each concealing a native Australian animal in a construction hard hat. General admission applies and children under 14 enter free.
Twilight Makers Market
24 October 2026 | Raby Bay Harbour Park, Cleveland
A monthly market on the Raby Bay Harbour boardwalk from 4pm to 8pm with more than 60 handmade and creative stalls, food trucks and live local music. Pets on leads are welcome.
Cleveland Markets
25 October 2026 | Cleveland Markets, Cleveland
The long-running Cleveland Markets run every week on Bloomfield Street from 7am to 1pm with more than 70 stalls of fresh produce, arts and crafts, food and coffee. Well-behaved pets are welcome.
Cast Your Line Drop-in Game
23 & 25 October 2026 | Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
A drop-in art activity linked to the FISHO exhibition where each spin of a drawing wheel gives a surprise prompt to add to an artwork. Suitable for all ages, with parents and carers staying with children.
Explore and Draw: Visualising the Written Word
23 October 2026 | The Mezz at RPAC, Cleveland
A self-guided discovery map and sticker activity that takes visitors through the Visualising the Written Word exhibition to find hidden blooms among the artworks. Maps are collected from the RPAC Box Office.
Seniors Month High Tea on Coochie
24 October 2026 | Coochiemudlo Recreation Club, Coochiemudlo Island
An intergenerational high tea from 2pm to 5pm with Coochie stories told by long-time islanders, live music, a choir and local artisans. The Coochie Bus collects people from the jetty. Free community event.
Stockland Shoreline Monster Machine Day
24 October 2026 | Stockland Shoreline, Redland Bay
Families can get up close to excavators, diggers and dump trucks from 9.30am to 12.30pm, with free face painting, ride-on mini diggers, goodie bags while stocks last, roving entertainment and a coffee van.
Library story time at Capalaba and a seniors high tea on Coochiemudlo Island added quieter options to a busy weekend of markets and gallery activities.
