What’s On In Brisbane CBD
There's always something going on at Royal on the Park Hotel and Suites Brisbane!
Whether its one of the free events or seasonal promotions at the hotel or any of the events taking place just outside our doors, there's always something going on at Royal on the Park Brisbane. If you’ve already booked your stay, browse our event calendar to find out what’s on during your stay in the Brisbane CBD. Or, if you’re looking for a reason to get away, why not make plans to join us for these special events.
Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers
Friday 1 December
5.30pm: Gate C open (Suncorp Stadium Members)
5.45pm: Gates open
6.45pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
The Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols returns in 2023 to spread joy to the world with a dazzling evening of high kicks, high notes and hijinks.
Live Nation is thrilled to announce the return of The War On Drugs to Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 2018. With special guests Spoon, plus Indigo Sparke, the band will tour the region in December 2023 in support of I Don’t Live Here Anymore, praised by GQ as “the band’s clearest, most vibrant, and upbeat.”
After a sold out run of dates last year, we’re excited to announce that Irish singer and songwriter Dermot Kennedy is set to return to Australia and New Zealand this year. With latest album Sonder in tow, Dermot’s The Sonder Tour will grace stages in Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington and Brisbane along with a very special show at Sydney Opera House Forecourt.
Some five years since they last visited Australia, Royal Blood return to our shores for a national tour this summer.
Already revealed on the Let The Good Times Roll (Central Coast) and Changing Tides Festival (Illawarra) bills, the duo of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher will headline concerts in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in December.
Here it is. The big one. The biggest EVER! The objective best event of the year: Pub Choir's Christmas Fundraising Extravaganza is BACK in 2023, but this time we are aiming for our largest ever show!
Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners
Thursday 21 December
5.30pm: Gate C open (Suncorp Stadium Members)
5.45pm: Gates open
6.45pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
The Australian Youth Water Polo Championships will make a stunning return to Brisbane, Queensland in January 2024.
From 5 to 16 January 2024, the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships will be held across Brisbane with an expected 3,000 participants from around 180 teams set to take part.
Week 1 | 5-10 January 2024: 18&U and 14&U age groups
Week 2 | 11-16 January 2024*: 16&U and 12&U age groups
Since the event launched in 2019, it has quickly grown to become a true festival of water polo for teams in the 12&U, 14&U, 16&U and 18&U events.
Following his massively successful, sold-out 2022 and 2023 Stick Season Tour runs, Noah Kahan has announced his 2024 We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour Australia dates. Produced by Live Nation, the Australian leg kicks off on January 17, 2024 at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, followed by Riverstage, Brisbane on January 20, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney on January 23 and 24, and concluding with Red Hill, Perth on January 27, featuring special guests.
Tickets can be purchased via the Ticketmaster website.
West Indies Tour of Australia 2024 is schedule to begin on Wed Jan 17, 2024 to be hosted by Australia as per cricket schedule announced. The West Indies Tour of Australia 2024 will have 2 Test, 3 ODI, 3 T20 Matches to be hosted by Australia in the month of Jan-Feb 2024 . The last match of the Australia vs West Indies, 2024 Bilateral Series will be played on February 13 at Perth.
Ask Louis Tomlinson why he only recently felt ready to record a solo album and is only now itching to be back on stage and he’ll tell you straight – the songs. His run of hits in 2017, including hugely successful collaborations with Bebe Rexha and Steve Aoki, were in retrospect a mere dipping of toes in the water. Temperature tested he made some decisions – Louis wanted to be an artist who had his own sound and something to say. Chasing chart positions and radio play had to take a back seat to making music that meant something to him and, in turn, to those all-important fans.
Multi-Platinum alt-pop phenomenon Melanie Martinez has announced the European and Australian/New Zealand legs of her blockbuster PORTALS Tour.
Brisbane’s iconic Riverstage Venue is set to host some of the most iconic names in reggae music as part of Australia’s biggest reggae festival, Jammin.
We are pumped to confirm one of the most acclaimed and innovative electronic duos in the world – THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – will bring their world-renowned live show to a Day on the Green at Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong on Saturday 2 March 2024 and at Riverstage, Brisbane on Tuesday 27 February 2024.
Kickstarting the party will be special guest DJs: THE PRESETS DJ Set, ANNA LUNOE and JAMES HOLROYD.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 8 September at 1.00pm local time via Ticketmaster, with AAMI members’ presale beginning Monday 4 September at 1.00pm local time.
Having just announced their tenth studio album, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons – are reminding us of their legendary status in the electronic music scene.
Live Nation and Double J are excited to announce the return of The National to Australia for the first time since 2018, joined by very special guests Fleet Foxes, and Annie Hamilton.
Dolphins v North Queensland Cowboys
Sunday 10 March
TBC: Gates
3.05pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs
Thursday 14 March
TBC: Gates
7.00pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
In 2024, music, art and culture will collide once more in an unforgettable fashion. Following its entirely sold-out inaugural Australian run in 2023, KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand, will officially make its monumental return down under in 2024.
Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys
Friday 29 March
TBC: Gates
7.05pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Queensland Reds v ACT Brumbies DOUBLE HEADER
Saturday 30 March 2024
Run Times
Gates TBC
4.05pm Women's Kick Off
6:35pm Men's Kick Off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Dolphins v Wests Tigers
Saturday 6 April
TBC: Gates
6.35pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Brisbane Broncos v Dolphins
Friday 12 April
TBC: Gates
8.00pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
The undisputed hottest and most successful rock band in the world, Bring Me The Horizon will be heading down under in April 2024 with their biggest Australian headline tour to date with an ultimate stacked line-up supported by Sleep Token, Make Them Suffer and Daine.
Brisbane Broncos v Canberra Raiders
Saturday 20 April
TBC: Gates
7.35pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
The undisputed hottest and most successful rock band in the world, Bring Me The Horizon will be heading down under in April 2024 with their biggest Australian headline tour to date with an ultimate stacked line-up supported by Sleep Token, Make Them Suffer and Daine.
Dolphins v Newcastle Knights
Sunday 28 April
TBC: Gates
2.00pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters
Friday 3 May
TBC: Gates
8.00pm: Kick off
All times are AEST (Brisbane local time)
This is a Suncorp Stadium Membership included event.
Macklemore announces tour of Australia for May 2024
MG Live and Frontier Touring are excited to announce multi-platinum & GRAMMY award-winning artist, Macklemore will make his highly-anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand with a series of headline shows in May 2024.
A household name with worldwide acclaim and an unforgettable live presence, don’t miss Macklemore’s return to Australia & New Zealand in 2024 for a series of show stopping performances.
Last in Australia in 2022, performing the headline slot for the fifth edition of Fridayz Live alongside fellow legendary artists, Akon, TLC & Craig David, Macklemore returned home and bunkered down, working on the release of his first album in six years. Releasing his third solo studio album BEN in 2023, the project includes the single ‘CHANT’ featuring Australia’s very own Tones And I, ‘NO BAD DAYS’ feat. Collett, ‘HEROES’ feat. DJ Premier & ‘MANIAC’ feat. Windser with the rapper, singer & songwriter proving his passion for music and exceptional lyricism once more with critical acclaim and admiration from fans.
Consistently touring the BEN project across North America throughout 2023, alongside the hits the fans known and love, Macklemore’s return to Australia will see him perform tracks from the album for the very first time.
Tickets can be purchased via the Ticketmaster website.
The NRL Magic Round will return to Brisbane in 2024 with eight Telstra Premiership games set to light up Suncorp Stadium for a festival of football like no other.
The weekend will again see 16 NRL teams descend on Queensland's home of rugby league over an action-packed weekend of footy which will see a host of pivotal match-ups across the Round 11 fixture.
After wowing sell-out audiences Australia-wide in 2023, this HUGE army of Massive Machines are bounding back into East Coast Arenas! With action-packed weekend events in air-conditioned all-weather comfort, surrounded by giant screens & blazing floodlights there isn't a bad seat in the house!
As current holders of the Shield, Queensland will have the first opportunity to host the expanded series twice and defend their title in 2024 with the potential decider confirmed for Thursday, June 27 at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium.
The men’s Origin series will begin at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Wednesday, June 5, before a return to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday, June 26, and closing the 2024 Ampol State of Origin series with a potential men’s decider at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday, July 17.
Riverfire by Australian Retirement Trust returns earlier in the calendar to mark the opening weekend of Brisbane Festival 2024.
Save the date and mark your spot for an unforgettable night of community celebrations and vibrant lights that paint Brisbane's skies.
Multi-platinum selling rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars bring their monumental Seasons World Tour to Australia in September 2024. Band members Jared Leto and Shannon Leto will take to the stage with songs from their new album 'It's The End Of The World But It's A Beautiful Day' plus play the hits you love like 'Closer To The Edge', 'This is War', 'Kings And Queens' and fan favourite 'The Kill (Bury Me).'
Register for free with My Live Nation to get first access to tickets.
Looking for accessible tickets? Email access.aunz@livenation.com.au.
Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Tate McRae announces her Australia and New Zealand dates for November 2024 as part of the Think Later World Tour.
The British & Irish Lions' second match of the 2025 Tour to Australia will be against the Queensland Reds, a Super Rugby Pacific side. The match will be held at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, on 2 July.
A nine-match schedule has been confirmed by the British and Irish Lions for their 2025 tour in Australia. The itinerary is made up of a three-Test series versus Eddie Jones’ Wallabies, a pre-first Test clash against an invitational Australian and New Zealand XV as well as games against all five of Australia’s Super Rugby Pacific teams.