Yummmmm – chocolate, hot cross buns, chocolate – we LOVE Easter school holidays! Easter is a great time to get out and about and enjoy beautiful Brisbane. And there are plenty of school holiday activities in store for the kiddos. Here is our guide to what’s on for kids in Brisbane this Easter.
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Imaginaria – an immersive play experience from the future
March 20 – April 30
Queensland Maritime Museum
Located in the heart of Brisbane is a new form of immersive play where imagination and technology collide to create a stunning audio-visual play experience from the future.
R.O.F.L. (Roll on the Floor Laughing)
Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
March 28 – April 5
Join Rich and Matt – The Listies – for a comedy extravaganza jam packed with superbly stupid stuff. In its QPAC debut, R.O.F.L (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) sees The Listies tackle the most terrifyingly torturous family situation of all: BED TIME!
The Ultimate Easter Indoor Play Area: BOUNCE
Bounce Macgregor
Bounce Tingalpa
March 31 – April 16
After Dark returns to BOUNCE for the ultimate end-of-term party to kick off the summer school holidays! From 7-10pm, the lights go down, and the music starts pumping for 3 hours of uninterrupted freestyle fun. Our live DJ & BOUNCE Hosts will make it a great night for everyone with dance parties, games and prizes to be won. The 2-hour superpass also returns to BOUNCE these Easter school holidays.
The Ultimate Easter School Holidays Activities at Urban Xtreme
March 31 – April 16
Urban Xtreme, Hendra
Give your kids a digital detox and exchange their screen time for an XTREME fun time! Whether you’re looking for some active family fun or get the kids supervised for the day, Urban Xtreme has you covered with 10 action-packed activities under one roof we have something fun to suit all ages and abilities.
Frozen JR
April 1 & 2
Redcliffe Entertainment Centre
Following a sell-out season in February, ROAR Academy is thrilled to bring back FROZEN JR for a limited return season in the first weekend of school holidays.
Frozen JR is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna and the magical land of Arendelle to life on stage. This enchanting modern classic is ready for a young audience!
CoComelon Live in Tulmur Place
April 1 – 6
Nicholas Street Precinct, Tulmur Place
Come along and explore, learn, and play with JJ and his friends these Easter school holidays. Enjoy three colourful CoComelon activity zones! Have fun with a game of mini putt putt, bowl your way through the bowling alley and colour your world in the craft village. And for the big kids – challenge yourself on the 11m climbing wall.
Grill’d Kids Burger Masterclasses
April 1 – 14
Grill’d restaurants across the region
Ready to go from burger lovers to lil super chefs this school holiday? Australia’s favourite home-grown burger brand Grill’d is serving up hands-on kids burger masterclasses this April school holidays. And kids are super excited!
Bunnyville
April 1 – 10
Riverlink Shopping Centre
This Easter, Riverlink is giving their customers the chance to cuddle a real life bunny! Plus enjoy FREE face painting and Easter craft.
Pre-school adventure play
April 1 – 16
miniBOUNCE, Westfield Carindale
miniBOUNCE is an active adventure-play centre specially designed for pre-school kids. Everything at miniBOUNCE is designed to offer fun, active-play experiences that help develop a positive relationship with physical activity for life.
Easter School Holidays at Area 51!
April 1 – April 16
Area 51
Greeting Earthlings! The school holidays are fast approaching, which means its time for you to beam yourself and the kids to Area 51 Underwood!
There will be an Easter scavenger hunt with heaps of free prizes! Maybe even a sneaky visit from the Easter Bunny and Gizmo!
Whalebone
April 3 – 14
Ipswich Art Gallery
Can we save our stories when the robots arrive? And how can a whalebone help with it? If you’re looking for an engaging, slightly quirky family show during the school holidays, ‘Whalebone‘ is for you!
Holiday Swim Intensives
April 3 – 14
Superfish Swim Schools
Superfish Swim School is offering programs for 1 or 2 weeks over the Easter School Holidays. Intensive 1:1 lessons, every day for 4 days in a row, in their heated indoor pools.
Easter Vacation Care
April 3 – 14
Adam & Noah Early Learning College
Easter Vacation Care returns this April at Adam & Noah Early Learning College — open to kids from across the area.
Cared for by professionally trained teachers and cooked for by professional chefs with daily fresh meals. Enjoy excursions every day with the best school holiday program in town!
Easter school holiday STEM program
April 3 – April 14
Various locations across SE QLD + online
Junior Engineers’ jam-packed Easter school holiday program is now on sale. And they have a huge range of coding, robotics and creative movie making classes on offer.
There are more than 260 two or three day holiday camps scheduled at 60 schools and community centres across the country, and a heap of online options too!
The Great Easter Bunny Trail
April 3 – 10
Victoria Park
Can you help find the Easter Bunny these school holidays? From 3 – 10 April from 9am to 3pm, kids of all ages can participate in The Great Easter Bunny Trail around Victoria Park, Brisbane! Follow the trail of egg-citing clues through Victoria Park and collect six stamps along the way.
Hologram Zoo
April 3 – 16
Hologram Zoo, Cannon Hill
Using holographic technology, the Hologram Zoo has brought animals to life in a completely new way by growing them to gigantic proportions. From towering giraffes to frogs the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, the giant hologram wall hand selects four unique giant hologram animals every day, so you never know what you will encounter!
Kids Collective Easter School Holiday Program
April 4 – 14
Roma Street Parkland
Kids Collective Easter school holiday program takes place at Roma Street Parkland with free activities for children aged 5-12 years. Pre-booking is not required, Kids Collective has returned to drop-in classes with no capacity limit to offer flexibility for parents and guardians. You’re welcome to drop in any time between 9am and 1pm.
School Holiday Junior Golf Clinics
April 5 – 13
Golf BNE
Golf Central BNE’s super fun Junior Golf Clinics are back these school holidays. Perfect for the aspiring pro and those new to the sport.
Showmen
April 6 – 8
QPAC
Prepare to experience a jaw dropping spectacle of live magic, illusions and stunts with Showmen. This supergroup of conjurers, tricksters, comedians, illusionists, daredevils, dancers and more have wowed audiences across the globe! And now they bring their captivating show to QPAC this Easter school holidays.
Meet the Easter Bunny
April 8
Victoria Park
On Easter Saturday, 8 April, 9am-1pm, Victoria Park will host a special guest appearance from none other than the Easter Bunny! Take part in The Great Easter Bunny Trail on this day for your chance to meet the Easter Bunny in real life.
Sunshine Coast Lightning Stars Netball Clinic
April 13
Morayfield Sport and Events Centre
Sunshine Coast Lightning athletes will take you through your paces, and work through some skills and games with you before providing autographs at the conclusion of the clinic. Ages 8 – 13 years (2010 – 2015)
Lord Mayor’s Children’s Program presents The Creation Stories
April 13
Brisbane City Hall
The Lord Mayor’s Children’s Program presents a one-of-a-kind experience with The Creation Stories. This enlightening and educational show features breath-taking performances of acting, song, dance, and music, that will transport audiences to the magical world of the dreaming, where the past meets the present.
ImagiNation Children’s Festival
April 15
Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct, Logan
The iconic ImagiNation Children’s Festival event is back on Saturday 15 April from 9 am to 3 pm at the Kingston Butter Factory Cultural Precinct, Logan. This one-day event will showcase six activity worlds, jam-packed full of fun, vibrancy, imagination, and adventure.
The event is aimed to help develop children’s minds in innovation, technology and creativity, also enabling them to move in their bodies through action and adventure and finding deeper connections to land, nature and culture.
School holiday activities across the region
Easter School Holiday Adventure Program
April 3 – 14
Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct, Currimundi
Have you got energetic kids chasing some hands-on fun these holidays? Why not sign them up for the Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct’s School Holiday program?
This is no ordinary vacation care program, with kids getting to try their hands at high ropes, catching waves, learning circus skills, and captaining canoes.
Tropic Arcadia
HOTA
Daily until April 30
Tongan-Polynesian artist Samuel Tupou has created a curious, pop-up island for you to explore. Discover his colourful patterns inspired by tapa (bark cloth) designs set amongst a surreal, tropical landscape that is part memory, part imagination, part arcade game. Through the layered art, families will be transported into a multi-dimensional realm of fun and adventure.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
April 5 – 9
Noosa Arts Theatre
C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is loved by children the world over and now comes to life on stage in Noosa and at Noosa Arts Theatre. Presented by Little Seed Theatre Co in collaboration with Noosa Arts Theatre, this magical performance is sure to delight families this Easter.
Visit our What’s On calendar for more events and kids activities across the region.
We are constantly adding events as they are announced, so make sure you bookmark this page and check back regularly!
