Make it merry and bright these holidays with Christmas activities at Uptown Brisbane!
Uptown Brisbane is bringing all the holiday magic back to Queen Street Mall and Brisbane City in November and December with a brick-load of festive fun including FREE activities for all ages and Festive Uptown Queen Street Mall Windows made from LEGO bricks!
Ben The Brick Builder, will reimagine Uptown for the holiday season, creating miniature scenes in Festive Windows from LEGO bricks that capture both timeless traditions and a modern vision of a River City Christmas. He will also present hands-on Uptown Festive Workshops with LEGO bricks from 30 November, inspiring fans of miniature LEGO bricks to create their own custom Christmas decorations to take home.
Ben The Brick Builder creating LEGO Bricks Festive Windows at Uptown Brisbane
Makers aged 18 months + can also enjoy free family-friendly activities from 28 November in the Festive Playzone with LEGO bricks and DUPLO, crafting Christmas cards and contributing to an oversized LEGO brick by-numbers artwork.
Capture all the joy of the season with a Festive Photo moment at the pop-up 2.1m-high Christmas tree, where you can snap a selfie for a brick-tacular take on the traditional Christmas pic.
Uptown Christmas Windows 2024
While you’re there, check out the immersive Dopamine Land and Titanic exhibitions. And don’t forget to support charity by donating to wrap your gifts at the Charity Gift-Wrapping Station. Available from 10am daily from 13-24 December on Level Q near Just Jeans.
For more information and Christmas shopping hours, head to uptownbrisbane.com.au
LEGO Bricks and Duplo workshops at Uptown Brisbane for Christmas 2024
Uptown Brisbane Christmas – everything you need to know
Festive Uptown Queen Street Mall Windows
Enjoy a Brisbane City Christmas tradition with three festive scenes that capture the Uptown spirit – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Winter Wonderland and Festive Postcard – rendered in LEGO bricks by The Brick Builder.
When: Open now until 5 January 2025
Where: Uptown Queen Street Mall windows
Cost: Free
Uptown Festive Workshops
Book in to learn all the creative tricks and construction techniques in a dedicated hands-on workshop delivered by Ben The Brick Builder, including your own personalised, festive LEGO brick bauble decoration to take home.
When: 30 November to 24 December 2024, 10am-2pm, on the hour
Where: Uptown, Level 2, outside Daiso
Cost: $35 per person
Recommended: ages 6 years + for morning session and 12 years + for afternoon session
Bookings: Bookings are essential and can be booked via https://www.thebrickbuilder.com/uptown/
Festive Play Zone
Have a block party with LEGO bricks in Uptown’s free festive activity space. Stamp your own Christmas card, contribute to a large LEGO brick by numbers artwork and take a selfie with the 2.1m-high Christmas tree for a ‘block’-buster photo opp.
When: 28 November – 24 December 2024, from 10am daily
Where: Uptown, Level 2
Cost: Free
Charity Gift-Wrapping Station
Uptown is partnering with Heart Kids and the Sommerville Rural & Regional Scholarship in Memory of Kate Benjamin to provide gift-wrapping services, adding the finishing festive touch to up to three items for a donation.
When: 12–24 December 2024, from 10am daily
Where: Uptown, Level Q, outside Just Jeans
Cost: By donation
Build your own Christmas decoration to take home at Uptown Brisbane
