At a glance
- When
- Sunday 22 November 2026, 3pm to 8pm (moved from Saturday 31 October because of weather)
- Where
- Bulimba Memorial Park, Oxford Street, Bulimba (corner of Oxford and Stuart Streets)
- Cost
- Free; no bookings required
- What is on
- Lollies, kids disco, inflatables, entertainment and performances, games, food trucks and costume prizes
- Getting there
- Bulimba ferry terminal is closed from Monday 9 November until mid-December, so the F21 ferries stop at Hawthorne; on Sundays route 230 has extra trips and route 232 does not run
- Who it’s for
- Families heading to the Bulimba Halloween festival, including anyone who planned for Saturday 31 October
- What to do now
- Plan for Sunday 22 November, not 31 October, and check the journey planner for your trip that day
- Last checked
- Monday 26 October 2026, against the organisers’ Facebook event and the Brisbane City Council event page
- Not yet confirmed
- Entertainment line-up, parking arrangements and any wet-weather plan for 22 November (none published)
Hocus Pocus Halloween at Bulimba Memorial Park is now on Sunday 22 November 2026 from 3pm to 8pm, not on Saturday 31 October. The organisers’ Facebook event says “NEW DATE DUE TO WEATHER – SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER”, and Brisbane Kids also lists the festival as rescheduled to 22 November. Entry is free and no bookings are required.
This matters because Brisbane City Council’s own event page still showed Saturday 31 October, 3pm to 8pm, when we read it on Monday 26 October. If you saw that listing, plan for the new date. Queensland has no daylight saving, so all times here are Brisbane time.
Has Hocus Pocus really moved from 31 October?
Three pages describe the festival, and they do not agree. This is what each one said on 26 October:
| Page | Date it shows |
|---|---|
| Organisers’ Facebook event (PLACE Bulimba, Cr Lucy Collier, Bulimba Community Centre) | Sunday 22 November, with the line “NEW DATE DUE TO WEATHER – SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER” |
| Brisbane Kids listing | Sunday 22 November, 3pm to 8pm, with the old Saturday 31 October date struck through |
| Brisbane City Council event page | Saturday 31 October, 3pm to 8pm (not updated) |
The Facebook event is run by the festival’s own hosts, so we treat 22 November as the date. The Facebook event page shows the same free family festival, the same park and the same host line-up as the council page, with only the date changed. Neither page says whether there is a second wet-weather date if 22 November is also rained out.
What is on at Hocus Pocus?
The council and Facebook pages use the same description: lollies, a kids disco, inflatables, entertainment and performances, games, food trucks “and more”, for what they call a spooky, family-friendly afternoon. Costumes are encouraged, and there are prizes to be won as an individual or as a group. Brisbane Kids adds that the festival includes costume contests and sweet treats. The council page bills it as Brisbane’s largest Halloween festival, which is the organisers’ own description.
None of the pages names the acts, the disco times or the costume judging time. Treat the 3pm to 8pm window as the whole programme until the organisers say more.
Who is running it?
The festival is brought to you by PLACE Bulimba, Councillor Lucy Collier and Bulimba Community Centre, and the event is brought to you by Only Good Times Events Co. The council page says the event is proudly sponsored by Brisbane City Council. The Facebook event lists these supporters:
- PLACE Bulimba and Shannon Harvey
- Brisbane City Council and Bulimba Community Centre
- Crackerjack Toys, Hampton Swim School, Kick Dance, Wee Make Music and Southside Eagles
- Di Farmer MP and Renee Coffey MP
At the time we read it, the Facebook event showed 42 people going and 246 interested.
Where exactly is it?
The council gives the venue as Bulimba Memorial Park, 129 Oxford Street, Bulimba. The Facebook event lists 43 Stuart Street, and Brisbane Kids gives the corner of Oxford and Stuart Streets. These are different sides of the same park. The park’s boundaries are Godwin Street to the west, Oxford Street on the north, Stuart Street to the east and houses on Barramul Street to the south, according to the Queensland Heritage Register description reproduced on Wikipedia. The same description says the ground is flat and mostly open playing fields, and that a shelter shed and playground equipment stand near the corner of Oxford and Stuart Streets.
How do I get there by ferry or bus on 22 November?
The date lands inside a ferry closure. Translink says the Bulimba ferry terminal (Stop ID 317584) closes from Monday 9 November until mid-December for essential maintenance. Its notice, last reviewed on Friday 16 October, says the F21 cross-river ferries that normally run between Teneriffe and Bulimba stop at Hawthorne instead. The Hawthorne ferry terminal (Stop ID 317583) stays open and is served by the F1 CityCat, the F11 Express CityCat and the F21. Our Bulimba ferry terminal closure guide has the full detail.
| Service | What Translink says for the closure | On Sunday 22 November |
|---|---|---|
| F21 ferry | Stops at Hawthorne instead of Bulimba | Ferry users get off at Hawthorne |
| Route 232 | Regular service between Cannon Hill interchange and Brisbane City; stops close to both terminals | Does not operate on Sundays |
| Shuttle 23 | Weekday peaks only, 6am to 9am and 3pm to 7pm | Does not run |
| Route 230 | Extra trips between Bulimba ferry terminal and Brisbane City | Earlier first service at 7am, approximately 45 minutes between services in the day, later last service at approximately 8pm |
Translink names the Oxford Street bus stops at the Bulimba ferry terminal, stop 33 (Stop IDs 002810 and 002809), for routes 230 and 232 and shuttle 23. We have not found an official walking time from those stops to the park, so enter the park’s address in the Translink journey planner for your own trip. The festival finishes at 8pm, and Translink’s notice puts the last Sunday route 230 service at approximately 8pm, so check the time of your trip home before you leave.
For help with Translink services, call 13 12 30 (24 hours a day). Questions about the ferry works go to Council’s project team on 3178 5413 during business hours, or to Council’s 24-hour Contact Centre on 3403 8888 after hours.
Where do I park?
None of the three event pages says anything about parking, so we cannot tell you where to leave a car. The Queensland Heritage Register description of the park says the roads around the boundary give free access and street parking for park users, but that describes the park in general and is not a plan for the festival. Read the parking signs on the day.
What should I bring?
The pages ask for one thing: costumes. Prizes are on offer for individuals and groups. The event pages do not say what extra facilities will be set up, so we have left it there. The Heritage Register description notes a playground next to the shelter shed, brick public toilets and a canteen near the grandstand, but that describes the park’s buildings in general, not festival services.
What is the park itself?
Bulimba Memorial Park is on the Queensland Heritage Register, entered on 21 October 1992 according to Brisbane City Council’s heritage listing. It is also known as Jamieson Park and as Bulimba Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park. The Heritage Register description says it was opened officially on 1 November 1919 and is dedicated to the soldiers, sailors and nurses who enlisted from Bulimba in the Great War. Trees were planted along the Stuart, Godwin and Oxford Street edges between 1919 and 1923, and most surviving memorial trees are along Oxford Street. The grandstand on the Godwin Street side was built about 1923 through local fundraising.
Is there anything on for Halloween on 31 October instead?
If your family had Saturday 31 October in mind, Brisbane City Council lists the free Fright Night Festival for that day, 5pm to 8pm, in the Mt Ommaney Centre carpark at 171 Dandenong Road, Mount Ommaney. Its page lists food trucks, rides, live music, roaming street performers and a costume competition, with no bookings required and the event supported by Brisbane City Council. That is a separate event in Brisbane’s south-west, run by someone else, so check the council page again before you go.
Sources
- Facebook event: Hocus Pocus Halloween (PLACE Bulimba, Cr Lucy Collier and Bulimba Community Centre) (checked 26 October 2026)
- Brisbane City Council: Hocus Pocus (event page, still showing Saturday 31 October on 26 October 2026)
- Brisbane Kids: Hocus Pocus Halloween Festival at Bulimba 2026
- Translink: Bulimba ferry terminal temporary closure (last reviewed 16 October 2026)
- Brisbane City Council: Fright Night Festival
- Brisbane City Council Heritage Places: Bulimba Memorial Park
- Wikipedia: Bulimba Memorial Park (reproducing the Queensland Heritage Register description)
Featured image: Bulimba Memorial Park sign and Avenue of Honour on Oxford Street (photo: Kgbo / CC BY-SA 4.0) (text added)
OZ Local Updates is an independent local guide and is not affiliated with PLACE Bulimba, Councillor Lucy Collier, Bulimba Community Centre, Only Good Times Events Co, Brisbane City Council or Translink. Event dates and details can change; check the organisers’ Facebook event before you go.