The Redcliffe Markets Festival of Frights runs on Redcliffe Parade from 4pm to 9pm on Saturday 31 October 2026, with free entry and no plan to cancel in bad weather. If you take a bus there, three stops on the Parade close from 10am that morning, so you will be using a different stop.
If you take the train to the Dabble Darts ANZ Premier League night at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday 31 October 2026, you change at Northgate: Shorncliffe line weekend trains run only between Northgate and Shorncliffe, and Boondall is on that stretch. Driving costs $18 a car at the venue, and the venue lists a ticketed start of 7:00pm.
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.
Princess Polly opens its first Brisbane store at Westfield Chermside on Saturday 31 October 2026. The mall doors open at 6am and the store doors open at 8am, according to Westfield Chermside’s event page. The store is on Level 2, near Myer, at the corner of Gympie and Hamilton Roads in Chermside, Queensland.
Riverlink Shopping Centre in North Ipswich is running a free Halloween Trick or Treat Hunt from 10am to 3pm on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, with a free dance party on Friday 30 October and free after-dark shows on Saturday. Parking at the centre is free, but trains between Roma Street and Ipswich are replaced by railbuses from 11:30pm on Friday until the last service on Sunday.
If you take the train to the Brisbane Bullets game against the Cairns Taipans on Thursday 29 October 2026, the last trains to Boondall run before the evening track closure that starts at 7:45pm. After that, a railbus replaces trains between Northgate and Shorncliffe, and driving costs $18 a car at the venue.
With an online ticket to the Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo, you can travel free by Queensland Rail Citytrain to the Brisbane Showgrounds on the day you attend, and the Exhibition station loop trains run from Roma Street, Central and Fortitude Valley during the show. The organiser says parking at the showgrounds is extremely limited and Gregory Terrace is closed to traffic, so plan to arrive by train or use a park-and-shuttle option.
Only the Brisbane City shuttle runs for Brisbane Roar against Auckland FC at Suncorp Stadium on Friday 30 October 2026, free travel for ticket holders starts at 3:00pm, and kick-off is at 7:00pm. The Ipswich/Rosewood and Springfield lines also lose their trains from 11:30pm that night, which matters if you head home late from Milton.
For Brisbane Lions against Carlton in the AFLW at Brighton Homes Arena on Saturday 31 October 2026, railbuses replace trains on the Springfield line, so the usual train to Springfield Central station, which sits right next to the arena, is a railbus ride that day. Free travel for ticket holders starts at 12:05pm, gates open at 3:00pm and the game starts at 4:05pm.
For Brisbane Roar against Perth Glory at Suncorp Stadium on Friday 23 October 2026, only the Brisbane City shuttle runs, so people coming from Carindale, Chermside, Eight Mile Plains and The Gap need a regular bus to the city or the stadium instead. Free travel on Brisbane City Council buses and Queensland Rail City network trains starts at 3:00pm for ticket holders, gates open at 6:00pm and kick-off is at 7:00pm.