What's happening around town this October

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29 Sept

Whether you’re after music or beer festivals, high teas or rodeos, this month has everything you want and more.

Published 29 Sept 2024
Photography: Morgan Smith

Welcome to The Field Guide’s comprehensive guide covering what’s happening the entire month of October, so you’ve got time to lock in plans well in advance.

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PARKLAND ENTERTAINMENT: 01 - 07 Oct

Every weekend of Carnival is blooming with Parkland Entertainment! Pack a picnic and bring the family along to musical delights and activities amongst the flower beds. Throughout September and October Laurel Bank Park will come alive with music, entertainment and blooms.

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#TReats: 01 - 07 Oct

The Toowoomba Region is overflowing with fantastic foodie moments – our cafes, pubs, cocktail bars and everything in between serve up mouth-watering meals and breathtaking beverages on the regular. This menu of exclusive springtime specials available during carnival. The best part – they’re all only $10-$20!

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BIG SKIES FESTIVAL: 03 - 07 Oct

The award winning Big Skies Festival is back in 2024, with a star-studded line-up of iconic artists. Four days of live music on the main stage, experience regional bus tours, the long lunch or sunset dinner, chill out at happy hour at the hangar, sit by the fire at the camp kitchen or take a tour inside Jimbour House.

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Symphony Under the Stars with Queensland Symphony Orchestra: 04 Oct

A special event for Carnival’s 75th birthday – this open-air concert will be an evening to remember! Performed by the full Queensland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, set in the iconic Queens Park Amphitheatre.

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Rumours: 04 - 05 OCT

A fast-paced comedy/farce by Neil Simon at The Toowoomba Rep Theatre.

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BREWMANCE: 05 Oct

Join Brewmance 2024 as Monty Brewing Co open its doors for this annual festival dedicated to everyone’s beloved brew. With over 20 craft breweries, pop-up stalls, games and live entertainment there’s something for everyone, and you might even find your new favourite beer.

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Australian Camp Oven Festival: 05 - 06 OCT

The Australian Camp Oven Festival is a biennial event that celebrates the traditions of camp oven cooking. Enjoy two days of camp oven cooking, live entertainment, camping, working demonstrations, workshops and more as we celebrate Australia’s bush heritage and outback traditions.

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Garden City Backyard Ultra: 05 Oct

The Garden City Backyard Ultra is on again for 2024. A form of ultramarathon race where competitors must consecutively run a 6.71km course in less than one hour, every hour. When each lap is completed, the remaining time within the hour is used to recover and replenish for the next hour's race. The race finishes when one person completes one more lap than anyone else.

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Sunset Soiree at Rosalie House: 06 OCT

Join in at prestigious Rosalie House Restaurant and Vinyard for an afternoon of fine wine tasting, gourmet cuisine, and live entertainment. Rub shoulders with likeminded community members, as we come together to enjoy a glass of wine and support a noble cause. Indulge in the finest selection of wines while mingling in a relaxed atmosphere that promises to be unforgettable. Tickets include bus transfer from Toowoomba, 2 hour drinks package so you can indulge on the beautiful Rosalie House cellar door range, paired with seasonal grazing platters and live music in the garden.

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The Global Leadership Summit: 10 OCT

Be inspired and equipped at The Global Leadership Summit 2024 so you can ignite transformation. Gather with over one hundred other growth-minded leaders from your community at this GLS Premier Host Site. You will experience a dynamic, 1-day GLS featuring world-class leadership content, vibrant discussion times and networking with all your meals included.

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The Shape of Music: 10 OCT

Discover the magic of live improvised music and art with award-winning composer Matt Ottley and acclaimed pianist Ayesha Gough. This Queensland premiere explores creativity through Ottley's synaesthesia, featuring conductor Marco Bellasi and special guests.

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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER COLLECTIVE: 11 Oct

Come to a celebration of Creedence Clearwater Revival, as tribute band Creedence Clearwater Collective walk through the life and music of one of the world’s most iconic bands – from the songs they wrote, to the songs covered, to the songs they wrote for others.

The Creedence Clearwater Collective brings to the stage a six piece band – with a guest saxophonist and a vocalist that emulates John Fogerty’s distinct vocals – to capture the unique CCR sound.

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HOGANS Ladies Diamond LUNCHEON 2024: 11 OCT

Join hogans Family Jewllers at for the annual sellout Hogans Family Jewellers Ladies Diamond Soirée. 100% of funds raised from the event will benefit the Regional Cancer Centre.

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Spring Fashion Weekend Workshops: 12 OCT

Get ready to chase the sunshine with fashion workshops, styling advice and top tips from your favourite brands. Enjoy a weekend of fashion workshops with our expert stylist Jenni Sellan and Q&A's from your favourite brands, freebies, giveaways and fashion craft for the young fashionistas. Plus lots more!

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PINK HIGH TEA 2024: 12 OCT

Bring your mum, grandma, and girlfriends for a wonderful morning tea and help us raise funds for Breast Cancer Care in the Darling Downs.

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Starcrossed: 18 - 19 OCT

After William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Against a backdrop of auditions, rehearsals and bonfire nights, this cast of campers attempt to navigate romance, rivalry and revenge as the lines between reality and performance begin to blur.

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CLC Oktoberfest: 19 OCT

Concordia's family friendly Oktoberfest event will feature great food, various traditional German activities, including live music, dance, delicious German cuisine, and exciting raffle draws, children’s entertainment and a firework display. All are welcome!

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Graeme Connors: 19 OCT

Master singer-songwriter Graeme Connors is opening his catalogue of songs and heading a little further south, bringing his new book and show ‘My Lyrical Life’ to Toowoomba as part of celebrations for his half century in the music industry.

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Pauly Fenech Outlaw Comedy Show: 20 OCT

Pauly Fenech of @housostv brings his latest hit comedy show OUTBACK OUTLAW COMEDY.

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Warwick Rodeo: 21 - 27 October

On the last full weekend of October every year, the nation’s top rodeo riders and the best broncs and bucking bulls gather for the Warwick Rodeo – known far and wide as “Australia’s Most Famous”. The riders and the bucking stock come together to try and prove the old saying wrong – “never the horse that couldn’t be rode, never the rider that couldn’t be throwed”.

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Little Shop Of Horrors: 24 - 26 OCT

Shoebox Theatre Company (Puffs, Calendar Girls, Avenue Q) brings the deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors, a production that has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years to the Armitage Centre this October.

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Mates on Mats - A Mindful Movement Marathon for Mental Health: 26 OCT

Join the incredible 24-hour yoga marathon, a collaborative initiative with Antara Studios, to support Momentum Mental Health, a local Toowoomba not-for-profit who believe in mental health and wellbeing for everyone, every single day. Whether you’re a yoga enthusiast or just looking to support a great cause, this event is for you.

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Spooky Twilight Market: 26 OCT

Join the Maker's Market team for this Twilight market: With over 100 amazing market stalls, Live music by Andrzej Fenner, Face painting & trick or treating for the kids, their regular line up of food trucks, Pet friendly (dress them up). Make a night of it, bring the whole family along and come in your spookiest Halloween costume for a night to remember!

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