Annual Events

A more extensive list of what’s on in Toowoomba Region throughout the year

JANUARY 2024

Date/s Event Venue
13th Goombungee Rodeo Goombungee Showgrounds, Goombungee
7th – 13th USQ McGregor Summer School Visual Arts University of Southern Qld, Toowoomba
22nd Qld School Holidays Ends
26th Australia Day Ceremonies Picnic Point Park, Tourist Dr, Toowoomba
26th Highfields Pioneer Park Australia Day Celebrations 7 Wirraglen Road, Highfields

FEBRUARY 2024

Date/s Event Venue
Every Weekend, Various Locations Summer Tunes Pioneer Park, Clifton & Memorial Park, Cambooya
3rd – 4th Swap Meet Toowoomba Show Grounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
3rd Oakey Rodeo Oakey Showgrounds, Showgrounds Rd, Oakey
3rd Stories in Song Music Concert Perseverance Hall, Ravensbourne
9th – 10th Allora Agricultural Show Allora Showgrounds, 1s Darling St, Allora
16th – 18th  Clifton Agricultural Show Davenport St, Clifton
24th Cooyar Agricultural Show Rangemore-Cooyar Rd, Cooyar
24th – 25th Historical look into the Jondaryan Woolshed Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan

MARCH 2024

Date/s Event Venue
2nd – 3rd The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
2nd – 3rd Millmerran Agricultural Show 171 Millmerran Cecil Plains Rd, Millmerran
3rd Peak 2 Park Picnic Point Park, Tourist Dr to Lake Annand, Long St
2nd – 3rd Bell Agricultural Show Bell Recreation Grounds, Wallace St, Bell
8th – 10th Meatstock Festival Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
8th – 9th Pittsworth Agricultural Show Pittsworth Showgrounds, Toowoomba Rd, Pittsworth
9th Red Hot Summer Tour Queens Park, Lindsay St, Toowoomba
16th Oakey Agricultural Show Oakey Showgrounds, Showgrounds Rd, Oakey
24th – 26th Grammar Art Show Toowoomba Grammar School, 24 Margaret St, Toowoomba
29th – 1st April Opal Advice 92nd Toowoomba Easter Gold Cup James & Water St, Toowoomba
29th – 1st April Easter Family Camping Weekend Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
29th – 1st April Easter Weekend
29th – 14th April Qld School Holidays

APRIL 2024

Date/s Event Venue
16th – 20th Toowoomba Royal Show Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
19th Toowoomba Show Holiday
25th ANZAC Day Services – Toowoomba Region refer to www.tr.qld.gov.au for details
27th Goombungee-Haden Agricultural Show Goombungee Showgrounds, Lau St, Goombungee
27th – 28th Gardens of the Downs Open Gardens Pittsworth & Surrounds Gardens
27th – 28th Toowoomba Orchid Society St Paul’s Church Hall, Phillip St, Toowoomba
27th – 28th Autumn Weekend/ANZAC’s Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryn Evanslea Rd, Jondaryn

MAY 2024

Date/s Event Venue
5th Toowoomba Marathon Toowoomba Sports Ground, 47 Arthur St, Toowoomba
6th Labour Day
11th Crows Nest Agricultural Show Crows Nest Showgrounds, 7301 New England Highway
11th Toowoomba Doll, Bear & Winter Craft Show Lutheran Church, Cnr Philip & James St, Toowoomba
17th – 18th 2024 World Science Festival Qld Cobb+Co Museum, Lindsay St, Toowoomba
18-19th Highfields Antiques & Collectibles Fair Highfields Cultural Centre, Sean McCarthy Way
19th David Hack Classic Meet Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Mutze St, Toowoomba
25th – 26th Celebrating Mothers/Women’s Weekend Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
24th – 26th Militia Antique Show Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba

JUNE 2024

Date/s Event Venue
2nd 40 for Forty Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
4th – 6th Elders Farmfest Kingsthorpe Park, 11465 Warrego Highway, Kingsthorpe
10th – 16th Crows Nest Country Music Festival Crows Nest Showgrounds, 7301 New England Highway
22nd Qld School Holidays – July 7
29th – 30th Heavy Horse Weekend Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan

JULY 2024

Date/s Event Venue
8th – 9th Antique & Collectibles Fair Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba
27th – 28th Winter at the Woolshed Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
28th – 30th Queensland Outdoor Adventure Expo Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba

AUGUST 2024

Date/s Event Venue
Every Weekend in August InStudio Art Trail Hampton & Crows Nest area
17th – 18th Historic Leyburn Sprints Leyburn CBD, Leyburn
22nd – 25th Craft Alive Toowoomba The Goods Shed, 3 Victoria St, Toowoomba
23rd – 24th Guns & Militaria Show Founders Pavilion, Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd
23rd – 25th Wind, Wool and Warmth Event Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
31st 2023 O’Callaghan Cup (Rugby) Toowoomba Grammar School/Downlands College TBC

SEPTEMBER 2024

Date/s Event Venue
6th – 8th Pittsworth Sprints Pittsworth Industrial Estate, Pittsworth
13th – 7th October TOOWOOMBA CARNIVAL OF FLOWERS Various Locations throughout the Toowoomba Region
14th – 29th Qld School Holidays
14th – 16th Country Hearts Craft Show Glenvale Room, Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd
20th – 23rd Spring Orchid Show St Paul’s Church Hall, Phillip St, Toowoomba
28th – 29th Holden Day Event Valleys Football Club, Pillar Str, Toowoomba
All month Spring at the Woolshed Month Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
TBC Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Events will be confirmed and listed in April 2024

OCTOBER 2024

Date/s Event Venue
4th – 6th JWWD Dog Trials/Shearing time at the Woolshed Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
5th – 6th Camp Oven Festival Millmerran Showgrounds, 171 Millmerran Cecil Plains Rd
7th Kings Birthday Holiday
TBC Queensland Rose Society Spring Show Rose Cottage, Newtown Park, Toowoomba
TBC Rotary Ride the Range Picnic Point, Tourist Drive, Toowoomba
11th – 12th Pittsworth Craft & Fine Food Spectacular Pittsworth Town Hall, 50 Short St, Pittsworth
12th Maclagen Squeezebox Festival Maclagen Memorial Hall, Maclagen
18th – 26th Clifton Country Week Clifton
19th – 20th Toowoomba Gemfest Centenary Hts State High School, Ramsay St, Toowoomba
28th Arthur Postle Gift (Running Race) Club Pittsworth, Short St, Pittsworth
TBC Pittsworth Spring Art Exhibition Pittsworth Art Gallery, 50 Short St, Pittsworth

NOVEMBER 2024

Date/s Event Venue
4th Jacaranda Day Festival Mocatta St, Goombungee
17th – 19th Country Heart Christmas Market Glenvale Room, Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd
22nd (until Dec 1st) Bush Christmas Exhibition Masonic Centre, 56 Neil St, Toowoomba
23rd – 24th Harvest Time Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan
TBC Stories in Song Music Concert Perseverance Hall, Ravensbourne

DECEMBER 2024

Date/s Event Venue
6th – 8th Aussie Antique Fair Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Rd, Glenvale
7th – 23rd Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland Queens Park, Lindsay St, Toowoomba
TBC  Highfields Pioneer Park Santa Express Highfields Pioneer Village, Wirraglen St, Highfields
14th – 27th Jan 2025 Qld School Holidays
31st New Years Eve at the Woolshed Jondaryan Woolshed, 264 Jondaryan Evanslea Rd, Jondaryan