Redlands Coast supports inclusive, vibrant and sustainable events that showcase the area and support stronger community engagement. These may include concerts, festivals, markets, community events and organised one-off sporting events.
Please visit Redland City Council website to discover everything you need to know about hosting an event on Redlands Coast.
Day and night, Redlands Coast plays out with a seemingly endless number of holiday leisure sports. Lawn bowls, tennis, swimming, golf, horse riding, inflatable adventures, BMX and skate parks and other sports are all part of the mix. With more than 30 sports fields across the villages and islands, two public swimming facilities, beaches for taking a dip and enjoying aquatic sports, and so much more, Redlands Coast offers the perfect blend of rest, relaxation, and sporting recreation. After your game, unwind over a delicious meal or cold drink at one of the Coast's many sporting clubs. Redlands Coast is also renown for hosting a vast range of major sports events, including surf lifesaving competitions, triathlons, cycling, fishing and football competitions, and others.
Renown as a creative hub, with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists calling it home, Redlands Coast flows with creative outlets for both hobby and professional artists. Try your hand at pottery painting or making, sculpting, or connect with a gallery or studio on the mainland or islands and take part in an arts or crafts workshop. Redland Yurara Art Society, with a gallery and studio located in Thornlands, offers a program of public art classes and workshops, while Macleay Island Arts Complex runs classes, workshops, talks and more in quintessential island ambience. Many other community, public and private galleries across the Coast also run both short and comprehensive classes in a vast number of creative arts and crafts. Enjoy your next creative arts adventure on Redlands Coast, where the coastal rhythm of bay, bushland, abundant wildlife, and historic buildings continually beats out perfect backdrops and vistas for creative photographers, artists who like to sketch solo or in groups, and arts and crafts enthusiasts of all kinds.
Located on fertile soils that speak to its farming heritage, and a magnificent bay that teems with marine life, Redlands Coast promises dining experiences filled with fresh produce and local seafood. Watch the trawlers come in on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) and enjoy fresh seafood platters and succulent prawns and crabs across the mainland and islands. Onsite herb and vegetable gardens at many of the Coast’s restaurants and cafés ensure delicious, aromatic meals that burst with the flavour of local produce harvested that day.
Bordered by endless blue waters on one side and unspoiled bushland on the other, Redlands Coast offers a multitude of picturesque backdrops and venues for the special events that weddings and conferences are. Couples affirming their love with vows can choose from traditional places of worship and historic venues, or outdoors in beautiful bushland, mountain and rainforest settings, and stunning island cliff tops, beaches and lakes. Reception options abound – function centres, coastal halls, a five-star winery, hotels, sporting clubs, restaurants and more have you covered for the perfect event. Redlands Coast also welcomes conferences of all kinds and helps make event planning as smooth as possible. Venues include restaurants, conference and event centres – some with accommodation options – and a performing arts centre. Known as the events capital of south-east Queensland, Redlands Coast has the experience that makes the choice simple when planning your wedding or next business event.
