Upcoming Events

Comedy Festivals & Series

Sat 15 Mar 2025 - Sat 19 Dec 2026

Comedy Underground Saturday Showcase 2026

Sun 16 Nov 2025 - Sun 27 Dec 2026

HOTA Signature High Tea

Wed 11 Feb - Wed 2 Dec

Distractd

Sat 7 Mar - Tue 18 Aug

Aka Sorbie: Saltwater Heart

Exhibitions Family

Mon 9 Mar - Mon 12 Oct

Songcraft Studio

HOTA Engages Hayden Andrews

Wed 25 Mar - Mon 14 Sep

Wulabora

Ballun Gawrehma: Story by the River

Wed 29 Apr - Wed 7 Oct

Dumpling Masterclass

Sat 16 May - Sat 8 Aug

Black Ink Presents: Poetry Night Series

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Talks & Ideas Workshops

Fri 29 May - Thu 30 Jul

Bron Lewis: Chaos

Presented by Jubilee St & Live Nation

Sat 30 May - Sat 15 Aug

Storytime with Aka Sorbie!

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Talks & Ideas Family

Fri 12 Jun - Fri 11 Dec

Art Explorers

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Talks & Ideas Family

Fri 19 Jun

Little ArtLab – Ticket to China!

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Sat 20 Jun

HOTA Ideas: Not a Distant Elsewhere – How Chinese Contemporary Art Lives in Australia

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Sat 20 Jun

Paul Dempsey: Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II

Presented by Cornershop Agency

Sat 20 Jun

Emma Holland - The Dog Dies at the Start

Presented by Jubilee St & Live Nation

Wed 24 Jun

Sunroom – Wearable Robot Armour

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Wed 24 Jun

Movie Review Club

Sat 27 Jun

Gold Coast Pride Fair Day 2026

Presented by Gold Coast Pride Collective

Sat 27 Jun

Art Write Now: Creative Writing Workshops

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Mon 29 Jun - Fri 3 Jul

Drop-In, Do Art!!!

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Workshops Family

Wed 1 Jul

Gold Coast Jazz & Blues Club: Midnight in Montparnasse

Presented by Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Club

Fri 3 Jul

The Big Chillout: Motown Spectacular

Presented by Good Company Entertainment

Fri 3 - Sat 4 Jul

Signor Baffo

Presented by Interactive Theatre International

Family Theatre

Sat 4 Jul

K-Pop Icons

Presented by Red Entertainment

Family Theatre

Tue 7 Jul

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

The Future Is Vintage Tour 2026

Wed 8 - Sun 12 Jul

The Lark

Presented by HOTA in association with Arts Centre Melbourne and Hey Dowling

Wed 8 Jul - Sat 22 Aug

Winter Season

Presented by HOTA

Fri 10 Jul

Tom Gleeson - Out of Touch

Presented by Token Events

Fri 10 Jul

AKOVA - The Ultimate 70's Acoustic Collection

Presented by HCC Entertainment & Production

Sat 11 Jul

ArtLab – Sustainable Textile Art with Aka Sorbie

HOTA Gallery Public Program

Festivals & Series Comedy

Thu 16 - Sat 18 Jul

Onstage Dating

Presented by HOTA

Fri 17 - Sat 18 Jul

Starbound Event 3

Presented by StarBound Entertainers

Dance

Sat 18 Jul

Melanie Bracewell - Dilly Dallying

Presented by Jubilee Street & Live Nation

Sun 19 Jul

Glamour II: Dance Poem • Great Harmony

主办及主演单位：昆士兰舞蹈学院与悉尼紫藤舞院 Presented and Performed by (Principal Companies) Queensland Dancing Institute & Chinese Wisteria Dancing of Sydney

Dance

Tue 21 Jul

Abbie Chatfield Loves Men

Bohm Presents

Thu 23 - Sun 26 Jul

Night Night

Presented by HOTA

Sat 25 Jul

The Poems, Prayers and Promises of John Denver

Presented by Cognoscenti Entertainment

Sun 26 Jul

Phantom: A tribute to Michael Crawford

Presented by Keith McNamara

Classical Music Theatre

Wed 29 Jul - Sat 1 Aug

AUTO-TUNE

Presented by HOTA and re:group performance collective

Festivals & Series Gigs

Thu 30 Jul

30 Seconds to Sell

HOTA Presents, Imperfect Creatives

Thu 30 Jul

Madi Goodwin Album Preview

Presented by Madi Goodwin

Thu 30 Jul - Sun 9 Aug

Heathers the Musical

Theatre

Wed 5 Aug

Gold Coast Jazz & Blues Club: You've got a Friend

Presented by Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Club

Festivals & Series Cabaret

Thu 6 - Sat 8 Aug

Gillian Cosgriff – Life, Oh Life

Presented by HOTA

Sun 9 Aug

Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq

Presented by HOTA

Festivals & Series Classical Music

Thu 13 - Sat 15 Aug

Truck Driver

Presented by HOTA

Wed 19 - Sat 22 Aug

Heartbreak Hotel

Presented by HOTA

Thu 27 Aug

Laced in Shadows

Presented by Sass and Soul Dance

Dance Cabaret

Sat 29 Aug

Nazeem Hussain - I’d Like to Tell You About Some Jokes

Presented by Jubilee Street & Live Nation

Family Festivals & Series

Mon 7 - Tue 8 Sep

The Scene Project

Queensland Theatre Company in partnership with HOTA

Theatre Workshops

Tue 15 - Sat 19 Sep

A Bee Story

HOTA and ARC Circus present A Bee Story

Theatre Family

Wed 16 Sep

The Box Show

HOTA and Junkyard Beats Presents, The Box Show

Family Theatre

Thu 17 - Sat 19 Sep

Hot Potato Band Workshop

HOTA presents Hot Potato Band

Workshops Gigs

Sat 19 Sep

Hot Potato Band

HOTA presents Hot Potato Band

Family Gigs

Sat 19 - Sat 26 Sep

Glow and Tell

Presented by HOTA & Patch Theatre

Fri 25 - Sat 26 Sep

Erth's Dinosaurs

Presented by HOTA & Erth

Family Festivals & Series

Sat 26 Sep

Dan Rath: Help Me Please

Presented by A-List Entertainment

Thu 1 - Sat 3 Oct

THAW

Legs On The Wall

Thu 1 - Sun 11 Oct

BLEACH Festival 2026

Presented by Experience Gold Coast

Free

BLEACH Festival

Thu 1 - Sun 11 Oct

BEACON

Morag Myerscough x Everybody NOW!

Fri 2 Oct

LADY BLACKBIRD & ELECTRIC FIELDS

Gigs Festivals & Series

Sat 3 Oct

SIX60

With SUB-TRIBE

Gigs Festivals & Series

Sat 10 - Sun 11 Oct

NO ONE GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE 

THE FARM

Dance Festivals & Series

Fri 16 Oct

Queen Forever- Greatest Hits Tour

Presented by The Harbour Agency

Sat 24 Oct

Lawrence Mooney Full Moon Party

Presented by A-List Entertainment

Fri 30 Oct

Pevan & Sarah in Concert

Presented by Pevan & Sarah Pty Ltd

Family Gigs

Sat 21 Nov

Bangarra Dance Theatre - Horizon

HOTA presents

Dance

Fri 4 Dec

Ministry of Sound Summer Dance Festival

Presented by TMRW Music & Ministry of Sound Australia

Festivals & Series Gigs

PLASTI-SCENE

Vacation Care Workshops

POWER PRINTS

Vacation Care Workshops

ZINE DREAMS

Vacation Care Workshops

PAINTING PETS

Vacation Care Workshops

POLAROID PORTRAITS

Vacation Care Workshops

BIG CITY SKYLINE

Vacation Care Workshops