Australia Day, 26 Jan (website: www.australiaday.gov.au)
World Championship Cockroach Racing, 26 Jan, this well established, wacky event has been going for over a quarter of a century, Story Bridge Hotel (website: www.cockroachraces.com.au)
Chinese New Year, Jan or Feb
Paniyiri, May, the 25,000-strong Greek community of South East Queensland celebrates its cultural heritage with other Brisbane residents, Musgrave Park (website: www.thegreekclub.com.au)
Brisbane Festival, biennial, Jul, Brisbane's foremost international multi-arts festival, offering an excellent programme of theatre, dance, music, opera, multimedia, visual arts and free community events, City Hall (website: www.brisbanefestival.com.au)
Brisbane International Film Festival, Jul-Aug (website: www.biff.com.au)
Ambiwerra Festival, Aug, food and wine festival featuring gourmet food from Brisbane's best restaurants, plus other delicacies and live music, Ambiwerra Sports Fields, Erinvale Street, Corinda (website: www.ambiwerra.com)
Ekka (the Royal Queensland Show), Aug, attracts more than 600,000 visitors every year to the Brisbane Exhibition Ground (website: www.ekka.com.au)
Riverfestival, Sep, South Bank Parklands, includes ‘Riverfire', a fireworks display famous throughout the country, and which often includes a ‘dump and burn' by an F-111 Jet Fighter Aircraft (website: www.riverfestival.com.au)
Brisbane Writers Festival, Sep, various venues (website: www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au)
Out of the Box, biennial Jun, children's festival (next in 2008)