Brisbane Radical Events Diary 18/06/25

Get yourself to one of these events!

Every weekday:

The Story Bridge Community Bike Bus!

Event by Story Bridge Active Travel Alliance

We're excited to be trialling our community bike bus. If you normally use the bridge to cycle to work, we'll have volunteers to ride with you in a group for safety.

DEPARTING SOUTH END OF BRIDGE 8.00AM WEEKDAYS - meet at the bottom of the stairs. If you are joining us on the bike bus we suggest wearing a Hi Vis vest and or bright clothing and as many flashing lights as you can.

We will be legally riding slowly over the bridge two abreast in the left hand lane.

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Wednesday June 18

Our Journey – World Refugee Week Celebration

6pm at LaBoite Theatre, 6-8 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove

Tickets $13 [Tix link]

Multicultural Australia’s Our Journey: World Refugee Week Celebration brings refugees stories to the fore with a screening of Io Capitano (2023).

Io Capitano follows the perilous journey of two teenage boys from Senegal who dream of a better life in Europe and set out across the desert and sea.

Their odyssey confronts them with the brutal realities of migration, including exploitation, violence, and survival against the odds. The film is a gripping and humanising portrayal of resilience, hope, and the cost of chasing freedom.

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Thursday June 19

Radical Brisbane Reading Group at the Kurilpa Commons

Event by Growing Forward

5:30pm at Kurilpa Commons, 250 Boundary St West End

Join us gathering to read and discuss articles out of 'Radical Brisbane'. As the name suggests, this book annotates the radical history of Brisbane, with a focus on several sites from around the city.

This is a casual no-homework group and a hardcopy will be provided for everyone to share. This event will run every 2nd Thursday!

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Friday 20 June

Rising Tide Film Screening: Turning the Tide

6-9pm at Food Connect Shed, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury

RSVP here. Facebook event link.

Join us for a prestigious blue carpet affair for Brisbane’s premiere screening of Turning the Ship, a Rising Tide film!

Turning the Ship tells the story of the passion and drive of Rising Tide and the extraordinary 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port. The highs, the lows and the triumphs!

Over 150 people from Brisbane joined the 2024 Blockade. We’ll hear from some of them about their experience, and why they’ve signed up to make this year’s Blockade even bigger and better. Come along and connect with our Rising Tide community, celebrate the success of 2024, and look forward to what we can build together in 2025!

RSVP Essential: https://www.risingtide.org.au/film/bris

Wear some blue to match the premiere's theme! From blue jeans or blue collars to blue mermaids, blue ribbon in your hair, a scarf, sequins or blue ball-gowns. Dress ups are optional, but are a fun invitation if you are keen. The climate crisis could not be more serious, but Rising Tide aims to share joy while we build our movement to fight it.

• 6:00pm: Arrive in time for home made soup and roll

• 6:30: Film screening + panel discussion

• 7:30: Dessert, cuppa and chats

• 8:00: Music and mingling

• 9:00: Close

A $10 recommended donation (pay what you can) can be paid on the night (cash or card) to help cover the cost of the venue and food. Email us with any questions! brisbane@risingtide.org.au

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Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 June

People Against Poverty Summit

At Griffith QCA, Southbank [Facebook event]

A 2 day summit bringing together people, movements and communities to learn skills, share ideas, build relationships, form networks of solidarity, and imagine an alternative to the poverty crisis.

The summit will consist of a one and a half day conference, half day network building and strategy event, grassroots market for community groups and artists to share their work, and a street kitchen social dinner at Musgrave Park.

See the following images for some of the program.

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Saturday June 21

Good Tunes Charity Bush Dance

6-9:30pm at Jagera Hall, 121 Cordelia St West End [Facebook event]

A community bush dance with the Good Tunes Band open to all ages. Dances are walked through and called – no experience required!

All entry sales will be donated to support Care Works, a creative arts social enterprise initiative by Green Fox Studios. It providing mentoring, training and access to e-commerce platforms for communities impacted by the justice system—empowering individuals through creativity and self-employment.

Entry is $10 per person, $20 per family or affordable donation. Tickets can be pre-purchased or pay cash or credit card at the door. BYO drinks and nibbles.

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Tuesday June 24

Join the teachers - State Budget Day Rally

5pm at Speakers’ Corner, Parliament House

Before being elected last year, the Crisafulli government assured Queenslanders it was serious about addressing the teacher shortage crisis in our state.

So serious, in fact, it confirmed that it understood nation leading wages were essential to attracting and retaining great teachers in our state.

Sadly, QTU members are still waiting for the promise of fair salaries to eventuate.

Rally with us and help call on the government to value educators and protect the future of education in Queensland.

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Grassroots Action Network

5:30pm at House Conspiracy, 42 Mollison St South Brisbane

The Grassroots Action Network is a weekly gathering of local people and groups committed to organising against the destruction and systemic exploitation of the planet and its peoples.

Join us Tuesdays from 5:30pm onwards for a free feed and to start building towards our collective liberation.

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Wednesday June 25

Protest against Boeing

Meet 12 noon at 123 Albert St (cnr Charlotte st), Brisbane City

Boeing makes a killing manufacturing and selling weapons to countries such as Israel, and our government is supporting them to do it.

Join the weekly protests outside the Boeing offices in the city and let them know you will not be complicit in their war crimes.

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Thursday June 26

Webinar: No New Coal - Whitehaven VS the Climate

6-7pm Online [RSVP link]

Whitehaven Coal wants to build Australia’s biggest new coal mine in Australia. If approved, Winchester South would pump out a staggering 583 million tonnes of climate pollution – more than Australia emits in an entire year. It would keep burning our future until 2055.

But we’re not letting it happen.

Mackay Conservation Group and the Australian Conservation Foundation have taken Whitehaven to court. And they’re not alone – a growing alliance of First Nations People, scientists, climate groups, and everyday people are drawing a line in the sand: no new coal or gas.

Join us on June 26th at 6pm for a powerful online briefing featuring speakers from the Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group (and maybe some special guests!)

They’ll break down what’s at stake, how this court case could change everything – and what you can do to help stop this climate-wrecking project.

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Friday June 27

Pickaxe - Film screening at Kurilpa Commons

Event by Growing Forward

5:30pm at Kurilpa Commons, 250 Boundary St West End [Facebook event]

Pickaxe documents a community taking stand to protect an old growth forest from logging at Warner Creek, in the Willamette National Forest of Oregon, by blockading the logging road and repelling the State Police. Over months a community builds around the illegal blockade as it develops into the Cascadia Free State, and similar actions spread across the region. Years after its release, Pickaxe has become a classic document of the potential for grassroots direct action to achieve victory against the forces of both government and big business.

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Saturday 28 June

Winter Solstice Festival at Northey Street City Farm

2-10pm at 16 Victoria Street Windsor

Facebook event link. Tickets at humanitix

The Winter Solstice Festival returns on Saturday, 28th June—a night of fire, community & connection under the stars!

This year’s theme, Seeds for the Future, celebrates the wisdom of the past whilst sowing the seeds for an abundant, regenerative future. Just as the Winter Solstice marks the turning of the seasons, a seed holds the promise of new beginnings.

Step into a world of connection and contemplation as we celebrate the longest night of the year!

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Pedal Party - Northey Street Solstice Festival

Event by Pedal Party Magandjin

1:30-3pm at Various Locations [Facebook event]

Set your wheels in motion and join the pedal party to Northey Street City Farm’s Winter Solstice Festival. Choosing to use active travel to get to the festival reduces parking congestion, saves on fossil fuels and enables you discounted tickets to the festival!

There are three spots you can join the ride from! Davies Park West End, Hanlon Park near Stones Corner, Mercer Park Kedron.

Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist, a newbie, this ride is for you! We’ll have people in dedicated roles to keep you safe on the ride. Kids supervised by parents very welcome. We’ll also have folks to escort you home with bike convoys departing at 7.30pm and 10.30pm.

Saturday July 5

Paperbark Zine Fair

12-5pm at Jagera Hall, South Brisbane [Facebook event]

The Paperbark Zine Fair is back for 2025! It's a celebration of self-publishing, creative community, paper and ink. On July 5, zine makers from Brisbane and around the country will gather at Jagera Hall to show off their paper creations. Come along and check them out!

Not sure what we’re talking about? A zine (pronounced “zeen”) is a self-published magazine – usually made and distributed cheaply and done for love not for fame or profit.

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Prevent the Closure of Fleur Street Social eXchange at the Moorooka Social Space

Before we go, here is a little petition to protect a vital Brisbane community space. Sign the petition here, and check out the FSSX Facebook to see events coming up in the next month.

The Fleur Street Social eXchange (FSSX) by-donation cafe at the Moorooka Social Space in Annerley holds a special place in our hearts and in the heart of our community. It is more than just a location; it is a lifeline for many.

It has brought the local community together for nearly five years now. It runs only with volunteers and is funded only by donation - it has truly been established by and for the Moorooka and Brisbane community.

Despite the community services the FSSX has rendered, we have been told to take an indefinite closure from the 30th of June, due to some complaints brought to council. But we cannot let this important place go.

We must keep the Fleur Street Social eXchange alive. Please sign this petition to highlight to the Brisbane City Council and our local Councillor Steve Griffith that

- FSSX is an important, beloved and positive part of the Moorooka community

- to request that the Café remains open, or takes a short winter holiday, instead of an indefinite closure.

If we can keep FSSX alive and open, we can continue serving people locally and we can ensure that it can continue to serve as a sanctuary and resource for those who need it most.

Sign the petition