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2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour Visits Townsville
Don’t miss your chance to see one of the most sought after prizes in world racing!

Come down to Jezzine Barracks to hear from Joe Agresta the Victoria Racing Club Tour ambassador and for an opportunity to see and take a photo with the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

Saturday 27 July, 9 - 10.30am
Jezzine Barracks
Strand Ephemera
Strand Ephemera – the North’s Sculpture Festival held biennially and staged over ten days and nights from Friday 26 July - Sunday 4 August 2019, is Townsville’s highly anticipated outdoor sculpture exhibition of state and national significance.
Kerbside is Back!
Council’s city-wide kerbside collection service is back in 2019. Select your suburb from the drop down on our Kerbside Collection webpage to find out when your suburb will be collected.
We are making it easier for you to access your information
The Right to Information Act 2009 gives you the right to access and amend information held by public section agencies in QLD.


Find out what you can and can't access!
Nominations closing soon!
The Townsville City Council Senior Awards have been designed to provide public thanks to those quiet achieving seniors who give so much to our city.

Nominate someone for a Seniors’ Award and go into a draw to win two tickets to see the North Queensland Cowboys play the Brisbane Broncos!
Competition now open!
Everybody has a story to tell.

Write a story on the theme ‘be brave, be bold, be brilliant’ and win!

Entries close 5pm Saturday 3 August.
Report released – 2019 Weather Event
An independent review has assessed the effectiveness of Council’s preparedness and response to the 2019 Monsoon event.
One-stop shop information about Council's performance
Townsville Dashboards is a digital platform to access high quality, current data and information about Townsville, informing and enabling the Townsville community and those with an interest in investing in the region.

This week in Townsville

Townsville Eats
Townsville Eats is a gathering of gourmet food and drink vendors, live music and entertainment for the whole family.

Friday 28 June 2019
5pm - 10pm
Flinders Street
The Specialists
Presented by Gray Rose Productions as part of the Northern Fringe Festival.

The Specialists will attempt to impart 'wisdom' and 'insight' about the male psyche and the male-female dynamic. You will laugh. You may cry. You will be challenged. You may learn. You will shake your head.

25-28 July - Empire Theatre - Queens Gardens

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Imago
Posted to Townsville in 2017 as lead vocalist of the 1RAR Band, Deborah in her (somewhat) autobiographical show, performs beloved songs that have defined special moments in her life and career.

Saturday 27 July - The May Wirth - Queens Gardens

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Music in the City - Uke Nomad
Music in the City is back!
Bring your friends and enjoy lunch in the shade at the Perfume Gardens every Friday in May, June and July.

Free live entertainment with different local artists every Friday, and weekly prizes to be won!

Visit What’s On for more information.
Rouge the Show
Presented by the Northern Fringe Festival.

Rouge is a decadent blend of sensational acrobatics, operatic cabaret and tongue in cheek burlesque. Rouge is circus for grownups.

19 - 27 July, 6pm - Wonderland Spiegeltent - Strand Park

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AFCM Queens Gardens Concert
Co-presented by Council and the AFCM.

Set in the beautiful Queens Gardens, this concert provides audiences with a variety of entertainment – not all of it chamber music.

Sunday 28 July - 3 - 5pm
Queens Gardens - (Gates open at 2pm)

FREE EVENT
Glenn Shorrock and the Help Is On Its Way Project
Council has collaborated with the Queensland Music Festival (QMF) to bring Glenn Shorrock and the Help is on its Way Project to the North Australian Festival of Arts (NAFA).

Free Event - Sunday 28 July - Queens Gardens Main Stage
Cat 5 In Concert
An eclectic group of enthusiastic and excitable brass players, they have created a special performance designed especially for the Fringe Festival. Expect a good laugh, a dash of participation stitched together with a timeless brass quintet music and some more modern risqué tunes.

Friday 26 July, 6.30pm - Empire Theatre - Queens Gardens

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National Tree Day
Join Australia’s largest community tree planting and nature protection event. We aim to plant 1000 native trees at Oonoonba Park and we need your help!

Be sure to be sun smart - wear a hat, sunscreen and closed in shoes. BYO gardening gloves and water bottle.

Sunday 28 July - 8.30-11am
AFCM
The 29th Australian Festival of Chamber Music will take place in tropical North Queensland from 26 July to 4 August.

Some 25 concerts and 5 special events will entertain visitors and locals alike.

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Mulkadee - Peter Pan
Presented by Townsville Catholic Education Office as part of the Northern Fringe Festival.

Bringing together 31 schools across the Townsville Diocese, from Townsville to Mount Isa to Palm Island to Proserpine and everywhere in between.

Friday 26 July - Townsville Entertainment Centre
1 July - 29 July 2019
Everybody has a story to tell.

Throughout July in a range of locations, Townsville CityLibraries will be hosting a festival of workshops, discussions and celebrations of storytelling in all its forms.

Visit What's On Townsville for more information.

Explore Townsville

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Discover the latest shows and programs available at our theatres and galleries.

Image Under The Rock from the exhibition 'from under the rock. Seppo Hautaniemi' which was on display from 27 January - 4 March 2018 at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.
Street Art Locations
Street Art as an important factor in creating a vibrant and lively city centre. Contributing to placemaking and urban living transformation.


Image - Leans Mother Earth 2017, street art mural painted in Odgen St, Townsville
Jezzine Barracks
The 15-hectare heritage precinct commemorates the military and Aboriginal heritage of the Kissing Point headland through 32 specially commissioned public artworks, extensive interpretive signage and the restoration of significant elements of the Kissing Point Fort complex. Large-scale landscaping works have also opened up the area for public use.
CityLibraries
We have three library branches and a mobile library so come in and explore your library.
Townsville's Sister Cities
The main aim of Sister City contact is to create friendship and understanding between peoples and to lay a foundation of goodwill and exchange for future generations.

Visit our Sister Cities page for more details.


Image: Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon - Japan
Sport & Leisure Facilities
Council has a range of sports and leisure facilities to suit every taste including boating and fishing locations, pools, cricket, AFL, skateboard parks and more.
Townsville's History
Discover Townsville from its humble beginnings.
Botanical Gardens
Townsville has four botanic gardens: Anderson Gardens, Palmetum, Queens Gardens and Dan Gleeson Gardens and they are a beautiful sight to behold. Visit them today!