Townsville City Council has a number of asset lights that can be illuminated to promote a major festival, event, community awareness campaign or holiday. These include:
Townsville Sign
Wharton Reef Lighthouse
Victoria Bridge
George Roberts Bridge
Old Magistrates Court House
Little Fletcher Bridge.
Submit an online application to place a Light Up Townsville request. Please note that certain criteria have to be met before your request can be approved.
Townsville Sign
Victoria Bridge
Townsville Sign
Old Magistrates Court House
Townsville Sign
Victoria Bridge
Townsville Sign
George Roberts Bridge
See below for a list of current and upcoming events celebrated with Light Up Townsville.
Disclaimer: Please note that light up colours may change without notice at Council’s discretion.
October 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 October
Light up for Seniors
Purple and Pink
2 to 4 October
NAFA
Rainbow
5 October
World Meningitis Day 2026
Purple
6 to 8 October
NAFA
Rainbow
9 to 11 October
Queensland Mental Health Week
Teal
12 October
EMMM Day
Red
13 to 17 October
Carers Queensland
Pink
19 October
War Widows Day Queensland
Blue
20 to 22 October
Sexual Violence Awareness Month
Teal
23 to 24 October
Light It Red for Dyslexia Awareness
Red
25 October
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
September 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
2 September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Yellow
3 to 4 September
Overdose Awareness Day
Purple
5 September
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
6 September
Father's Day
Blue
7 to 10 September
International FASD Awareness Month
Red
11 September
Bravehearts Day
Purple
12 to 18 September
NQ Cowboys
Blue and Yellow
19 September
Light Up for Mito
Green
20 September
NQ Cowboys
Blue and Yellow
21 September
ITP Awareness Week - LightUp4ITP
Purple
22 to 27 September
QLD Football Series
Gold and Green
28 to 30 September
NAFA
Rainbow
August 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 2 August
DonateLife Week
Pink
3 to 8 August
National Eosinophilic Week
Purple
16 August
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
17 to 20 August
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Purple, Teal and Dark Blue
21 August
Daffodil Day 2026
Yellow
29 August
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
July 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
5 to 6 July
NAIDOC Week
Red, Yellow and Black
8 July
State of Origin
Maroon
9 July
Gambling Harm Awareness Week
Green
10 to 12 July
NTI Townsville 500 - Supercars
Red
23 July
#6yearstogo to Olympic and Paralympic Games
Yellow and Green
25 July
World Drowning Prevention Day
Blue
28 July
World Hepatitis Day
Green
30 July
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
31 July
World Ranger Day
Green
June 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 3 June
National Reconciliation Week
Red, Yellow, Green and Blue
6 June
Queensland Day
Red
10 June
Thank a First Responder Day
Blue
11 June
Lipoedema Awareness Month
Purple
14 to 21 June
International Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Awareness Month
Blue
24 to 25 June
Go Green for EcoMarines
Green
27 June
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
May 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 4 May
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month of May
Red
5 to 7 May
Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month
Purple
8 May
Do it for Dolly Day
Blue
10 May
Mother's Day
Pink
11 to 13 May
Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month
Purple
14 May
Apraxia Awareness Day
Blue
15 May
National Corrections Day
Blue
17 May
Neurofibromatosis NF Awareness Day
Green
18 May
National Volunteer Week
Red
19 May
World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day
Purple
20 to 23 May
National Road Safety Week
Yellow
24 May
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
27 to 31 May
National Reconciliation Week
Red, Yellow, Green and Blue
April 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
10 April to 12 April
#SparktheNight for World Parkinson's Day
Blue
16 April
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
17 April
World Haemophilia Day
Red
18 April to 22 April
World Voice Day
Red
24 April
Cowboys Home Game
Blue and Yellow
25 April
Anzac Day
Green
March 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
3 to 8 March
National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Week
Purple
9 March
Shine a Light on Lymphoedema
Blue
13 to 16 March
International Long Covid Awareness Day
Green
19 to 24 March
National Sunflower Day
Yellow
26 March
World Myeloma Day
Red
February 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
2 February
World Cancer Day
Orange
3 to 7 February
Feeding Tube Awareness Week
Purple
8 February
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
9 to 13 February
Sweetheart Day
Red
14 February
Valentines Day
Red
15 February
Townsville Fire Semi Finals Home Game
Orange
16 to 22 February
Light up Australia Green
Green
28 February
World Rare Disease Day
Purple
January 2026
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 January
New Year's Day
Rainbow
6 January
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
24 January
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
26 January
Australia Day
Green and Gold
31 January
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
December 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 10 December
16 Days of Activism
Orange
11 to 30 December
Christmas Period
Red and Green
31 December
New Year's Eve
Rainbow
November 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 6 November
PBR/Sunburnt Country Festival
Orange
7 November
International Lennox Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
Purple and Green
8, 9, 12,13 14, and 16 November
Movember – No Shave November
Blue
10 November
NET Cancer Day
Blue
11 November
Remembrance Day
Red
15 November
Townsville Fire Home Game
Orange
17 November
World Prematurity Day
Purple
18 November
World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence
Blue
20 November
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Pink, Blue and White
21 to 24 November
World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Purple
25 to 30 November
16 Days of Activism
Orange
October 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 to 9 October
NAFA
Rainbow
10 October
World Mental Health Day
Green and Purple
11 to 12 October
NAFA
Rainbow
13 to 18 October
National Carers Week
Pink and Blue
19 October
War Widows Day Queensland
Blue
20 to 24 October
Light it Red for Dyslexia Awareness
Red
25 October
Occipital Neuralgia Awareness
Blue
26 to 27 October
Light it Red for Dyslexia Awareness
Red
28 to 30 October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Pink
31 October
World Teachers' Day
Purple, Green and Blue
September 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 September
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Help Our Little Heroes
Red
2 to 5 September
Overdose Awareness Day
Purple
6 to 8 September
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Blue
9 September
International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
Red
10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day
Orange
11 September
R U OK? Day
Yellow
12 to 15 September
Welcoming Week
Pink & yellow
16 September
Yellow Ribbon Day
Yellow
17 September
Welcoming Week
Pink & yellow
18 September
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Help Our Little Heroes
Red
19 to 20 September
Welcoming Week
Pink & yellow
21 September
World Alzheimer's Day
Purple
22 to 23 September
ITP Awareness - Light Up 4 ITP
Purple
24 to 28 September
NAFA
Rainbow
29 September
National Police Remembrance
White and Blue
30 September
NAFA
Rainbow
August 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
1 and 2 August
Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 Community Day
Red and blue
3, and 5 to 7 August
National Eosinophilic Week
Pink and purple
4 August
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
Black, yellow, red, blue, green and white
8 to 10 August
Homelessness Week
Green
11 to 15 August
Bullying No Way: National Week of Action
Purple
16 and 17 August
VP80
Green
18 to 20 August
Queensland Road Safety Week
Yellow
21 August
Daffodil Day
Yellow
22 to 24 August
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Yellow and purple
29 August
Wear it Purple Day
Purple
30 August
Cowboys Home Game
Yellow and blue
31 August
National Wattle Day
Yellow and green
July 2025
Date
Event
Colour(s)
5 and 19 July
Cowboys Home Game
Yellow and blue
6 to 8, and 10 July
NAIDOC Week
Black, yellow, red, blue, green, and white
9 July
State of Origin III
Maroon
11 to 13 July
Supercars 2025
Red and white
14 July
International Non-Binary People’s Day
Yellow, white, purple, and black
21, 24, and 26 July
Gambling Harm Awareness Week
Green
22 July
World Fragile X Day
Orange
23 July
Seven Years until 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Green and gold
25 July
World Drowning Prevention Day
Blue
27 July
Donate Life Week
Pink
28 July
World Hepatitis Day
Green
29 July
Brighter Lives Townsville Hospital Foundation Brighter Day
Yellow and blue
30 July
Rural Fire Service Queensland
Yellow
31 July
World Ranger Day
Green
Light Up Application Process
Applications can be made up to twelve months in advance. We recommend submitting your application at least one month before your desired campaign start date. Each application is reviewed based on our eligibility criteria. You'll receive the outcome of your application one month before your requested start date.
Lighting of Townsville City Council assets is only available for significant City, State or National events or awareness campaigns that:
have a Townsville-wide audience;
benefit all Townsville Local Government Area (LGA) residents; or
attract at least 2,000 participants; or
are of direct significance to Council; or
are a national event represented in multiple states.
Queensland Country Bank Stadium is accepting applications to light up the venue in support of community causes. Applications can be made on the Queensland Country Bank Stadium website.