Silly season is here, which means it’s time to nail down our New Year’s Eve plans. Most of the NYE parties around Brisbane offer views of fireworks, and we have some of the best ones waiting for you below. But if you don’t want to pay the all-inclusive price tag most of them come with, not to worry. You can also find a vantage point for the New Year’s Eve fireworks around Brisbane without attending a pricey event.
New Year’s Eve free fireworks displays
The Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks at South Bank
Get in early and grab a good spot at South Bank Parklands for the Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks over the river. Two spectacular fireworks displays are set to light up the skies: one at 7.45pm for an early night and another at midnight to ring in 2025.
The family-friendly event also includes food vendors and music for a fun evening on the water. And, if you’d rather avoid crowds and watch from a bit farther away, although the soundtrack to the fireworks will be played over speakers at South Bank, you also have the option of livestreaming it via the Cinewav App, so you can play the music anywhere you decide to watch the fireworks. It’s available in the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.
Clem Jones Promenade / Riverside Green / River Quay Green, South Brisbane
Free!
Victoria Point Lakeside
For those in Brisbane’s east, the New Year’s Eve Fireworks festivities will be happening at Victoria Point Lakeside. From 5pm, enjoy an early evening of food trucks, market stalls, activities for the kids, as well as fireworks over the lake at 9pm.
This is a perfect free NYE event for families this year!
Victoria Point Lakeside, 7-27 Bunker Rd, Victoria Point
Free!
Ipswich
Out Ipswich way, fireworks are being launched from five locations at 9pm: Springfield Central, South Ripley, Ipswich Central, Chuwar and Goodna.
With large public spaces nearby, you should be able to snag a great spot to enjoy them!
For Springfield Central, you can look for a clear line of sight above the Springfield Central Sports Complex. South Ripley offers the best views above Ironbark Park. And for Ipswich Central, we recommend looking up at Limestone Park.
Finally, from 5pm, Tivoli Drive In will host a bustling marketplace, fun family activities, mouth-watering food and their spectacular fireworks finale at 9pm!
Tivoli Drive In, 50 Coal Road, Chuwar
Free!
Paid New Year’s Eve Events
Rooftop New Year’s Eve at Rydges South Bank
📍 Rooftop Level 12, Rydges South Bank, South Brisbane
💲$40 per person
Tenya
Break tradition and ring in the New Year with a classic Japanese meal at Tenya. Starting at 5:30pm and until 8:30, you’ll be able to feast your eyes and taste buds on mouth-watering sashimi and tempura. But make sure you don’t eat yourself into a food coma, or you risk missing the breathtaking view of the fireworks from their terrace! You can book you spot here.
🕒Buffet 5:30pm – 8:30pm | Bar 9:00pm – 12:00am
📍Podium 2, Brisbane Quarter, Shop 1/300 George St, Brisbane CBD
💲$140 per adult, $70 per child
Midnight Masquerade @ Regatta Hotel
Regatta is inviting you to journey back through time, as we ring in the New Year with a decades party from 8pm until late. General Admission includes a welcome gift, food pop-ups, live music and access to the Main Bar, Courtyard and Walrus Club, not to mention a stunning view of the fireworks at midnight, so the night promises to be the bee’s knees! Secure your spot here.
🕒8pm – 12:00am
📍 Regatta Hotel, 543 Coronation Dr, Toowong
💲$30 – $295 per person
Riverland
At Riverland this New Year’s Eve, not only will you get prime waterfront views of the fireworks but there will also be plenty of banging beats so you can boogie into 2025.
Say adios to 2024 with a 4-hour all-inclusive package comprised of bottomless booze and roaming canapes, live music and DJs, with stunning 180-degree views of the river so you get a front row seat to the fireworks! Snag a spot here.
🕒From 8pm
📍167 Eagle Street, Brisbane CBD
💲$187.70 – 208.10 per person
Carina Leagues Club
Live out your nostalgia — or fauxstalgia — at Carina Leagues Club New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular! Relive the biggest, sparkliest, most extravagant decade at their 80s themed party with Boombox 80s performing live from 8:00pm plus plenty games, and delicious food and drinks.
There will be activities for the little ones too, as their kids’ area will be open all day from 11:00am-9:30pm, and other fun surprises like face painting and balloon artists will make their appearance in the evening. Plus, of course, the jaw-dropping fireworks display at 9:30pm and midnight!
🕒From 8pm
📍1390 Creek Rd, Carina