Chill & Chat at Deer Park Library
2025-12-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-17 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-24 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-31 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-07 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-28 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) and 4 more dates | Deer Park Library, 4 Neale Rd, Deer Park, VIC, 3023, Australia
Love video games? Looking for a place to hang out afterschool with friends? Interested in having a say in what you want to do in Brimbank Libraries? Drop in to (library name) for our weekly Chill & Chat sessions and become a part of our library community whereby your ideas matter. Snacks provided.
Age range: Young People 13-25 years old
Bookings are not essential, but please feel free to register your interest if you’d like to receive a reminder email.
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Chill & Chat at Sydenham Library
2025-12-17 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-24 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-31 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-07 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-04 15:00 - 17:00 and 3 more dates | Sydenham Library, 1 Station Street, Watergardens Town Centre, Taylors Lakes, VIC, 3038, Australia
Love video games? Looking for a place to hang out afterschool with friends? Interested in having a say in what you want to do in Brimbank Libraries? Drop in to Sydenham Library for our weekly Chill & Chat sessions and become a part of our library community whereby your ideas matter. Snacks provided.
Age range: Young People 13-25 years old
Bookings are not essential, but please feel free to register your interest if you’d like to receive a reminder email.
Register here

Break the Ice - Brimbank School Holiday Program
2026-01-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Sunshine Library, 301 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine, VIC, 3020, Australia
The Brimbank School Holiday program is a 4-session program for young people aged 10-14 who live or attend school in Brimbank.
What it’s about: This program will contain a mixture of creative and active activities to provide enjoyment and improved mental wellbeing for young people in the community.
This event includes Icebreaker activities so that young people can get to know each other and learn stuff about one another.
Passive activities will be conducted such as Charades, Family Shield, 2 truths 1 lie etc.
How it works: Register your tween/teen into one or two of the four sessions only. We would like many young people to get the opportunity to participate in a no cost, fully supervised, fun, and friendly activity during the school holidays. So please only book in for a maximum of two sessions per young person. Each session will consist of different staff facilitated games and activities. There will be a maximum of 25 spots available per session. Four staff members will be present during each session. All staff have WWCC’s and either have a Youth Work Degree qualification or are currently working towards one.
Who is this for: Young people 10-14 who live or attend school in the Brimbank Municipality.
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Mindful Movers - Brimbank School Holiday Program
2026-01-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Sunshine Library, 301 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine, VIC, 3020, Australia
The Brimbank School Holiday program is a 4-session program for young people aged 10-14 who live or attend school in Brimbank.
What it’s about: This program will contain a mixture of creative and active activities to provide enjoyment and improved mental wellbeing for young people in the community.
Similarly to the Break the Ice event, this event is also an icebreaker program that will have a range of different activities compared to Day 1.
Activities include Silent Ball, Medusa, Who am i?, and more.
How it works: Register your tween/teen into one or two of the four sessions only. We would like many young people to get the opportunity to participate in a no cost, fully supervised, fun, and friendly activity during the school holidays. So please only book in for a maximum of two sessions per young person. Each session will consist of different staff facilitated games and activities. There will be a maximum of 25 spots available per session. Four staff members will be present during each session. All staff have WWCC’s and either have a Youth Work Degree qualification or are currently working towards one.
Who is this for: Young people 10-14 who live or attend school in the Brimbank Municipality.
Register here

Game On! - Brimbank School Holiday Program
2026-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 | St Albans Community Centre, Saint Albans, VIC, 3021, Australia
The Brimbank School Holiday program is a 4-session program for young people aged 10-14 who live or attend school in Brimbank.
What it’s about: This program will contain a mixture of creative and active activities to provide enjoyment and improved mental wellbeing for young people in the community.
This program contains more active activities to get young people moving and to work in team building activities.
Activities include Musical Chairs, Dodgeball, Number Swap Game, Heads Down Thumbs Up and many more.
How it works: Register your tween/teen into one or two of the four sessions only. We would like many young people to get the opportunity to participate in a no cost, fully supervised, fun, and friendly activity during the school holidays. So please only book in for a maximum of two sessions per young person. Each session will consist of different staff facilitated games and activities. There will be a maximum of 25 spots available per session. Four staff members will be present during each session. All staff have WWCC’s and either have a Youth Work Degree qualification or are currently working towards one.
Who is this for: Young people 10-14 who live or attend school in the Brimbank Municipality.
Register here

Fun Fanatics - Brimbank School Holiday Program
2026-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | St Albans Community Centre, Saint Albans, VIC, 3021, Australia
The Brimbank School Holiday program is a 4-session program for young people aged 10-14 who live or attend school in Brimbank.
What it’s about: This program will contain a mixture of creative and active activities to provide enjoyment and improved mental wellbeing for young people in the community.
A program that also includes active activities for young people’s enjoyment and to compete individually and as a team.
How it works: Register your tween/teen into one or two of the four sessions only. We would like many young people to get the opportunity to participate in a no cost, fully supervised, fun, and friendly activity during the school holidays. So please only book in for a maximum of two sessions per young person. Each session will consist of different staff facilitated games and activities. There will be a maximum of 25 spots available per session. Four staff members will be present during each session. All staff have WWCC’s and either have a Youth Work Degree qualification or are currently working towards one.
Who is this for: Young people 10-14 who live or attend school in the Brimbank Municipality.
Register here

Midsumma: Brimbank LGBTQIA+ History Exhibition Opening Night Gala
2026-01-22 18:00 - 20:00 | The Bowery Theatre, 33 Princess St St Albans, Melbourne, VIC, 3021
Join us on the opening night to explore down the rainbow road of Brimbank’s queer history.
Join Brimbank City Council as we open an incredible exhibition that explores the deep, diverse and rich history of the LGBTQIA+ community within the Brimbank local government area.
This opening night will include opportunities to view the exhibition, performances from local LGBTQIA+ talent, acknowledgments of empowering history makers, catering and so much more!
For more information and updates check out the Creative Brimbank and Brimbank City Council social media accounts.
Register here

Sunshine Lunar New Year Festival 2026
2026-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Hampshire Rd, Hampshire Rd, Sunshine, VIC, 3020, Australia
Celebrating the lunar calendar, a time of renewal and for friends and family to come together to celebrate the start of a new year. The Sunshine Lunar New Year Festival or Tét Festival will bring our culturally diverse community together in a safe and fun environment.
A huge day of free family fun, live entertainment, children’s rides, street performers, music, dancing, street food, face-painting, magical Lion and Dragon dancing, red-pockets and a fabulous array of firecracker long strings.
Hampshire Road, between Devonshire and Hertford Roads will be closed to traffic and will come alive with multicultural entertainment for children and all family members. A large performance stage with seating will burst with exciting musical acts, live multicultural bands and dance groups entertaining the community and showcasing their cultural heritage. The fabulous and funny Diana Nguyen will feature on the stage giving away red-pockets with $ from the stage Blossom Trees across the day’s event, plus MC’ing the Fastest Pho and Fastest Burger eating challenge giving away $500 prizes.
A fabulous array of street food stalls of many nations, super fun small and large children’s rides, face-painting, street-performers, lawn games and a Cultural Kid’s Zone of kids craft sponsored by DK Estate Agency, will take over the Civic Green community area in front of all the restaurants. Sunshine’s favourite local sporting groups will also attend and present fun kid’s activities.
A vibrant Lion and Dragon dance complete with extra special effects and a huge display of long string firecrackers will take place 6.30pm at the stage.
The Sunshine Lunar New Year Festival is a free cultural community event staged and presented by the Sunshine Business Association, supported by Brimbank City Council, AVWA- Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association, VMA – Vietnamese Museum Australia, Aussie Home Loans, Sunshine Marketplace and Sunshine Businesses.

Library Lover's Day - Paint & Sip
2026-02-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Sunshine Library, 301 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine, VIC, 3020, Australia
On Library Lover’s Day, let’s celebrate our love of libraries by creating a special canvas – just for you or for someone special!
Relax, enjoy some refreshments, and get creative as you paint and celebrate all that libraries bring to our lives.
For adults and young people aged over 12 years.
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