Special Announcement
Gladstone Regional Council has been monitoring and responding appropriately regarding the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, with our priority being the safety of the community and our people.
To ensure the safety of our employees and patrons, Council has decided to close the Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre and Box Office until further notice.
Council will continue to follow health advice from Queensland Health and directions from the Queensland and Australian Governments.
Our Box Office team will contact all patrons who have purchased tickets to impacted shows, and will process a full refund as soon as possible.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time and we are working on innovative ways to ensure we can continue to engage our audiences.
GLADSTONE ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION CENTRE
9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday, and 1 hour prior to any advertised performance.
WELCOME to Central Queensland’s Premium business and entertainment venue, and central QLD’s only fully integrated convention and entertainment centre. Providing the perfect space for collaboration, celebration, learning and innovation.
Nestled in the Heart of the Gladstone CDB, The GECC is the centre point of the city’s entertainment precinct. Surrounded by eateries and only a short walk from the Gladstone Marina, GECC’s central location makes it the place to be any day or night of the week!
GECC’s Dynamic and adaptable spaces allow the venue to cater to any event – large or small and can (and does) host multiple events at once. With an intelligent layout and multi-level design, GECC can accommodate small meetings, full theatrical performances and Gala events.
Our experienced and dedicated team are committed to delivering high quality, professional events for our patrons, clients and guests. Our innovative team deliver an annual season of diverse, entertaining and world class events.
So come and experience the GECC! Let us help to craft your stories of the GECC experience – evenings spent with friends, memories to be treasured and shared.
COMING UP AT GECC
Date
Title
Event Type
All
Ballet
Children
Comedy
Dance
Drama
Easter in Gladstone
Family Fun
FREE
Fundraiser
Gala
Live Music
Long Lunch
Morning Melodies
Morning Tea
Musical
Opera
Psychic Medium
School
Science
Social
Special Event
Sport
Theatre
Tribute Show
Variety
Workshop
Event Location
All
Air Sea Rescue Park, Seventeen Seventy
Alf Larson Park, Miriam Vale
B2G Village, O’Connell Wharf car park, Flinders Parade, Gladstone
Bororen Community Hall
Bray Park
Bunting Park
Carinity Hall
GECC/Lightbox Courtyard
Gladstone
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
Gladstone Library Square
Gladstone Tondoon Botanic Gardens
Goondoon Street, Gladstone Central
GPC Main Stage
Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Lightbox Courtyard
Lions Park, Gladstone
Marina Parklands
Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone
Memorial Park, Gladstone
Millennium Esplanade, Tannum Sands
Mount Larcom - Primary School
The Playhouse Theatre, GECC
The Village - Flinders Parade, East Shores Precinct, Gladstone
The Village -Flinders Parade, O'Connell Wharf Car Park
Wartburg Sport & Recreation Grounds
15sep11:00 amMorning Melodies - Some Enchanted Evening
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Tuesday) 11:00 am
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
They were known as America’s most successful musical theatre writing team and their partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th Century. Tuesday 15 September 2020 Morning Tea from 9.30am |
Event Details
They were known as America’s most successful musical theatre writing team and their partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th Century.
Tuesday 15 September 2020
Morning Tea from 9.30am | Show 11am
Ticket Prices
Adult $15
GECC Loyalty $12
We have all heard their songs and we have all enjoyed their musicals. They were known as America’s most successful musical theatre writing team and their partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th Century. Join us for a very special event paying tribute to the timeless music from the legendary Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Featuring your favourite tunes from Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and many more, Some Enchanted Evening is truly an enchanted concert of exquisite songs from the golden age of musicals.
09oct8:00 pmGlenn Robbins and Dave O'Neil in 'Now I'll have to Kill you'
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Friday) 8:00 pm
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
Imagine a show where comedians say something that they’ve never said in public before? Australian Comedy stars funny men Glenn Robbins and Dave O’Neil do just that. Friday 9 October 2020
Event Details
Imagine a show where comedians say something that they’ve never said in public before? Australian Comedy stars funny men Glenn Robbins and Dave O’Neil do just that.
Friday 9 October 2020 | 8pm
Ticket Prices
Adult $45
GECC Loyalty $43
Concession $43
Student $43
Groups of 10+ $43 per person
Recommend for ages 12+, no small children
It’s storytelling at its best where the comedian with the most revealing moment wins the game. A night of stand-up, stories and huge laughs. Glenn Robbins is an Aussie Comedy icon also known as Uncle Arthur, Kel Knight from ‘Kath and Kym’ and Russell Coight. Dave O’Neil is a comedy legend ,best known for his 55 appearances on ‘Spicks and Specks.’
20oct11:00 amMorning Melodies - Campfire
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Tuesday) 11:00 am
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
Darren Coggan welcomes us to his campfire, articulating moments of laughter and reflection through timeless tunes that the whole world sang along with. Tuesday 20 October 2020 Morning Tea from 9.30am |
Event Details
Darren Coggan welcomes us to his campfire, articulating moments of laughter and reflection through timeless tunes that the whole world sang along with.
Tuesday 20 October 2020
Morning Tea from 9.30am | Show 11am
Ticket Prices
Adult $15
GECC Loyalty $12
Darren Coggan is one of Australia’s most exciting and diverse artists, a masterful storyteller with a knack of weaving fascinating and perceptive tales through his songs.
In an intimate performance, around a campfire, Darren introduces songs from his award winning albums and celebrates the artists he has remarkably re-created throughout his career, including, Glen Campbell, James Taylor, John Denver and of course his hugely successful and critically acclaimed portrait of Cat Stevens, ‘Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story’.
26oct6:00 pmThe Gruffalo's Child
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Monday) 6:00 pm
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood… Monday 26 October 2020 |6pm Ticket Prices General Admission $16 GECC Loyalty Member $12 Family $60 GECC Loyalty Member Family $45 Adapted
Event Details
The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood…
Monday 26 October 2020 |6pm
Ticket Prices
General Admission $16
GECC Loyalty Member $12
Family $60
GECC Loyalty Member Family $45
Adapted from the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler published by Macmillan Children’s Books.
The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood…
If you loved The Gruffalo, don’t miss the sequel, which returns following previous sell-out Australian tours – now in a new West End production! Join the Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in this magical musical adaptation of the much-loved picture book.
One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist… does he?
The team behind The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and The 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- & 91-Storey Treehouses return with The Gruffalo’s Child, bringing together physical theatre, music and puppetry to deliver songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up, and their adults…
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
Every year, an everyday family go on a beach holiday. This isn’t just any beach - it’s Magic Beach, where everything you can imagine becomes real. Wednesday 4 November 2020
Event Details
Every year, an everyday family go on a beach holiday. This isn’t just any beach – it’s Magic Beach, where everything you can imagine becomes real.
Wednesday 4 November 2020 | 6pm
Ticket Prices
General Admission $16
GECC Loyalty Member $12
Family $60
GECC Loyalty Member Family $45
Every year, an everyday family go on a beach holiday. This isn’t just any beach – it’s Magic Beach, where everything you can imagine becomes real. But this year is different. As the eldest child begins to grow up, does she have to leave the magic behind?
Alison Lester AM’s classic book comes to life on stage in a wonderful world of text, song, light, shadow and movement for children aged 3-8 and their adults.
From the team behind The Gruffalo and The 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses, this new Australian adaptation from multi-award winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer is a celebration of the power of the imagination and the differences that make every child special.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
A Stalwart of Australian comedy and all round likeable rogue, comedian Jimeoin in his new stand up show Ramble On! happily imparts his clever and quirky observations on everyday suburban
Event Details
A Stalwart of Australian comedy and all round likeable rogue, comedian Jimeoin in his new stand up show Ramble On! happily imparts his clever and quirky observations on everyday suburban life in his trademark devil-may-care style.
Thursday 12 November 2020 | 8pm
Ticket Prices
Adult $59.90
GECC Loyalty $54.90
Concession $54.90
Student $54.90
Groups of 6+ $54.90
Show Recommendations – MA15+
‘Recalls the familiar at fantastically silly level, boiling his audience down to a tear-filled, gibbering mess’ (Scotland on Sunday).
‘Hilarious… If laughter’s the best medicine, Jimeoin is a course of steroids… Don’t miss it!’ (Edinburgh Evening News).
01dec11:00 amMorning Melodies - Gene and Judy
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Tuesday) 11:00 am
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
In one brilliant song and dance spectacular, Gene & Judy brings together the extraordinary talents of the legendary Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. Tuesday 1 December 2020 Morning Tea from 9.30am |
Event Details
In one brilliant song and dance spectacular, Gene & Judy brings together the extraordinary talents of the legendary Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Morning Tea from 9.30am | Show 11am
Ticket Prices
Adult $15
GECC Loyalty $12
They were both contracted to Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and met as one was on the way up and the other was already a huge star.
Now in one brilliant song and dance spectacular, GENE & JUDY brings together the extraordinary talents of the legendary Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in a spellbinding concert dedicated to these magnificent stars of Hollywood and Broadway’s golden age of musicals.
TICKETS
Book NowTime
(Tuesday) 7:30 pm
Location
Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre
58 Goondoon Street
Event Details
Immerse yourself in the Irish Dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the USA by storm on its Nationwide tour for 2020. This
Event Details
Immerse yourself in the Irish Dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the USA by storm on its Nationwide tour for 2020. This is Celtic Illusion, Reimagined!
Tuesday 8 December | 7.30pm
Ticket Prices
Adult $69.90
GECC Loyalty Member $66.90
Concession $66.90
Child (16 yrs and under) $61.90
Family (2A + 2C) $250
Groups of 10 or more $66.90 per person
Fans who have witnessed the show previously will not dare to miss the Reimagined tour that is set to raise the bar once again. This exhilarating production has broken barriers by fusing two unique art forms is more spectacular than ever before. With new spellbinding illusions, music and choreography, Celtic Illusion Reimagined is the must-see family event of 2020.
Starring the multi talented Illusionist and former lead dancer of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, Anthony street, and Georgia May, a female marvel in both dance and Illusion, these impeccable stars lead a cast of dancers gathered from across the globe into a theatrical masterpiece that will have you mesmerised from the curtains opening.
Do not hesitate to book your tickets now before they disappear! We want you to be a part of the biggest Dance and Illusion show in the world!

