Looking for family fun this Easter? We share 2022’s ultimate list of Easter events on the Gold Coast, Tweed Shire and Byron Shires – updated daily! Hop to it …

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Easter Events Gold Coast, Tweed and Byron 2022

Saturday 26 March

The Big Easter Scramble at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre | Broadbeach 2022

Celebrate Easter at Pacific Fair on Saturday 26 March at the annual Big Easter Scramble! 300 kids are invited to find 3,000 plastic eggs hidden in The Resort and can exchange their plastic eggs for a Cadbury chocolate Easter Bunny! There is also so much more for the kids to enjoy on the day. Activities will run from 9am – 1pm. Find out more here. 

Saturday 9 April

Flagstone Easter Event and Scavenger Hunt | Flagstone 2022

This is a fun-filled day for the whole family. Drive the trail and guess the clues to find the next business or place that you need to find.Once you have completed the trail return to the Tigers Clubhouse and join in with the Side Show Alley Games.
Each child will not only get a prize for completing the trail but they will also either with a constellation prize or a Mini or Major prize each time they play a game. Find out more here. 

Easter Hunt & BBQ | Bethania 2022

The Bethania Community Centre will be hosting the Bethania Easter Hunt & BBQ, a free BBQ for all and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Times are 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm. Register and find out more here. 

Friday 15 April

Community Easter Scavenger Hunt | Varisty Lakes 2022

Hope Church will be hosting a community Easter Egg hunt for the whole family! You can start your hunt at any time during the event times. It’s not a race, its all about the adventure, solving the clues and some great family fun. Runs between 1pm to 5pm. Find out m

Saturday 16 April

Easter Family Fun Day at the Natural Bridge | Springbrook 2022

Enjoy an Easter Family Fun Day amongst the rolling hills of the Gold Coast Hinterland from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 16th April at The Bower Estate in Natural Bridge. Their Easter Family Fun Day includes food and craft markets, live music, games and prizes, ticketed kids craft workshops and Easter egg scavenger hunt and lunchtime picnic hampers. Find out more here.

Easter on the Esplanade | Surfers Paradise 2022

The Easter on the Esplanade event, at the Surfers Paradise Beachfront Markets, will be held on Saturday 16th April! Their Easter Paradise will be a fun atmosphere, filled with themed decorations, local handmade gifts, Easter beats, treats and activities for the little ones with over 100 stalls to choose from. Find out more here. 

Sunday 17 April (Easter Sunday)

Easter on the Esplanade | Surfers Paradise 2022

The Easter on the Esplanade event, at the Surfers Paradise Beachfront Markets will be held on Saturday 16th April! It will be filled with a fun atmosphere, filled with themed decorations, local handmade gifts, Easter beats, treats and activities for the little ones! They are expecting over 100 stalls, so pencil the date into your calendars and get excited for an eggcellent evening out, and join us and the Easter Bunny where you will experience lots! Find out more here. 

Easter Balloon Show | Coomera 2022

Join The Park Coomera for a very Special Edition Easter Sundae Sesh. For half an hour only, make sure you reserve yourself a seat to watch The Mr Kaboodle Easter Balloon Show.He uses balloons, comedy and magic to create a fun interactive experience for audiences of all ages.He will fill the stage with colour and excitement to draw a crowd. You will see amazing balloon sculptures such as sponge bob, hulk and of course an Easter Bunny!

The show is FREE and kids eat free after 2pm with every regular pizza or salad purchase. Find out more here. 

Easter Family Fun Day | Tweed Heads 2022

Head to Seagulls Tweed Heads this Easter Sunday for a great Family Fun Day! There will be rides for the kids, an Easter Egg Hunt, the Easter Bunny, a massive Easter Egg Raffle and so much more! You don’t want to miss it! Find out more here.

Breakfast With The Easter Bunny | Upper Coomera 2022

Join Big Top for a fun and exciting morning with Big Top’s Easter Bunny! All entry will be $20 and include: Easter egg hunt, Breakfast with the Bunny, Large Chocolate Bunny and Eggs, Cuddles with the Bunny, Photos with the Bunny in our Stylishly designed Easter Display and unlimited play!! Find out more here. 

Previous Easter holidays

Saturday 27 March 

The Big Easter Scramble at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre – Booked Out

Chevron One Easter Family Day | Chevron Island

Saturday 3 April

Easter on the Esplanade | Surfers Paradise

Easter Hunt | Bethania – Booked out

Sunday 4 April

Breakfast With The Easter Bunny | Upper Coomera

Easter Sunday on the Farm | Oxenford –  Booked out

Easter Fun Market | Surfers Paradise

Easter Hunt & Picnic | Hope Island

Easter Sunday Brunch | Beenleigh – Cancelled

Wednesday 17 April

Easter Hen | Helensvale Library

Get ready for Easter, create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or give as a gift.

Easter Hen | Nerang Library

Get ready for Easter, create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or give as a gift.

Easter Hen | Burleigh Waters Library

Get ready for Easter, create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or give as a gift.

Thursday 18 April

Create an Easter Hen | Runaway Library

Get ready for Easter and create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or to give as a gift.

Origami hen | Nerang Library

Fold yourself a cute origami hen to guard your chocolate this Easter Holidays. Create a whole flock of chickens or peep of chicks to decorate your room.

Easter Hen | Broadbeach Library

Get ready for Easter, create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or to give as a gift.

Easter Hen | Robina Library

Get ready for Easter, create a colourful paper hen to decorate your room or to give as a gift. Bookings required.

Family Fun Day | Surfers Paradise

Easter will arrive early at Circle on Cavill this year with a choc-packed afternoon of free family fun taking place on Thursday, April 18 for Easter on Cavill. A celebration of all things Easter, chocolate and family-friendly entertainment, the precinct will put on a hopping good time with face painting, Easter Egg Hunts, a special screening of Easter-inspired movie Hop, and even a visit from the Easter Bunny.

The special event will get underway from 3:30pm until 7pm providing an egg-cellent prelude to the Easter long weekend for families looking for free school holiday entertainment within the Surfers Paradise precinct.

Thursday 18 – Mon 22 April

Easter Fun | Parkwood Tavern

The kids will love the Easter Egg Hunt, Live Music 3-6pm, Jumping Castle, Face Painter

Easter Long Weekend | Benowa Tavern

Jumping castle, Easter Egg Hunt, Children’s entertainment, movies, lollies and more!

Wednesday  5 April

Easter Craft, Southport Library

Join crafty Donna and make eggstra-ordinary, eggstra-special Easter containers!

Thursday 6 April

Easter Family Night, Burleigh Waters

An evening of fun! Cup & Saucer ride, Jumping Castle, Balloon twister, cherros, Easter egg hunt, lucky door prizes and light refreshments will be provided along with a visit from the Easter bunny!

Thursday 6 April

Easter card-making, Robina Library

Join Anna Wheaton to make some fun papercraft, including a beautiful Easter box that you won’t want to give away. All materials provided.

Thursday 6 April

Easter Family Night, Southport Bunnings

Join the fun, do some craft’s, Sausage Sizzle, Popcorn, Fairy Floss, Games to play. The Easter Bunny will be here to hand out some Chocolate Eggs, there will be some Lucky Door Prizes too

Thursday 13 – Sunday 16 April

Easter Family Fun Day, Parkwood

Plenty of fun filled entertainment for the whole family! With live music, activites, prizes to give away and of course a Great Easter Egg Hunt for the kids

Thursday 13 April

Kids Easter Disco, Burleigh Town Tavern

The great thing about the Burleigh Town Tavern is not only is it fun and easy to get to for you and the
kids but we hold a regular Kids’ Disco. Complete with a theme and prizes these disco’s are not to be missed. Every child that is dressed up for Easter, receives an entry ticket into the prize giveaway at 8pm.

Friday 14 April

Easter crafts and Easter Bunny visit, Broadwater Parklands

Get into the Easter spirit with egg decorating, bunny design and bunny ear making and a visit from the Easter Bunny himself.

Sunday 16 April

Easter Family Funday!, Benowa

The huge Family Funday is back on Easter Sunday and it will be massive so get in early and book your table. You’ll find the Rock Climbing Wall, Animal Farm, Jumping Castle, and more Balloon Twisters and Face Painters than you can poke a stick at! The popcorn machine will be popping away and the fairy floss machine will be creating fluffy masterpieces – FREE AND UNLIMITED!

Sunday 16 April

Food Truck Feast and Fireworks, Southport

Grab a bite and enjoy the ultimate 80s flashback, then finish it all off with our fantastic Easter fireworks show at Broadwater Parklands from 5pm.

Thursday 6 April

Easter Family Fun Night, Byron Bay Bunnings

Join in the fun at Bunnings Byron Bay Thursday 6th April from 4pm-5.30pm. There will be an Old McDonalds Petting Zoo, Face painting, Easter kids craft, Egg hunt and hot cross buns.

Thursday 6 April

Easter Hat Parade, Ballina Bunnings

Enter the Easter had parade held at the Easter Family Night. Easter Bunny will be there to judge your hats. Great Prizes to be won!

Friday 14 > Monday 17 April

Buy Local Easter Egg Hunt, Brunswick Heads

Hop along to the Brunswick Heads Village for the town’s, very eggciting “Buy Local” Easter Egg Hunt. This is a fun activity for the school holidays with children (along with their parents) invited to find the eggs hidden around the town’s participating shops. To participate in the hunt, simply drop into the Brunswick Heads Visitor Centre at 7 Park Street, pick up an Easter Egg Guide and then set off to hunt around the town’s shops.

Participating shops can be identified by posters in their windows and hunters are invited to try and find the hidden eggs and mark their answers in the guide. Once complete, the guide needs to be returned to the Visitor Centre to go into the draw to win all of the eggs. Happy Hunting!!

Thursday 6 April

Easter Family Night, Tweed Heads Bunnings

Come and join the fun at Easter Family Night. Easter Bunny appearance and Easter Eggs for the children. Fun and games. Kids Easter D.I.Y. Workshops.

Saturday 9 – Saturday 23 April

Seagulls Easter Sunday Fundays & School Holiday Activities

Easter school holidays at seagulls will be filled with fun as the club holds a series of free Sunday Fundays for families on April 9, 16 and 23 April from 2-6pm. Their annual Easter Family Day returns on Sunday 16 April from 2pm to celebrate the Easter long weekend.

Family entertainment, food, and live music will be showcased throughout the afternoon along with a Roxy Rocket magic show, Easter egg hunt, jumping castle plus free face painting and balloons for the kids. A Frozen, Disney, and Sponge Bob themed jumping castle will be setup from 2pm-6pm every Sunday during the school holidays.