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Description
A daily-updated extract of up to 2,000 upcoming events from the Brisbane City Council's 'What's on in Brisbane' experience. The dataset includes dates, costs, booking requirements, venues, and locations, combining information from categories like Active and healthy, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Creative, and Library events. It is sourced from the Trumba Calendar API and published by Brisbane City Council under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
Analyzing event frequency and types based on the described categories like 'Active and healthy' or 'Creative'.
Mapping event locations and venues based on the described location and venue information.
Forecasting popular event times based on the described date information and daily update schedule.
Comparing event costs and booking requirements based on the described cost and booking data.
Strengths
Updated daily, ensuring current event information.
Sourced from an official council platform (Brisbane City Council) and a structured calendar API (Trumba).
Includes multiple event attributes as described: dates, costs, booking, venue, and location.
Combines events from several described categories, providing a broad view.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Data is limited to the next 2,000 events, potentially omitting longer-term planning.
Provenance
Source
Brisbane City Council, sourced from Trumba Calendar API.
Collection Method
Transformed extract from the Trumba Calendar API JSON feed, converted to CSV and uploaded daily.
Time Range
Covers upcoming events, limited to the next 2,000.