What’s On in Ipswich – Submit Your Event

The What’s On in Ipswich section of our website promotes events that have potential to attract visitors to the City of Ipswich. This includes events like festivals, exhibitions, music and entertainment, sporting, markets, classes and workshops, and tours.

Where are events listings sourced from?

The events listed in the What’s On in Ipswich portal are drawn from multiple event platforms, including:

  • Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) – Preferred*
  • Eventbrite
  • Humanitix
  • Oztix
  • Ticketebo
  • TryBooking

If your event is eligible for inclusion, and it is listed on one of the platforms mentioned above, it should be automatically be pulled in to appear on the What’s On in Ipswich portal.

If you do not use on of the booking platforms (e.g. Eventbrite or Humanitix), we recommend using the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) to list your event. The ATDW is a centralised national database that feeds information on your tourism events into a network of up to 60 websites and apps including queensland.com and visit.brisbane.qld.au. This means, not only will your event appear on the Discover Ipswich website, it will also appear on these other travel and tourism sites.

In Queensland, business and event profiles on the ATDW are managed and approved by Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ).

Is your event eligible?

To be listed on the What’s On in Ipswich portal, events must be of appeal to the leisure tourist. Events will be required to meet one of the following criteria before being promoted via the portal:

  • Events drawn from the ATDW, which have passed Tourism & Events Queensland’s quality assurance process;
  • Council produced events;
  • Council sponsored events; or
  • Events held by businesses which are members of the Ipswich Tourism Operators Network (ITON).

If you are submitting an event via the , Tourism & Events Queensland – who managed ATDW listings for all Queensland businesses – will enforce the requirement for events to be of appeal to the leisure tourist via their quality assurance process.

Only events that occur within the Ipswich City Council local government boundaries will be listed on the Discover Ipswich website. Non-Ipswich events can be submitted to the ATDW – they will just not appear on the Discover Ipswich website.

How much does it cost?

There is not charge for events to be promoted via the What’s On in Ipswich portal. If you are submitting your event via the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW), event listings on this platform are free.

How to list your event via the ATDW:

Please follow the steps below to submit your event for inclusion in the ATDW:

  1. Click here to register as an ATDW user. (You only need to do this once and you can re-use this login to create other events you organise).
  2. Within three working days you will receive an email with your username, password and an activation link for your account.
  3. Once you have clicked on the link to activate your account, or you have registered previously, you can log on via myATDW and create the profile for your event.

What you need to create an ATDW event profile:

Here is a list of the content and resources that you will require to create your ATDW event profile. Remember you are trying to generate interest for people to attend your event – select images and frame your words in such a way as to inform people about what your event has to offer them and entice them to attend.

  • Description of your event (minimum: 25 words; maximum: 225 words)
  • Event date/s and times
  • Contact details and website address for your event
  • Entry cost/s
  • Link for online bookings or ticket sales (if applicable)
  • Venue details
  • Social media links (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc.)
  • Images of your event

Here are some extra tips for images to help you meet the ATDW requirements:

  • Quantity: A minimum of one(1) image; our recommendation is at least four(4).
  • Text or logos are NOT permitted to be imposed on the image.
  • Images must be landscape orientation with a minimum image resolution of 1600 pixels (wide) x 1200 pixels (high).
  • When you upload your images, make sure to crop both the portrait and landscape version to ensure best display in different areas of the applicable websites.
  • File types accepted include .jpg and .png

More information and support:

ATDW profiles for events held in Queensland are managed by Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ). If you have difficulty registering for ATDW or creating an ATDW event profile, TEQ’s ATDW team are the best placed to assist you:

If you require further assistance please contact our team via email to [email protected].