Truck Week 25 – formerly known as Australian Heavy Vehicle Industry Week – will feature an array of epic new activations in and around the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, including the very first National Show ‘N’ Shine Championship, the Premier Boxing Series and The Depot, a new careers and entertainment precinct.
Continuing the show’s evolution into a week-long festival of all things trucking, in 2025 the southern hemisphere’s largest transport industry event will extend well beyond the walls of Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre into the nearby South Bank Parklands, TAFE Queensland South Bank campus and right across the city.
With the support of Tourism and Events Queensland, Brisbane City Council and South Bank Corporation, Little Stanley Street will again be closed to traffic to showcase the best show ‘n’ shine trucks from around Australia.
The show ‘n’ shine display will replace the previous truck and trailer display at Little Stanley Street, with these vehicles to be showcased at various locations throughout Brisbane.
Curated by custom truck guru Warren Aitken, the Truck Week 25 National Show ‘N’ Shine Championship will feature as many as 28 customised prime movers drawn from the winner’s circle of the top community-based show ‘n’ shine events held around the country in 2023-24.
The National Show ‘N’ Shine Championship will feature as many as 28 customised prime movers drawn from the winner’s circle of the top community-based show ‘n’ shine events held around the country over the previous 12 months
As well as getting to check out these amazing works of art first-hand, Brisbane Truck Show attendees will also have the chance to vote for what they believe is the best truck on show – the National Show ‘N’ Shine People’s Choice Champion 2025. A panel of experts will also judge the National Show ‘N’ Shine Champion of Champions 2025 award.
In an exciting new activation, Truck Week 25 will also feature a new careers precinct at the TAFE Queensland South Bank campus just opposite the main BCEC entrance on Glenelg Street.
Staged in collaboration with TAFE Queensland, The Depot will showcase dynamic opportunities in Australia’s heavy vehicle industry.
The hub will feature more than 31 apprenticeship and certificate-based career paths including hands-on and virtual interactive displays such as the Brisbane Driving School simulator – boasting a giant wrap-around screen, Roadranger gearbox, and heaps of different vehicles and driving scenarios.
Also on show will be the Scania Dunk Truck which features a very cool half-size basketball court that aims to promote the teamwork necessary in the transition from school to work.
The Depot careers and entertainment precinct will showcase dynamic career opportunities in Australia’s heavy vehicle industry including hands-on and virtual interactive displays such as the Brisbane Driving School simulator
There’ll also be music, entertaining and informative commentary, great interviews and presentations offering students a behind-the-scenes look at Australia’s vital heavy vehicle industry.
And for the big kids at heart, The Depot will include food and beverage offerings for show attendees to enjoy a debrief after a day at the show!
For pure entertainment, boxing fans will be in for a huge treat with Truck Week 25 teaming up with Australia’s leading fight promoter Ace Boxing to stage its Premier Boxing Series at the South Bank Piazza on the Friday and Saturday nights.
Boasting a variety of national and regional champions under its banner, each night the Premier Boxing Series expects to feature six professional bouts, with a healthy undercard of elite amateur boxers. The main event for each night will contest Australia’s elite athletes for title bouts.
While the fight card will not be revealed until closer to the event, Premier Boxing Series CEO Glenn Hosking says Ace Boxing and Premier Boxing Series have promoted several rising talents and household names throughout its time, including current IBF Super-Lightweight World Champion Liam Paro.
On Friday and Saturday night the Premier Boxing Series will feature six professional bouts at at the South Bank Piazza, with a healthy undercard of elite amateur boxers and professional fighters, potentially including several title bouts
“Premier Boxing is excited to partner with Truck Week 25 and showcase the very best local professional boxing talent in fan-friendly, evenly-matched fights,” he says. “We’re going to deliver a high-energy show, with plenty of lights, music and boxing action. Get ready to rumble at Truck Week 25!”
Beyond South Bank, Truck Week 25 will also incorporate the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Show at the Brisbane Showgrounds, which will again run alongside the Truck Show from Thursday to Saturday.
The show, which is held in conjunction with Civil Contractors Federation Queensland, claims the title of Queensland’s biggest civil construction expo and will feature the latest in heavy equipment and machinery.
In 2023, the show attracted more than 6,000 attendees and in excess of 80 exhibitors.
From contemporary to classics, the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show will again incorporate the incredibly popular Heritage Truck Show.
The 2025 Brisbane Truck Show will again incorporate the incredibly popular Heritage Truck Show at the Rocklea Showgrounds – just 15 minutes’ drive from the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Staged by Heritage Truck Association Australia, the event will be held off-site at the Rocklea Showgrounds from May 17-18, 2025 with a breathtaking array of classics on offer.
After returning to its inaugural home of the Rocklea Showgrounds – just 15 minutes’ drive from the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre – in 2021, the classic hit-out has grown in size and popularity.
“We got around 160 trucks last time, with around 2,000 people through the gate, which is just huge,” says HTAA President Mark Plunkett.
“It is looking to be even bigger because we got so much positive feedback last time, with visitors coming from all over Australia and overseas.
“They came to the Brisbane Truck Show, but they could jump on a bus to come out and see our show too.”
Truck Week will also offer an abundance of activities and entertainment in the South Bank Parklands, supported by the precinct’s retailers waiting to welcome visitors with a plethora of great drinking and dining options
What’s more, there will also be an abundance of activities and entertainment in the South Bank Parklands, supported by the precinct’s retailers waiting to welcome visitors with a plethora of great drinking and dining options.
HVIA Chief Executive Todd Hacking says the response to the show’s strategic expansion into a week-long trucking festival has been “fantastic”.
“The opportunity to showcase our industry in this spectacular location provides the perfect opportunity to share our story with the community in a tangible and lasting way,” he says.
“We are extremely grateful to the Queensland Government and the City of Brisbane for coming on board to enable this initiative to come to life.
“They recognise that the Brisbane Truck Show is a vital Queensland business, tourism and cultural asset, recognised internationally amongst the world’s leading industry business events.”