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Everything You Need to Put in Your Diary for June

A multi-sensory French impressionism exhibition, winter markets and a big burger festival: that's all on the agenda across Brisbane in June.
By Concrete Playground
May 25, 2023
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By Concrete Playground
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  • Arts & Entertainment

    Winter Sounds at Brisbane Powerhouse

    The New Farm venue is kicking off winter with an impressive music lineup featuring Cerrone and Ásgeir.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Henry Rollins: Good to See You Tour

    Punk-rock legend Henry Rollins is bringing his new spoken-word tour to Brisbane.

  • Food & Drink

    Four Pillars Bloody Midwinter Gin Fest

    Enjoy a bloody good winter with Four Pillars' cult-favourite tipples — and plenty of excuses to drink them.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Felons' Cinema Sessions — May–July 2023

    Brisbane's riverside CBD brewery is improving your Tuesdays with free flicks in its Barrel Hall.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Made Local Market Winter 2023

    This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 130 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Saint Omer

    Inspired not only by a true story, but by filmmaker Alice Diop's obsession with it, this Oscar-shortlisted French legal drama is simply stunning.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Renfield

    Nicolas Cage's Dracula horror-comedy doesn't suck, but it'll make you wish it spent more time with Nicolas Cage as Dracula.


  • Food & Drink

    The Rooftop Lodge 2023

    Enjoy fire pits, snow, hot tubs, igloos, a purpose-built ice-skating rink, fondue and boozy hot cocoas, all on a Surfers Paradise rooftop.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Little Mermaid

    It isn't always better down where it's wetter, but Disney's latest live-action remake gets all afloat with Halle Bailey's perfect lead casting and stunning vocals.

  • Design & Style

    Feel Good Finds: Vinnies 50-Percent Off Sale

    The price is right at this huge three-day sale at all Vinnies stores across Queensland.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Lifeline Bookfest — Winter 2023

    Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Clay: Collected Ceramics

    Museum of Brisbane's latest big (and free) exhibition is all about clay, pottery and ceramics.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Limbo

    Simon Baker turns in a career-best performance in Ivan Sen's latest outback-set crime-thriller after the also-exceptional 'Mystery Road' and 'Goldstone'.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    John Farnham: Finding the Voice

    This rousing biodoc steps through the Australian music icon's journey from 'Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)' to the anthemic power ballad that almost didn't happen — and beyond.

  • Food & Drink

    Let's Lunch at Howard Smith Wharves — Winter 2023

    Tuck into a cheap weekday lunch with a riverside view all winter at Howard Smith Wharves.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Fast X

    Jason Momoa has a ball getting villainous in this pedal-to-the-metal saga's new ride, which is otherwise at its best when it's all about ridiculous stunts.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Spanish Film Festival 2023

    Brisbane's celebration of Spanish and Latin American cinema is back with a 32-movie lineup to mark its 25th year.

  • Food & Drink

    National Doughnut Day 2023 at Donut King

    This bakery chain is celebrating National Doughnut Day with free hot cinnamon doughnuts for one day only.

  • Food & Drink

    Festa Italiana

    Howard Smith Wharves is hosting its first-ever Italian food market over two big weekends, in collaboration with guest chef Orazio D'Elia.

  • Travel & Leisure

    West End Solstice Market

    Celebrate the longest night of the year with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.

  • Food & Drink

    Dine BNE City 2023

    This month-long food and drink festival will fill the Brisbane CBD with culinary specials and events all throughout June.

  • Food & Drink

    In the Snow at Customs House 2023

    Spend another winter sipping champagne and eating Moreton Bay bug croissants in igloos by the river.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Written in the Stars

    The biggest drone show ever to hit the Southern Hemisphere will light up Sydney Harbour for six nights during Vivid Sydney 2023.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Nundah by Night 2023

    Browse your way through wintry stalls under fairy lights — then stop for cob loaves, karaage chicken and craft beers.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Studio Ghibli at The Elizabeth

    Get spirited away at this magical cinema tribute, revisiting 'Princess Mononoke', 'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Howl's Moving Castle' and more on the big screen.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Milton by Moonlight 2023

    Milton's weekly market is hosting a moonlit Saturday-night session to kick off winter.

  • Food & Drink

    Brisbane Burger Fest 2023

    Brisbane's dedicated burger festival is making a tasty comeback with special burgs, eating contests, beers, cocktails and live tunes.

  • Food & Drink

    Sundaze 2023 at Will & Flow

    See out the weekend with spritzes and grazing platters on top of the river.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'The Wizard of Oz' — In Concert

    A concert version of 'The Wizard of Oz' is bringing its yellow brick road to Brisbane.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Dog's Day Out 2023

    Take your canine to pooch-friendly markets this winter — there'll be more than 20 stalls to browse.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Luminous Lantern Parade 2023

    South Bank is lighting up to celebrate multiculturalism.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Monet in Paris

    This stunning new multi-sensory exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet and his contemporaries is making its world premiere in Brisbane.

  • Food & Drink

    Scenic Rim Eat Local Month 2023

    Scenic Rim's Eat Local festival is returning for winter — and this year, it's running for an entire month.

  • Food & Drink

    Brunch with Bite 2023

    Add some drag, games and sing-alongs to your bottomless brunch.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Adults-Only Mini Golf Night

    Tingalpa's new 16-hole jungle-themed mini golf course with a cocktail bar throws weekly boozy parties just for adults.

  • Food & Drink

    All-You-Can-Eat Satay Night 2023

    This regular satay night is back for 2023, serving up two hours of non-stop skewers for $35.

  • Food & Drink

    GABS 2023

    The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular returns to Brisbane with 120 brews, panels, games and a silent disco.

  • Food & Drink

    Vegan Mondays 2023

    Brisbane's two BrewDog breweries serve up two-for-one vegan and vegetarian meals every week.

  • Food & Drink

    All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Mondays 2023

    Devour all the slices of pizza you can handle in 90 minutes for $25 — with a drink purchase.

  • Food & Drink

    Bottomless Gin Brunches 2023

    Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Thursday Jazz Club 2023

    Pair more than 100 different rums with silky tunes every Thursday night.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Beauty and the Beast: The Musical

    You'll want to be this delightful Disney musical's guest when it hits Sydney from June 2023.

  • Food & Drink

    Yum Cha and Champagne Sundays

    Dumplings, prawn rolls and bubbles, right by the river.

  • Food & Drink

    Sundays at City Winery

    Sip frosé slushies, hit up the oyster bar and listen to live tunes at Brisbane's inner-city winery.

  • Food & Drink

    Sky-High Sundays

    Brisbane's latest rooftop bar is serving up soda cocktails, Mediterranean-inspired dishes and R&B tunes every Sunday.

  • Food & Drink

    Brisbane Distillery's True Spirit Bus

    Stop by Riverside Markets every Sunday for tastings and cocktail flights.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    In Focus: Wes Anderson

    Palace James Street is devoting Thursday nights in May and June to cinema's pastel- and symmetry-loving filmmaker.

  • Food & Drink

    $9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday 2023

    Tuck into $9.95 schnitzels one day a week at The Bavarian.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Open Season 2023

    This music and performance series returns to fill The Princess Theatre and The Tivoli with must-attend gigs.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Meet the Artists

    Don't just check out pieces by Vernon Ah Kee, Judith Wright, Sandra Selig, Eugene Carchesio and more — watch interviews with them, too.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    We Are Electric

    This free exhibition explores energy through art, pondering extraction, extinction and the world's post-carbon futures.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Art of Banksy: Without Limits

    This huge Banksy exhibition will fill Queens Plaza with more than 150 artworks, including photos, sculptures, simulations and an infinity room.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap

    Initially premiering in London's West End in 1952, the world's longest-running play is coming to Brisbane — again.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Moulin Rouge! The Musical

    The Broadway hit is finally bringing its all-singing, all-dancing romance to Brisbane.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Not On Your Rider 2023

    Brisbane's 'Spicks and Specks'-style IRL music game show is back for another year of quizzes at The Triffid.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    City Symphony

    Spanning a century of cinema, these GOMA sessions pair movies about cities with stunning new live soundscapes.

  • Food & Drink

    Sunshine State High Tea

    W Brisbane's new thrice-weekly spread uses native ingredients to dish up bites inspired by Queensland.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Pop Masters: Art From the Mugrabi Collection, New York

    The Gold Coast's Home of the Arts is bringing pop art royalty (with a side of New York cool) to the Sunshine State.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'The Room' Monthly Screenings 2023

    The worst movie you'll ever see never stops selling out screenings.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Dinosaurs of Patagonia

    A massive dinosaur exhibition featuring the largest-known land animal ever is roaring into Queensland Museum.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane

    With artwork dating back two centuries, this city-focused exhibition surveys pieces that've captured Brisbane and its changes.

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