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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week

This week, you can eat your way around the Scenic Rim, get 50-percent off secondhand threads and sleuth through an Agatha Christie whodunnit.
By Concrete Playground
May 29, 2023
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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

    Felons' Cinema Sessions — May–July 2023

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

  • 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

    Clay: Collected Ceramics

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

  • 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.

  • 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

    Dine BNE City 2023

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

  • 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

    Milton by Moonlight 2023

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

  • 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.

  • 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'.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Infinity Pool

    Brandon Cronenberg's new body-horror nightmare turns a lavish island holiday into a hypnotic and piercing sci-fi stunner.

  • 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

    City Symphony

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

  • 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.

  • Food & Drink

    BrewDog's $1 Beer School

    Sample four of the Scottish brewery's sips and boost your beer knowledge for just a gold coin.

  • Food & Drink

    Sundaze 2023 at Will & Flow

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Food & Drink

    Brunch with Bite 2023

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

  • Food & Drink

    Bottomless Gin Brunches 2023

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

  • 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

    $9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday 2023

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

  • 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.

  • Food & Drink

    Sunshine State High Tea

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

  • 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Dinosaurs of Patagonia

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

  • 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.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Feel Good Program Autumn 2023

    Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through autumn at South Bank's free exercise classes.

  • Food & Drink

    All-You-Can-Meat Wednesdays 2023

    Feast your way through unlimited pork belly, chicken schnitzels, chicken wings and German sausages.

  • Food & Drink

    Cheese Wheel Wednesdays 2023

    Eat creamy pasta scooped out of a wheel of cheese every week.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Thursday Jazz Club 2023

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

  • 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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