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Things To Do This Weekend 31 Aug - 2 Sept

The epic new 5-day Valley fiesta, a champagne festival, a mind-blowing black Japanese bar/restaurant, authentic new Spanish tapas bar, Father's Day hotspots and spring garden walks are just a few of our top weekend picks:

What's On

Valley Fiesta

The Valley Fiesta is back with an awesome new format - five days & nights of live music, theatre, food, workshops, performance and visual arts across three laneways and more than forty venues...more

Pam Ann: Flight Attendant Star

Dress up in your flight attendant finery and pack your Gucci carry-on for the chance to be crowned the irrepressible Pam Ann's Flight Attendant Star: your dream job with no experience necessary!..more

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

From the Natural History Museum in London, this exhibition features 100 award-winning images capturing nature's rich diversity, from intimate animal portraits to spectacular wild landscapes...more

Effervescence

Australia's only champagne festival is a unique event for dedicated champagne enthusiasts and interested novices with over 60 champagne houses on hand for tastings & masterclasses with champagne experts...more

Poppies & Poems

Six youth choirs including Voices of Birralee perform beautiful, moving music based on soul-stirring poetry written during World War 1 and thereafter, with themes of mateship, reflection and hope...more  

The Society Brisbane

BRC's Spring Series returns with the infamous Unicorn Bowl & a fab range of spring-inspired cocktails available for purchase along with 2 hours of free-flowing drinks & charcuterie station included...more

Father's Day

Brewed & Batched

A fantastic Father's Day eve tailormade for Dads awaits at Brisbane Treasury with a 4 course colonial menu with small-batch whiskey and craft beers, live entertainment and fun man cave activities...more

Father's Day Lunch at Regatta Hotel

Treat Dad to a memorable buffet lunch with a river view, featuring a hot and cold carvery, artisan bread and delicious desserts on the upstairs lace iron balcony of the iconic Regatta Hotel...more

Boaters & Beers

The beautiful historic gardens of Brisbane's oldest residence Newstead House are the setting for this fun day out for the whole family, with food trucks, craft beer bar, jazz music and lawn games...more

Must Do Coming Up

The Hatpin

A gripping 19th century true Australian crime story is played out 6m underground in the gothic intimate surrounds of Brisbane's heritage-listed first water reservoir (with its own wine bar)...more

Green Heart Fair 

Brisbane's biggest free bi-annual community & sustainability festival returns to Carindale bringing innovative green living in a fun, family-friendly environment for all residents to come and enjoy...more

#CelebrateBrisbane River of Light

This must-see illumination spectacle features dynamic jets and giant spirals of water, full-colour lighting & rainbow-coloured lasers - free to view, it runs 3 times nightly during the Brisbane Festival...more

Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties 

Get ready to descend into Sydney's seedy underworld in this fascinating new photographic exhibition of more than 130 mugshots, revealing the dark side of the Roaring Twenties...more

Home

On an empty stage, a house is conjured from nothing as audiences watch it fill room by room and generations of inhabitants move in, grow up, get old, argue, do laundry, fall in love, work and party...more

Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin

A gin-sodden show with tales of love and women, gin and secrets, through 18th-century London, colonial India, New York speakeasies & the jungles of Peru via sailors, barmaids & bootleggers...more

Bang! Bang!

Get ready for an enticing evening of music and dance with explosions of confetti, bubbles, and bull whips as Aussie stage icon Rhonda Birchmore sashays, shimmies and sizzles with guest star Rob Mills...more

Hotel Sorrento

This funny, heart-warming and honest look behind a family's closed doors, written by one of Australia's most significant playwrights, Hannie Rayson is coming to QUT Gardens Theatre...more

2018 Australian Supercross Championship

Round 1 of this highly-anticipated event, which attracts the best Supercross riders from Australia & the world, will held at one of the best purpose-built Supercross venues in the Southern Hemisphere...more

What's New

Honto 

Take the black tunnel entry to find Brisbane's mind-blowing new Japanese dining experience and bar...more

TSO Lounge

An 1860s apothecary is now a gorgeous prohibition-style bar and bistro with an upstairs lounge bar...more

Pata Negra

This fab authentic Spanish tapas bar has recently opened and on Sat nights it has a pop-up paella bar...more

Lodger Kitchen & Bar

An unexpected find in Brisbane's inner north is this new casual bar & eatery serving top notch fare...more

B + C Lab Café 

Stumbled across this stunning industrial chic two storey Japanese dessert lounge and coffee bar...more

Eco Shot Cafe

An up and coming family friendly suburb west of Brisbane has gone hipster with this cool new cafe...more

Yami Japanese

This tiny Japanese eatery specializing in bento is a great budget alternative to the inner city scene...more

The Old Boathouse Warehouse

An old World War II era shed is home to an absolute Aladdins cave of vintage treasures and wares...more

Apothecafe 

A unique terrace café serving coffee with a shot of Vitamin D and delectable butterbing cookies...more

Barra Boys

A bayside seafood outlet has just opened a slick new fish and chippery in an inner Brisbane suburb...more

Spring Garden Walks

City Botanic Gardens

Take time out to enjoy a stroll around Brisbane's oldest public garden with its spring blooms...more

Roma Street Parkland

Mark the first weekend of spring with a visit to Roma Street's beautiful Spectacle Garden...more 

Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

There's plenty to fill a day here including the kitchen gardens, Japanese gardens & duck ponds...more 

Kids

Manly Movies in the Park

Hit 1980's movie Three Men and a Baby is being screened for free under the stars in a bayside park...more

Grandchester Model Railway

Take a Sunday trip to the country where you can ride on a model steam train at an historic station...more

Best Kids Parks in Logan

Here are ten fantastic kids parks that are worth a visit to Brisbane's southern neighbouring city...more 

Top Things To Do In Brisbane This Week

Don't miss Shake & Stir's adaptation of James and the Giant Peach
Embark on an exciting journey through the past & present
The Smile Station is an interactive space for all ages to enjoy
Things are heating up at Terraces Restaurant in April
A cult classic returns to La Boite Theatre
Experience an unforgettable evening with Ella Hooper
The Queensland Choir accompanied by a live orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra bring Olivia's iconic hits to life
A modern fairy tale about kindness, bravery, friendship & burgers!
EDITOR'S PICK

Brisbane's Biggest Easter Weekend

Pop on your bunny ears and head to Victoria Park for a FREE four-day Easter celebration
Brisbane's Biggest Easter Weekend
MUST DO

Easter School Holidays 2024

From Easter-themed mini golf and fun activities, to must-see shows and a dedicated kids festival, here are 20+ egg-citing things to do
Easter School Holiday Guide 2024
THIS WEEKEND

Top Things to Do Mar 29-Apr 1

From free outdoor Easter movies in the park, cutting edge theatre and Easter-themed mini golf to a Renaissance art immersive exhibition
This Weekend Mar 29-Apr 1
FAMILY HOLIDAY

Big4 Gold Coast Holiday Park

Have you booked in for the school holidays yet? This family holiday resort on the Gold Coast is a fun-filled adventure park where even furry family members are welcome
BIG4 Gold Coast Holiday Park
COMING UP

What's on in April in & around Brisbane

From a mega sunflower festival & five-week-long Brisbane Comedy Festival to an Olivia Newton-John tribute concert and canine comedians, some top things to do in April in and around Brisbane
What's On in April 2024 around Brisbane
FREE

Park Play

Kids can enjoy a world of wonder and excitement at this fantastic, free holiday program nestled in the heart of Victoria Park.
Park Play
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT

Easter Movie Night

Enjoy an egg-cellent night out with family & friends at Victoria Park’s Easter Movie Night with 2 free movie screenings
Easter Movie Night
KIDS

Playtopia

Roma Street Parkland's newest kids event - where curiority meets fun, offering free activities for children these school holidays
Playtopia
La Boite's awe-inspiring 2024 season kicks off
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