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What's On In Brisbane This Weekend

Updated: Oct 07, 2026

Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival kicks off, a hilarious take on Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice arrives at QPAC, plus a moonlight walk for MS, Anastasia The Musical and a country-themed bar with a bucking ball lands on the Sunshine Coast - here are the top things to do in Brisbane and beyond this weekend:

WHAT'S ON
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Group of performers
Jane Austen gets a hilarious musical makeover in this Olivier Award-winning comedy coming to Brisbane
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Morning Art Riser Tour – Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company
QAGOMA’s Morning Art Riser Tour invites you to step inside the Brisbane-exclusive Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exhibition before the gallery opens to the public
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MS Moonlight Walk
MS Moonlight Walk Roma Street Parkland
Brisbane’s annual lantern-lit moonlight walk to fight MS returns
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Menopause The Musical
Menopause The Musical performers on stage
Menopause The Musical is now playing at Brisbane's Twelfth Night Theatre until October 25, bringing its mix of feel good hits, hilarious truths and heartwarming moments back to the stage
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Table Mation 3D Dining Experience
Table Mation 3D Dining Experience Waterloo Bay Hotel, Wynnum
Forget everything you know about dinner and a show - Table Mation at Waterloo Bay Hotel is about to transform the way Brisbane dines
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Botanic By Night: NightGlow
Botanic By Night: NightGlow
A spectacular after-dark experience is set to transform Brisbane's Botanic Gardens into an illuminated wonderland of native wildlife!
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Anastasia The Musical
Two actors on bed
The hit Broadway musical ANASTASIA arrives in Brisbane this September, bringing romance and adventure to QPAC
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Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival 2026
Race track
Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival 2026 is bringing colour, fashion and plenty of trackside fun from 10 October to 14 November.
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MUST DO COMING UP
Derek Deane’s The Nutcracker
Derek Deane’s The Nutcracker Queensland Ballet
A fresh reimagining of the beloved Christmas classic The Nutcracker is coming to QPAC this December
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2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo
2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo
The 2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo is rolling back into Brisbane bringing four days of caravans, motorhomes, outdoor gear and everything you need for your next great escape
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Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation
Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation
Queensland Symphony Orchestra brings some of the most beloved animated movie soundtracks of all time to life at Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation
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WSW MEGA MANIA
WSW MEGA MANIA Fortitude Valley
Brisbane is in for a serious dose of international wrestling action, with World Series Wrestling (WSW) bringing its MEGA MANIA Tour to Fortitude Valley
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Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail
Ladies standing in an art studio looking at art
The Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail brings together more than 50 artists and locations, held over two art-filled weekends
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Melbourne Cup Day at The Regatta Hotel
Crowd at tables
Celebrate Melbourne Cup Day with flowing drinks, fine food, live racing and riverside vibes at The Regatta Hotel.
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Melbourne Cup Day at Riverland
Melbourne Cup Day at Riverland Brisbane City
Dust off your fascinator, because Riverland is throwing one of Brisbane's biggest Cup Day parties on the river!
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Jimboomba Festival
Jimboomba Festival Jimboomba
Jimboomba Festival is bringing three huge days of carnival rides, fireworks, live entertainment, foodie and family fun to Jimboomba Hills College
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Deck The Halls
Deck The Halls Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Christmas parties are about to get a whole lot more glamorous, with Deck the Halls returning to the Gold Coast this December!
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Supanova Comic Con & Gaming 2026
Supanova Comic Con & Gaming 2026
Dust off your costumes! Supanova Comic Con & Gaming is returning to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from November 6–8
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Aerospace Experience Day 2026
Aerospace Experience Day 2026 Aviation High School
Aviation High is hosting its annual Aerospace Experience Day with rocket launching, flight simulators, drones, helicopter landings and more
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SHOW ME LOVE BY CIRCA
Melt Festival performance
Circa is back with a world premiere performance, SHOW ME LOVE, taking over Brisbane Powerhouse this Melt Festival 2026 from November 5-7!
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Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Live 2026!
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Live 2026
Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee is back to test the limits of spelling – and just how far audiences are willing to go to watch people struggle with words under pressure
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Wild Abandon
6 performers on a bed Melt Festival
Wild Abandon is bringing a bold, funny and unexpectedly tender new theatre experience to Brisbane as part of MELT Festival 2026
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WHAT'S NEW
ART MASTERCLASS
A group of people doing art at ART MASTERCLASS
Swap the screen time for some creative time at Art Masterclass, where Brisbane locals can spend an afternoon getting crafty with Turkish mosaic lamps, ceramic painting, resin art and more!
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Coyote's Roadhouse
A new country-inspired hotspot is galloping into the Sunshine Coast
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Hid Den: Cocktails & Dreams
People sitting at a cocktail bar
Introducing Hid Den - an intimate 20-seat bar is serving up cocktails with a serious side of theatre
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MUST DO GOLD COAST
Oh Shun Blu

Paradise Resort prepares to unveil Oh Shun Blu - the adults-only escape 16 years in the making, and just in time for Christmas holidays! 

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Mama G's Deli

Mama G’s Deli is a new Italian-inspired deli and cafe in Coolangatta, serving up fantastic coffee, focaccia and gourmet pantry finds

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Sir Sanger

A playful Surfers Paradise sandwich spot serving loaded sangers, sweet treats and great coffee

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Top Things To Do In Brisbane This Week

Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers Queensland Art Gallery

Justene Williams: Once We Were Mudskippers

A kaleidoscopic world of colour awaits at QAG's newest exhibition
Oct 3 - Mar 7, 2027
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Live 2026

Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Live 2026!

Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee is back
Oct 16 & 17

Morning Art Riser Tour – Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company

Experience GOMA before the gallery opens
Until April 15, 2027
Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation

Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation

Experience the most beloved animated movie soundtracks
Oct 23-24
Horror Movie Campout Sirromet Winery

Horror Movie Campout

Horror Movie Campout is a full-on immersive overnight horror camping experience
Oct 24-25
Ladies standing in an art studio looking at art

Sandgate Art Society Creative Trail

Discover this northside art trail over two art-filled weekends
Oct 24-25, 30 & Oct 31 - Nov 1
2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo

2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo

The 2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo is rolling back into Brisbane
Oct 29 - Nov 1
WSW MEGA MANIA Fortitude Valley

WSW MEGA MANIA

Brisbane is in for a serious dose of international wrestling action
Oct 30
Jimboomba Festival Jimboomba

Jimboomba Festival

Three huge days of carnival rides, fireworks, live entertainment and more!
Oct 30 - Nov 1
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MUST DO

Cinematic: The Wonder of Animation

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Read more
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THIS WEEKEND

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