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.

The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week
Heading back to the ol' daily grind can be pretty damn awful after a bright and shiny weekend of picnicking, bar hopping and patting dogs that aren't yours, but luckily Brisbane's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week. Sure, use Monday for Netflix. Then get out there and sink your teeth into Brisbane's best happenings this week.
Top image: Scenic Rim Eat Local Month, Glenn Hunt.
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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.
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Felons' Cinema Sessions — May–July 2023
Brisbane's riverside CBD brewery is improving your Tuesdays with free flicks in its Barrel Hall.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Arts & Entertainment
Clay: Collected Ceramics
Museum of Brisbane's latest big (and free) exhibition is all about clay, pottery and ceramics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Travel & Leisure
Milton by Moonlight 2023
Milton's weekly market is hosting a moonlit Saturday-night session to kick off winter.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Infinity Pool
Brandon Cronenberg's new body-horror nightmare turns a lavish island holiday into a hypnotic and piercing sci-fi stunner.
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Open Season 2023
This music and performance series returns to fill The Princess Theatre and The Tivoli with must-attend gigs.
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City Symphony
Spanning a century of cinema, these GOMA sessions pair movies about cities with stunning new live soundscapes.
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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.
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
The Broadway hit is finally bringing its all-singing, all-dancing romance to Brisbane.
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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.
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Food & Drink
Sundaze 2023 at Will & Flow
See out the weekend with spritzes and grazing platters on top of the river.
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In Focus: Wes Anderson
Palace James Street is devoting Thursday nights in May and June to cinema's pastel- and symmetry-loving filmmaker.
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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.
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Food & Drink
Bottomless Gin Brunches 2023
Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch.
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Sundays at City Winery
Sip frosé slushies, hit up the oyster bar and listen to live tunes at Brisbane's inner-city winery.
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Sky-High Sundays
Brisbane's latest rooftop bar is serving up soda cocktails, Mediterranean-inspired dishes and R&B tunes every Sunday.
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$9.95 Schnitzel Tuesday 2023
Tuck into $9.95 schnitzels one day a week at The Bavarian.
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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.
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We Are Electric
This free exhibition explores energy through art, pondering extraction, extinction and the world's post-carbon futures.
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Food & Drink
Sunshine State High Tea
W Brisbane's new thrice-weekly spread uses native ingredients to dish up bites inspired by Queensland.
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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.
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Arts & Entertainment
Dinosaurs of Patagonia
A massive dinosaur exhibition featuring the largest-known land animal ever is roaring into Queensland Museum.
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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.
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Travel & Leisure
Feel Good Program Autumn 2023
Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through autumn at South Bank's free exercise classes.
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Food & Drink
All-You-Can-Meat Wednesdays 2023
Feast your way through unlimited pork belly, chicken schnitzels, chicken wings and German sausages.
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Cheese Wheel Wednesdays 2023
Eat creamy pasta scooped out of a wheel of cheese every week.
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Thursday Jazz Club 2023
Pair more than 100 different rums with silky tunes every Thursday night.
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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.