The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week

This week in Brisbane, you can play with giant spheres at World Science Festival Brisbane, hit up an R&B festival and sip bubblegum margaritas. .
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March 18, 2024
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    Hiromi Tango: Hanabira (Gentle Petal)

    Saturday, March 2 - Sunday, August 11, 2024

    Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

    The Japanese Australian artist wants you to help fill Museum of Brisbane's Adelaide Street Pavilion with flowers.

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    Vici's Bottomless Pasta Nights

    Tuesday, March 19 - Thursday, March 21, 2024

    Vici Italian South Bank, South Brisbane

    For $25 plus a drink purchase, you can spend three nights a week feasting on two hours of non-stop bolognese, pomodoro and carbonara.

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    Souled Out

    Saturday, March 23, 2024

    Doug Jennings Park, Main Beach

    This new wave R&B festival is hitting the Gold Coast with Summer Walker, PartyNextDoor and Tinashe.

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    Love Lies Bleeding

    Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Kristen Stewart plunges into a wild 80s-set tale of love, lust, blood and violence in the latest standout from 'Saint Maud' filmmaker Rose Glass.

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    Feel Good Program

    Monday, March 4 - Saturday, June 1, 2024

    South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

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

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    Beermuda

    Saturday, March 23, 2024

    Ballistic Beer Co, Salisbury

    This four-stop brewery crawl will take you hopping and sipping your way through the southside's busy beer scene.

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    Sunset Cinema Brisbane

    Thursday, March 21 - Saturday, May 11, 2024

    Northshore Hamilton, Hamilton

    This outdoor picture palace returns to Northshore Hamilton for a 2024 season of movies under the stars and by the river.

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    The Greatest Rita Show

    Monday, March 18 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    Royal Easter Show time in Sydney means a new round of creative margarita flavours in Brisbane, including bubblegum, sour lemonade and chilli triple-buttered popcorn.

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    Ever After High Tea: Easter Edition

    Friday, March 22 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    W Brisbane, Brisbane City

    This fairy tale-themed high tea is getting an Easter makeover, complete with a Crème Eggstraordinare cocktail.

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    Aqua: Australian Tour 2024

    Sunday, March 24, 2024

    Eatons Hill Hotel, Albany Creek

    Come on Barbie, let's go party — with Aqua and 2 Unlimited on this nostalgic 90s tour.

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    Frog's Hollow Saloon x Alice Takeovers and Parties

    Sunday, February 25, 2024, Sunday, March 3, 2024 and Sunday, March 10, 2024 

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    Three interstate bars are coming to Brisbane for one-night takeovers — and you can also hit up a bar rave and a bourbon-heavy second birthday party.

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    Easter Cocktails at The Terrace

    Friday, March 1 - Saturday, March 30, 2024

    Emporium Hotel South Bank, South Brisbane

    Celebrate Easter 21 storeys up sipping banoffee cocktails served in a chocolate bunny.

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    Easter High Tea at Belle Époque

    Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Belle Époque, South Brisbane

    Head to Emporium's French patisserie for a chocolate egg that melts in front of you, turning into fondue.

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    Portside Wharf Easter Market

    Saturday, March 23, 2024

    Portside Wharf Hamilton, Brisbane

    Hit up this riverside market with 35-plus stalls to browse for Easter treats, nab a free ice cream and see adorable bunnies.

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    Social Science

    Friday, March 22, 2024

    Queensland Museum, South Brisbane

    Queensland Museum is throwing an after-hours party for World Science Festival Brisbane, complete with baby turtles, Lego dinosaurs, fashion, DJ-spun tunes and drinks.

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    'Beauty and the Beast: The Musical' Pre-Theatre Dining at Bacchus

    Wednesday, March 6 - Saturday, April 20, 2024

    Bacchus, South Bank

    Be this restaurant's guest before hitting QPAC and you can tuck into a 'Beauty and the Beast'-themed rose dessert.

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    World Science Festival Brisbane

    Friday, March 15 - Sunday, March 24, 2024

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    Space rocks, helium spheres and 'Metropolis' with a live score: they're all on this science, technology and art festival's 2024 lineup.

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    How to Have Sex

    Thursday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Following three 16-year-old girls to Crete to celebrate finishing high school, this Cannes award-winning, BAFTA-nominated film is unforgettable.

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    Harajuku Gyoza's Omurice Pop-Up

    Tuesday, March 5 - Sunday, March 24, 2024

    Harajuku Gyoza Albert Lane, Brisbane City

    Miki Terasaki from Omu Sydney is popping up in Albert Lane to serve up Japanese omelette rice.

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    OHM

    Wednesday, February 28 - Saturday, April 20, 2024

    Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

    Head to Brisbane Powerhouse to see Yothu Yindi, Drab Majesty and Kim Gordon exhibitions at 2024's Festival of Other Music.

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    Felons' Cinema Sessions

    Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 and Tuesday, February 6, 2024 

    Felons Brewing Co, Brisbane City

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

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    Adults-Only Mini-Golf Night

    Saturday, March 2, 2024

    The Jungle Adventure Play, Tingalpa

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

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    Alliance Française French Film Festival

    Tuesday, March 5 - Tuesday, April 2, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    From 'The Three Musketeers' to the latest film by Michel Gondry, this year's 41-movie lineup isn't short on highlights. 

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    Dune: Part Two

    Thursday, February 29 - Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Featuring commanding performances by Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Austin Butler, Denis Villeneuve's soaring sequel to his 2021 Oscar-winner is another stunning big-screen achievement.

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    Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Musical

    Thursday, February 15 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

    You'll want to be this delightful Disney musical's guest at Brisbane's QPAC Lyric Theatre from mid-February.

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    March Into Margarita

    Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Fish Lane, South Brisbane

    Fish Lane is dedicating the entire month of March to margaritas and marg-fuelled events.

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    Christine Ko and Louis Lim: Departure

    Thursday, February 1 - Friday, June 7, 2024

    Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

    Family photos have been turned into kites at this Museum of Brisbane exhibition, which explores the migrant experience.

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    Rachel Burke: Nearly Midnight

    Tuesday, January 16 - Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane City

    Fairy-tale fever has hit Brisbane Quarter, complete with a two-metre-high slipper covered with a million-plus miniature glass tiles, fairy floss-topped cocktails and egg-shaped waffles.

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    Ever After High Tea

    Friday, January 5 - Wednesday, April 24, 2024

    W Brisbane, Brisbane City

    W Brisbane's latest themed high tea is all about fairy tales, including a cookie cake book that you can paint before you eat it and glittery cocktails.

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    Insect Agency

    Friday, September 15, 2023 - Sunday, July 7, 2024

    Queensland Museum, South Brisbane

    Peer at more than 1700 insect specimens from Queensland Museum's collection, including hundreds of different Queensland butterflies.

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    Fairy Tales

    Saturday, December 2, 2023 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    Wander through a twisted woodland, see David Bowie's 'Labyrinth' costume, and enjoy Yayoi Kusama and Patricia Piccinini's magical work at GOMA's blockbuster fairy tales exhibition.

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    $10 Ramen at Hai Hai

    Monday, January 22 - Friday, March 22, 2024

    Hai Hai, Paddington

    Slurp your way through the beginning of the week at this Paddington ramen joint.

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    Nautilus Beach Club: Maldives Moments

    Friday, December 1, 2023 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    The Westin Brisbane, Brisbane City

    The Westin Brisbane has turned its swim-up pool bar into a five-month-long Maldives-themed beach club — and it's serving floating breakfasts.

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    Fairy Tales Cinema: Truth, Power and Enchantment

    Saturday, December 2, 2023 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    Fairy tales aren't just gracing GOMA's walls until April — a free screen program filled with them is taking over the Australian Cinémathèque, too.

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    Rearranged: Art of the Flower

    Saturday, November 25, 2023 - Sunday, September 29, 2024

    Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

    This vibrant free floral exhibition at King George Square's art museum features local artists exploring Brisbane blooms.

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    'Jurassic World' by Brickman

    Friday, December 8, 2023 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Queensland Museum, South Brisbane

    Lego finds a way — with more than 50 dinosaurs, props and scenes from the movie built out of the popular plastic bricks.

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    'The Dark Side of the Moon' Planetarium Experience

    Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Toowong

    This mind-bending show will get you staring up at a 12.5-metre fulldome screen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s classic record.

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