Nightlife

From raging rooftops to intimate wine bars, gin joints and whisky dens, here are some of Brisbane’s best bars that you really should have had a drink in by now. 

Here's all the best events and happenings coming up in Brisbane soon. 

We've cherry-picked all the unmissable Brisbane concerts coming up this year.

From drag pagaents to adults-only bubble shows and river parades, these will be the hottest tickets in town.

The queen of pop-rap herself, Doja Cat, is coming to Australia and New Zealand later this year with the Ma Vie World Tour.

Pull up your calendar and block out a weekend (or seven) and tune into some unmissable festivals coming to our corner of the world. 

If you really want to win over your love, it’s time to step up your date game with these date ideas in Brisbane.

Take your sips to great heights at Brisbane's best rooftop bars.

Pick up your pint glass, saddle those schnitty cravings, and settle in for the history lesson your teachers never wanted you to learn. 

It's time for the most festive road trip ever. 

If you need something to look forward to this summer, Moonlight Cinema is heading back to town.

This summer, the Westin crew are launching a series of pool parties at their swim-up pool bar, and you’re all invited. 

Christmas lovers, brace your elves, because Victoria Park is turning their putt putt course into the ultimate Christmas wonderland this festive season.

Prefer sinking skee balls to dropping it on the dance floor? Read on. No playing around: we’re here to give your nights out an official level up.

Level up your Halloween movie marathon this year with an inflatable pool recliner in W Brisbane’s pool.

Sea farers of Brisbane, it’s time to break out your finest threads (and deck shoes) because this mega-luxe party boat is coming back for a third season.

Most Brisbane pubs will have a few decent whiskies on the top shelf, but one bottle of Johnny Walker Black does not a whisky bar make.

The Enchanted Garden, presented by Royal Caribbean, returns this 23 November to transform Roma Street Parkland into a light-filled playground.

Start practising your VR gaming, bowling, karaoke and arcade shooting, because Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq has made a triumphant return to Brisbane. 

Your favourite couch-change event is happening again this year. Yep, the Sunnybank Food Trail is rocking into Brisbane on 22 July.

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, make sure you walk into these.

From scenic flights to night kayaking, luxe harbour cruises, haunted ghost tours, and more. 

We’ve rounded up our city’s best beer gardens, so let’s raise a schooner and make a toast to Brisbane’s most impressive outdoorsy hangs.

Whether you’re looking to challenge yourself, your friends, or your unassuming date, Brisbane’s best bowling alleys have your next night out well and truly sorted.

A margarita is a thirst-quenching staple in any decent bar-hopper’s arsenal, and thankfully, we know the best bars in Brisbane that can knock up a doozey in next to no time at all.

The next four to six months of Brisbane weather is going to be hot and steamy, and we want to be out there lapping up every sun-drenched second of it. 

Brisbane, it's time to dust down those glad rags, pop on your best lippy or dapper tie and celebrate the not-so-humble blush bevvy that is rosé, because the annual festivus that is Rosé Revolution is back.

Returning to Brisbane is the ultimate bar-hopping experience every vino enthusiast needs in their life, The Urban Wine Walk.

Australia’s biggest pinot noir festival, Pinot Palooza, is coming back to Brisbane in May for its tenth anniversary.

In the spirit of mixing things up, we asked six of Brisbane’s top bartenders what they would recommend someone tries if they’re ready to branch out from the Negroni and find a new favourite.

While we can’t ensure everyone in your group will get along, we can give you our pick of the best restaurants for big group dining in Brisbane. Enjoy. 

Any weekday is a good day to bunk off work early, round up your pals or workmates and head to one of Brisbane’s best bars for an after work drink (or two).

Artesian Hospitality's mega lifestyle and entertainment rooftop precinct is opening on the Gold Coast this September.

If you’re ready to take your gin obsession levels from amateur all the way up to pro, we have just the news for you. 

Transforming the Regatta Hotel’s open-air courtyard into the winter escape of our dreams, is their new Winter in the Vineyards pop-up.

Pop on your fanciest gladrags, because Cluedo! The Interactive Game is heading back to Fortitude Valley’s heritage-listed Baedecker Bar in April and May.

Surfers Paradise will be transformed into a circus-themed outdoor gallery of colour, movement, music and huge artworks this weekend for this year’s Beyond The Sand Art Festival and you won’t want to miss it.

You might not be able to doze in the European sun this year, but you can still soak up the magic at this relaxed eatery taking the Brunswick Heads dining scene by storm: Honour.

Saving us all from the sweltering heat that’s usually associated with the beginning of the year is SCOOP!, a new ice cream-inspired festival coming to the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast.

Glam, glam and more glam—that’s the first thought you’ll have when stepping out of the elevator and into Fortitude Valley’s newest rooftop bar, Dirty Sultan.