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

Sure, vacays are great—but let's be real, they’re SO much better with our four-legged friends in tow.

This lush open-air picnic featuring James St's leading venues is back this July with its biggest line-up yet. 

Flights from $49 one way sound tempting? Here’s all the intel you need about the Virgin Australia sale.

The latest venture from Anyday Group is a bakery, market and neighbourhood kitchen championing honest flavours. 

The voucher can be used for staycays in your hometown, relaxing retreats in South East Asia or an all-out Euro summer.

Mark your calendar, here are some of the exciting upcoming developments across Brisbane to keep an eye out for. 

Brisbane Festival is returning in September 2025 with another epic lineup of art installations, theatre, live music and everything in between.

The sell-out Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience is officially bringing its magic to Brisbane this month.

There's a new reason to rise before the rooster and it's full of music, pastries and coffee. 

From cosy homewares and winter fashion to affordable beauty products, these dupes prove you can live like a baller on a budget. 

Pairing flowing drinks with flavourful bites, Southside's latest offering doubles as the perfect Sunday sesh. 

Seasonally driven with a focus on the best home-grown produce, this stunning spot captures the beauty of Australian ingredients.

From saunas to a rooftop bar, you’ll find everything you need to prioritise balance and connection.

Here's your ultimate Eat, Play, Stay guide to the Barossa Valley with Andy Allen.

It will be joined by awe-inspiring works in QAGOMA’s upcoming free exhibition.

Calling all Bluey fans—the hugely popular Bluey’s World is opening its doors for longer in Bluey's hometown of Brisbane.

Isoletto Pool Club is The Star Brisbane’s resident paradise, offering an endless summer in the heart of the CBD.

Acclaimed Melbourne chef and restaurateur Shane Delia is bringing Middle Eastern flavours to Brisbane with the opening of Layla.

Thousands of South East Queenslanders are in need of support due to the effects of heavy rain, flooding and power outages.

If you're preparing for Cyclone Alfred, we've gathered a list of helpful resources for you to access. 

Here’s the top shelf Brisbane openings we’re most looking forward to checking out this year (so far).

A gathering of salty locals, big time heroes and future legends.

FISHER's Out 2 Lunch Festival with Vodafone is back, and we have the insider scoop on how to grab up presale tickets. 

Renowned for dishing up authentic tacos so good you have to book a table well in advance to dine on them, Hawthrone's Cartel Del Taco is opening a second location in New Farm.

As part of their epic 2025 program, the GOMA team are turning the gallery into an enourmous indoor stream. 

The West End Electric has just added a private hot tub room to their seating options—and it’s a vibe. 

Come the end of February, now one but two dining venues will call the Kangaroo Point Bridge home.

Babe, wake up—a new luxury eco-resort is set to drop in 2027. After a ten-year hiatus, Hook Island is making its return thanks to Epochal Hotels’ CEO Glenn Piper. 

Here's what's open on the 27 January public holiday in Brisbane. 

A 130-year-old building in the city will soon be home to a four-level dining destination.

Every Sunday night showing at Dendy Cinema Powerhouse is now dog-friendly, complete with puppy snacks on the menu from Fur Kids Bakery.

Once upon a time, dinner was enough. You came, you saw, you ate, you drank. Now? Well, it’s an endless adventure with wild possibilities.

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.

Being the active lot that we are, there isn’t much more that we’d rather being doing on a day off work than celebrating the King’s birthday in true style with good food and a drink in hand.

If you thought the spectacular scenery of K’gari (Fraser Island) couldn’t get any better, you’re in for a pleasant surprise, because paradise has just leveled up. 

Brisbane and SE Queensland is set to get a serious glow-up, with a whole bunch of incredible projects in the pipeline. 

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.

In 2024, the official IWD theme is #InspireInclusion, which encourages the celebration of diversity and empowerment.

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

Vision Australia and Seeing Eye Dogs Australia are asking for a favour in looking after their gorgeous eight-week old pups, and we have no doubt that you, like us, are wondering if it’s really them doing us the favour.

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

You'll love these kid-friendly experiences, too. 

If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out just what Brisbane's massive new Victoria Park is going to look like, boy do we have some daydream material for you. 

Love Actually in Concert will be heading our way this December, just in time for Christmas. 

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.

Prepare to get more emotional than the first five minutes of Up, because a Pixar Putt mini golf course is popping up in Northshore Hamilton.

If there's one event that really gets us hot under the collar every year, it's the return of the Night Noodle Markets.

We're rolling into the pointy end of the 2022 federal election and it's time to cast your vote; whichever way you're swinging, here's where to vote and how to vote early.

We all know the best kind of art is the kind you can interact with, which is exactly what the epic art, science and technology festival taking over Brisbane in June and July is all about. 

South Bank Parklands’ local-loving food festival, Regional Flavours, lands back in Brisbane this year, with a stellar lineup and free entry.

Gearing up for another massive round of must-see art events and installations, the annual Brisbane Street Art Festival is returning to Brisbane for 2022.

Around this time last year, The Australian Government, Department of Treasury (℅ Josh Frydenberg) introduced the News Media Bargaining Code. The code is intended to level out the sheer power imbalance between Australian news media publishers—like us—and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The code, in effect, should allow the two parties to reach an agreement on fair remuneration for displaying news on these platforms. 

What if we told you that the holier-than-thou bagged wine was set for a major comeback? 

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

Following Brisbane’s largest downpour on record that’s seen over 15,000 homes flooded, it’s time to look at the ways we can all help those affected.

What if we told you that the holier-than-thou bagged wine was set for a major comeback? 

The Queensland government has announced that NSW will remain a declared hotspot for four weeks, with a possible earlier review depending on how the outbreak is developing. 

With the Ekka cancelled for 2021, the Ekka Public Holiday has been rescheduled. 

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. 

The hunt is on.

Clear your winter calendar and prepare to brave the cold, because Riverbar & Kitchen is bringing back their winter festival.

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

It’s not everyday that a giant, cosmic entity lights up the sky with an intergalactic aura—completely kicking a regular full moon to the curb.

You'll know her as the artist who dipped Marty McFly’s sneakers in black paint, her interplanetary talent for photorealistic pencil drawings of ordinary items, and the fact that Jay-Z and Kanye West have her work in their private collections (true story). 

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.

New music festival Dream Machine is coming to the Whitsundays for an immersive five-day retreat. 

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in April 2021. 

Plus, you could win free margaritas for a year.

We are about to tackle the hottest month of the year, so it is only fitting that you know the most entertaining and frankly, coolest events happening in Brisbane this January. 

Mark the first weekend of March 2021 in your calendar music lovers, because Wildlands music festival is officially coming back to Brisbane this summer 

Spice lovers, there’s a new place to find flavoursome Thai feeds in the city, and it’s one you’ll want to take an extended lunch break for. 

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in October 2020.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland's roadmap for easing restrictions further over the next few months.

Oh good, apparently Magpie swooping season has come early in 2020. What a treat.

Taking over Ovolo The Valley for one epic weekend in October, reimagined music and lifestyle festival REMIX HOTEL will have you jiving to Groove Armada from the comfort of a luxe hotel room.

Witches, wizards and muggles, it’s time to don your best robe and grab your wand, because Brisbane is set to get a spell-binding new immersive adventure in 2020.

Plans to build a new river terminal at Howard Smith Wharves mean that soon, we might be able to head down to the precinct for drink, then hop on a boat which will ferry us over to Straddie in under an hour.

There’s nothing we love more than an opportunity to ride the Brown Snake.

We’ve been peering longingly into the windows of the new restaurant taking shape in Fortitude Valley’s Emporium precinct for months now, but finally the doors have opened on Za Za Ta. 

And it’s adults only.

Inspired by Mexico’s Riviera Maya,  MAYA has transformed the rooftop space that was home to Eleven into a striking Mexican restaurant and tequila bar.

Stay calm, cheese lovers, but the W Brisbane’s Living Room is bringing back an iconic 1980s classic with a delicious twist, and it’s one worth popping bottles for. 

The Brisbane Powerhouse is coming back for a series of intimate performances that will make you remember what life was like pre-lockdown. 

It’s safe to say we have entered a new era of culpability, and we’re wielding a new set of tools to get us there. Gen Z has found political clout to rival Facebook bots, "data healing" aims to harness the manipulative power of ad tech for good and, after iso, introverts are holding court in our extrovert-dominated culture. Elsewhere, media and millennials are under scrutiny, and brands are beginning to show off imperfections in place of purpose washing. 

Brisbane, we know you've been stuffing yourself silly in iso, but it's time to loosen those belts just a little bit more, because an epic dessert festival is hitting West End in September.

You’ll be able to see a Lego version of City Hall from 17 July, when Museum of Brisbane is re-opening its doors to the public.

It’s the post-lockdown news we’ve all been waiting for—Howard Smith Wharves, beloved weekend drinking spot of all Brisbanites, is re-opening. 

But now, with bars and venues able to re-open in limited capacity, we’re excited by the prospect of finally seeing a live show again—and the first ones to hit the post-iso calendar has finally been announced.

In the most exciting news of the weekend, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has just announced that travel within Queensland will be allowed from 12pm, Monday 1 June. 

Yatala Drive-In, the OG socially distanced movie theatre, has reopened with a short but sweet program of recently released movies. 

Just when we thought we’d seen all of the DIY boxes out there, we stumbled across these DIY cannoli boxes. 

The Ekka might be cancelled, but the public holiday is not, and it’s being moved to Friday 14 August, giving us a mid-year long weekend that almost makes up for not having the Ekka. 

The team at Get Parked have made use of one of their empty carparks and created an all-new drive-in cinema in Hendra.

Start planning your next big day trip, because Fraser Island, Stradbroke Island and Moreton Island are re-opening to visitors. 

It’s the million-dollar question—when will lockdown end in Queensland? Well, the answer may have been announced today in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's press conference.

With restrictions changing weekly and COVID-19 hanging over us all, you're probably wondering what you can and can't do. Can I go for a drive? Can I visit my family? Can I go camping? Here's those questions and more, answered.

The eta Aquariid meteor shower, which occurs when Earth passes through a stream of debris left by Halley’s Comet each year, is set to light up the sky on Tuesday 5 May.

With an extra long weekend coming up, but COVID-19 hanging over us all, you're probably wondering what you can and can't do. Can I go for a drive? Can I visit my family? Can I go camping? Here's those questions and more, answered.

Some of Queensland’s major national parks will officially close on Friday 3 April, due to coronavirus. 

If you’re deep in that corona-induced animal live-stream hole, then you’re going to want to listen up. We’ve already been hit with real-time jellyfish meditation but now, you’ll want to switch your browser over to the tiny and super-cute Little Blue Penguins at SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast. 

Drastic times call for drastic measures and if that means turning alcohol into hand sanitiser, we’re here for it. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Brisbane Distillery has created hand sanitiser from their base spirits. 

Are you a plant addict currently experiencing severe withdrawals because ‘rona has shut down your favourite plant store? Well you’re in luck, because we’ve got the perfect solution for you, with plant delivery.

The legends over at Lone Pine Sanctuary are helping you find some catharsis in your day with several live streams watching candidly over their furry friends.

How are you going out there? These are strange times so we wanted to take a moment to connect. Because more than ever before, connectivity is everything.

Here’s a rolling list of all the Brisbane events which have been cancelled, postponed or suspended.

To say we’re excited about UPSTAIRS by Toombul is a bit of an understatement.

Whether you’re a fan of motorbikes or not, you’re going to want to hit the revved up new exhibition coming to QAGOMA in November 2020.

Burgers and milkshakes delivered straight to your bed under the stars? Hell yes.

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.

Brisbane, get ready to meet Arcadium Adventures, a magical bar-cum-escape room experience that will have you wondering why you’d ever want to go to a ‘normal’ bar again. 

The gleaming Glass Island is dropping anchor in Brisbane sometime at the end of autumn, and here’s everything you need to know right now.

Fisher has teamed up with Sets on The Beach and Triple J and will be hitting the Riverstage in Brisbane this April.

Brisbane is moving on up in the craft beer world with the announcement we’re getting a brand new festival celebrating all things craft beer.

Is there anything better than Brisbane summer spent relaxing riverside with a cold one in hand? Yep—topping it off with a wall of colourful alcoholic slushies.

Find out all the best spots to celebrate Australia Day this weekend.

Get excited vegans and vegetariants, because Australia’s coolest vegan fast food joint has landed in Brisbane. 

We are hopping up and down at the news of St Lucia Golf Link’s brand new mini golf course.