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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This March

Both the dog- and cat-lovers festivals hitting town, science-fuelled art, drinking beer beneath chandeliers: that's all on the agenda in Brisbane in March.
By Concrete Playground
February 26, 2024
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  • Arts & Entertainment

    Sunset Cinema Brisbane

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

  • Food & Drink

    The Greatest Rita Show

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Seasonal Fruit Festival — Autumn Edition

    Catch The Beths, Wednesday, Surprise Chef and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music and hosted by Felons.

  • Food & Drink

    Ever After High Tea: Easter Edition

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

  • Food & Drink

    All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Mondays

    Devour all the slices of pizza you can handle in 90 minutes from $29 — with a drink purchase.

  • Design & Style

    The Great Artist Market

    Howard Smith Wharves' riverside brewery is celebrating Brisbane's creative community at its makers' market.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Adults-Only Mini-Golf Night

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    OHM

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

  • Food & Drink

    Women in Walrus

    Celebrate International Women’s Day with an all-female bar takeover in this underground speakeasy.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Italian Renaissance Alive

    This multi-sensory exhibition will immerse you in Italian Renaissance works, including the 'Mona Lisa'.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Aqua with Special Guests: Australian Tour 2024

    Come on Barbie, let's go party — with Aqua, 2 Unlimited and East 17 thanks to this huge 90s tour.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Fairy Tales' Up Late

    GOMA is throwing a couple of enchanted after-hours parties inside its stunning 'Fairy Tales' exhibition.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Alliance Française French Film Festival

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

  • Food & Drink

    Margs-a-Million

    This new margarita festival at Southside is pairing 'ritas, mariachi tunes and bites whipped up with the Mama Taco crew.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Musical

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

  • Food & Drink

    Juicy Beer Festival

    This indie beer festival pours brews in the chandelier-filled Fortitude Music Hall — and soundtracks them with DJs.

  • Food & Drink

    March Into Margarita

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

    Whimsical, tender, deadpan and enchanting, this French-language Canadian coming-of-age dramedy is about a bloodsucker who doesn't want to kill people.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Saltburn' Party

    Celebrate one of 2023's most talked-about movies with karaoke, a 'Murder on the Dancefloor' sing-along and sips of Felix's Fangirl Fizz.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Christine Ko and Louis Lim: Departure

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Drive-Away Dolls

    There’s no shortage of Coenesque fun in this gloriously wild road-trip comedy, even with just one of the filmmaking brothers driving the show.

  • Food & Drink

    An Evening with Nigella Lawson

    The British chef is returning to Australia to share her culinary secrets, including at an in-conversation session at QPAC's Concert Hall in Brisbane.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2024

    Can't make it to MGFF in-person in Sydney? Stream along from home nationwide.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Zone of Interest

    More than a decade after 'Under the Skin', filmmaker Jonathan Glazer returns with a chilling and unforgettable Holocaust drama.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Emma Darrouzet: Have you Tried Meditating?

    This solo artist exhibit portrays the effect of unwanted advice in a series of vibrant pieces.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Bluesfest 2024

    Tom Jones, Jack Johnson and Elvis Costello lead Bluesfest's 35th-anniversary lineup.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Bob Marley: One Love

    Another music biopic, another spectacular lead performance — this time from Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Brisbane Dog Lovers Festival 2024

    Brisbane's two-day dog expo is back — and so is its dedicated puppy patting zone.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Brisbane Cat Lovers Festival 2024

    This dedicated cat show is coming to Brisbane for the first time for two feline-filled days.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Madame Web

    Casting Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Adam Scott can't save this tangled mess in Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe.

  • Food & Drink

    HSW Margarita Week

    Spend 11 days sipping margaritas by the river at Howard Smith Wharves, and tucking into Mexican-inspired dishes from Stanley Chef Louis Tikaram.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Sound Society at Roma Street Parklands

    Listen to free live music in stunning natural surroundings once a month.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Pixar Film Fest

    Pixar is bringing 'Soul', 'Turning Red' and 'Luca' to cinemas Down Under for the first time.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    All About Women

    'Yellowface' author Rebecca F Kuang, Roman Empire scholar Mary Beard and Grace Tame feature on a lineup of 40-plus artists at Sydney Opera House's gender-, justice- and equality-focused festival.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Casino Royale' in Concert

    Daniel Craig's first outing as 007 is returning to the big screen and will be backed by QLD's top orchestra — for one night only.

  • Design & Style

    World Science Festival Brisbane

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

  • Food & Drink

    Frog's Hollow Saloon x Alice Takeovers and Parties

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Rachel Burke: Nearly Midnight

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Jurassic World' by Brickman: Extended Opening Hours

    Can't fit in a daytime visit to see the dinosaur franchise's creatures recreated with six million-plus Lego bricks? Head by after hours.

  • Food & Drink

    Ever After High Tea

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Insect Agency

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

  • Travel & Leisure

    Stanthorpe Apple & Grape Harvest Festival

    Apple picking, wine fiestas, berry farm tours, grape-stomping sessions, leafy gardens — you'll find them all southwest of Brisbane.

  • Food & Drink

    $10 Ramen at Hai Hai

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

  • Food & Drink

    Nautilus Beach Club: Maldives Moments

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Fairy Tales Cinema: Truth, Power and Enchantment

    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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Rearranged: Art of the Flower

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Jurassic World' by Brickman

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Fairy Tales

    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.

  • Design & Style

    Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street

    A massive sneaker exhibition from London's Design Museum with 200-plus shoes is taking over HOTA Gallery on the Gold Coast.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'The Dark Side of the Moon' Planetarium Experience

    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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