Free • Exhibition
World Press Photo 2026.
The 67th edition of the world's biggest photojournalism prize, on the Turbine Platform. The best free indoor hour on a cold weekend. Some conflict imagery is confronting.
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Brisbane keeps telling itself winter means staying in. This weekend it does not, and most of the good stuff is free or close to it.
The move
Saturday morning at Davies Park for coffee under the figs, then walk the World Press Photo show at the Powerhouse while it is cold out. Both free.
Free • Market
Davies Park Market.
150+ stalls under the giant Moreton Bay figs. The West End Saturday ritual for cheap produce, dumplings and a flat white before 9am.
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Music • Open Season
Kae Tempest.
The Mercury-nominated UK poet and artist at the heritage Princess Theatre. The pick of Open Season's early-June bill, and the rare Sunday gig worth the late finish.
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Cosy winter • Splurge
Sirromet Winter Fire Pit.
Your own private fire pit with a meat and cheese hamper and mulled wine as the sun drops over the vines. $189 for two, so split it and it is fair.
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Free • Exhibition
Archie Moore at GOMA.
The Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner, a 65,000-year First Nations family tree chalked across the walls. Free, and one of the few things in town worth the trip on its own.
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Food • All month
Dine BNE City.
130 set deals across breakfast, lunch and supper. The cheapest month to try the city spots you usually walk past, like a $15 breakfast burger and coffee at Mr Edward's.
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Free • Outdoors
Brisbane Marathon Festival.
The CBD and Story Bridge shut to traffic Sunday morning. Free to watch from the Kangaroo Point Cliffs or the Riverwalk, even if you are not running.
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