Events this weekend in Brisbane

Events this weekend in Brisbane this weekend 🔥

If you’ve been telling yourself “I should get out to more music events in Brisbane”, this is the week to actually do it. The city’s in that sweet spot where the nights are warm enough to stay out, the river breeze actually feels good, and everyone’s group chat is full of screenshots from Eventbrite instead of half-baked dinner plans. Around 1,600 people are already circling this week’s highlights, so if you like being smug about discovering things *before* they hit TikTok, now’s your moment.

The vibe right now? Very Brisbane: a strange-but-perfect mix of protest, river gigs, thoughtful conversations and shameless dancing. You’ve got serious activism on one end – like **“Nauru - Australia's offshore gulag. End the deportations. Close Nauru now”**, which feels less like an event and more like a moral appointment – and then straight into a blues cruise down the river where people are stress-relieving via guitar solos and cold drinks.

On the more social, big-night-out side, **Brisbane Blues Cruise presents "The Humbuckin' Pickups" with "Julian James & Beci Kate"!** is the one you book first if you like your live music with actual scenery. It’s live blues on a boat, cruising past the CBD while you decide whether to commit to dancing or just lean on the rail and contemplate your life choices. Very ‘Brisbane flex’ energy, very good for dates, birthdays, or that friend who “doesn’t really go to gigs anymore” but mysteriously loves anything on water.

If you’re over 30 and the thought of a 1am headliner makes your knees hurt, **Studio38 Presents Daytime Clubbing for over 30s – Brisbane 7th Feb 2026** has your name all over it. Think club energy without the 3am regret: actual daylight, grown-up vibes, and people who remember the 90s because they were there, not because of a playlist. It’s the one for you if you still love a dance floor but also love your Sunday mornings.

For something more intimate and musically nerdy, **A Taste of Level 5 with Abigail Vogels** is where you go to actually *listen*. This is the pick if you’re into strong vocals, piano, and that feeling of sitting in a room where everyone shuts up for the quiet bits. It’s got “take your arty friend from West End” written all over it.

Speaking of story-rich: **Tyrone & Lesley's 10th Album: Keepers** is a big one for local music lovers. Ten albums is no small feat, and this has ‘superfans in the front row mouthing every lyric’ energy. If you like thoughtful songwriting, ukuleles, or just being at a show that feels like you’ve stumbled into a tiny cult (in a good way), this is your night.

On the brain-food side of things, **In Conversation: Un/tethered - Matriarchs, Memory and Cultural Connection** is less about dancing and more about sitting with big ideas. This one’s for when you want to leave feeling like your brain did as much work as your ears – perfect if you’re into arts, First Nations perspectives, community, or you’re that friend who always has a book recommendation.

The venues hosting all this say a lot about where Brisbane’s at right now. **The Princess Theatre** is still one of the city’s most reliable spots for nights that feel a bit special – heritage bones, proper sound, and the kind of place you don’t mind arriving early to just to people-watch. Over at **Tiered Theatrette, Ground Floor, Brisbane Square Library, 266 George St**, things skew more thoughtful and talk-driven – ideal for conversations, album launches, and events where you might actually take notes (or at least pretend to). And then there’s the **City Botanic Gardens River Hub**, which is peak Brisbane: music with water, city lights, and the faint smell of someone’s picnic drifting over. If you want to show a visiting mate “what a night out in Brisbane actually feels like”, that’s the move.

So yes, the city’s busy. Between political action, riverboat blues, over-30s day raves, quiet listening rooms and heavyweight conversations about culture and memory, discovery in Brisbane right now means picking your lane – or hopping between a few. This is what it looks like when the scene’s properly alive: you’re not struggling to find something to do, you’re trying to decide which thing you’re most okay with missing.

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