Week 33 - The Big List: Korean Cultural Festival, Pole Dancing Championship Show, Armakeggon, Last Drinks at Brewski and The Sword Saint Combat Festival. All this and more in The Big List >>>

Welcome back to another edition of The Big List!

It has been a wet week and a wet Ekka. I enjoyed not leaving the house for 3 days then started to feel weird about it. Possibly because the sun seems to have come back in full force... well, a stronger force than what we've been used to over this winter. It is time to get out and about and get some sun! 

The Korean Cultural Festival is back for it's annual celebration in King George Square, Brisbane City. The festivities start at 10am run until 3 in the afternoon. Entry is free. You can find more information on the council website.

Was David Bowie in a lot of movies, or was that some other guy? Check GOMA for the line-up of free and affordable, retro and art-house cinema. I might leave the house to see Aftersun, free, tonight at 6. 

Here at BigBrisbane.au, we advocate the responsible service of alcohol. That is hard to do with Armakeggon at Archive Beer Boutique in West End from 10AM (Ten!) this Saturday. From about 12, the pub formerly known as Brewski on Caxton St will be auctioning off anything 'not screwed down'. There will also be beer.

There is a Pole Dancing Championship Show at La Boite Theatre, from 1830 Saturday night. Dancers will be competing in professional, amateur, group and battle rounds. Winners will advance to Hobart to represent QLD in the Pole Dancing Championship.

Lastly, there is a fledgling organisation called Winds of Renown hosting a new opportunities for LARP enthusiasts to play along to: The Sword Saint Combat Festival. Winds of Renown are a Japanese (Sengoku Era) re-enactment group that focuses on martial prowess and live action role-play. 

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Music Supplemental

Check the first release Big Gig Guide here

Sat 17 LUST360 at ZYON
Valley from 2100
Tickets and Info 

Fri 16 Nightclub ft. Tigerlily
Eatons Hill - free before 2000
Tickets and Info

Sat 17 Super Deluxe at SoapBox Beer
Fortitude Valley - from 1900
Tickets and Info

Sat 17 Hops and Harmony at Indooroopilly Hotel
Indooroopilly - from 1900
Tickets and Info

Tue 20 No Lights No Lycra - Dancing in the Dark
West End from 1900
Tickets and Info

Comedy

Sit Down Comedy Club
Paddington
Thu 15 - The Mitzi Project - $25 from 2000
Fri 16 - Friday Double Feature: Ting Lim & Jack Knight - $35 from 2000
Sat 17 - Comedy Allsorts - $35 @2000
Wed 21 - Brisbane Actors and Stage Network Industry Night - $28 from 1900

Big Fork Theatre - Tickets start from $12
Spring Hill
Thursday from 1900 - Cage Match: Improv Comedy Showdown
Friday from 1930 - Improv Show: Birthday Bit Show
Saturday from 1000 - FREE Intro to Improv Class!
Saturday from 1900 - An Improvised Musical from the Tuning Forks
Saturday from 2100 - Freak Box Up Late: Character Comedy
Sunday from 1900 Stand Up - Comedy Show (Tickets only $10+BF!)

Good Chat Comedy Club
Paddington
Thu 15 Andrew Hamliton - 2030, $25
Fri 16 Friday Night Comedy w Ben Knight & Friends - 1900, $25
Sat 17 Saturday Night Comedy w Jack Knight & Friends - 1900, $30
Sat 17 Saturday Night Stand Up w Dusty Rich & Friends - 2100, $25

Powerhouse
New Farm
Fri 16 Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase - 1930, $40
Sat 17 FRANJO à Brisbane - French Language - 1900, $50
Sun 18 Liang Haiyuan’s ‘The Man in the Corner 2’ - Mandarin Language - 1900, from $90
Wed 22 Alfred and Marc - 1930, $55

Some Friend's Bar
15 Duncan St, Brisbane
Thu - Weekly Shows, from 7PM, Tickets $15
Cancelled, back next week...

Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Boondall
Sat 18 - Jim Jeffries - from $80, Tickets

Guilt Free Comedy
The Raven Hotel, West End
Fri 16 - Ting Lim, Joshua Spyropoulos - from 1900, $15
Sat 17 - Dirty Comics, Clean Jokes - from 1900, $20

The Junk Bar
Ashgrove
Sat 17 All In Stand Up Show - from 2000, $25 (Tickets)

Hop and Pickle
Southbank
Thu - Tickle your Pickle: Stand Up Comedy - 1900, Free, Weekly
Bookings Essential

Bloodhound Corner Bar
Valley
Sun - Bloodhound Comedy Gang - From 630PM, Free, Book a table
Weekly

Runcorn Tavern
Runcorn
Fri 16 - Stand Up Dark Material Night - 1930, $28 (Tickets)

Easy Times Brewing
Wolloongabba
Thu 15 - Hard Laughs at Easy Times - from 1900, $10 (Tickets)

Dance

Fri 16 Gilly's Line Dancing - 1800, free, weekly
Osbourne Hotel - Brisbane City

Fri 16 Intro to Dance for Adults - 1930, free? (RnR Dance) FB EVENT
Seriously Dance - Salisbury

Fri 16 Sweat Session - Technique and Power Training (RnR Dance) FB EVENT
Seriously Dance - Salisbury

Sat 17 The Clare Feis 2024 - 1800 - FB EVENT
Wynnum Star Theatre  

Sat 17 BOSSA Brazilian Zouk Social (Sarah's Birthday) - from 2030, $20
Arcana Moorooka

Sat 17 Urban Kiz Intensive - Transition from Kizomba to Urban Kiz - from 1300
Kiz Konnect Valley/Spring Hill.
3 Workshops and Social event. Tickets and times vary. FB EVENT

Sat 17 Latin Utopia - Salsa and Bachata Party - from 2000
Dance Culture - Annerley

Sat 17 The People's Dance Party - 1530, $27
Brisbane Entertainment and Multicultural Centre - Kangaroo Point

Sat 17 Let's Have Fun w Boleos - 1415
Sat 17 Practilonga (Tango Dance) - 1800 (weekly)
Sat 17 Milonga August Edition - 1930  
Alma De Tango Escuela - Woolloongabba

Sun 18 Charity Latin Dance Ball - 1500, $10 OTD
Rob's Dance Brisbane - Rochedale
For Bowel Cancer Australia - More Info on FB EVENT

Sun 18 Latin Energy Sunday Social - 1500, $15
Wolloongabba, FB EVENT

Sun 18 Dancing Queer - 1730, $5
Hamilton Town Hall - FB EVENT

Art

Sat 17 GOMA Teens Festival 2024
Southbank from 1000 - FREE
Info

Sat 17 New Light: Photography Opening Weekend at The Museum of Brisbane
City from 1000, until 13 July 2025
Opening Night Sat 17 - Info

Sat and Sun Life Drawing for Beginners | David Bongiorno
2 Day, 13 hour (total) workshop - Tickets and Info

Sun 18 Still Life Drawing Using Graphite with Leah Gay from 1000
Sandgate - Tickets and Info

TRIBUTE by Danny Mose and Jazz Faleva'ai-Mose
Until August 25th - Sandgate
Examining Samoan Culture and Transitions - Info

Sport

Sunday UFC Du Plessis vs Adesanya
Check your local for public screenings

Sun 18 Ride Like A Dog 100 from Albert Bishop Park
Looks like a members thing, Tickets and Info

Sun 18 Pregnancy Exercise Workshop at Morningside
With Dahlas - Tickets and Info

Sun 18 MapRun Parks QLD at 7th Brigade Park
From 1600, Tickets and Info

Sat 17 NRLW Broncos vs Raiders Langlands Park
From 1100, Tickets and Info

Sat 17 Inclusive Bushwalking at Wynnum North
From 1300, Tickets (around $30) and Info 

Sat 17 QLD Pole Championships at LaBoite
From 1830, Tickets and Info

Sun 18  布里斯本香港人跑會 Brisbane Honk Kong Run Club at Southbank
From 0800, Info (Chinese)

For Kids:
Sat 17 Community Fishing and Education Day at Bald Hills
From 0900, Tickets and Info

Games

Sat 17 Board Game BBQ at Royal on The Park
Brisbane City from 1000
Tickets and Info

Sat 17 Hot 100 Brisbane at The Ship Inn
From 1000, Southbank - Info

Sat 17 The Sword Saint Combat Festival at Oxley Creek Common
From 1000, Tickets and Info (insurance required!)

Sun 18 League of Extraordinary Gamers at QLD Contract Bridge Club
From 0900, tickets $10 - first meeting free. Info

Sun 18 Disney Trivia at Hope and Pickle
Hop and Pickle, Southbank
From 1800 - Info

Food and Bev

Friday

Bender in the Grass with George
Ferny Grove Bowls Club - from 1700

Friday Night Flights
Wine Tasting, free samples, Adelaide St from 1500

Saturday

Korean Cultural Festival
Saturday, 1000, King George Square

Armakeggon at Archive West End
Free, from 1000, Info

Betty's Bowls and Burn
Westfield Chermside from 1000 to 1100
Tickets and Info 

布里斯本恩道教會愛心義賣園遊會 (Brisbane Endowment Church Charity Bazaar)
From 10AM. Looks free entry, charity raffles and Asian F&B. Mackenzie.
Info (Chinese and English)

MBD Caxton Street Last Drinks & The Great Brewski Auction
Caxton St from 1200 - Info

Greek Night at Mt Gravatt Street Food
Mt Gravatt Showgrounds 1600
$3 Entry, Info

Reserve Wine Bar Tastings
Reserve Cellar and Wine Bar
Emporium Hotel, South Bris

BBQ and Chill - Better Blokes x Blokes Advice
Sat Coorparoo - Info 1000
Info

Maggie's Bottomless Brunch Club
Maggie May, 84 Longland St, Newstead
Every Sat, 1100 - 1300
From $85 - Info

Winter Social Bottomless Brunch - Hey Chica!
Hey Chica! 14/315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
Sat 1200 - 1400, Sun 1430 - 1630
$90pp - Info

Sunday

Coonawarra Wine Roadshow
The Calile Hotel from 1400
Tickets and Info

All You Can Eat Sundays at American Diner Co.
1/318 Wardell St, Enoggera
Sunday from 1630
$35 w/ drink purchase

Theatre and Cinema 

AUDITION NOTICE: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Fri and Sat in Sunnybank - Details and Registration

Fri 16 Poetry Month Showcase from 1800
Free, State Library of QLD
Tickets and Info

Sun 19 Simon The Film from 1100
Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia
FREE - Tickets and Info

Five Star Cinema New Farm
Retro Lineup
Fri 16 RoboCop
Sat 17 Rocky Horror
Sun 18 Nostalgia

Ghibli Season at Elizabeth Picture Theatre
Until October 13 - Brisbane City
Tickets and Info

Tim Burton Retrospective (Dendy)
Portside
Coorparoo

Five Course Love, The Musical
Fri and Sat, MetroArts, West End
Tickets and Info

Scenes from a Yellow Peril
QLD Theatre - Until the 24th
Tickets and Info

Psycho Beach Party
PIP Theatre - Until the 24th
Tickets and Info

GOMA - Southbank
Cinema Calendar
Friday
Brimstone and Glory 2017 PG from 6.00pm (67 mins) (FREE)
Aftersun 2022 M from 7.30pm (102 mins) (FREE)

Saturday
Cracked Actor 1975 Ages 15+ from 12.30pm (60 mins) ($)
The Image + The Man Who Fell to Earth 1969 – 1976 R18+ from 2.00pm (152 mins) ($)

Sunday
Live Music & Film: A Page of Madness 1926 Ages 15+ from 11.00am (79 mins) ($)
狂った一頁 (A Page of Madness) 1926 Ages 15+ from 11.00am (79 mins)
Amadeus 1984 PG from 2.00pm (160 mins) (FREE)

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