Best of Brisbane this weekend

Fashion oasisIf you didn’t manage to score a ticket to a show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival, here’s a chance to see some of the frocks by designers such as Daniel Lightfoot, Bora, Darb Bridal Couture, Maiocchi, Pia du Pradal and Tengdahl. Their creations will be part of a lunchtime parade on Friday at noon in the Brisbane Arcade, 160 Queen Street Mall. More details

1/14Fashion oasisIf you didn’t manage to score a ticket to a show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival, here’s a chance to see some of the frocks by designers such as Daniel Lightfoot, Bora, Darb Bridal Couture, Maiocchi, Pia du Pradal and Tengdahl. Their creations will be part of a lunchtime parade on Friday at noon in the Brisbane Arcade, 160 Queen Street Mall. More details

Happy hoardersBrisStyle In.’s second annual Destash and Dash Craft Supply and Vintage Sale is on Saturday. Thousands of excess craft items like buttons, yarn, Chinese beads, wood, papers, knitting needles, crochet hooks, vintage seconds, retro clothes and other craft supplies up for sale on the cheap. More details

2/14Happy hoardersBrisStyle In.’s second annual Destash and Dash Craft Supply and Vintage Sale is on Saturday. Thousands of excess craft items like buttons, yarn, Chinese beads, wood, papers, knitting needles, crochet hooks, vintage seconds, retro clothes and other craft supplies up for sale on the cheap. More details

Gourmet racingFood and the races are a sure bet at Food and Wine at the Races at Doomben Racecourse on Saturday. In between the horse races see cooking demos by Alastair McLeod, join the grape stomping and feast on food from more than 30 market stalls. Amanda Grant, 27, Nundah, and Ashlee Paschke, 20, Kawana, prepare for grape stomping. More details

3/14Gourmet racingFood and the races are a sure bet at Food and Wine at the Races at Doomben Racecourse on Saturday. In between the horse races see cooking demos by Alastair McLeod, join the grape stomping and feast on food from more than 30 market stalls. Amanda Grant, 27, Nundah, and Ashlee Paschke, 20, Kawana, prepare for grape stomping. More details

Best Barre noneNew York- based American Ballet Theatre performs Swan Lake - the tragic love story of princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. At QPAC until September 4. More details

4/14Best Barre noneNew York- based American Ballet Theatre performs Swan Lake - the tragic love story of princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. At QPAC until September 4. More details

Poets and we know itListen to more than 40 poets, musicians and creative writing experts at the Queensland Poetry Festival at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts. Features Needlepoints of Light and poets Cyril Wong and Sarah Holland-Batt (above). More details

5/14Poets and we know itListen to more than 40 poets, musicians and creative writing experts at the Queensland Poetry Festival at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts. Features Needlepoints of Light and poets Cyril Wong and Sarah Holland-Batt (above). More details

Home sweet Home ShowIta Buttrose will be at The Sunday Mail Home Show at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. There’s also cooking demonstrations and master DIY classes with the experts. More details

6/14Home sweet Home ShowIta Buttrose will be at The Sunday Mail Home Show at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. There’s also cooking demonstrations and master DIY classes with the experts. More details

City chicTattersall’s Arcade is now home to Marchetti, a chic little cafe that has bags of style and delivers classic Italian - including these traditional sfogliatelle - in a charming setting. More details

7/14City chicTattersall’s Arcade is now home to Marchetti, a chic little cafe that has bags of style and delivers classic Italian - including these traditional sfogliatelle - in a charming setting. More details

On songAussie rockers The Church with frontman Steve Kilby headline the entertainment at the Bulimba Festival on Sunday. Also playing are The Sunburys and The Cairos. More details

8/14On songAussie rockers The Church with frontman Steve Kilby headline the entertainment at the Bulimba Festival on Sunday. Also playing are The Sunburys and The Cairos. More details

Show time againThis weekend it is the Gold Coast Show’s turn to bring out the rides, showbags and dagwood dogs as it celebrates its first year in its new home at the Gold Coast Turf Club. More details

9/14Show time againThis weekend it is the Gold Coast Show’s turn to bring out the rides, showbags and dagwood dogs as it celebrates its first year in its new home at the Gold Coast Turf Club. More details

Muster seeAustralia’s largest outdoor music festival attracts a who’s who of country music from The McClymonts, Lee Kernaghan and Kasey Chambers to Adam Harvey, Chad Morgan and John Williamson. More details

10/14Muster seeAustralia’s largest outdoor music festival attracts a who’s who of country music from The McClymonts, Lee Kernaghan and Kasey Chambers to Adam Harvey, Chad Morgan and John Williamson. More details

Singer Steve Killeby from the band 'The Church' on Bondi Beach in Sydney. The band initially did not like the sound of their 1998 hit song 'Under The Milky Way'.

11/14Singer Steve Killeby from the band 'The Church' on Bondi Beach in Sydney. The band initially did not like the sound of their 1998 hit song 'Under The Milky Way'.

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13/14Pearl Bowman with the large selection of showbags. Images around the Gold Coast Show at the Bundall Racing Precinct. Pics Tim Marsden

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