City of Brisbane only - Wed 14 August.
The Royal Queensland Show is more popularly referred to as “the Ekka Show,” “Ekka” being a kind of abbreviation for “exhibition.” The show is held annually for 10 days straight in early to mid-August. It was originally called “the Brisbane Exhibition,” and it is still held on the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in Bowen Hills, a suburb of Brisbane only about a kilometer from the city center.