if is a weekday, no matter the day, âthis weekendâ refers to the weekend at the end of this week. if you are talking about the following weekend, you have to go âwhat are you doing next weekend?â and emphasize the word next, and do a little hand gesture to show that you mean not THIS weekend, but NEXT. if it is the weekend, it becomes more simple: âthis weekendâ refers to the weekend that is happening, and ânext weekendâ obviously refers next weekend. hope this helps. lol.