The Gold Coast's HOTA, Home of the Arts played host to the kitchen star and restaurateur in 2023 — and now he's coming back.
Grab an esky, pack a picnic basket and go soak up the sun in these BYO-friendly Brisbane parks.
When the weather turns wet, here's where to find bars with games, cosy cafes, indoor classes to try and nice dry galleries to shelter in.
This weekend in and around Brisbane, you can head to a brand-new chocolate festival, see a heap of funny folks, and enjoy a meeting of French and Cantonese cuisines.
Making its Australian premiere in the Harbour City, this Sundance hit and body-horror flick follows a couple who move to the countryside.
Prices start at $49 for Club Jetstar members and $54 for everyone else, which covers routes from Brisbane and Melbourne to Newcastle.
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NewsChef and 'White Heat' Author Marco Pierre White Is Returning to Australia for a Three-Day Gold Coast Culinary Residency
The Gold Coast's HOTA, Home of the Arts played host to the kitchen star and restaurateur in 2023 — and now he's coming back.
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NewsYou Can Try Every Fine Wine on These Restaurant Menus by the Glass Thanks to 2025's Coravin World Wine Tour
Adding Perth and Noosa to its stops for the first time, this month-long by-the-glass celebration opens rare and diverse wines across the country.
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NewsComing Soon: Australia's Single O Is Adding Its First-Ever Day-to-Night Venue to Its Growing Lineup of Tokyo Cafes
Add this to your list next time that you head to Japan — Single O's latest outpost will serve coffee cocktails and wine alongside the roastery's acclaimed coffee.
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NewsComing Soon: Hai Hai Is Bringing Its Ramen to the Other Side of the River Thanks to a New West End Outpost
This Paddington favourite is setting up a second eatery — in a bigger space, with a larger kitchen and boasting an expanded izakaya menu.
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NewsThe Gospel of Good Service, According to Small Business Owners Who Know It Best
"How do we provide something different that doesn't have a dollar amount attached to it? That's why service matters."
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NewsWest End Favourite The Gunshop Cafe Is Shaking Up Its Menu and Honouring Its History
Here’s what’s new (and what’s never changing) at this West End staple.
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RestaurantSeoul Garden Korean BBQ and Hotpot
341 Mains Road, Sunnybank
This Melbourne-born chain has launched its first Brisbane Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet restaurant in Sunnybank.
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RestaurantAloria
33 William Street, Brisbane City
A visit here means pairing Brisbane vistas with European-influenced steak and seafood dishes atop Queen's Wharf Sky Deck.
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RestaurantLuc Lac
33 William Street, Brisbane City
Vietnamese and Thai flavours are on the menu at Ghanem Group's Queen's Wharf restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantCentral
340 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Sat beneath Queen Street, Southside's sibling dumpling bar is your moody CBD spot for a Hong Kong-inspired bite.
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CafeFrankie's Woombye
2 Blackall Street, Woombye
One of QLD's most popular cafes is hidden in the Sunny Coast hinterland.
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BarByblós Brisbane
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
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Bar+81 Aizome Bar
259 Montague Road, West End
Tokyo-style cocktails are a highlight at West End's ten-seat Ginza-inspired bar.
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BarBY.ARTISANS
99 Jane Street, West End
If you're keen to sip gin made from Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary's old eucalyptus leaves, this West End distillery is your go-to.
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Byblós Brisbane
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
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BarStan's Lounge
5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City
You'll find XO sand crab cigars, vintage cocktails and late-night dancing at this bar above Howard Smith Wharves' Cantonese restaurant Stanley.
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BarSlipstream Brewing Social House
8 The Avenue, Birtinya
This Brisbane brewery has expanded to the Sunshine Coast with a 40-tap hangout that's pairing beers and bites.
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NewsNew 'Hunger Games' Prequel 'Sunrise on the Reaping' Has Found Its Young Haymitch — and It's Australian Actor Joseph Zada
This 'Invisible Boys' star will follow in Woody Harrelson's footsteps in the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' latest book.
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News"I Do My Best Work in the Dark": Jenna Ortega Gets Creepy and Kooky Again in the First 'Wednesday' Season Two Trailer
You'll need to mark a couple of dates in your diary for this Tim Burton-directed series' return, with its second season dropping in two parts.
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NewsWith 'Mountainhead', It Looks Like 'Succession' Creator Jesse Armstrong Is Back in Eat-the-Rich Mode — and There's a Trailer
In this straight-to-streaming Max film, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef play billionaires on holiday amid an international crisis.
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NewsSydney Film Festival 2025 Is Opening with Alison Brie- and Dave Franco-Starring Australian Film 'Together'
Making its Australian premiere in the Harbour City, this Sundance hit and body-horror flick follows a couple who move to the countryside.
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NewsThe Trailer for the New 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Is Here with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr Back Among the Cast
If you're a fan of 90s horror getting a new lease on life, we know what you're doing this winter Down Under.
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NewsThree Decades On, It Looks Like 'Clueless' Is Getting a Small-Screen Sequel Series Featuring Alicia Silverstone
This isn't the first time that the hit 1995 film has made the jump to TV — but it is the only small-screen series with Silverstone as Cher Horowitz.
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EventHans Zimmer Live
Thu, 24 Apr, 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Hear 'Dune', 'Gladiator', 'Interstellar' 'The Lion King' and more performed by a live orchestra and a full band.
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EventFrida Kahlo: In Her Own Image
Sat, 15 Mar - Sun, 13 Jul 2025
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
This Frida Kahlo exhibition features items and artworks never seen before in Australia — and you can only catch it at the Bendigo Art Gallery.
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Event'Squid Game': The Experience
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Luna Park, Milsons Point
This immersive 'Squid Game' experience at Sydney's Luna Park will get you playing 'Red Light, Green Light' IRL.
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EventDiscovering Ancient Egypt
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - Sun, 17 Aug 2025
Queensland Museum, South Brisbane
This huge ancient Egypt exhibition featuring 200-plus objects is giving Queensland Museum Kurilpa a big blast from the fascinating past.
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EventB2B: A Franco-Canto Culinary Affair
Sun, 27 Apr, 2025
Central Restaurant, Brisbane City
Central's Benny Lam is teaming up with Brisbane-born chef Brendan Fong on a multi-course feast for one day only.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventAdults-Only Mini-Golf Night
Sat, 26 Apr, 2025
The Jungle Adventure Play, Tingalpa
Tingalpa's 16-hole jungle-themed mini golf course with a cocktail bar throws weekly boozy parties just for adults.
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EventRollerFit Brisbane
Sun, 27 Apr, 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
Get your skates on to live out your 'Whip It' and 'Xanadu' dreams at these regular roller-rink sessions.
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EventBottomless Gin Brunches at Covent Garden
Sun, 27 Apr, 2025
Covent Garden, West End
Sip gin cocktails, sangria and Pimm's cups over a shareboard brunch in West End every Sunday.
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EventBig Gay Day
Sun, 4 May, 2025
The Wickham, Fortitude Valley
The Wickham's queer street festival is turning 25 with Peach PRC and The Presets leading the lineup.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventAfter Hours
Multiple single dates
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Keep laughing well into the evening at Brisbane Comedy Festival's late-night Saturday show.
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EventThe Sound Society at Roma Street Parklands
Multiple single dates
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Listen to free live music in stunning natural surroundings once a month.
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NewsFrom Dreamy Dining Rooms to Moody Basement Bars, Nearly 200 Venues Have Been Shortlisted for the 2025 Australian Interior Design Awards
Design envy alert: these are the restaurants, retail spaces and residences that are setting the 2025 style standard.
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NewsALDI's Streetwear Collection Is Back for 2025 — This Time with 29 Pieces, All for Under $20 Each
After 2024's range sold out, the supermarket chain has a new lineup of branded threads on offer, including hoodies, beanies and sneakers.
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NewsGoodbye Go Cards: Smart Ticketing Has Been Rolled Out Across Southeast Queensland's Public Transport Network
Your payment options on buses, trains and ferries now include credit cards, debit cards, smartphones and smartwatches.
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NewsWhether You're Interested in the Physics of Skateboarding or Seafaring Cinema, World Science Festival Brisbane 2025 Has You Covered
When you're not also exploring the effects of awe, you can peer at the Antarctic landscape and dive into the quantum realm.
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NewsYou Can Hang Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' on Your Wall at Home — After You Recreate It with Lego
Another iconic masterpiece has been turned into plastic bricks — 2615 of them, ready for you to build.
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NewsAdore Beauty Is Opening Its First Australian Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Melbourne — And Yes, It Will Have Tim Tam Giveaways Too
This new Westfield Southland store is but the first of many, as Adore Beauty is planning to open a national store network over the next few years.
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NewsThe Four Parks in Brisbane Where You Can BYO Drinks
Grab an esky, pack a picnic basket and go soak up the sun in these BYO-friendly Brisbane parks.
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NewsThe Rainy-Day Guide to Brisbane
When the weather turns wet, here's where to find bars with games, cosy cafes, indoor classes to try and nice dry galleries to shelter in.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Long Weekend
This weekend in and around Brisbane, you can head to a brand-new chocolate festival, see a heap of funny folks, and enjoy a meeting of French and Cantonese cuisines.
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NewsFive Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout
This week, you and your plus one can feast your way through a new riverside chocolate festival, then take a hike and get giggling.
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News
The Four Parks in Brisbane Where You Can BYO Drinks
Grab an esky, pack a picnic basket and go soak up the sun in these BYO-friendly Brisbane parks.
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News
The Rainy-Day Guide to Brisbane
When the weather turns wet, here's where to find bars with games, cosy cafes, indoor classes to try and nice dry galleries to shelter in.
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Guide
The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Long Weekend
This weekend in and around Brisbane, you can head to a brand-new chocolate festival, see a heap of funny folks, and enjoy a meeting of French and Cantonese cuisines.
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NewsWhether You're Keen on a Whitsundays or Bali Getaway, Jetstar Has Just Dropped 40,000-Plus Sale Fares
Prices start at $49 for Club Jetstar members and $54 for everyone else, which covers routes from Brisbane and Melbourne to Newcastle.
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NewsStargazing Camping Plans, Sorted: Bubbletent Has Added Two Extra-Luxe Retreats to Its Capertee Valley Glamping Setup
Soak up the stars — and the world’s second-largest canyon — from this glamping spot featuring rotating beds, hidden wine cellars and more.
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Five Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout
This week, you and your plus one can feast your way through a new riverside chocolate festival, then take a hike and get giggling.
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Seoul Garden Korean BBQ and Hotpot
341 Mains Road, Sunnybank
This Melbourne-born chain has launched its first Brisbane Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet restaurant in Sunnybank.
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BarB. Lucky & Sons Fortitude Valley
315 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
An adults-only arcade bar from the Holey Moley team.
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BarThe Belvedere
Oxley Avenue, Woody Point
Woody Point's 122-year-old pub has relaunched after a $10-million-plus redevelopment.
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BarCicada Blu
33 William Street, Brisbane City
This sky-high Brisbane cocktail spot sits 100 metres above the city on Queen's Wharf's Sky Deck.
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BarArchie Brothers Cirque Electriq Bowen Hills
30 King Street, Bowen Hills
After its Toombul venue was closed due to the floods, this circus-themed arcade bar has moved to Bowen Hills.
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