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NewsHAIM, Joji and Phoebe Bridgers Headline Laneway Festival's Huge Comeback Lineup for 2023
For its first festivals since 2020, Laneway has curated another impressive lineup — including Finneas, Fontaines DC, Fred again..., Girl in Red, slowthai and Turnstile, too.
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NewsLaneway Festival Has Announced Locations and Dates for Its 2023 Return — Including New Melbourne and Sydney Venues
The beloved music festival is back with new venues for four of its five Australian stops — and the lineup will be announced on Wednesday.
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NewsSophie Ellis-Bextor, Shane Jenek and Cher-Inspired Cabaret: They're All on Melt Festival's 2022 Lineup
Brisbane Powerhouse's LGBTIQA+ celebration returns for 18 days this November with a packed program filled with tunes, club nights, comedy, dance and First Nations art.
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NewsThis That Has Cancelled Its Spring 2022 Festivals and Will Return in 2023 Instead
If you were planning to hit Newcastle and Brisbane to see Earl Sweatshirt, Flight Facilities and more, we have bad news.
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NewsElvis Costello, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt and Gang of Youths Lead Bluesfest 2023's First 41 Acts
The five-day lineup also features Jackson Browne, Talib Kweli, GZA, Tash Sultana, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and more.
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NewsThe Sunshine Coast Is Set to Score a Huge New Music Venue and Hotel Next to an 11-Hectare Parkland
Located ten minutes out of Caloundra, the new venue is set to open in 2024, and hails from the crew behind the Eatons Hill and Sandstone Point hotels.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsNelly Furtado Is Coming to Australia to Headline Beyond The Valley's NYE 2022 Camping Festival
Be like a bird and fly to Barunah Plains, 90 minutes out of Melbourne — Denzel Curry, Bicep, Dom Dolla and Flight Facilities are also on the bill.
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NewsBon Iver Is Headed to Australia in 2023 Which Will Mark Their First National Tour Since 2009
Bon Iver's dreamy falsetto will be coming to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane — as well as festivals in Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania.
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NewsA Concert Version of 'Singin' in the Rain' Is Splashing Into Brisbane This Spring
All of the iconic film's classic tracks will echo through QPAC, including 'Good Morning', 'Make ‘em Laugh', 'Gotta Dance' and the titular track.
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NewsSix60 and Julian Marley and the Uprising Will Headline Good Love's 2023 Waterside Reggae Festival
Come February, you can catch New Zealand's history-making chart-toppers and Bob Marley's son at Australia’s biggest reggae festival.
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NewsCaribou, Yothu Yindi and Courtney Barnett Lead Meredith's Huge First Festival Since 2019
The Comet Is Coming, Dry Cleaning, Tkay Maidza and Sharon Van Etten are also headed to the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre this December.
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NewsJack White, Groove Armada and The Avalanches Are Headlining Adelaide's New Harvest Rock Festival
The White Stripes frontman is doing his only Australian show at this new Adelaide festival, which hails from the Secret Sounds crew.
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NewsYonder Is Moving Its Three-Day Music, Arts and Camping Festival to the Scenic Rim for 2022
After three years on the Sunshine Coast, this boutique — and BYO — music festival is heading south.
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NewsThe London Symphony Orchestra Is Touring Australia for the First Time Since 2014
It's only the fourth time in the LSO's 120-year history that it's making the trip Down Under.
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NewsFestival of the Sun Is Returning to Port Macquarie for Its Second Boutique BYO Music Festival of 2022
One 2022 festival just wasn't enough for FOTSUN — and this time it's bringing Vera Blue, Cosmo's Midnight, Confidence Man and Peking Duk along for the ride.
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NewsDiplo, Denzel Curry and Dom Dolla Headline Wildlands' Big Summer 2022–23 Lineup
The dance, electronic and hip hop fest will return to Brisbane Showgrounds — and head to Perth and Adelaide for the first time.
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NewsTLC, Shaggy, Ashanti, Craig David and Akon Are Coming to Australia for a Huge Throwback R&B Tour
Do go chasing waterfalls at this nostalgic concert tour, which also features Macklemore, Jay Sean and Dru Hill.
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NewsSophie Ellis-Bextor Is Coming to Brisbane Powerhouse to Headline This Year's Huge Melt Festival
It's murder on the dancefloor at the 18-day LGBTIQA+ celebration's 2022 event, with the UK pop star leading the bill alongside Big Freedia.
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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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EventWeekend of Tartness
Fri, 21 Feb - Sun, 23 Feb 2025
The Scratch, Milton
The funkiest, sourest, most-refreshing beers being produced in Australia and around the world are taking over The Scratch's taps for three tart days.
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 23 May - Sat, 24 May 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventKichi Kichi Meet and Eat
Sun, 23 Mar - Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Harajuku Gyoza South Bank, South Brisbane
Chef Motokichi Yukimura from Kyoto's Kichi Kichi is whipping up his internet-famous omurice in Brisbane — again.
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EventLunar New Year at Brisbane Quarter
Tue, 28 Jan - Mon, 10 Feb 2025
Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane City
See in the Year of the Snake with lion dances, flaming lobster and decadent banquets.
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EventLunar New Year in Fortitude Valley
Sat, 1 Feb - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Chinatown Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley
The Year of the Snake is getting into full swing with markets, traditional music and cultural dances — and plenty of food in the vicinity.
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EventLunar New Year in The Lanes
Sat, 1 Feb, 2025
Bakery, Winn and California Lanes, Fortitude Valley
Chinatown isn't the only place in Fortitude Valley to feast on dumplings, sip drinks and watch lion dances this Lunar New Year.
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EventLunar New Year at Donna Chang
Tue, 28 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Donna Chang, Brisbane City
This CBD Chinese fine-diner is a heritage-listed former bank is serving up lunch banquets, dinner feasts, dragon dancers and more to welcome the Year of the Snake.
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EventYear of the Snake Chinese New Year Dinners at Stanley
Wed, 29 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane City
Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Cantonese feast and lion dances by the river at Howard Smith Wharves' Cantonese restaurant.
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EventLunar New Year at The Star Brisbane
Sun, 12 Jan - Wed, 12 Feb 2025
The Star Brisbane, Brisbane City
Enjoy a street food-inspired banquet or tuck into a luxe sashimi platter, then watch lion dances and place your hopes for the year ahead on the wishing tree.
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NewsThe Drop Festival Is Hitting Up Bondi This Spring — and Touring to Other Iconic Surf Spots in 2023
Tones and I, Matt Corby and Dune Rats headline the returning music and surfing fest's 2022 stops, with the 2023 lineup still to come.
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NewsNew Gold Coast Music Fest Springtime Wants You to Fling Paint-Filled Balloons with a Giant Slingshot
The new fest will take over Surfers Paradise for three days in September — and it has just added a new beachside skate plaza, too
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NewsNick Cave and Warren Ellis Have Announced Their Full 2022 Australian Tour Dates
The iconic Australian musicians will take their 'Carnage' tour around Australia in November and December.
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NewsJust In: Splendour in the Grass Has Cancelled Its Main Stage Gigs Today Due to Wet Conditions
"We look forward to Saturday and Sunday programming moving ahead as planned," festival organisers said in a statement.
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News"Splendour in the Pool": Wet Weather Is Causing Chaos, Mud Pits and a Damp Time at SITG's Big Return
A whole heap of rain has been causing soggy mayhem at Splendour in the Grass, which is back for its first festival since 2019.
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NewsBIGSOUND Has Unveiled the Huge 182-Artist Lineup That's Taking Over Brisbane This Spring
For its first in-person event since 2019, Fortitude Valley's massive music event will set up 23 stages at 21 venues across four big days.
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NewsElton John Is Bringing His Final Tour Down Under Again in 2023 for a Last Round of Farewell Shows
The music superstar will now play his last-ever Australian and New Zealand shows in January 2023.
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NewsQueensland Symphony Orchestra Is Hosting a Big Free 75th Birthday Concert at QPAC
The one-night-only show will feature everything from Tchaikovsky’s 'Swan Lake' finale to Australian composer Sean O’Boyle’s 'Concerto for Didgeridoo'.
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NewsKate Bush Has Given Brisbane's Pub Choir's 'Running Up That Hill' Cover Her Tick of Approval
What's better than watching a massive room full of Brisbanites sing 'Running Up That Hill' with a drink in their hands? Knowing that Kate Bush saw it and loved it, too.
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NewsViolent Soho Are Playing a Huge Gig at Fortitude Music Hall Before Going on Indefinite Hiatus
After almost two decades together, the Mansfield favourites are taking an indefinite break — and hitting the stage for their last big hometown show for a while.
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NewsMinistry of Sound Is Hitting South Bank with a Massive Orchestra Show Filled with Dance Music
Hear classical renditions of Basement Jaxx, Darude, Röyksopp, Robin, Underworld, Moby and more — played by an orchestra, and with live vocals.
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NewsFisher Is Throwing a Heap of Huge Outdoor Dance Parties This Spring on His Rescheduled Aussie Tour
The DJ's 'Australia, It's Fk'n On' tour will hit up Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, with Booka Shade, Pnau, Loco Dice and HoneyLuv in support.
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NewsSpotify Is Curating Personalised 'Stranger Things'-Inspired Playlists to Save You From Vecna
Spent the last month listening to Kate Bush on repeat? Swap 'Running Up That Hill' for Spotify's new personalised Upside Down playlists.
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NewsTy Dolla $ign, YG, Zhu and Pnau Headline The Grass Is Greener's Four-City 2022 Tour
For its first events outside of Queensland, the music, food and arts fest has compiled one helluva lineup.
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NewsBy the Way, Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Bringing Their Global Stadium Tour Down Under in 2023
The LA-based rockers will hit up Auckland, Dunedin, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in January and February, supported by Post Malone.
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GuideAll the Big Music Tours and Festivals to Put in Your Diary for the Rest of 2022
Fancy filling the rest of your year with music fests and huge gigs? Here's a long list to head to.
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NewsThis That Is Returning for Its Second 2022 Fests Headlined by Earl Sweatshirt and Flight Facilities
After already hitting Newcastle and Brisbane to kick off autumn, the music fest is returning again this spring with both international and Australian acts.
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NewsBilly Joel Is Coming to Australia This Summer Just for One Huge Concert at the MCG
The Piano Man is heading Down Under to play one show in Melbourne, featuring everything from 'Uptown Girl' to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
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NewsQueensland Music Trails Will Return in 2023 with Huge Music Events at 25 Locations Across the State
A music festival and a road trip all in one, this massive event ran an outback trial in 2021 — and now it's returning statewide.
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NewsTISM, Bring Me the Horizon, The Amity Affliction, NOFX and Millencolin Lead Good Things' 2022 Lineup
Aussie legends TISM will play their first live gigs in 19 years when Good Times heads to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this summer.
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News'Star Wars' Just Topped the ABC Classic 100 Countdown of the Best Film, TV and Game Scores
The force was strong with this countdown — and you've now got 100 iconic soundtracks to listen to.
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NewsWe Bet You'll Look Good on the Dance Floor at Arctic Monkeys' Big 2023 Aussie Outdoor Gigs
Sheffield's finest are returning Down Under for Falls Festival and Lost Paradise — and they've just added standalone gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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NewsMulti-Venue Fest Let the Music Play Is Returning for 2022 to Fill Fortitude Valley with Live Tunes
Let the Music Play will take over Fortitude Music Hall, The Zoo and Brightside Outdoors this winter, and turn Warner Street into a big disco street party
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The Grass Is Greener Is Returning to the Gold Coast in 2022 — and Debuting in Canberra and Geelong
The hit Queensland music, food and art festival is expanding — and heading down south for the first time.
