• News

    Blues, Roots and Langos: A Journey Through Bluesfest's 2017 Food Lineup

    From Yemeni bread to vegan pasta and those organic doughnuts — here's what we ate at Bluesfest this year.

  • News

    Five Films Worth Making the Drive to the Gold Coast Film Festival to See

    Road trip to see Australia's answer to 24, Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson, and a black-and-white boxing flick that's also a love story.

  • News

    American Essentials Film Festival Reveals Indie-Focused 2017 Program

    Two Greta Gerwig films, Australia's own Bond and Ewan McGregor jumping behind the camera rank among the second-year festival's 31 titles.

  • News

    This Immersive London Exhibition Will Put You Inside an Episode of 'Black Mirror'

    Relive the anthology series' "Fifty Million Merits" episode as part of the Barbican's three-month science-fiction showcase.

  • News

    NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Installed a Surreal Rooftop Dinner Party

    Characters and objects from the Met's collection have been digitally scanned, cast as sculptures and spread underneath the Manhattan skyline.

  • News

    Brisbane Has a New Live Music Venue, The Flamin' Galah

    Alf Stewart would approve of this Upper Roma Street newcomer.

Latest Guides
  • Guide

    The Best Things to Do Around Brisbane This Long Weekend

    From Easter egg hunts around bars to 18-hour pinball tournaments and long lazy Easter brunches.

  • News

    A Huge Akira Kurosawa Retrospective Is Coming to Australia

    The legendary Japanese director's work will screen in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.

  • News

    The Museum of Everything Is Coming to Australia

    The world's first dedicated showcase of ordinary art is heading to MONA for its first Australian visit.

  • News

    Dark Mofo Has Announced Its Spectacular Full 2017 Lineup

    Large-scale lasers, an orchestra mixed with around 500 litres of blood, and a 200-kilometre pilgrimage to six different churches are all on the bill.

  • News

    A Handy Guide to This Year's Splendour Sideshows

    Not heading to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.

  • News

    Australia's Human Rights Film Festival Announces 2017 Program

    Tired of the same old blockbuster formula? See a film that cuts through the noise.

  • News

    Academy Award-Winning Director Oliver Stone Is Coming to Australia

    The influential, polarising American filmmaker joins both the Vivid Ideas and Semi Permanent lineups in Sydney.

  • Guide

    Ten Brisbane Art Exhibitions to Brighten Up Your April

    Frolic through a candy-coloured land and slide from the top floor of GOMA to the bottom before this exhibition leaves.

  • News

    We're Hosting An Advanced Screening of 'Berlin Syndrome' in Brisbane

    The latest from Australian director Cate Shortland is a provocative thriller receiving rave reviews.

  • News

    The World's Biggest TV Festival Is Coming to Melbourne

    Series Mania will bring screenings, panels, workshops and more to ACMI for five days of TV-focused fun.

  • News

    Melbourne Is Getting a Shit Garden Exhibition

    An entire exhibition celebrating the world's outstandingly disastrous landscaping choices.

Latest Events
  • Event

    Mould x Pinot Palooza

    Fri, 23 May - Sun, 25 May 2025

    RNA Showgrounds, Fortitude Valley

    Iconic pairing alert: this pinot noir festival and cheese fest are joining forces to throw a three-day Brisbane wine and cheese party.

  • Event

    Affordable Art Fair Brisbane

    Thu, 8 May - Sun, 11 May 2025

    Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

    Bargain alert: this global event is making is returning to Brisbane across four May days, with artworks for sale from $100.

  • Event

    World Science Festival Brisbane

    Fri, 21 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    Whether you're interested in the a peek inside Queensland Herbarium, the physics of skateboarding or seafaring cinema, this fest has you covered.

  • Event

    Innocent Bystander Tasting Bar at Babylon Garden

    Thu, 27 Feb - Sun, 16 Mar 2025

    Babylon Garden, Brisbane City

    Come for the pop-up cellar door from this Yarra Valley winery, stay for the Harry Styles lookalike contest, free tattoos, and gin and wine masterclass.

  • Event

    Big 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.

  • Event

    OHM

    Fri, 28 Feb - Sat, 22 Mar 2025

    Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

    From King Stingray to Brisbane's largest neuro-inclusive silent disco, Brisbane Powerhouse's Festival of Other Music boasts a stellar 2025 lineup.

  • Event

    Margs-a-Million

    Sun, 23 Mar, 2025

    Southside Restaurant, South Brisbane

    This returning margarita festival at Southside is pairing 'ritas, mariachi tunes, and a mezcal and tequila tasting station bites with whipped up with the Baja crew.

  • Event

    March Into Margarita

    Sat, 1 Mar - Mon, 31 Mar 2025

    Fish Lane, South Brisbane

    Fish Lane is dedicating the entire month of March to margaritas and marg-fuelled events.

  • Event

    Beermuda

    Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    This four-stop brewery crawl will take you hopping and sipping your way through the southside's busy beer scene.

  • Event

    Feel Good Program

    Sat, 1 Mar - Thu, 1 May 2025

    South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

    Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through spring at South Bank's free exercise classes.

  • News

    The Team Behind Serial and This American Life Just Dropped a Brand New True Crime Podcast

    S-Town investigates a true story set in rural Alabama — and all seven episodes are here.

  • News

    Splendour in the Grass Announces Dream-Fulfilling 2017 Lineup

    After six years, LCD Soundsystem are coming back to Australia.

  • News

    We're Hosting an Advanced Screening of 'Get Out' in Brisbane

    Register your details and go into the draw to come and see a truly terrifying movie with us.

  • News

    Shia LaBeouf's Anti-Trump Project Has Been Shut Down Again

    The fourth time wasn't the charm for the actor turned activist's artistic protest piece.

  • News

    The Guggenheim Has Just Unveiled Its Stunning Synthetic Desert Installation

    Visitors step into a sea of sound-suppressing foam pyramids in an artwork designed to "heighten our understanding of perceptual experience."

  • News

    Spanish Film Festival Announces Stacked 2017 Program

    With 38 features on the bill, from Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's latest Trip to bank robber thrillers and Goya-winning revenge flicks.

  • News

    Ten Films from SXSW 2017 Required in Australian Cinemas Immediately

    They're making waves in Austin, let's hope the tide brings them to our shores.

  • News

    St Kilda Is Getting Australia's First Pride Centre

    Modelled after San Francisco’s LGBTI Community Centre, it will highlight queer culture, provide services and offer a safe gathering space.

  • News

    Dark Mofo Reveals First 2017 Festival Headliner

    The first taste of the Tasmanian midwinter festival includes Viking-peddling experimental black metal.

  • News

    Vivid Sydney Announces Massive 2017 Program

    AIR, Shepard Fairey, Laura Marling, lights at Barangaroo.

  • News

    Large Groups are Freaking Out SXSW Attendees to Promote 'The Handmaid's Tale'

    Red-clad ladies are popping up around the Austin festival to plug Hulu's new Elisabeth Moss-starring show.

  • News

    This Visually Stunning Ballet Should Come to Australia

    The production stems from a dream team of Jamie xx, Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor, Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.

  • News

    Stones Corner Festival Announces 2017 Lineup

    Local legends Regurgitator headline the free street fest, which will also feature a new beer garden.

  • News

    A Two-Day Food and Music Festival is Coming to Melbourne's Historic Pentridge Prison

    Live tunes, market stalls and meals on wheels will help celebrate 20 years since the prison closed its doors.

  • News

    Five Must-See Films at the 2017 Brisbane Queer Film Festival

    Coming-of-age films, Brazilian miniseries and political documentaries set in the Philippines.

  • News

    Gold Coast Film Festival Unveils 2017 Program

    Watch some of 2017's best films by the water, in a brewery and on a boat.

  • News

    IMDB Adds New 'F for Female' Rating to Highlight Women in Film

    This well-timed new feature lets you search by female director or female protagonist.

  • News

    Ten Must-See Films at the 2017 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

    See Audrey Tautou on a boat, Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp in pre-war Europe and France's equivalent of an Amy Schumer movie.

  • News

    YouTube is Bringing Live TV Streaming to All of Your Devices

    The US service will allow viewers to watch live TV wherever they happen to be and enjoy unlimited recording.

  • News

    Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank

    Set up in secret over the last 14 months and set to open on March 11, the Bethlehem guesthouse is expected to run for a year.

  • News

    The Best of Berlinale 2017: Ten New Films We Can't Wait to Hit Australian Cinemas

    We hopped over to the Berlin International Film Festival to get the jump on what's coming soon to cinemas.

  • News

    Five Formidable Recent French Films You Might Have Missed

    Brush up before the Alliance French Film Festival rolls into town.

  • News

    Austrian Street Artist Nychos Unveils Colossal Mural in Sydney

    It's a homage to famous Victorian painting Flaming June.

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