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NewsWin Tickets to Flickerfest Brisbane 2016
Nab your seats at Australia's only Academy-accredited short film fest.
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NewsTropfest Announces 2016 Judges and Live Music Lineup
Try and impress the director of one of 2015's best Aussie films.
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NewsThis Website Is the Airbnb for Matching Musicians with Recording Studios
Forget booking a holiday — book in some studio time instead.
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NewsFour Brisbane Venues Are Hosting an Epic Valley Crawl
Hop on the inaugural Mountain Goat Valley Crawl.
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NewsHidden Hometown Gems from Laneway Festival's Unearthed Lineup
Find the best local fried chicken, coffee and Ethiopian nosh with Australian music's newbies.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideAll the Big Exhibitions, Installations and Art Festivals Around Brisbane That'll Dazzle Your 2023 Diary
Fill your year with Warhol pop art, glowing gardens, Monet's water lilies and street art everywhere.
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GuideDay to Night Guide: Ten Standout Brisbane Events No Matter What Time You Want to Visit
Would you call yourself a day-tripper or a night owl? Either way, we've got you sorted.
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GuideTen Must-See Art Exhibitions and Installations to Check Out Around Brisbane Before Winter Ends
Fill the rest of winter with woolly labyrinths, Disney delights, a giant kaleidoscope you can wander through and all the Lego.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Sensational Exhibitions to See in and Around Brisbane This Summer
Spend your summer wandering through masterpieces, bouncing around a multi-sensory installation, and embracing the surreal and sublime.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to See at MELT Festival 2016
Brisbane's celebration of queer arts and culture is back for its sophomore year.
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NewsGroovin the Moo Announce 2016 Lineup
GTM returns with Danny Brown, Odesza and a whole lotta local talent.
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NewsKanye Will Premiere His New Album with Screenings in Sydney and Melbourne
Watch Kanye debut Waves live from Madison Square Garden.
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NewsYou Can't Swim in Artist Leandro Erlich's Pool (But You Can Walk Along the Bottom)
One of our favourite, most Instagrammable optical illusions to date.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Useful Guide to the 2016 Oscar Race
Who will win, who should win and who got snubbed.
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NewsBenjamin Law Talks Facebook, Family and the Lack of Diversity on Australian TV
Mad chats with the brains behind the new SBS comedy The Family Law.
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NewsReviving the Best Bits of Cinema with Quentin Tarantino
The Hateful Eight director talks bringing back westerns, 70mm film and good old cinema-going.
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NewsGold Coast's Bleach* Festival Announces Killer 2016 Lineup
The multi-arts festival will take over the coast's natural landscapes for three weekends this March.
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NewsBuy an Original Banksy and Get This Free House Thrown in
Three bedrooms, a patio and a mural by the world's most famous street artist.
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EventSouthwave: Summer Electronic Series
Fri, 2 Jan - Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Rainforest Green, Brisbane
Brisbane is getting a huge new summer experience with Southwave, a free two-month electronic music series bringing Maribou State, Folamour, Rose Gray and more to South Bank.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventNick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The 'Wild God' Tour
Tue, 27 Jan, 2026
Victoria Park / Barrambin, Herston
This iconic Australian band is bringing its latest tour Down Under to kick off 2026, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows.
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EventGood Things
Sun, 7 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
Tool headlining their first Australian festival in over a decade, Weezer, Garbage: they're all on the Good Things 2025 lineup.
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EventOprah in Conversation
Mon, 8 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Oprah Winfrey is getting chatting in Brisbane on her first Down Under tour in a decade.
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EventKesha: The Tits Out Tour
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
Kesha is playing Brisbane in 2026 as part of the biggest headline tour of her career so far.
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EventG Flip: 'Dream Ride' Tour
Fri, 27 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
More than good enough: G Flip is playing Brisbane in February 2026 with The Beaches and Ayesha Madon in support.
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EventLorde: 'Ultrasound' World Tour
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Green light: Lorde is bringing her latest world tour to Brisbane, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter playing at the Entertainment Centre.
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NewsThese Two Brisbane Cinemas Are About to Look a Whole Lot Different
Cineplex Hawthorne and the Eldorado are both getting a makeover.
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NewsAussies, Prepare to Say Goodbye to Your US Netflix Account
"Those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are."
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NewsHere's This Year's Motley Crew of Oscar Nominees
Featuring a mix of blockbusters and indie releases, plus a whole lot of white people.
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NewsBrisbane Queer Film Festival Unveils 2016 Program
See '54' the way filmmaker Mark Christopher originally intended.
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NewsDo You Realise? The Weird and Wonderful World of Wayne Coyne
The Flaming Lips frontman had mad chats with CP on their Australian tour.
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NewsTatsuo Miyajima's Futuristic Installation Art Is Coming to Australia for the First Time
Start preparing for it now.
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NewsWhistler's Mother Has Arrived in Australia
The NGV exhibition will mark the first time she's visited our shores.
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NewsLCD Soundsystem Are Definitely Back Together and Releasing a New Album This Year
All your friends are back together.
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NewsWin a Fancy Art Weekend Trip for Two to Sydney
Have a fancy weekend of fine dining, Grayson Perry and Monet in Sydney.
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NewsAi Weiwei Sets Up Studio in Lesbos to Draw Attention to Refugee Crisis
Plans include a memorial for refugees who lost their lives at sea.
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NewsHave a Listen to Radiohead's Unused James Bond Theme Song
We'll take this over Sam Smith any day of the week.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown
Get maximum bang for your Kris Kringle gift voucher buck.
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NewsBehind the One-Man Comedy Industry That Is Dylan Moran
And no, he's not at all like his drunken, curmudgeonly Bernard Black.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015-16 Summer Reading List
Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.
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NewsFive Late-Night Art Adventures Happening in Sydney This Summer
Take advantage of Sydney's balmy summer evenings at these special after-hours events.
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NewsNick Offerman and Megan Mullally Are Coming to Australia
The dream on- and off-screen couple are touring their show, 'Summer of 69: No Apostrophe'.
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NewsJohn Cleese and Eric Idle Are Bringing Their Live Show to Australia
Two parts of the Python crew are together again at last... for the very first time.
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NewsAn Epic Degas Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
The French Impressionist who took us into bars, saloons and backstage.
