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NewsComing Soon: The New LiveWire at Queen's Wharf Will Pair Cocktails with Live Tunes and Late-Night Entertainment
Set to open in August, this watering hole won't be a sports bar like its current namesake — it'll be a live entertainment venue.
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NewsNow Open: Lost Souls Is Fortitude Valley's New Underworld-Themed Karaoke Bar From the Netherworld Crew
In the old The Shamrock and The Step Inn digs, Brunswick Street's monster-themed arcade bar now has a sibling dedicated to singing while sipping.
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NewsFortitude Valley's SuperFly Has Ditched Disco to Turn Into Brisbane's Newest Live Music Venue
Alhambra Lounge's old digs on McLachlan Street is now home to a 400-person haven for gigs — and now called SuperFly Studios.
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NewsSydney's YCK Precinct Has Been Named Australia's First Purple Flag District for Its Vibrant and Safe Nightlife
The Harbour City locale joins areas in England, Sweden and New Zealand in being recognised as a top-tier nightlife hotspot.
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NewsRetro Nightclub Superfly Disco Has Brought Its Light-Up Dance Floor to Alhambra Lounge's Old Digs
Bust out your best 70s-style threads for a night of disco tunes, 'Theme From Shaft' cocktails and throwback fun.
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NewsSuperfly Disco Is Fortitude Valley's Soon-to-Open Throwback Nightclub with a Light-Up Dance Floor
Come October, you should be dancing to retro tunes on a ‘Saturday Night Fever’-style light-up floor in Alhambra Lounge's old digs.
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NewsThe Best Places in Brisbane to Treat Your Mum on Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Try slightly harder than your favourite sticky dive bar — your mum deserves it.
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GuideA Day and Night Guide to Paddington
From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.
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Guide
The Best Waterfront Venues in and Around Brisbane That Serve Drinks with a View All Year Round
Make the most of Brisbane's usually balmy weather with a spritz by the water.
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GuideThe Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to Around Brisbane in 2024
Add cheese, seafood, bacon, cake, gin, whisky, berry, beer, Japanese and Greek festivals to your culinary plans for this year.
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GuideSeven Bars in Brisbane to Go for Cocktails with Friends When You're Feeling Extra
Make the most of that golden stretch of the evening to enjoy a leisurely drink with your mates at these locales.
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NewsEight Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Brisbane
You're never too old for this Easter hunt, especially when there's cocktails in chocolate bunnies and hot cross cruffins to track down and devour.
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GuideAll of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
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Guide
Brisbane Bars with Games and Activities for When You Want to Do More Than Just Sit Around and Drink
Sip shiraz over 'Scrabble', polish off a pint with a game of pool, pair cocktails with karaoke or mash buttons with a brew in your hand.
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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings to Put in Your Diary for 2024 and Beyond
Brisbane is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane
From riverside feasts and rooftop parties to tea festivals and citywide celebrations, here's how to welcome in the Year of the Dragon in Brisbane.
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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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NewsTen Breathtaking Light Installations You Need to Catch at Vivid Sydney 2022
Bright lights, big city canvas — prepare to be dazzled by illuminations and immersive exhibitions at the return of Vivid Sydney.
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NewsWe're Giving Away the Ultimate VIP White Claw Experience for You and Your Crew
Anyone keen for a Kombi limo, ice-cold White Claws and pumping tunes on a sunshine-filled day with mates?
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NewsB Wise Shares His Six Go-To Playlists to Set the Mood for Any Occasion
Set the mood with these standout playlists handpicked by ARIA-nominated rapper B Wise.
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NewsFive Nighttime Activities in Brisbane That Should Be Top of Your Hit List After Lockdown
These are the after-dark activities we can't wait to do once restrictions are lifted.
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RestaurantCooee Cafe & Restaurant
1825 Creek Road, Cannon Hill
This 200-seat Cannon Hill spot for a caffeine fix, bite and cocktail is part of Minnippi Golf & Range, Brisbane's first public golf course in more than 70 years.
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RestaurantDapl
200 Creek Street, Spring Hill
Located inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel, this restaurant heroes native Australian ingredients.
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RestaurantComo
119 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
This modern Italian restaurant in South Brisbane takes its cues from Lake Como.
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BarBeenleigh Artisan Distillery Restaurant
142 Distillery Road, Eagleby
Beenleigh's heritage-listed 140-year-old rum distillery is home to an 80-seat restaurant.
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RestaurantKenilworth Island Bakery
3 First Avenue, Bongaree
The beloved bakery finally has an outpost closer to Brisbane serving its famed coffee- and hot chocolate-filled doughnuts.
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BarKirra Beach House
4 Marine Parade, Coolangatta
Part of the Kirra Point Precinct, this oceanfront drinking and dining spot boasts cabanas, cocktail bars and a seafood barbecue area.
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BarLagoon Beach Club
Manor Circle, Sanctuary Cove
Looking for a poolside bite and sip? InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort now has you covered.
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RestaurantLa Macelleria South City Square
148 Logan Road, Woolloongabba
This gelato chain is now scooping up its artisanal desserts from hole-in-the-wall digs in Woolloongabba.
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RestaurantEstablishment 203
6 Marshall Street, Fortitude Valley
Ben O'Donoghue has opened an Italian and steak restaurant in Fortitude Valley.
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RestaurantLittle Black Pug
1297 Logan Road, Mount Gravatt
If you love dogs as much as you do coffee and brekkie, this local Mount Gravatt favourite is for you.
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NewsYou and Nine Mates Can Hire Out The Tivoli for Dinner, Dancing and Live Tunes
You'll get the place to yourself, feast on a four-course dinner and dance the night away.
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NewsA Party with Dance-Inducing Tunes by Hot Dub Time Machine Is Taking Over Your Living Room
Canadian Club's annual Bad Sweater Party is going virtual.
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NewsFour Ways to Make Nights at Home More Exciting (and What Dish or Drink to Pair With Them)
Level up your nights at home with fun activities, cocktail deliveries and tasty bites.
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GuideSeven Places to Celebrate New Year's Eve If You're Staying in Brisbane This Year
Time to get in the group chat ASAP and start planning how you're going to ring in 2020.
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NewsNine Epic Date Night Ideas to Plan In and Around the King Street Precinct This Summer
Forget dinner and a movie — take date night to the next level with a staycation, games, workshops and live music.
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GuideSix Local Bars and Wineries to Visit on Your Next Group Getaway to Canberra
Drink your way around the capital with this selection of vineyards, breweries and hidden cocktail bars.
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EventFarm Gate to City Door Markets
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Breakfast Creek Lifestyle Precinct, Newstead
Scenic Rim producers such as Tamborine Mountain Distillery, Towri Sheep Cheeses, Tommerup’s Dairy Farm and Olive View Estate are bringing their wares to Breakfast Creek.
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EventSpanish Film Festival
Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations
Say hola to the Brisbane's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.
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EventThe Made Local Market — Winter
Saturday, June 15 - Sunday, June 16, 2024
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 120 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Winter
Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, July 7, 2024
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.
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EventSeasonal Fruit Festival — Winter Edition
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City
Catch Tirzah, Glass Beams, Bonny Doon and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music at Felons Brewing Co.
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EventWest End Solstice Market
Friday, June 14, 2024
Davies Park, West End
The longest night of the year is on its way — and you can celebrate with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, glühwein, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.
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EventKingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane
More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
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GuideSeven Brisbane Bars That'll Take Your Friday Night Drinks to the Next Level
Celebrate the end of the week in style — visit these elegant bars and treat yourself to an elegant cocktail.
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NewsEight Activities to Plan For Your Birthday When You Want to Do More Than Just Dinner or Drinks
Different things to do when it's time to celebrate little 'old' you.
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NewsHoley Moley Has Just Added Nine New Holes and Two Karaoke Rooms to Its Fortitude Valley Digs
You can now putt-putt your way around 'E.T.' and 'Stranger Things' holes — or belt out hits from the 60s.
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NewsHow to Spend a Weekend in the Heart of Melbourne on a Budget
Take yourself on a DIY art tour, catch a gig and eat tasty multicultural fare — without breaking the bank.
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NewsThe Go-To Gin Guide to Winter in Brisbane
Even as the winter chill sets in, there's plenty reason to get out and about (with a gin in hand) this season.
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GuideSix Bars Pouring Caribbean-Influenced Cocktails to Keep Those Summer Vibes Alive This Winter
Remain blissfully unaware that summer's over with this selection of tropical tipples.
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NewsYot Club Is Brisbane's Huge New Party Venue on a 400-Person Yacht
The next-level party boat, with two bars, a stage and a dance floor, will sail into the city this summer.
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NewsA New Adults-Only Arcade Bar from the Holey Moley Team Has Just Opened In Fortitude Valley
The eclectic B. Lucky & Sons offers vintage prizes, alcoholic bubble teas and bonito-flake pizza toppings.
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GuideFour Spots to Head for Late-Night Kick Ons
Head to these buzzing Brissie bars and party with your pals to no end.
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GuideFour Bars Perfect for a Weekend Boogie
Get on your dancing shoes and bust a move at these buzzing Brissie bars.
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NewsThe Holey Moley Team Is Opening a New Adults-Only Arcade Bar In Fortitude Valley
The eclectic B. Lucky & Sons offers vintage prizes, alcoholic bubble teas and bonito-flake pizza toppings.
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NewsBrisbane's The Zoo to Start Closing at Midnight Due to Queensland's ID Scanning Laws
Brissie gig-goers will have to make like Cinderella with the venue deciding that closing early was a better business decision than enforcing the ID scanning requirements.
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NewsThis New Documentary Investigates Sydney's Nightlife in Light of the Lockout Laws
The doco speaks to prominent local and international figures to investigate the effects of the NSW Government's laws and pose alternative solutions to them.
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GuideThe Best New Year's Eve Events Happening Around Brisbane
Ring in the new year with glitter, an Italian dinner or karaoke and boozy slurpees.
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NewsSydney Is Hosting a One-Day Forum on Global Night Culture
An ambitious, timely collaboration between Sydney's Electronic Music Conference and the night mayor of Amsterdam, Mirik Milan.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About Queensland's New ID Scanning Laws
Heading out for a few drinks after 10pm? Prepare to have your identification scanned.
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NewsThe UK's Insanely Popular Bingo Rave Is Coming to Brisbane
The highly unexpected cult event is launching in Sydney and Melbourne — and now Brisbane. Just yell "bingo" and wait for the drop.
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GuideThe Best New Year's Eve Events Happening Around Brisbane
See in the New Year at Woodford, at a French bistro or in a kayak on the river.
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NewsTen Awesome Perth Bars Worth Travelling For
Greenhouse gardens, tiki houses and bars that look like a scene from Alice in Wonderland.
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NewsAn Old Brisbane Church is About to Become a Mini-Golf Bar
Mini-golf, a cocktail bar and an all-round hangout hub rolled into one.
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