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NewsCrowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up
The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.
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NewsYour Guide to St Patrick’s Day in Brisbane 2014
A perennial excuse to wear a silly hat and drink green cocktails.
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NewsYour Guide to Weekends on the Gold Coast
It’s time to reclaim your weekends and take a mini-break to the GC.
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NewsTen Standout Craft Beers to Try Before the End of Summer
Meet some local beers doing amazing things with hops, water and yeast.
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NewsThe Best Fish and Chips in Brisbane
Some of the best fish and chips in the city, no dreaded stodge in sight.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch Right Now 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 Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with the Sydney-shot action antics of 'The Fall Guy', a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated animated gem and the love-triangle games of 'Challengers'.
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NewsTwelve Movies to Put on Your Must-See List at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival
Whether you're keen on a dose of weirdness with your SFF sessions, to embrace a Sydney icon or to see award-winning flicks, there's something for you among these titles.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson, an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller and the new season of an Aussie rom-com sitcom.
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Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Kirsten Dunst as a war photographer in a divided America, Dev Patel directing himself in an action-packed revenge thriller and Kristen Stewart turning heartthrob.
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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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NewsDetroit Chef Creates a Ten-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s Kid A
Everything on its right plate.
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NewsThe Seven Best Indian Eateries in Brisbane
From quick food joints to restaurants fit for a maharaja, these Indian eateries are the best of the best.
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NewsEight Exciting Food and Drink Trends Brewing in 2014
Hybrid snacks, whole pigs, one-food wonders and an abundance of green.
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NewsIn Dramatic Role Reversal, Melbourne-Inspired Eatery Opens in New York
Start spreading the news, New York has got a taste of Down Under.
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NewsCaxton Steet: A Choose Your Own Adventure
The one street in Brisbane that offers everything from a dirty grind to a top-shelf martini.
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NewsPeng You China Kitchen and Bar Offers Up Chinese New Year Feast
What better way to welcome in the Year of the Horse than with an indulgent feast?
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NewsThe Ten Best Milkshakes in Brisbane
Sure, we've grown up. But so too have Brisbane's milkshakes, which are now house-made, all-natural and pretty darn sophisticated.
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NewsWorld’s First Kitchen-Ready 3D Food Printer Is Coming
Become a pastry chef at the push of a button.
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NewsThe Ten Best French Eateries in Brisbane
The result of our quest to stuff ourselves with croissants and cheese.
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NewsThe Five Best Outdoor Restaurants in Brisbane
In the Queensland summer, there’s nothing better than enjoying a meal and good company in the great outdoors.
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EventThe Art Boat
Fri, 30 Aug - Sat, 21 Sep 2024
South Bank Pontoon B, South Brisbane
Get the BRIEFS FACTORY experience while cruising down the Brisbane River on vessel decked out with patterned tentacles.
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EventSip Happens Festival
Sat, 3 Aug, 2024
The Triffid, Newstead
Clink vino glasses to a live music soundtrack at this wine-tasting festival dedicated to up-and-coming small producers at The Triffid.
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EventCaxton Street Comedy Festival
Sat, 19 Oct, 2024
Caxton Street, Paddington
This brand-new event on Caxton Street is taking over four venues with 20-plus comedy shows across one side-splitting day.
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EventTrent Dalton's Love Stories
Sun, 8 Sep - Sun, 29 Sep 2024
QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane
After 'Boy Swallows Universe', another Trent Dalton book is coming to life on the stage at Brisbane Festival.
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EventOS Art Shop Offline Launch
Sun, 28 Jul, 2024
Fish Lane, South Brisbane
Outer Space now has an online platform selling art, jewellery, ceramics and more by local independent artists and creatives — and it's kicking it off with an IRL party.
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EventWater and Dreams High Tea
Sat, 29 Jun - Sun, 27 Oct 2024
W Brisbane, Brisbane City
W Brisbane's Living Room Bar is serving up edible bubbles and airfoam-topped cocktails at this high tea themed around GOMA's 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' exhibition.
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EventDeadpool & Wolverine
Thu, 25 Jul - Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane
If there’s a Marvel messiah in the MCU's 34th film — and the first to feature either Deadpool or Wolverine — it's Hugh Jackman back in the claws as Logan.
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Event2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics Live Site at South Bank
Fri, 26 Jul - Sun, 8 Sep 2024
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Whether you're keen to catch the Matildas, the swimming or the athletics action, South Bank is hosting a viewing site for Paris 2024.
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EventIris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
Sat, 29 Jun - Mon, 7 Oct 2024
GOMA, South Brisbane
Beloved by Beyoncé, Björk and Cate Blanchett, this Dutch fashion designer's stunning haute couture pieces are on display at GOMA.
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NewsLondon to See World’s First Edible Firework Display This NYE
Could this inspire Australia's first ever case of firework envy?
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NewsThe Seven Best Restaurants with a View in Brisbane
From mountaintop views to waterside hotspots, these special locations flaunt Brisbane's diverse beauty.
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NewsUbiquitous Sriracha Sauce Now Has Its Own Documentary Film
Your favourite condiment is now a movie star.
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NewsCraft Beer and Book Matching for the Perfect Summer Read
See out a long summer day with The Sundowners and a Sundown Lager.
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NewsMr & Mrs Smith’s Ten Hottest Hotel Bars
If you're a jetsetting barfly, get ready to spread your wings and drool over the world's top ten hotel bars.
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NewsYourfork Wants to Let You Order Home-Cooked Food from Your Neighbours
Hooking up the home cooks and the take-out fiends.
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NewsStock Up on Sriracha Sauce as Factory Goes Into Shutdown
Fans of the spicy sauce might want to stalk up, or risk battling it out in the aisles.
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NewsThe Hunger Games Luxury Chocolates Are the Most Delicious Movie Tie-In
Because you certainly want to know what District 12 tastes like.
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NewsThe Eight Best Banh Mi in Brisbane
There is not a lot that can beat a truly great sandwich and banh mi is up there with the best.
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NewsPony Chases the Best Cocktail Bartender in Brisbane
Brisbane celebrates the art of cocktail creation, in the search for the city's best cocktail bartender.
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NewsJellyfish Protein Gives Us Creepy, Glowing Ice-Cream
Calcium-activated luminescent protein takes dessert to a whole new level.
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NewsEat Street Markets Ship a Taste of Asia to Brisbane
All the tastes of hawker Asian street food, with the cool quirk of shipping containers and arts programming.
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NewsWise Up at Moga’s Sake Masterclass
Sake is fermented rice at its finest and it's high-time we learned a thing or two about it.
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NewsThe Five Best Vegetarian Cafes in Brisbane
Natalie Portman doesn’t. Neither does Pamela Anderson, Bill Clinton or Ellen Degeneres.
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NewsSouth Side Diner Brings Americana to Brisbane
South Bank gets a new, retro addition in South Side Diner.
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NewsThe Complete Guide to Eating in Sunnybank
Hunting down these future favourites can be a laborious and occasionally disheartening process so we at Concrete Playground have tried to take some of the guesswork out of things. Here’s our list of some of the best meals the 4109 postcode has to offer.
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NewsTry Banana Bread and Espresso Butter Beer from 4 Pines and Single Origin
It's Up & Go for beer enthusiasts.
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NewsThe Seven Best High Teas in Brisbane
High tea is a serious art and we've found the best that Brisbane has to offer.
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NewsThe Seven Best Bagels in Brisbane
You might not have to travel as far as you thought to get your fix, because Brisbane's experiencing a rather tasty bagel boom, and it's hitting taste buds hard.
