Sydney’s Best Ladies Lunch Spots

Get the girls together for a long-overdue luncheon at Sydney's best ladies' lunch spots.

Win Tickets to see Ruby Sparks

Win tickets to see Ruby Sparks, a cute fantasy-romance starring Paul Dano and real-life girlfriend Zoe Kazan.

Winning Entries From the Inaugural Internet Cat Video Film Festival

I can haz Oscar nao?

Vertigo-Inducing Views From One World Trade Center

Tour Manhattan from the 103rd floor of 1 WTC.

Covert Cocktails: A Perrier Tea Break

Presenting Concrete Playground's first covert cocktail, brought to you from Wendy's Secret Garden.

Hidden Sydney: SUFF Curator Katherine Berger’s Five Local Gems

Ten Helpful Hangover Cures

Rather than just waiting out the torture of the self-inflicted pain you have forced upon yourself, try some natural hangover cures...

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton reveal final Sydney Theatre Company season together

An elegant and ambitious year of theatre awaits the company in 2013.

The Best Photos From Bilbao’s Annual ‘Ugly Face Contest’

Stuffing fingers into eye sockets proves an effective distraction from the Basque County's economic woes.

A Bluffer’s Guide to Hosting the Perfect Dinner Party

Let us present to you our tips for the time poor and culinary challenged.

A Bluffer’s Guide to Hosting the Perfect Dinner Party

Let us present to you our tips for the time poor and culinary challenged.

Griffin Theatre Company unveils 2013 season

The incubator for new work in Sydney has a thrilling year in store.

The Five Best Mexican Restaurants in Brisbane

Concrete Playground's handpicked guide to Brisbane’s top Mexican joints.

Win Tickets to see Beasts of the Southern Wild

Win a double pass to see one of the most talked about films of the year.

Psychedelic Photographs From Burning Man 2012

Radical, revolutionary and just downright ridiculous, this is the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

You+1 Floating Festival with Steve Aoki, Rudimental and Flight Facilities

Sound waves meet ocean waves at Sydney's brand new floating festival.

Sichuan Gourmet Festival

The first Sichuan Gourmet Festival celebrates the culinary excellence of Cabramatta's rich cultural fabric.

The Best Places in Brisbane to Take Your Dad this Father’s Day

Here at Concrete Playground we want to make sure that if nothing else, your dad’s stomach is satisfied on his special day.

The Ten Best Things to See and Do at Art and About 2012

Secret lunchtime gigs, light projections on Hyde Park canopies, a house that rains on the inside, and more art in unconventional places.

Ten Designers to Watch at New Zealand Fashion Week 2012

Win Tickets to see Hit & Run

Win a double pass to see Dax Shepard's new movie starring Bradley Cooper.

Amazing Aerial Images of Earth

The contours, shapes and colours that the topography the Earth's surface forms are breathtaking marvels.

Win Tickets to Your Sister’s Sister and Where Do We Go Now?

Concrete Playground are giving six lucky readers the chance to win double passes to the below international films, being released in New Zealand in September.

The Ten Best Things to See and Do at Sydney Fringe 2012

Concrete Playground has put together this guide to help you come to grips with this year's program of alternative arts.

Young New Zealand Footballer Competes for Global Recognition

Young kiwi and future All White Stephen Carmichael is currently vying for a place in the illustrious Nike Academy.

Dan and Andy’s Hawthorne Garage Opens

Local brothers Dan and Andy have opened a one-stop shop in Hawthorne for all of your grocery needs (and more).

Concrete Playground Meets Maria Minerva

I don’t even know where I’m going to end up living or anything like that. As always, I’m just a homeless person with two suitcases and a lot of enthusiasm.

Camouflaged Bodyscape Photography

Jean-Paul Bourdier's breathtaking photos seamlessly integrate painted bodies into the background of wondrous natural topography.

Celebrities Photographed by their Famous Friends

Ten brilliant photographs of celebrities taken by their superstar friends.

Words of Wisdom from Famous Authors

Take a look at these invaluable words of wisdom from the mouths of some of history's best writers and poets.

Concrete Playground meets The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later

Concrete Playground spoke to director Kate McGill and actress Sophie Hambleton about their upcoming performance of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.

Ten Rhythm and Vines Acts You May or May Not Have Heard Of

James Mason dissects the first release of acts to the Rhythm and Vines 2012 lineup. Some you may have heard of, and some that you will be hearing a lot more of.

Win Tickets to see Holy Motors

Holy Motors follows the life of Monsieur Oscar, a roving assassin who meanders between varying identities and lives.

The World’s Greatest Train Journeys

For people who know that the journey is always greater than the destination.

Haters gna Hate

Some bogan, yet funny responses to the Rhythm and Vines lineup announcement.

Giveaways /// Win a $300 Adi-Cash Voucher

We have $300 adi-cash Voucher to giveaway to one lucky reader to kit themselves in adidas.

Boutique Winter Sun in Thailand

Step back to simplicity at Thailand's Zeavola Resort.

Concrete Playground’s Guide to Eating at the Ekka

We take you through all of the food experiences that the Ekka has to offer.

New Zealand Music That is Hot Across the Ditch

A revised article from Concrete Playground Australia that profiles New Zealand artists that are looking hot across the ditch.

An Arm and a Leg for Charity

Dan Carter has got his leg waxed and Adam Ashley Cooper is getting his wick out. All for a good cause, of course.

Bec Dean’s Top Five Artists to Watch in 2012

If you've ever marvelled at one of Carriageworks' stranger corners, you'll dig these five emerging artists.

Weird and Wonderful Celebrity Transformations

Musicians are notorious for their reason-defying epiphanies that are usually indicative of either groundbreaking creativity or mid-career slumps.