News You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week
Here's what's been catching our attention, including BrisAsia Festival's 2025 lineup, a new riverside Cantonese restaurant and a heap of tour news.
From new bar and restaurant openings to the latest innovations in the arts, entertainment, technology, design and fashion, we like to keep our finger on Brisbane's pulse.
Below, we've collected the biggest stories from the past week that may have escaped your attention. Consider yourself back in the know.
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NewsThe Offspring Have Added Extra Gigs to Their 2025 Australian Arena Tour Due to Demand
After their initial concerts sold out, the Californian band will now come out and play at two shows in Brisbane and Melbourne.
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NewsBrisbane's BrisAsia Festival Is Back for 2025 with Street Food Celebrations, K-Pop and a Rooftop Party
Spend ten days welcoming in the Year of the Snake — including at the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, and while listening to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
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NewsComing Soon: The Fifty Six Is the New Cantonese Restaurant That's Opening on Naldham House's Top Floor
Under Chef Gerald Ong, traditional recipes made with modern techniques will be the star at this waterside eatery when it opens in February 2025.
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NewsChaka Khan and Toto Have Joined Bluesfest's Already-Packed Easter Long Weekend 2025 Lineup
The Queen of Funk and the yacht-rock favourites behind 'Africa' are headed to Byron Bay in April.
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NewsToo Good: Drake's 2025 Australian Tour Has Been Extended Again with New Sydney and Brisbane Gigs
The five-time Grammy-winner's trip Down Under keeps getting bigger — now he's sticking around in March, too.
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NewsNow Open: Chic New French Restaurant and Champagne Bar Pompette Is the Latest Addition to Queen's Wharf
You'll find escargot, 40-plus types of French bubbles, caviar bumps, steak frites and an oyster bar at this 140-seater — and views across the river over to South Bank.
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NewsLove Is on the Lineup — Plus Recent Music-Filled Films — for Your February 2025 Moonlight Cinema Dates
Program highlights include '10 Things I Hate About You', 'The Notebook', sing-along 'Wicked' sessions, 'Better Man' and 'A Complete Unknown'.
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NewsAnarchy in Australia and New Zealand: Sex Pistols Are Touring Down Under for the First Time in Almost 30 Years
The iconic punk-rock band will play their 1977 record 'Never Mind The Bollocks' when they head this way in April 2025.
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News'The Last of Us' Season Two Will Hit Your Streaming Queue From April — and It Has a New Teaser Trailer
The Pedro Pascal- and Bella Ramsey-starring game-to-TV hit's seven-episode second season is set five years after its first batch of episodes.
