London Grammar add Brisbane show to 2015 tour
25 Sep 2014Making good on its promise to return to Australia after cancelling shows earlier this year, London Grammar have announced a Brisbane show for early 2015 at the Riverstage. more
Making good on its promise to return to Australia after cancelling shows earlier this year, London Grammar have announced a Brisbane show for early 2015 at the Riverstage. more
Settle in for an insightful and deeply moving evening as the next crop of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists reinterpret Australia’s first black protest album. more
South Bank has been transformed into an enchanting wonderland of lights, tents and bamboo at this year’s Brisbane Festival. more
Four-part opera Floods will strike a chord with Brisbane locals as it opens at the Conservatorium Theatre tonight, Thursday September 18. more
Take a roadtrip north this weekend and pull in to Noosa for live tunes courtesy of the very first Originals Music Festival. more
Australia’s leading music industry conference and showcase will spread the aural love to venues around Fortitude Valley next week. more
The city’s biggest street party is set to blast into Brisbane this weekend, combining free live music with a pop-up Asian banquet and sustainable fashion swap. more
Beloved Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ will launch its annual fundraising drive tomorrow, Friday August 22, with a bunch of events over ten fruitful days. more
Urban culture photographer Michelle Grace Hunder began shaping the concept of an Australian hip-hop photo book two years ago, and this weekend the final product will be launched in Brisbane. Taking to New Globe Theatre this Saturday August 23, the launch for RISE will see a number of the featured artists performing on the night. Remi will perform alongside hip-hop greats Briggs, Mantra, Grey Ghost, Dylan Joel, Mistress of Ceremony and DJs Jaytee, Flagrant and Sensible J. The launch will also see a different bonus act at each city’s event, with surprise guest artists, who have been featured in the RISE book, taking to the stage to freestyle a performance of their choice. more
Taking up residence in South Bank’s Cultural Forecourt from September 5–27, The Telstra Spiegeltent will dish up a feast for the senses. more
Be captivated by a whirlwind of music, comedy, theatre, writing, poetry, circus, cabaret, visual art and creative workshops when Brisbane Fringe Festival fills local venues from this weekend. In its third annual appearance, the not-for-profit festival will showcase Brisbane’s diverse vanguard artistic community from Thursday August 14 to Sunday August 31. From restaurants and bars to traditional live music venues, the Brisbane Fringe Festival stage knows no limits, with the launch party kicking off at The Zoo tonight, before traversing locales like Lock ‘n’ Load, Lucky Duck, Avid Reader, The Tivoli and Black Bear Lodge. more
A deeply moving concert will see the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Bell Shakespeare portray the life-changing experiences that inspired two world-renowned pieces of music. more
In a world-first initiative, vocally talented Queenslanders will perform in the chorus of Puccini’s La bohème as the new production tours through regional locations across the state. more
Kicking off on Friday August 8, the annual The Redlands Bluegrass Festival will see a talented grouping of bluegrass artists step on to the Kindilan Convention Centre Stage. more
Auburn-haired songstress Clare Bowditch will be joined by special guest Adalita when she tours Australia as part of her 2014 Winter Secrets Tour. more
Ethereal voices and spooky sounds can send chills up the back of those who hear them, but when Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) presents Ghosts in the Orchestra, you’ll be lulled in to a false sense of security. more
On Tuesday August 12, three-piece outfit Seekae will bring its blend of ambient sounds to The Zoo – joined by Jonti and special guests more
After a particularly hectic week, a Friday evening will occasionally call for a steaming cup of tea while snuggled up in bed watching reruns of Seinfeld. But this Friday August 1 you should take your tea-related activities out for Sleepy Tea’s gig at Vision Gallery at ABSOE in West End. Joined by Georgia Potter on Thursday night and Angharad Drake on Friday, Brisbane band Sleepy Tea has quit its own hibernation to release a new single and let these fresh sounds fall on hometown ears across two intimate gigs. more
Watching the hands of a pianist work their way up and down the keyboard at the fastest of paces is an extraordinary sight – and when two hands become four, the audience can expect to be wowed. When QPAC presents the Kawai Piano Series Four Hands performance, talented musicians Bernard Lanskey and Stephen Emmerson will prove the adage that two heads are better than one – and will reveal that four hands are better than two. The pair will play classic favourites throughout the duet, which will come to life on Sunday August 3 in the Concert Hall. more
Bringing talented male vocalists from ten years of age to adults, Pemulwuy! National Male Voice Festival is a national triennial event based in Brisbane, running from Thursday July 10 to Sunday July 13. more