A community-focused arts space aimed at engaging Brisbane's emerging talents and art enthusiasts has opened at The Fox Hotel, bridging the gap between the creative hub of West End and South Bank’s cultural precinct. more
Bringing a collection of enlightening documentaries and transfixing feature films, the 10th AICE Israeli Film Festival returns to Palace Centro Cinemas until Monday August 26. more
Big changes are coming to Boxcopy, with the moving of its gallery space and the opening of Christopher Howlett’s New Dawn exhibition on Friday August 23. more
Arriving at IMA on Thursday August 22, the annual Room40 event Open Frame Festival is an exploratory celebration of music and media. more
Lift up your couch cushions, sift through your car’s ashtray and keep that pocket shrapnel handy because Brisbane Festival is offering a range of performances for $20 and under. more
YouTube sensation Lindsey Stirling is about to make her maiden voyage to Australia, following the release of her self-titled album. Bringing her violin-electronic-dub-step sound to Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday August 24, Lindsey’s self-composed and self-choreographed show is set to impress her loyal YouTube acolytes and new fans alike. Having already wowed crowds in the US and Europe, and having gained an audience of more than two-million subscribers on her YouTube channel, Lindsey will bring her unique blend of sounds to Brisbane with her solo show this weekend. more
Come ravers, come runners, come glowstick lovers for a community run that will literally light up the city. For a fair percentage of us, running five kilometres doesn’t sound like much fun at all. But hold the race on a custom-designed, riverside track and team it with audiovisuals, lights, DJs and a finishing dance party, and the prospect is actually tempting. The PUMA Glow Run will be lighting up the City Botanic Gardens from 5:30 pm on Saturday August 24, with runners clad in luminous outfits and baubled up to the nines with glowing necklaces and headbands. The course will start and end at the Riverstage, and loop around the Brisbane River. Runners can recharge in one of the Glow Zone dance tents before releasing every last ounce of energy at the finish line dance party. more
Metro Arts' subterranean space will become a festive bar and performance space during September’s Brisbane Festival. more
August at Metro Arts sees works created by a group of notable artists brought together for Platform 2013. more
In a special performance by two renowned musicians, Slava Land brings South Sea Island sounds to QAG. more
Deciding how best to recycle old prosthetic limbs was a challenge that led Priscilla Sutton to devise an imaginative and resourceful idea. more
The world’s biggest ten-minute theatre festival returns to Brisbane this weekend bringing compelling short plays from local and international writers. more
Six-piece Brisbane-based band Cheap Fakes brings a blend of sounds and catchy tunes to The City Sounds festival on Friday August 16. more
While our lives may not resemble a scene from The Jetsons just yet, Brisbane locals can meet some real-life Rosies at the free robotics spectacular event Robotronica at QUT on Sunday August 18. more
Local independent bands are preparing to perform original music live as part of a new weekly mini-festival dubbed The Seed Project. more
Science geeks of Brisbane, it’s time to celebrate your area of interest as National Science Week kicks off its line-up of educational events at the Science and Engineering Centre at QUT on Saturday August 10. more
The Queensland Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company unleash Other Desert Cities on Brisbane from Saturday August 10 to Sunday September 1. more
Loud voices are not customarily welcomed in a library, but on Friday August 9 the kindhearted and cool librarians at SLQ welcome such sounds. more
Thursday nights just got a whole lot louder at Bird Gallery and Studio. The laneway arts space has extended its existing support for local emerging artists by putting a call out to budding musicians. From 5:00–7:00 pm each Thursday, the venue will introduce two local artists to Brisbane crowds. As traffic battles its way out of the city, Bird offers those nearby a place to wait it out with a beverage and some soothing music at the new live music locale. The free gigs will also see the venue’s partnering cafe Bean. serving up espressos, with audience members invited to bring their own drinks along. more
Saturday August 10 will be an intimate night of folky blues and growly guitars when two dapper gentlemen play a set at Southside Tea Room. more
