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Mary Mae's New Year's Eve

Ring in the New Year riverside at our New Year’s Eve 2020 White Party!

$125pp – 18+ only
7:30pm – 12:30am

Tickets include
Cocktail on arrival
Canapés
5 hour beverage package
Live DJ playing all night

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Summer Of Racing

November 28th 2020 - January 2nd 2021

Doomben and Eagle Farm Race Courses.

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22nd Australasian fluid mechanics conference

December 6-10 2020

The Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC) is held every two years with the support of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society (AFMS). The objectives of the conference are to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, students, and educators to discuss Fluid Mechanics’ research, development, and innovation. The conference enables participants to present and discuss the latest trends and findings and to learn about best practice in their particular field(s) of interest. The conference has a long history dating back to 1962 when the inaugural conference was held in Western Australia.

A dynamic group of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Queensland (UQ) academics have prepared a successful bid submission to the AFMS to host the 22nd AFMC in Brisbane. The AFMC was last held in Brisbane in 1980 and in Queensland in 2007 (Gold Coast). Brisbane would expect to attract 350-450 participants from all over the world to the conference in 2020. The four-day conference will be a showcase of the research strengths and expertise of Brisbane and South-East Queensland professionals in the Fluid Mechanics field. The technical program will encompass several keynote lectures by leading experts, including the George Bachelor lecture, named after the Australian researcher. Three days of technical presentations and plenary lectures will be held on the QUT Gardens Point Campus in Brisbane CBD and will be complemented by a full day at the UQ St Lucia Campus where keynotes, technical sessions and research laboratory tours will occur before the conference banquet in UQ’s Great Court.

The 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference will provide a strong technical and networking opportunity for government, research, and industry. Highlights of the 22nd AFMC will include:

• A strong commitment to promoting Fluid Mechanics in the broader community;
• Support for undergraduate student participation, in the form of two fee-waiver scholarships; and
• Promotion of gender balance in Fluid Mechanics.

We are confident that the 2020 conference will be the best ever Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference.

Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus

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Briefs: Bite Club

December 9th - 19th 2020

Welcome to Bite Club – the arty dinner party - an immersive culinary cabaret theatre experience.

The Tivoli

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Soul II Soul

December 10th 2020

Soul II Soul had immediate chart success across the globe in 1989 with the release of Keep On Movin’ featuring Caron Wheeler on vocals.

Their debut album Club Classics Vol 1 would follow suit going multi platinum in both the UK and the US selling millions of copies worldwide. The next single from the album Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) would soar even higher hitting No 1 in many countries across the globe as well as picking up a Grammy in the US.

The Tivoli

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Fontaines D.C

December 10th 2020

Fontaines D.C. met as a quintet in Dublin, influenced and driven in equal measure by the rich history of their hometown’s counter-culture, their response has been to make concise and immediately authentic indie-punk that has done anything but fall on deaf ears. They have toured sold-out shows across Ireland, the UK and Europe, and will embark on a full world tour throughout 2019.

The Triffid

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The National (USA)

December 12th - 13th 2020

Handsome Tours is thrilled to announce that The National will return to Australia in March and April 2020. The visit will see the band perform at stunning venues across the country, including three intimate nights in Melbourne’s iconic Palais Theatre, two nights at ICC Sydney Theatre, a performance at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall and an evening under the stars at Fremantle Arts Centre. They will be supported on all dates by Phoebe Bridgers.
The tour will celebrate the release of The National’s eighth studio album I Am Easy To Find – out now via Remote Control Records / 4AD. Formed in 1999, the Ohio-raised, Brooklyn-based band consists of vocalist Matt Berninger plus two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar), and Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).

The band’s most recent release I Am Easy To Find was a collaborative project with director Mike Mills. The results are I Am Easy To Find, a 24-minute film by Mills starring Alicia Vikander, and I Am Easy To Find, a 68-minute album by The National. The former is not the video for the latter; the latter is not the soundtrack to the former. The movie was composed like a piece of music; the music was assembled like a film, by a film director. The frontman and natural focal point were deliberately and dramatically side staged in favour of a variety of female voices, nearly all of whom have long been in the group’s orbit. It is unlike anything either artist has ever attempted and also totally in line with how they’ve created for much of their careers. The two projects are, as Mills calls them, “Playfully hostile siblings that love to steal from each other”—they share music and words and DNA and impulses and a vision about what it means to be human in 2019, but don’t necessarily need one another. I Am Easy To Find was produced by Mike Mills and The National at Long Pond, Hudson Valley, NY.

The National’s triumphant previous visit to Australia in 2018 included sold-out performances at Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Brisbane’s Riverstage. For their upcoming tour, the band will nestle into their most intimate Australian venues in a decade, delivering fans the raw intensity and emotion of their live show, up-close-and-personal like never before. Be quick – tickets will not last!

Joining The National on all dates will be special guest Phoebe Bridgers. Hailing from Los Angeles, Bridgers released her debut album Stranger In The Alps in 2017 to international acclaim, with haunting, introspective songs that garnered widespread comparisons to legendary songwriters like Elliott Smith and Joni Mitchell.

Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley

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Bugs

December 12th 2020

Bugs are no longer reserved to the confines of the Brisbane scene in which they made their start, with the last twelve months shepherding the band and their heartfelt, honest and relatable brand of pop rock to the national stage.

 

Towards the release of their delicately introspective, pop-laden sophomore album ‘Self Help’ in September 2019, Bugs swiftly caught the attention of long-time listeners and first-time callers with their bouncing, infectious hit single ‘Seriously’. The track was picked up for high rotation by national youth broadcaster triple j, consistently sitting in the station’s most played tracks for several weeks.

 

With a quickly growing fanbase in tow, Bugs soon after hopped on a huge national run with Australian legends Grinspoon, alongside The Gooch Palms and The Hard Aches, where the trio played some of their biggest shows to date.

 

Without missing a beat, Bugs launched head first into their own sold out national tour immediately afterwards, joined by their best mates Sweater Curse and TOWNS, and performing to adoring fans across the nation in 500+ capacity rooms.

 

Early 2020 saw the fruits of their labour continue, with an appearance at Falls Festival in Marion Bay, and ‘Seriously’ landing at #194 in triple j’s coveted Hottest 200 list, while the text line rang out with many a “shoulda been higher!”.

 

Amidst their brilliant triple j Like A Version debut in February, rumours of new music started to bubble and build into the release of April single ‘Can’t Get Enough’, which scored praise across the board from the likes of triple j, Spotify, The Guardian, Tonedeaf, and Mixdown Magazine, Aussie community radio more.

 

While COVID-19 changing the trio’s plans for the remainder of 2020, easing restrictions in their beloved home state saw Bugs sell out four socially distanced shows at The Zoo, as well as performing at Airwaves and In Bloom festivals and a sold out show with fellow Brissy favourites WAAX at The Tivoli.

 

Now their new single ‘Old Youth Feeling’ arrives alongside a promise of another full length record in the coming months, soon to hit the ears of those who just can’t get enough of Bugs.

The Triffid

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The Crystal Method

December 12th 2020

Electronic Dance Music pioneers, THE CRYSTAL METHOD (USA) return to Australia for the first time since the Big Day Out in 2007! Along with The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim and The Prodigy, THE CRYSTAL METHOD are credited with being pioneers of the Big Beat genre and Electronica movement. Together they took electronic music out of warehouses and onto some of the biggest festival fields in the world! Don’t miss THE CRYSTAL METHOD bringing the energy and excitement with a show stacked with bangers – Name of the Game, Busy Child, Trip Like I Do, Born Too Slow, Keep Hope Alive plus heaps more!

The Triffid

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Tommy Little

December 16th - 17th 2020

Come and hear what Tommy’s been up to since you last saw him.

You can be sure it will be foolish, funny as hell, and probably his own fault.

As seen on The Project.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Thy Art is Murder - Human Target Tour

December 17th 2020

Australia’s masters of brutality Thy Art Is Murder have announced the Human Target Australian Tour, set to cause carnage across the country in December 2020. Their first headline run since the release of their earth-scorching fifth record of the same name, The Human Target Tour will be a night to remember as Thy Art Is Murder unveil their most ambitious Australian production to date with help from supports Dying Fetus, Fit For An Autopsy, Enterprise Earth and Aversions Crown.

Human Target is a bleak experience where Thy Art Is Murder exorcise the pangs of mortality and the pains of socio-political trauma to a soundtrack of authentic crushing death metal with blackened fury and flashes of knuckle-dragging stomp. In its crosshairs are a buffet of human atrocities from privatised prisons enforcing police states where non-violent offenders languish for decades to human organ harvesting for the wealthy. They also examine the false gods of social media while pharmaceuticals numb the minds of the dissociated.

We’re also confronted with the current state of politics riddled with hyperactive virtue signalling, extremism and disenfranchisement, And, while hyperbolic leaders promise to make everything “great” again, our planet lurches toward an inevitable climate disaster that will extinguish humanity. Grim.

Since the release of Human Target, Thy Art Is Murder have been on tour non-stop, leaving a trail of sold out shows in their wake. Between bouts of crisscrossing the Northern Hemisphere, the band briefly returned home for a stint on Good Things festival before heading back to Europe.

The Human Target Australian tour promises to be the biggest and most insane live show Thy Art Is Murder has ever done on home soil. If you’ve seen the photos from their recent European tour, you know this tour is going to be EPIC.

Thy Art Is Murder’s last Australian tour sold out over a month in advance (!) so don’t sleep tickets or you’ll be sorry.

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Darren Hanlon Christmas Show

December 18th 2020

For the first time in 16 years Darren Hanlon will be unable to journey around Australia for his national xmas tour.

This year Brisbane will host the only capital city Christmas show. Darren will be performing solo and playing songs from his entire catalog as well as new songs written during the lockdown.

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British India

December 18th 2020

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The Chats

December 19th 2020

To celebrate the release of their debut album, Sunny Coast trio The Chats have announced their High Risk Behaviour Australian album tour, hitting all major cities in December.

The Tivoli

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Thelma Plum

December 19th 2020

Thelma Plum has had a massive twelve months. The young Gamilaraay singer songwriter has released her debut album ‘Better in Blak’ to much acclaim, placing second in the triple j album of the year listeners poll and garnering nominations for the Australian Music Prize Album of the Year, six ARIA’s nominations, APRA Song of the Year and, with three songs in the Hottest 100 including the album’s title track at #9, she became the highest fan voted indigenous artist in the history of the poll. Thirty million streams, a national sold out tour and a debut London show that sold out two months in advance – it was, truly, a monumental twelve months.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Phil Jamieson

December 20th 2020

With Supports Dana Gehrman

As the voice and face of Grinspoon, Phil Jamieson fronted one of the most popular Australian bands of the last two decades. An accomplished singer, songwriter and guitarist, Jamieson’s generation-defining lyrics and vocal melodies first became etched into rock fans’ DNA in 1995, when the Lismore-born quartet rode a new wave of alternative music to become the first act Unearthed by national youth radio station triple j with its debut single ‘Sickfest’.

So began a love affair that maintained its heat and passion for over one thousand live shows, six consecutive Top 10 debuts and multi-platinum album sales. That initial romance with triple j’s listeners blossomed into full-bloom infatuation: an incredible 17 Grinspoon songs have polled in Hottest 100 countdowns over the years, led by the much-loved ‘Chemical Heart’ (#2 in 2002; #63 in 2013’s Hottest 100 of All Time).

With the release of their seventh album Black Rabbits came the news in late 2013 that Grinspoon were entering hibernation. That was until the massive Guide To Better Living 20th anniversary tour, which took place in 2017. Fresh of their 31-date tour, the band wrapped up the year at NightQuarter with a Best Night Ever! New Year’s Eve bash.

Since then Jamieson’s writing and vocal talents have been put to good use in a solo career which has seen the singer sell out rooms all across the country.

Outside of studios and music venues, Jamieson co-founded the Rock N Ride tour for headspace, the National Youth and Mental Health Foundation, in 2013. The initiative is aimed at engaging local communities to raise awareness about mental health issues faced by young people. This passion project has allowed Jamieson to draw on an extensive network of musicians, friends and media personalities who have ridden over 5000km together while visiting dozens of headspace centres along the way.

Over the past year Jamieson has starred as St Jimmy in the Australian premiere of the award-winning Broadway musical ‘American Idiot’. With over 80 shows under his belt and numerous sold out shows, Jamieson charmed critics and audiences alike with his performances.

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Washington

December 22nd - 23rd 2020

Megan Washington – one of Australia's most-celebrated musicians – invites you to the return season of her critically acclaimed album launch Batflowers, a musical album and silent film.

The Tivoli

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pacific dawn cruise departure

December 26th 2020

P&O Cruise

Portside Cruise Terminal, Hamilton

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Howard Smith Wharves New Year's Eve

December 31st 2020

• Stanley
• Ciao Papi
• Mr Percival's
• Felons Brewing Co
• Felons Barrel Hall

Ticketed events.

Howard Smith Wharves

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Speakeasy: On New Years Eve

December 31st 2020

Step into a dazzling world of 1920’s glamour where the city's elite come to ring in the New Year with the beautiful and volatile entertainers of Brisbane's underworld.

Leave prohibition and your inhibitions at the door, as you enter through the Bakery shopfront and into The Tivoli ballroom to find powerhouse performances, bump and grind burlesque and colourful characters mixing with the crowd.

Saucy showgirls and debonaire vaudevillians sing and dance for tables of thirsty patrons as tumultuous love triangles play out, desperate lovers seek a midnight kiss, and resolutions are made and broken in the same wild night.

For one night only, this immersive event is sure to transport you to the era of excess for a party that leaves you thirsty for more.

From the creators of Cluedo! The Interactive Game comes an original New Year’s Eve party that will welcome the 2020’s with a bang!

The Tivoli

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XCargo New Year's Eve

December 31st 2020

XCargo Presents NYE 2021 Annual White Party

Let's all put 2020 behind us and ring in the New Year at your favourite social hub for our annual white party with our friends Ciroc Vodka.

Dress in white!

Register for FREE entry before 9pm. Limited tickets available.

$10 entry after 9pm.

Please stay up to date with the latest capacity information via our Instagram highlights.

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XCargo

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The Sound Garden New Year's Eve

December 31st 2020

New Years Eve Garden Party

Count Down has begun for 2021! We know what a difficult year it has been, and we cannot wait to see it out with a burst of floral colour!

Join us for our New Year’s Eve celebrations as we team up with Veuve Clicquot to bring you an event not to be missed. A garden party like no other.

We are talking about:

• 4 hour beverage package of signature cocktails, all tap beers, premium French champagne and spirits
• Premium hot & cold canapes
• Live music, dj and more
• French Garden Party theme
• Dress to impress
• 8pm – 12am
• $199 pp

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Cloudland New Years Eve

December 31st 2020

Elevate your New Year’s Eve as Cloudland invites you to an enchanted wonderland where a world of glamour awaits.

Indulge in the premium spirits, champagne, cocktails and delightful canapés as you wander beneath the crystal chandeliers, vertical gardens and cascading waterfall.

Anything is possible throughout this magical evening — prepare for pop-up performances that will catch you unawares and photo moments only a Cloudland NYE soiree can boast.

The countdown is on — it’s time to rise, shine and sparkle your way into 2021. Serving until 5am!

Cloudland

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Pig 'N' Whistle New Year's Eve

December 31st 2020

What can we say? After this year, we are definitely ready to kick 2020 in the baubles for sure!

Join us this New Year’s Eve and let’s get this party started! The twinkling of our fairy lights are calling and the bubbles are ready to pop, so see below for the ingredients to top off your night!

Package Details

• 4-hour premium beverage package
• Substantial canapes
• Live music
• 8 pm – 12 am
• Dress to impress
• $120 pp

What are you waiting for? Grab your tickets now and let’s ring in the New Year already!

For any enquires please contact our team on brunswickst@pignwhistle.com.au

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Osbourne Hotel New Year's Eve

December 31st 2020

No Hawaii? No worries bro, we’ve brought it to you!

We’ve got a gnarly nye planned with pina coladas, pineapples, tiki food stations + Hendricks gin bars.

Mahalo 2020, you’ve been real (by real we mean terrible)- Aloha 2021!

We’re bringing in the new year with the greatest vibes, all night long. Dance in our balmy tropical space, and join us as the clock turns to midnight.

Tiki Tix: $105pp + booking fee:
8pm – 12am

4 hours food + bev package
Pina colada on arrival
Tiki food stations
Hendricks Gin Tropicala bar
Champagne at midnight

Osbourne Hotel

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Eddy Current Suppression Ring

January 9th 2020

The Triffid

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Todrick Hall

January 13th 2021

The Tivoli

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Biffy Clyro

January 14th 2021

Known for their anthemic alt-rock, Scotland's Biffy Clyro are a dynamic power trio marked by the throaty lead-vocal brogue of singer/guitarist Simon Neil.

Emerging in the early 2000s, Biffy Clyro drew loyal fans with their grunge, hardcore, and prog-rock-influenced sound that found them combining hooky choruses with unusual song forms and galloping rhythmic meters. While their early albums helped build their fan base in Britain, they broke through to an international audience with 2009's Only Revolutions, which peaked at number three on the U.K. album charts and earned a Mercury Prize nomination. The band continued to experiment, issuing the double-disc Opposites in 2013, and the soundtrack album Balance, Not Symmetry in 2019.

In Australia, Biffy Clyro’s most recent album – Ellipsis – debuted at #15 on the ARIA chart, their highest to date, and they have just announced they will be releasing their new album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ on May 15.

The Tivoli

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A Tribute to R.E.M

January 15th 2020

A Tribute to R.EM. – From a Murmur to a Monster is a rare opportunity to experience all your favorite R.E.M. songs performed live.

The Triffid

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Hot Dub Time Machine

January 15th 2021

The key success of Hot Dub’s show is hinged on its widespread appeal – Hot Dub showcases songs from every decade and genre of music – 60s rock, 70s disco, 80s cheese, 90s house, noughties electro, 2017’s radio hits – and winds and weaves it into one expansive, electrifying, music history lesson. Each song is played in chronological order – mixed live on turntables – and complemented with archival concert footage / music videos on massive screens (narrated by a virtual spaceship air hostess), led by Hot Dub’s own rapturous MCing and hugely animated antics.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Nicky Bomba & The Sunny Coast Rude Boys!

January 16th 2021

ARIA winner Nicky Bomba joins the award winning 10 piece band ‘The Sunny Coast Rude Boys’ on stage, for a massive night of Ska, 2Tone & Reggae! A fully loaded brass section will be smashing out hits from The Specials, Madness, The Beat, Bad Manners & The Melbourne Ska Orchestra, as well as some of the Rude Boys originals & more! It’s always a party at The Triffid for this annual event! Book Now! This will sell out!

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Passenger

January 20th 2021

Passenger, aka Mike Rosenberg, is a multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter from Brighton, England.

Although still known for his busking, he made the journey from street corners to stadiums with 'Let Her Go', which reached number 1 in 19 countries and which has now notched more than two billion plays on YouTube. Yet ‘Let Her Go’ is just one song from a catalogue that extends across 12 albums in 13 years.

The consistency of his output, and his authenticity both on and off stage, has won Passenger a global fan-base and he continues to tour the world headlining some of its most famous stages.

The Tivoli

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Mallrat

January 22nd & 23rd 2021

Her latest single ‘Charlie’ – written about her beloved family dog – is still getting us in the feels, and now Mallrat will take the single, alongside the rest of the glittery tracks from her recent EP Driving Music, on the road in January 2021. First locked in for May and June, this tour will have Mallrat bringing her magic to some of Australia’s favourite stages.

https://youtu.be/9C1flskssaQ

The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley

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Cowboy Junkies

February 3rd 2020

Canadian alt-country pioneers Cowboy Junkies will return to Australian and New Zealand for the first time in 20 years in May 2020.

Anyone who has followed Cowboy Junkies’ three-decade-long journey knows the band has always remained true to its unique artistic vision. In 1988, they proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective. The Trinity Session was like a whisper that cut through the noise with its introspective, quiet intensity. Their new album, All That Reckoning, once again gently shakes the listener to wake up. It may be the most powerful album Cowboy Junkies have yet recorded.

Cowboy Junkies inadvertently started a revolution when they appeared in the late ‘80s. The Trinity Session featured the band’s unforgettable cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane”, and combined folk, country, blues and rock in a way that had never been heard before. It went on to sell more than a million copies but its influence was broader and deeper. Indeed the record presaged the subsequent alternative-country movement in the ‘90s and beyond, with its general mood – the album had been recorded in a church with the group performing around a single microphone.

The Tivoli

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Custard

February 4th -5th 2021

Much-loved Australian power-pop outfit Custard returns to earth with a new album and live gig.

The Tivoli

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The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Experience

February 14th 2020

The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Experience – Gold Dust Woman Tour: is a short glimpse into the musical career of the Super-Group, Fleetwood Mac and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Stevie Nicks. Experience the hauntingly beautiful vocal sounds of Stevie and the electrifying guitar work of Lindsay Buckingham as this team of top musicians bring to life the Big Mac sound made famous in the 70s and 80s.

Enjoy Iconic Hit songs such as: Rhiannon, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, 7 Wonders, Don’t Stop, The Chain, Gold Dust Woman, Edge of 17 plus many more. Known as the ‘Godmother of Rock’, her iconic Gypsy dress style and unique voice has made her a much loved, larger than life female Legend of her time.

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Pop Crimes - The Songs Of Rowland S. Howard

February 19th 2021

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Harts Plays Hendrix

February 20th 2021

Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and producer Harts, presents a special live performance celebrating the musical legacy of Jimi Hendrix.

The Tivoli

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Karnivool

March 18th 2021

Karnivool are  thrilled to announce The Decade of Sound Awake tour where, exclusively for Australia, they will play the whole album in its entirety. Marking some of the bands’ biggest Aussie venues to date, the tour takes in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Brisbane Cycling Festival

March 24th - April 12th 2021

GEAR UP FOR 2021!

Get ready for the ride of your life when the Brisbane Cycling Festival rolls into the city for 2021!

The festival will get you psyched up with professional, amateur and mass participation events at the celebrated Anna Meares Velodrome and other venues around Brisbane in 2021.

Brisbane Show Grounds

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In Hearts Wake

March 27th 2021

Following the release of their huge fifth studio album, Kaliyuga, In Hearts Wake are hitting the road to play the record live to fans across the country in March 2021. The shows will also feature some of the nation’s most exciting heavy acts with support from Thornhill, Gravemind and Drown This City.

The Tivoli

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Bon Iver

April 1st 2021

Don’t panic, the incredible Bon Iver is still bringing his music to Australian stages, it’s just a little later than he’d first planned. Originally locked in for May and June this year, the shows were set to make his first full tour Down Under in nine years. Bon Iver’s last extensive tour of Australia was back in 2012, though the band performed in Sydney for Vivid LIVE in 2016. Next year’s shows come off the back of the band’s sensational fourth album i,i (pronounced eye-comma-eye) which was released in August 2019.

Riverstage, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane CBD

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Fastlove

April 8th - 9th 2021

After selling out all shows in Australian major cities in 2019, the world’s most prestigious and professionally produced show paying tribute to the life and work of George Michael is coming back in 2021!

The Tivoli

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The Rubens

April 8th 2021

The Rubens are extremely excited to announce their biggest Australian tour to date – the LIVE IN LIFE tour.

Supported by triple j, the 27-date run will see the five-piece play a combination of metro and regional venues from May through June in celebration of their infectious summer jam, ‘Live In Life’.

The past year has seen The Rubens travel to North America, UK & Europe for headline tours, perform and release their MTV Unplugged Live In Melbourne album, slay the main stage unveiling their collaboration with punk hip-hop star Vic Mensa at Splendour In The Grass AND between all of that, bunker down to write and focus on new music.

As part of their Chucka Bucka’s initiative, the Menangle Mad Men have also embarked on 3 regional tours in the past 18 months – and the Live In Life Tour is another tip of the hat to our music loving friends who may not live near a city – with the band revisiting some old regional favourites as well as some new towns they’ve never played before, including Bundaberg, Warrnambool, Shepparton and more.

2018 proved to be a landmark year for The Rubens, which saw the release of their third album LO LA RU, including hits ‘Never Ever feat. Sarah’ (2 x Platinum), ‘Million Man’ (Gold) and ‘God Forgot’, a mammoth headline tour across Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe and supporting P!NK on her massive 42-date sell out arena tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Don’t miss your chance to see The Rubens live in 2020!

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Hockey Dad

April 10th 2021

Off the back of releasing their brand new single “Itch” and album news for Brain Candy, the duo today announce their own headline tour, supported by triple j. Joining them will be Last Dinosaurs, Vundabar (USA) and Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers. They’ll be kicking off the tour in Adelaide, then heading over to Fremantle, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. This tour will follow a mammoth run across the globe from the UK, Europe and the USA officially making this Hockey Dad’s biggest touring year ever!

Hockey Dad’s new single ‘Itch’, is out now, an epic fuzzed ballad, which started off as a delicate, droned out kind of feel. It grew in the studio as the band added more layers and has become a giant of a song that slowly builds to a massive finish with one of Zach Stephenson’s biggest vocals to date.

The Fortitude Music hall

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Ben Elton Live 2021

April 13th - 14th 2021

Ben Elton exploded onto the comedy scene more than 30 years ago, hosting Channel 4’s groundbreaking Saturday Live. Since then Elton has achieved huge success as a stand-up comic, author, playwright, actor and director. He’s written television shows such as The Young Ones, Blackadder 2, Blackadder The Third, Blackadder Goes Forth, The Thin Blue Line, the famous ‘exam’ episode of Mr Bean and many more, as well writing and directing two feature films: 2000’s Maybe Baby and 2017’s Australian-made Three Summers. Last year he wrote Kenneth Branagh’s critically acclaimed biopic of William Shakespeare All Is True which starred Judi Dench and Ian McKellen. On 7 February 2020 the live theatre production of his hit BBC TV series Upstart Crow opens on at The Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Pure 2020 - Rescheduled

April 23rd 2021

Australia’s most loved techno event, returns for its fifth year to announce a HUGE techno fuelled lineup. After a record breaking 2019 with 20,000 revellers, PURE is back showcasing future techno sounds in an audio and visual sensory showdown.

Celebrating techno and house music, PURE has quickly established itself as a must attend event for dance music fans across Australia and New Zealand, thanks to its reputation as an event where the audience can make a special connection with the DJs.

The Fortitude Music Hall

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Two Of Us: The Songs of Lennon & McCartney

May 15th 2021

Two of Australia’s most applauded performers, Damien Leith & Darren Coggan, come together to celebrate the songbook of the most inspiring songwriters of all time, John Lennon & Paul McCartney.

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Brisbane Truck Show 2021

May 16th 2021

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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Letz Zep

May 20th - 21st 2021

LED ZEPPELIN approved tribute band, LETZ ZEP (UK) tour Australia for the first time ever!

Celebrating the music of the world's greatest ever rock band their set includes Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant Song, Black Dog, Kashmir, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused + loads more!

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Lindsey Stirling

May 21st 2021

She’s back! After three years, electronic violinist, dancer and composer, Lindsey Stirling, will make her big return to Australia for four very special shows in support of her latest fifth studio album, Artemis.

Lindsey remains fearless enough to always dream big. In years following the release of her 2012 self-titled debut, the electronic music impresario quietly and humbly became one of the 21st century’s most innovative stars by clinging to her groundbreaking vision of cinematic violin-driven electronic music.

After bowing at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and #1 on the Dance/Electronic Album Chart, holding #1 on the Classical Album Chart for 21 consecutive weeks, Lindsey went on to receive a Billboard Music Award for “Top Dance/Electronic Album,”. She has garnered over 11 million subscribers and 2 billion+ views on YouTube and her headline tours have attracted more than half a million people worldwide.

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Echoes Of Pink Floyd

May 22nd 2020

In 2021, Australia’s largest scale Pink Floyd concept act Echoes of Pink Floyd are touring their brand new show: “A Journey Through Time”, taking audiences on a musical and visual journey from Pink Floyd’s earliest days as darlings of 1960’s London’s psychedelic underground, all the way to their 1990’s powerhouse performances as the undisputed masters of stadium rock.

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Steve Hackett

May 24th 2020

Steve Hackett, as the powerhouse guitarist for one of the most important progressive rock bands ever, has been a guiding influence for musicians and guitarists for over 40 years.

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Confidence Man

May 29th 2021

Confidence Man closed out 2019 by releasing new single ‘Does It Make You feel Good’ and winning over music’s elite in U2 and Noel Gallagher.

Now they’re welcoming in the new decade by announcing their first Australian headline tour in two years, a strut around the nation sure to gather devotees along the way.

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International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress

May 30th - June 3rd 2021

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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James Reyne

June 11th - 12th 2021

James and his band will be performing the iconic hit 'The Boys Light Up', as well as other Australian Crawl classics, plus hits from his extensive solo catalogue and a few surprises across the 90-minute sets.

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Conference Of the international association of colliod and interface scientists (iacis 2021)

June 20th- 24th 2021

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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World Mining Congress

July 20-22 2021

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), the peak body for resources professionals, are excited to bring the World Mining Congress to Brisbane, Australia, 20 - 22 July 2021.

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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Wannabe

August 6th 2021

Stop right now! Thank you very much. It's time to Spice Up Your Life like it's 1996.

Wannabe - The Spice Girls Show is the world’s biggest touring theatre production inspired by THE SPICE GIRLS, officially the No.1 Bestselling Girl Group of all time!

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Lauv - How I'm Feeling World Tour

September 9th 2021

US pop sensation LAUV brings the biggest shows of his career to Australia in September 2021, for his rescheduled ~how i’m feeling~ tour.

Since his debut album ~how i’m feeling~ dropped in early 2020 to critical praise, the multi-platinum artist has gone on to release a four-track EP called Without You, performed his song ‘Modern Loneliness’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, ‘f*ck I’m lonely’ with Anne-Marie on Late Night with Seth Myers and more.

Lauv had this message for his fans, regarding the rescheduled dates —

Australia and New Zealand, see you next year! rescheduled dates for the world tour are below. if u already have tickets, you’re good to hold onto those. excited to come back to see u!

Ticketholders are encouraged to hold onto their tickets; all tickets purchased for the original 2020 dates will be valid for the corresponding rescheduled dates – you do not need to do anything, your existing tickets will be valid for entry on the new dates.

Patrons who are unable to attend the rescheduled shows should contact their authorised point of purchase to request a refund.

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Zoot

October 8th 2021

ZOOT, one of Australia’s most-loved bands of the late ’60s, early ’70s, is re-forming for four shows only. And the band – featuring Beeb Birtles, Rick Springfield and Rick Brewer– will be joined by their close friend and contemporary Russell Morris.

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GOLD VIP Ticket includes:
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Meet and Greet with the Artist
Photo with the Artist on the fans own phone or camera
ONE personal item signed by the Artist
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Official commemorative VIP Laminate

The tour – ZOOT’s first Australian shows in nearly 50 years – is dedicated to the band’s lead singer, Darryl Cotton, who died of liver cancer in 2012.

“This whole tour is about honouring Darryl Cotton and his band ZOOT,” Rick Springfield says. “Darryl also had a band with Russell Morris, Jim Keays and Ronnie Burns for 16 years, so it’s great to have Russell celebrating Darryl by joining ZOOT.”

Russell says the tour will be a “labour of love”.

“I am not trying to be Darryl,” Russell points out. “But as I worked with Darryl for so long, he is a part of me. And I know how much he cared about ZOOT, so I will give it my very best.”

The reunion celebrates the 50thanniversary of ZOOT’s debut album, Just Zoot,and follows the release of the ZOOT anthology, Archaeology.

“Who would have thought we’d still be performing ZOOT songs 50 years after the release of Just Zoot,” smiles Beeb, who started ZOOT in Adelaide with Darryl Cotton. “Nevertheless, here we are with ZOOT in 2020!”

Aside from 2007’s Countdown Spectacular, this will be Rick Springfield’s first Australian appearances since 1971.

Often referred to as “a supergroup in reverse” – after the band broke up in 1971, Beeb Birtles was a founding member of Little River Band, Rick Springfield became a solo star in the US, and Rick Brewer joined The Ferrets – ZOOT were crowned Australia’s Best Group in Go-Set in 1969 and had a string of hits, including ‘One Times, Two Times, Three Times, Four’, ‘Monty and Me’, ‘The Freak’, and their blistering cover of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’.

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World Down Syndrome Conference

August 2022

This international conference brings together people with Down syndrome, family members, researchers and service providers to showcase the latest research and best practice as well as the lived experience of Down syndrome from around the world.

The Congress supports the ongoing agenda of Down Syndrome International: to improve quality of life for people with Down syndrome worldwide and promote their inherent right to be accepted and included as valued and equal members of their communities.

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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Total Solar Eclipse

July 13th 2037

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