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2023 Scandinavian Film Festival returns – first hightlights announced!

Award winning writer/director Hlynur Pálmason’s follow-up to his breakout hit A White, White Day is stunning historical drama GODLAND (Volaða land) which is the 2023 Festival Centrepiece. Featuring stunning landscapes, it tells the story of a Danish priest who goes on a pilgrimage across a largely unexplored Iceland in the late 1800s. It stars Danish-American actor Elliot Crosset Hove in the central role, most recently seen in Wildland (SCA22). Based on real events is LET THE RIVER ...

HSBC Spanish Film Festival is coming to Palace cinemas this June!

The highly anticipated Festival is celebrating 25 years in 2023 and befitting such a milestone, will be presenting a thirty-two-film strong lineup that offers exciting, inspiring and entertaining viewing from the region. The many highlights include a focus on Women in Filmmaking, featuring the work of seven prominent Spanish and Latin American female directors, a comprehensive Carlos Saura retrospective, a Uruguayan documentary with an Australian connection and much, much more. The ...

Dine BNE City is back this June!

The third edition of Dine BNE City will satisfy diners’ appetites for discovering new culinary experiences and indulging in firm favourites, day and night throughout June. Let’s Do Lunch is a call sure to echo through offices daily with lunchtime offers including a Greek Feast at Opa Bar and Mezze, noodles and nibbles at Jumbo Thai, pizza and Peroni at Isles Lane and an express lunch at Alchemy. After hours, join Bar Safari to re-visit your go-to watering hole or discover a new ...

Green Heart Fair celebrates 15 years of sustainability!

Set to be the biggest festival yet, the family and dog-friendly event will include three extra-special performances from everyone’s favourite pups, Bingo and Bluey.   //   The Fair will also feature ‘Finding Barrambin’, an art installation created by Queensland University of Technology students that showcases the unique indigenous history of the Victoria Park / Barrambin site. The festival will include free native plant giveaways, artisan markets, live entertainm...

Coastal Serenade: The Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival Strikes a Chord!

Get ready to soak up the vibrant energy of the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival as it returns for its third year. Over the King’s Birthday long weekend from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th June, the festival will delight music enthusiasts with a range of bespoke events held in stunning natural locations and intimate venues across the Sunshine Coast. This year's program promises to be an innovative and immersive experience, blending contemporary and classical chamber music with site-sp...

The Spanish Film Festival returns this June!

Adding some spice to the start of winter, the 2023 Festival opens with the Australian premiere of TWO MANY CHEFS (La vida padre), a delicious comedy set in Bilbao’s world of high cuisine. The Spanish box office hit stars Karra Elejalde and Enric Auquer as a father and son whose unexpected reunion after thirty years apart puts their ideas about cooking and life to the test. The two Special Presentations of the 2023 line up are both exceptional dramas. Five-time Goya Award-winner and ...

The 2023 German Film Festival programme has been unveiled!

Simone Baumann, Managing Director of German Films said, “We are very happy to continue our successful cooperation with Palace for the German Film Festival 2023 and we hope that our Australian viewers will appreciate great films.” Opening the 2023 festival is the new film from BALLOON director Michael ‘Bully’ Herbig A THOUSAND LINES (Tausend Zeilen), an exciting drama based on true events. Festival favourites Elyas M’Barek and Jonas Nay deliver star performances as journalists ...

Brisbane Writers Festival launches its page-turning 2023 program!

The 2023 Festival is an unmissable adventure from beginning to end with over 150 live events including author talks, panel discussions, workshops and all-new Literary Salons. More than 60 Brisbane authors will feature alongside a star-studded line-up of national and international guests. Australian headline authors include Stan Grant, Grace Tame, Tim Winton and Kate Morton while international highlights include Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh ...

Stop, drop and LOL: Brisbane Comedy Festival is back in a big way for 2023!

Tickets are on sale now for more than 350 gigs by over 110 comedians, including an influx of major international acts alongside returning fan favourites, with more shows announced today. Visiting headliners include international comedy master Danny Bhoy, Northern Ireland comedy colossus Micky Bartlett, Malaysian mischief-maker Jason Leong, Irish actor and comedian Ed Byrne, Glasgow’s funniest millennial Larry Dean, dishevelled prince of the keyboard David O’Doherty, award-winning ...

The Stones Corner Festival is back this April!

Headlining the festival in 2023 is Australian dance-punk, electro-pop group, Art vs Science who are best known for their hits Flippers, Magic Fountain and Parlez Vous Francais. The trio will be joined by other highly sought-after artists such as Resin Dogs, Yacht Rock Revival, Good Will Remedy, Jem Cassar-Daly, John Hanley & The Hurricanes, Dusty and the Andy Martin. While you stroll along the street, be sure to stop in at one of the 20+ breweries that will be in attendance for a ...