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SOL BAKERY AND CAFÉ

Indulging in a plant-based meal that is bursting in flavours, adequately sized, AND affordable can be hard to come by in Brisbane … but Sol Bakery and Café on West End’s Vulture Street seems to have found the magic bullet for all three. Infatuated with high-quality seasonal produce and products, it is also comforting to know that everything served on your plate or in your cup is certified organic or produced by local farmers who use organic methods. Seating up to 100 people, the space…

Sound Society Returns

South Bank Parkland‘s loved free live music event – The Sound Society returns in December with an extended series of performances. Acclaimed and upcoming Brisbane artists like Jaguar Jonze, Hope D, Holiday Party, Moon Saloon and Cloe Terare will be playing some fine tunes, supported by QMusic. Held in the beautiful Roma Street Parklands, the event celebrates slowing down with some great tunes, food and company. South Bank Stalwart and The Plough Inn will be the licensed onsite food vendors providing appetizing snacks and beverages…

Davies Park Markets

Each Saturday, from 6am to 2pm, Brisbane locals in the know travel from far and wide to make their weekly pilgrimage to Davies Park Markets, West End. The culture, the fresh food, the music and community atmosphere created by market goers and stall holders are unparalleled in Brisbane. These iconic markets started out as a humble farmers’ market and now they are a vital part of the West End community. The markets still bring farmers face to face with their customers, shortening the country-city divide….

Sash & Belle

 

Lollipops and swoons

Head to QPAC for the new daytime concert series by Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Be charmed by Nimrod, which you will know from films Dunkirk and Elizabeth. Barber’s Adagio is a piece that has been sampled, digitalised, and rearranged endlessly in movies and television such as Platoon, The Elephant Man, and even South Park. Rachmaninov’s Vocalise is one of the composer’s most cherished pieces with its wandering melody poised above pulsing chords. Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker is pure, sweet delight,…