Brisbane Festival!

Source: About Australia

This weekend has marked the official opening of Brisbane Festival 2016, celebrating its eighth year as an on-going arts festival. The three week long celebration of culture began September 3, with the festivities commencing until September 24.

The now modern festival has roots dating back to the Warana Festival, which had been a much smaller scale event beginning in 1961 (Brisbane Festival 2016). The festival as we know it today was introduced in 1996 by the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council, although it was a biennial affair (Brisbane Festival 2016). However attendees can now revel in the fact that the festival is a longstanding annual event.

As always, the highlight of the event will take place at its conclusion, culminating in the Sunsuper Riverfire. The firework spectacular presented by Channel 9 and Triple M will start at 7pm, Saturday the 24^th, and welcomes the return of the ever popular armed services demonstrations.

‘Spectators will also be wowed by aerobatics from the Australian Defence Force with RAAF Super Hornet and Army helicopter displays’ (Brisbane Festival 2016).

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The Story Bridge and surrounding network of roads will be closed for the evening’s festivities and alternate routes will be required to be taken for several hours due to the display. All enquiries regarding the process should be directed to Brisbane City Council’s Congestion Reduction Unit via telephone on 07 3403 4685 (Queensland Government 2016).

For festival information such as times, prices and accessibility refer to the Brisbane Festival ‘What’s on’ page here. http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/whats-on

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References

About Australia, digital image, viewed 23 September 2016, http://www.about-australia.com/events/brisbane-festival/.

Bainbridge, J, Goc, N & Tynan, L 2011, Media and journalism: new approaches to theory and practice, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, VIC.

Brisbane Festival 2016, about, viewed 23 September 2016, http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/about/history.

Facebook, digital image, viewed 23 September 2016, https://www.facebook.com/BrisbaneFestival/?fref=ts.

Queensland Government 2016, events, Story Bridge road network closures for events, viewed 23 September 2016, https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/events/story-bridge/.