Brisbane Blues Festival – Sat Mar 13, Jubilee Hotel @brisbluesfest
Playing this year are:
The Trophy Brides
Jimi Beavis and the 385s – their Facebook page is here.
This YouTube vid by HarpDogAustralia shows Jimi Beavis and the 385s playing at the Jubilee Hotel in April 2009:
Asa Broomhall – his MySpace page is here
This vid by blackdotsvid shows Asa Broomhall singing “That Old Car” from his album “Revelry Road”
Doc Span and Ross Williams – Doc Span’s MySpace page
The video here, by harrylegends, shows Doc Span and Ross Williams playing the Samford Blues Festival in 1998:
Diamond Doug Wilshire and the Tailspinners – the MySpace page is here
Bluesville Station
The video here by YouTuber flagmanbrad shows Bluesville Station playing “Wastin’ My Time” from their album “Ridin’ The Warrego“
Mojo Webb, and band – MySpace page here
The video here, uploaded by harrylegends, is of the Mojo Webb Band playing at the Step Inn in November 2008
The Hipshooters
This vid also by harrylegends shows The Hipshooters playing Legends Hotel on the Gold Coast in November last year
Entry to the Brisbane Blues Festival is $20 at the door and you can find the full program here at the Festival’s website. The Jubilee Hotel is at 470 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley – click here for a Google Map with public transport details, and click here to use the Translink journey planner to look up public transport routes and timetables.
Brisbane Pro Wrestling Fri Mar 14 and Sat Mar 15, Bray Park PCYC @pwaqueensland
PWAQ is putting on “Rise of the Warriors 4″ Pro Wresting tournament this Friday night, March 14 and Saturday night, March 15 at the Bray Park PCYC on Francis Rd and Baker St, Bray Park.
There are 16 wrestlers competing on the night, with two preliminary rounds narrowing the field down to four athletes, who’ll go into a Four Man Showdown for the tournament title. Some of the wrestlers who’ll be vying for the championships are:
Esteban Molina
AJ Istria
Sean O’Shea
Mikey Broderick
Zero
Johnny Lukas
Tickets are $15 for EACH night (so $30 if you’re going on both nights). Call Luke Davison on 0430 315 906 to book your tickets, or email pwaqld@gmail.com
The PWAQ Twitter account is here, if you want to follow them, and you can join their Facebook group here.
Click here for a Google Map showing the location of the Bray Park PCYC, including public transport details. If you need to look up bus timetables you can do it here, and the Translink journey planner, for train times, is here.
Brisbane Debate: Does Australia Need a Charter of Rights? Wed Mar 10, University of Queensland, St Lucia
The debate will be between former Australian Democrats Senator, and Australian Greens candidate for the seat of Brisbane in this year’s Federal election, Andrew Bartlett, speaking in favour of a charter of rights, and James Allan, who is Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland, speaking against.
Mr Bartlett has written here about his support for a charter of rights, and Professor Allan has written here about why he opposes one. For some background on the issue, you can read my report from a public meeting last year , held the Government on the idea of a bill of rights.
If you like using Facebook to keep track of what you’re doing, there’s a Facebook event here. You can also become a fan of Andrew Bartlett’s election campaign here on Facebook, or follow him on Twitter.
The debate is on from 4pm to 5pm in the University of Queensland Club, 41 Staff House Road, in the University of Queensland. Click here for a Google Map showing where the club is, and with public transport details, or click here to look up the Route 412 bus timetable (the best way to get there)
Brisbane French Film Festival – Wed March 17 to Wed March 21
The full list of films is here, and the list of session times and full ticketing information is here.
Below I’ve mentioned a few of the films that caught my eye. I couldn’t find trailers with subtitles for some of these, but all the films in the festival are being shown with English subtitles.
Skirt Day (La Journée de la jupe): A teacher facing a violent class accidentally holds them hostage – Official Site – French Film Festival page
Skirt Day is on at the Barracks cinema at 9pm on Friday March 26, and at 1.30pm on Sunday March 28.
Anything for Her (Pour Elle) – Lisa is arrested one morning for murder, which seems to make no sense at all. Her husbane Julien is unwilling to deal with uncaring bureaucrats, so he comes up with a dangerous plan – French Film Festival Site
Anything For Her screens at the Centro Cinema at 6.45pm on Friday March 19, and the Barracks Cinema 3.45pm on Sunday March 21
The Father of My Children (Le père de mes enfants) – A man’s life and finances collapse, and his family have to deal with it – French Film Festival Page
The Father of My Children is at the Centro Cinema at 6.45pm on Saturday March 20, the Barracks Cinema at 6.30pm on Friday March 26, and the Barracks Cinema at 7pm on Saturday March 27.
LOL – A girl breaks up with her boyfriend who cheats on her, while her mother starts seeing her divorced father again – French Film Festival Page
LOL is on at the Barracks cinema at 8.45pm on Saturday March 20, the Centro Cinema at 8.45pm on Friday March 26, and the Centro Cinema on Monday March 29 at 9.15pm
Legal Aid (Commis d’office) – A young lawyer is hired by an older, more worldly one, for reasons that turn out to be not so noble – French Film Festival Site
Legal Aid screens at the Centro Cinema at 6.45pm on Thursday March 18, and at the Barracks Cinema at 2pm on Sunday March 21
Lucky Luke – a purehearted gunslinger who won’t kill tries to take back an Old West town from the gang who now rules it. Based on the famous comic by Morris and Goscinny – Official Site – French Film Festival Site
Lucky Luke will be on at the Barracks Cinema at 7pm on Friday March 26, at the Centro Cinema at 4.45pm on Saturday March 27 and the Barracks Cinema at 3.30pm on Sunday March 28.
Neuilly Yo Mama! (Neuilly sa mère) A young man living in West Philadelphia a working-class housing estate in Châlon is forced to move in with relatives to rich Bel-Air Neuilly – French Film Festival Page
Neuilly Yo Mama is showing at the Barracks Cinema at 6.45pm on Friday March 19 and at the Centro Cinema at 4.45pm on Saturday March 20.
Tickets to the films are $16 for adults, and $14 for people 60 years or over, pensioners or full-time students. Children under 15 years get into G and PG-rated films for $12. Most of the films are restricted to people over 15 years, so check before planning to take people under that age. You can buy tickets online if you click here.
Brisbane Roller Derby: Sun State Roller Girls’ First Bout for 2010 Sat Mar 13 @qldrollerderby
One of Brisbane’s three Roller Derby leagues, the Sun State Roller Girls, are putting on their first bout for 2010 this Saturday, March 13 at the Beenleigh Sports Arena – see below for a link to a map.
The March 13 bout is between the Licorice Short Shorts and the Golden Roughs – this YouTube video by vetusastrum shows a bout between the Shorts and the Roughs in 2008:
If you’d like to know more about the rules of Roller Derby, this video explains it all:
You can buy tickets online for $12.50 (including booking fee) for adults or $10.50 (including booking fee) for Student or Pension card holders – just click here. Tickets at the door are $15 for adults and $12 concession. There are market stalls, food and liquor available, but bring cash as there’s no EFTPOS or ATMs at the arena.
You can follow the Sun State Roller Girls on Twitter by clicking here, or join the Sun State Roller Girls’ Facebook group if you click here. If you like to use Facebook to keep track of your events, there’s a FB event for the March 13 bout here.
Also, the Sun State Roller Girls are trying to win a sponsorship pack from a beer company – so if you’d like to help them, click here and vote for them – you can vote once per day till the end of March.
The bout is at the Beenleigh Sports Arena, 2-10 Milne Av, Beenleigh. Click here for a Google map with public transport details, and click here to use the Translink journey planner to find out public transport routes and times.
Brisbane protest against planned 2am nightclub lockout – Thu 11 March 4pm Parliament House @qldlockedout
UPDATE: For a report with pictures, sound and video from the rally, click here.
The Queensland Locked Out organisation is holding a protest rally to let politicians and the public know that they’re against the idea of locking people out of nightclubs at 2am closing ALL licenced venues at 2am, The proposal for a 2am lockout closure comes from the Queensland Police Union, in their submission (pdf file – scroll to page 73) to the Inquiry into Alcohol-Related Violence being held by the Law, Justice and Safety Committee of the Queensland Parliament.
Queensland Locked Out has countered with other proposals to deal with what it says is the major social issue of “extreme violence” on Brisbane streets. QLO’s proposals include harsher penalties for anti-social and aggressive behaviour, more police and security guards, ID scanners to keep a record of patrons entering nightclubs and other licenced premises, and chillout areas to be set up in entertainment districts.
There’s already a 3am lockout – meaning if you leave a nightclub after 3am you can’t get back in. The 3am lockout has been in place since 2005. The current lock-out does not apply to the Treasury Casino. The Treasury Casino is owned by Tabcorp, and the Queensland Government-owned QIC was the tenth-biggest shareholder in Tabcorp as of August 2009.
A trial of a 2am lockout in Victoria in 2008 ended after 3 months. This video shows Australian Greens member (and candidate for the seat of Melbourne in this year’s Federal Election) Adam Bandt speaking against Victoria’s lockout at a protest rally in Melbourne:
You can become a fan of the Queensland Locked Out Facebook page here, and the Facebook event for the March 12 rally is here. You can follow Queensland Locked Out on Twitter if you click here.
The rally is at Parliament House, on the corner of George and Alice Sts in Brisbane City – click here for a Google Map which includes public transport details. To find public transport route and timetable information, click here to use the Translink journey planner.
Brisbane Anime Society screening Sat Mar 7 at QUT Gardens Point, City @basanime
This Sunday, the anime being shown are:
Episodes 7-10 of Canaan
Episodes 9-12 of Macross Frontier
Episodes 3 and 4 of Alien 9
You can follow the Brisbane Anime Society on Twitter, or join their Facebook group here.
The best way to get to QUT is to catch a City Cat to the QUT Gardens Point ferry terminal, then walk along Alice St, turn right past Parliament House then turn right when you get into the QUT grounds – click here for a Google Map. The other way is to catch a bus to Adelaide St in the City and walk down George St till you get to Parliament House and turn right to get to D block – you can also see that route on the Google Map. If you want to look up City Cat or bus timetables, click here to use the Translink journey planner.
New to Twitter in Brisbane? Come +meet lots of people, Friday Mar 5 2010 @greystonebar #btub @btubr
The next btub is tomorrow night, Friday March 5th 2010, at Greystone Bar, Southbank.
btub stands for “Brisbane Twitter Underground Brigade” but it’s not really underground any more, we have lots of people turn up. There’s lots of interesting and friendly people to chat to so if you’re free, drop in – if you want to chat with me, my photo’s on the side of this blog (but I now have a goatee/mo). I’ll be late (about 10pm) because I don’t finish work till 9.30pm.
There’s a btub group on Facebook, and there’s a Facebook event for tomorrow night’s meetup. And you can also follow btub’s Twitter account.
The meetup is at Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey St, Southbank – click here for a Google Map with public transport details. If you need to look up public transport routes or timetables, click here for the Translink journey planner.
If you’re on Twitter, a service that lets you find out what people are doing, you might want to follow the Brisbane Blog’s Twitter account and you’ll get updated every time there is a new story on the Brisbane Blog. Or if you want more, follow my personal account (David Jackmanson) and find out what I’m up to.
Brisbane Films – David Bowie and Led Zeppelin films at the Globe – FREE for @4zzz subscribers
On Thursday March 4th 2010 there’s a marathon of 4 different concert films of Led Zeppelin, starting at 7pm and going through to around midnight. The 4 concerts are:
The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1970
Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1973
It’s $11.50 to get into the 4-concert marathon, but it’s FREE if you’re a subscriber to 4ZZZ-FM or a member of Odyssey. Entry is for people aged 18 and over only, so you’ll need to bring photo ID. You can pay at the door, or you can buy tickets online here.
On Sunday March 7 2010 there’s a David Bowie double feature. At 4pm you can see Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars:
followed by Labyrinth:
It’s the same deal with tickets – $11.50, FREE for 4ZZZ-FM subscribers and Odyssey members. 18+, photo ID needed. You can buy tickets online here.
And then after the David Bowie double feature, the Led Zeppelin 4-film marathon is on again from 8pm till after midnight on Sunday March 7. And once again it’s FREE for 4ZZZ-FM subscribers and Odyssey members, or $11.50 for others – buy tickets online here.
The Globe Theatre is at 220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, right near the Fortitude Valley train station – click here for a Google Map. Public transport details are on the map – click here to use the Translink journey planner to find out route and timetable details.
Brisbane Impro: “Enid Blyton: By the Book” $10 at Brisbane Arts Theatre Sunday March 7 @artstheatre
Apparently, the idea is that Enid Blyton has a new dog, Oscar, and she wants to write a book about his adventures. Naturally, the book will contain the suggestions shouted out by the audience.
Tickets are $10, and the show is on at 7.30pm this Sunday, March 7 2010 the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane City. For a Google map showing the Brisbane Arts Theatre, including public transport details, click here. You can also click here to use the Translink journey planner to look up bus routes and timetables.
Of course, when I think of Enid Blyton parodies, I always think of Five Go Mad In Dorset: