Around the country weekend, the city of Brisbane beams to life as the Brisbane Festival begins; RocKwiz scours Canberra for some kind of genius; Rottofest will have WA comedy fans laughing all the way to Rottnest Island and back; Sydneysiders go fly a kite at Bondi’s annual Festival of the Winds; SA hillbillies flock to the Wirrina Bluegrass Festival; the Bush Bands Bash batters the red centre; The Australian Ballet concludes its Icons performance in Melbourne and The Beautiful Girls take their farewell tour to Tassie with gigs in Devonport and Hobart.
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