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- ↑ Major Brisbane Festivals. "Brisbane Festival" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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- ↑ Laneway Festival. "St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Brisbane City Council. "Valley Fiesta" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Screen Queensland. "Brisbane International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ "Queensland Film Festival". Queensland Film Festival. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Brisbane Pride Festival. "Brisbane Pride Festival". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Queensland Poetry Festival. "Queensland Poetry Festival" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Anywhere Theatre Festival. "Anywhere Theatre Festival" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Caxton Street Development Association. "Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ FAST 2012. "Festival of Australian Student Theatre" . Retrieved 22 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Future Entertainment. "Future Music Festival". Future Entertainment. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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