Factory Summer Festival, Brisbane | Concrete Playground Brisbane

In all the regular ways, this hasn’t felt like a big year. It has been chaotic, of course, although that’s completely different. Across the final three weeks of 2020, however, Brisbane Showgrounds’ latest event is going to feel huge — because the inner-city site is welcoming the Factory Summer Festival to town, marking the event’s first Brissie iteration after three years doing its thing on the west coast.

Across select nights between Friday, December 11–Thursday, December 31, Bowen Hills is hosting everyone from The Presets, Hermitude and Peking Duck to Vera Blue, Hayden James and Illy — and a tribute evening dedicated to Daft Punk and a big New Year’s Eve shindig, too. Also on offer at the huge outdoor fest:…