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Event
Information:
Live
webcam feed in the Queensland
capital of Brisbane for the annuals
arts festival for 2010. Brisbane
Festival was developed by the
Queensland Government and Brisbane
City Council in 1996 as an
initiative to foster the arts.
The
Brisbane Festival originally evolved
from Brisbane’s Warana Festival,
first held in 1961. Warana, meaning
blue skies, was the beginning of
Arts Festivals in Queensland.
The
theme of the Warana Festival was
"entertainment for the people, by
the people". Over the years regular
Warana features varied, but included
a drama festival and eisteddfod, a
writers' week, a George Street
Colonial Fair, a Miss Warana Pageant
and various religious, sporting and
other outdoors activities. Brisbane
Festival was held as a biennial
festival from 1996 to 2008. During
this time the festival has had two
Artistic Directors, Tony Gould
(1996-2004) and Lyndon Terracini
(2006-2008).
Under their leadership the festival
has developed into one of the most
highly respected and acclaimed
international arts festivals. In
2009 the festival merged with
Riverfestival and the decision was
made to hold the festival annually
instead of biennially.
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