MELT is an invitation to celebrate Brisbane’s wonderfully diverse queer communities. Brisbane’s LGBTI+ voice is loud and clear, bursting with pride, humour, humanity and rebellion. The community is bounding towards equality in many vital aspects of life and MELT is a vehicle for these leaps. The invitation is extended to citizens of all genders, sexual orientations, ages, […]
In 2018 Brisbane’s famous Paniyiri Greek Festival will mark 42 years – a landmark cultural and celebratory milestone. Over four decades Paniyiri has grown to become Queensland’s signature celebration of all things Greek and the state’s largest cultural festival as well as the country’s longest running Greek festival – an admirable success story for the […]
The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Australia with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. Earning an Oscar-nomination for the score, the spellbinding and incredible music composed by John Williams became an instant classic, conjuring beautiful, soaring motifs continuing the adventures of Harry Potter on his magical […]
Anywhere Theatre Festival Limited is a Brisbane based not-for-profit company with a vision to propel a world-wide trend for exciting, engaging, passionate performance regardless of access to traditional theatre infrastructure. Or as they prefer to say it, “Anywhere makes it easy for performers to perform anywhere but a theatre, for anyone to host or experience a […]
Since 1997 the Buddha Birth Day Festival has grown into one of Queensland’s most prestigious cultural events attracting in excess of 200,000 visitors and is now recognized as the largest annual Buddhist Birth Day Festival in the world. This year the Buddha Birth Day Festival is proud to be celebrating its 20th anniversary at The […]
The Mother’s Day Classic is an annual fun run and walk raising funds and awareness for breast cancer research. Their aim is to deliver a fun, healthy and inspirational community event that brings the community together on Mother’s Day to support and remember those touched by breast cancer. The event was established in 1998 by Women in Super, […]
The festival evokes reel inspiración with outstanding films from across Spain, exclusively at Palace Cinemas. This year, there are 25 transporting films as part of a curated program celebrating the culture and cinema of Spain. The festival opens with the groovy comedy The Tribe, starring Paco León and Carmen Machi, following a “streetdancing” cleaning lady reunited […]
Discover one man’s incredible journey from poverty to world-famous artist in this exclusive Museum of Brisbane exhibition. Mao’s Last Dancer the exhibition: A Portrait of Li Cunxinfeatures never-before-seen interviews, performance footage and personal artefacts in an intimate portrait of a contemporary Australian icon. Born into bitter poverty during the height of Mao’s Communist China, Li grew […]
Carlos Acosta, former Principal of The Royal Ballet and one of the most acclaimed dancers in the world, has distilled the famous operatic story, Carmen, into a powerful, theatrical ballet – a tour-de-force of raw, honest characters and thrilling dance. Don José is hopelessly smitten by the free-spirited and sensual Carmen, but when she discards him […]