DINNER + SHOW PACKAGES
We’ve teamed up with our neighbours Cheeky Poke Bar and Beirut Bazaar to bring you two value-packed dinner packages during our Brisbane Festival 2021 season.
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MECHANICS OF ADAPTION
3 – 26 SEPT | EXHIBITION
Brisbane’s hottest contemporary artists give up-cycling new meaning in this innovative exhibition.
THIS AIN’T NO PUSSY SHOW
16 – 18 SEPT | THEATRE
This Ain’t No Pussy Show takes a poetic and personal dive into the relationship between mother and son.
THE MAKING OF MEN
18 SEPT | CONVERSATION
Bystander trainer Michael Jeh lead a conversation on raising men to overturn cultural pressures and traditions.
WILBUR THE OPTICAL WHALE
22 – 25 SEPT | FAMILY
A fully immersive, interactive and accessible story for children about friendship and celebrating difference.
FUNNY MUMMIES COMEDY GALA
22 – 25 SEPT | COMEDY
Four hilarious Mamas. One Rocking Show. Jump aboard the life-raft of laughter for this smashing evening of comedy.
Australia Independent Film Festival
1 – 2 OCT / FILM
Join filmmakers and film lovers for one of Queensland’s biggest annual celebrations of independent cinema.
CONVERSATIONS ON SHADOW ARCHITECTURE
2 – 30 OCT / EXHIBITION
Explore new ways of understanding our physical environment and the potential for agency and empowerment within it.
The Bombshells Ball
9 OCT / BURLESQUE
An evening of titillation, tassels and tease starring Brisbane’s best from the The Bombshell Burlesque Academy.
RESTRUNG FESTIVAL 2021
14 – 16 OCT | MUSIC + ART
The much-loved Restrung Festival returns in 2021, bringing audiences a banquet of boundary-pushing, strings-driven music and art.
KILLING MUSIC BY TOPOLOGY
14 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
In this moment of pure catharsis, Topology offers a collective release to wipe the slate clean and prompt a renewed energy and sense of optimism.
HOPE’S BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY
14 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
This sonic landscape that draws on Bidjara Elder Auntie Delmae’s childhood in and around Emerald, mixed with evocative, shimmering musical improvisations.
VISUAL ART INSTALLATIONS
14 – 16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
In addition to genre-bending performances, immerse yourself in visual installations created by Pat Hoffie, Leah Barclay and more.
DOTS+LOOPS
15 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Join Dots+Loops Directors Kieran Welch, Connor D’Netto and Flora Wong as they share some of their favourite contemporary works for strings and electronics.
DREAMING IN THE SAND
15 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Renowned Brisbane ensemble Bentley String Quintet teams up with GANGgajang’s Robbie James to premiere his new work, Dreaming In The Sand.
DOUBLE BILL: TESS KING + VOLTFRUIT
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Restrung Festival presents this special double-bill performance by electronic voyagers Tess King and Volfruit.
RESTRUNG ROUNDTABLE
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL | TALK
Join Restrung artists in a discussion of directions in Australian art music: how they are navigating culture, identity, environmental issues and life through contemporary artistic expression.
DAVID BENTLEY TRIO WITH SHENZO & DANIELLE
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Classic trio jazz and funky rhythms make for a spicy bouillabaisse when Brisbane’s legendary David Bentley Trio (DB3) takes the stage.
INCLUSIVE IMPROVISATION WITH TOPOLOGY
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL | WORKSHOP
Bring your instruments or just yourselves for an exploration of sound. Led by Topology’s Robert Davidson, this session will explore inclusive improvisation and collaboration.
FACTORY LANE POP-UPS
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Metro Arts’ outdoor Factory Lane will come alive with free pop-up performances by Zac Sacrewski, Shenzo, Sallianna Seven, Tipping Point.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY WITH ESTAMPA
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Estampa evokes visions of Parisian laneways, South American sensuality, and the unbridled joy of European folk-music.
PINK MATTER B’DAY BATTLES
23 OCT | DANCE
We’re celebrating Pink Matter’s 4th birthday with a kick-ass party! Dress fresh and get ready for a wild night of performances, cyphers and battles.
MY FUNNY VALENTINE BY JOSH DAVETA
29 OCT | CABARET
Today’s pop classics, reimagined as jazz standards. Josh Daveta and their band The Sequins will take the New Benner stage for one night only.
HONOURS DEGREE 2021 EXHIBITION
4 – 14 NOV / EXHIBITION
Across 10 days, TAFE Queensland graduating artists bring their year to a colourful close with this series of exhibitions.
soul-hole
20 – 27 NOV / EXHIBITION
The everyday and the sacred are united in this intimate exploration of spirituality and girlhood.
ARTIST BOARDRIDERS CLUB
20 – 27 NOV / EXHIBITION
Step inside a world of vivid contemporary art by this motley crew of surfers and art-lovers.
AZADEH HAMZEII
4 – 18 DEC / EXHIBITION
Azadeh Hamzeii presents new work commissioned by Metro Arts in association with 4A: Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.
777-ELEVEN
4 DEC – JAN 2022 / EXHIBITION
Joaquin Gonzales presents 777-Eleven, a Catholicised convenience store selling all the Catholic necessities nobody asked for.
BOYLE AND WATERS IN LEOTARD
9 – 18 DEC | PERFORMANCE
This festival-fav is back with a nostalgia-blaring homage to the humble leotard and its epic transformational possibilities.
PINK INC
20 DEC | DANCE
Join the Pink Matter team and say bye-bye to 2021 with this end-of-year party like no other!