Performance and the Arts in Brisbane
Performing Arts
Brisbane has a thriving arts scene with acclaimed theatre, opera and symphony venues along with plenty of gigs and live bands performing every day of the week. Browse through the events below to see what's on during your holiday.
Australian String Quartet - Cantilena - Final National Tour | South Bank, Brisbane City
Tender and romantic, fiery and haunting: In a fitting finale to the Australian String Quartet's much-lauded 2008 season, Cantilena brings together three melodic works for string quartet from three remarkable composers - Richard Meale's evocative Cantilena Pacifica, Schubert's lyrical Rosamunde Quartet and Tchaikovsky's first quartet with its famous Andante cantabile.
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Paisley Lane Tea and Music Women and Song | South Brisbane, Brisbane City
Lovers of Nat King Cole and Glenn Miller will be treated to a stroll down memory lane with this great concert by Brisbane's entertaining female vocal ensemble, Paisley Lane.
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Music and Words Series Concert Three | South Bank, Brisbane City
Much applauded chamber ensemble Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) is joined by award-winning Brisbane poet Samuel Wagan Watson in an exhilarating new performance piece based on Watson's breathtaking cycle Smoke Encrypted Whispers at the Music and Words Series Concert Three.
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Woodford Folk Festival | Woodford
The Woodford Folk Festival is an event of international standing.
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Shakespeare In The Park Festival Springfield | Springfield
Experience the magic of live theatre in the great outdoors at the annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival.
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Q150 RADF Inter-regional Youth Project | Multiple Locations
The Q150 RADF Inter-regional Youth Project is planned to be the youth event within the year long celebrations, commemorating the separation of the colony of Queensland from New South Wales on 6 June, 1859.
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QUT Urban Country Music Festival | Caboolture
Four days, 500 artists, 11 stages, 15 free events! The QUT Urban Country Music Festival is four exciting days of free events, concerts, markets and the best of country music.
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Dreaming Festival; Australia's International Indigenous Festival, The | Woodford
The Dreaming is a vibrant, exciting and valuable destination where local, national and international audiences look forward to their annual ceremony time, along with the most comprehensive showcase of Indigenous arts from across the country and around the world.
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