MELT Festival 2023

MELT Festival, Brisbane’s forward and fearless annual celebration of queer art, artists, allies and ideas is back for an eighth edition with a vibrant and eclectic 2023 program.

Featuring ground-breaking home-grown music artists alongside international sensations, provocative and hilarious theatre, exhibitions showcasing exquisite photography, textile art and installations as well as a book launch and talk, MELT will take over Brisbane Powerhouse from November 11 – 26.

MUSIC

KAH-LO (US)

(+ DJANABA)

15 NOV 2023 – OPENING NIGHT PARTY

Kicking off the festival party in unmissable style, Kah-Lo opens Melt with her house-laced hits and dance beats. Supported by emerging First Nations artist, Djanaba.

This epic show will open with a MELT party to remember, as the theatre comes alive with DJs, lights and dancing!

ELIZABETH (FREE)

16 NOV 2023

ALTER BOY (+ JUNE JONES)

18 NOV 2023

TOPS (+ PLATONIC SEX)

23 NOV 2023

CHAPPELL ROAN (US)

25 NOV 2023 – CLOSING NIGHT

Chappell Roan brings her world of bold pop hooks, sex positivity, honest songwriting and a heavy dose of sparkle in her first ever Australian tour.

THEATRE & IDEAS

‘OVERFLOW’

23 – 26 NOV 2023

A hilarious and devastating tour of women’s bathrooms – who is allowed in and who is kept out.

‘BUNNY’

15 – 18 NOV 2023

RHYS NICHOLSON – ‘DISH’

16 NOV 2023

VISUALS
FREE EXHIBITIONS

‘PLACES OF WORSHIP’

03 – 26 NOV 2023

The Huxleys’ Places of Worship series explores the fading magic of supernatural worlds in which Melbourne-based performance and visual artists Will and Garrett Huxley cast themselves as exquisite outsiders, isolated and ornate, and existing on the fringes of places – and the margins of society.