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Ideas
Festival of Tibet
THU 26–SUN 29 APRIL, 2018
Series
MELT 2018: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture
THU 17–SUN 27 MAY, 2018
Visual
Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival 2017
FRI 11–SUN 13 AUGUST, 2017
Theatre
Restrung 2017
THU 17–SAT 19 AUGUST, 2017
Journalistic photography at its finest
World Press Photo Exhibition 2017
FRI 30 JUNE–SUN 23 JULY, 2017
Celebrate home-grown independent performance at its best
Short+Sweet Festival: Boys Taste Better With Nutella
Opening Week Extravaganza
WED 19–FRI 21 JULY, 2017
They’ll sing, they’ll dance, they’ll lie down a lot
Comedy
Judith Lucy & Denise Scott
Disappointments
WED 19–SUN 30 JULY, 2017
TED Talks for HR
DisruptHR Brisbane
WED 26 JULY, 2017
The biggest little play festival in the world
Short+Sweet Festival: Strands
Theatre + Cabaret
WED 26 JULY–SAT 05 AUGUST, 2017
One of our finest, most innovative thinkers on leadership and workplace culture
Gail Kelly on Life and Leadership
THU 27 JULY, 2017
Are you Queensland’s next slam champion?
Australian Poetry Slam 17
Brisbane Heat 1
SAT 29 JULY, 2017
Join an extraordinary conversation with Mei Fong, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal
One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment
Mei Fong in conversation with Michelle Law
WED 02 AUGUST, 2017
Jamila lays out the causes holding women back and the tools they need to truly thrive in the workplace
Jamila Rizvi: Not Just Lucky
a career manifesto for Australian women
One of Australia's most enduring talents, Grace Knight returns to Brisbane Powerhouse
Music
Grace Knight in Concert
FRI 04 AUGUST, 2017
The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel
in conversation with Paul Barclay
SUN 06 AUGUST, 2017
Tapestry is celebrated by two of Australia’s most loved vocalists
TAPESTRY: The Songs of Carole King
Starring Vika Bull & Debra Byrne
WED 09–SAT 12 AUGUST, 2017
Australia’s first film festival dedicated to virtual reality technology
Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival 2017: Opening Night
Opening Night
FRI 11 AUGUST, 2017
A one-day event celebrating our local game-making sector
Digital
GO423
Game On
SAT 12 AUGUST, 2017
Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival 2017: Program
Program
SAT 12–SUN 13 AUGUST, 2017
Dubbed the next Andy Warhol by Sir Michael Caine
Exhibitions
The Surprise Collection
by Lincoln Townley
THU 17 AUGUST–SUN 01 OCTOBER, 2017
A mesmerising music-scape of grand piano and electric double bass
RESTRUNG 2017: Double Trance
Luke Jaaniste + James Scott
THU 17 AUGUST, 2017
"Everything about this show was exquisite" Cultural Flanerie
Dance
Restrung 2017: Muscle Memory
Reflex
THU 17 + SAT 19 AUGUST, 2017
Radiohead's favourite avant-cellist
Restrung 2017: Oliver Coates
An immersive and mesmerising sound world
Restrung 2017: The Scrapes
