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Seasons and Festivals
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On the Banks On the Banks
In the heart of Brisbane/Meanjin, On the Banks returns in 2027 featuring a stellar lineup of international and Australian acts.
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Queensland Theatre Company
Queensland Theatre Company’s 2027 Season champions work that gets under your skin and stays with you.
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra 2027 Season Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Celebrate 80 years of music with a season of ground-breaking collaborations and inspirational music.
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Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet
Queensland Ballet’s 2027 season curated under the artistic direction of Ivan Gil-Ortega, celebrates ballet’s power to connect – across generations, disciplines, and cultures.
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Opera Queensland Opera Queensland
Opera Queensland invites you to a season of collaboration, connection and extraordinary music.
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World Science Festival Brisbane
World Science Festival Brisbane invites audiences to immerse themselves in the wonderful world of science – from robotics, nature and space to neuroscience, AI and everything in between!
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Australian Chamber Orchestra 2027 Australian Chamber Orchestra
As part of the National Concert Season audiences will discover, and rediscover, some of the greatest music ever written.
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Musica Viva Australia
Musica Viva Australia invites you to look to the sky in 2026 with a season to lift your spirits and expand your horizons.
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Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra
Join Camerata for a season of uniquely inspiring music with their trademark innovation, passion, and energy, all with no conductor in sight.
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Jameela Jamil Jameela Jamil: Prison of Perfection
5 Mar 2027, 7pmConcert HallJameela Jamil is back by popular demand to spread her gospel of refusing to give into the bullsh*t of life.
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Nordic Now Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Nordic Now
6 Mar 2027, 7pmConcert HallEnter a world of shimmering textures and bold musical imagination. Experience the distinctive soundscape of Finland through the eyes of Timo-Veikko Valve.
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Grace and Mischief Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Grace and Mischief
7 May 2027, 7pmConcert HallImmerse yourself in an evening of colour, spectacle, and dazzling musical contrasts as Camerata is joined by winds, brass and percussion.
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Past Forward Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Past Forward
29 Jul 2027, 7pmConcert HallWitness a chain reaction as four contemporary composers take musical traditions and send them spinning in new directions.
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Orava Quartet Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Orava Quartet
21 Oct 2027, 7pmConcert HallIn this intimate performance, the Orava Quartet draw you into their sound world where centuries of musical storytelling come to life.
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Sunshine Sounds Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Sunshine Sounds
12 Nov 2027, 7pmConcert HallDiscover Queensland through the eyes and ears of a new generation of artistic voices.
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The TEN Tenors - Great Southern Land The TEN Tenors – Great Southern Land
16 Jun 2027, 1pm & 6:30pmConcert HallThe TEN Tenors return with their spectacular new Great Southern Land tour, celebrating the music that has shaped generations of Australians.
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Stewart Copeland: Police Deranged for Orchestra Stewart Copeland: Police Deranged for Orchestra
1 Sep 2027, 8:15pmConcert HallStewart Copeland’s Police Deranged For Orchestra is a high energy orchestral evening bursting with The Police’s biggest hits.
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Aaron Chen Aaron Chen – Technology
10 - 11 Dec 2026Concert HallDue to popular demand a new show has just been announced! Award-winning comedian Aaron Chen is returning to QPAC for an encore performance of his show, Technology. It deals with technology.
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XANADU Xanadu
25 to 28 Feb 2027Concert HallXANADU the Musical rolls into QPAC’s Concert Hall for six shows only! A laugh-out-loud, roller-skating adventure packed with nostalgic hits and 80s magic.
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Lucy Darling: Cheers Lucy Darling: Cheers
8 - 9 Mar 2027Concert HallAward-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling as she continues her vivacious vagabond voyages with Cheers.
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QSO Favourites featuring orchestra member Kaya Skorka Queensland Symphony Orchestra QSO Favourites
13 Feb 2027, 7:30pmConcert HallExperience some of the most recognisable and loved pieces in the classical canon, as chosen by previous QSO audiences.
Newsroom
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Kate Miller-Heidke Kate Miller-Heidke: The Sirens And The Stars
Wed 11 Nov 2026Australia’s most gloriously contradictory singer-songwriter celebrates her new gothic folk masterpiece The Kiss and the Abyss, and twenty years since her debut album Little Eve.
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Bangarra Unites Elders and Choreographers in a powerful new program GENERATIONS
Wed 4 Nov 2026Grounded in wisdom of the past, and charged by voices of the future, GENERATIONS is a bold new double bill curated by Mirning woman Frances Rings, Bangarra’s Artistic Director and co-CEO.
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Finding Nemo musical splashes into QPAC for Australian premiere
Wed 4 Nov 2026Brisbane audiences will be the first in Australia to dive into the QPAC and CDP’s production of Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo: A 60-Minute Family Musical when the beloved tale takes centre stage next June.
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Cirque Empire roars into the Glasshouse Theatre
Wed 4 Nov 2026The Glasshouse Theatre will transform into the dazzling and decadent world of 1920s New York when Cirque Empire roars into QPAC from 5 to 14 February 2027 for its Brisbane debut.
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Christmas in the Lane: QPAC and Fish Lane set to light up this festive season
Thu 29 Oct 2026This December, QPAC and Fish Lane will join forces to spread some festive cheer through South Brisbane with a Christmas activation featuring live carol performances from the QPAC Chamber Choir.
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Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds returns to QPAC with immersive new concert experience
Tue 27 Oct 2026Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds will bring his immersive new concert experience Falling Apart Together to QPAC Concert Hall on Tuesday 2 March 2027.
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On the Banks 2026 Bernard FanningKelsey Doyle On the Banks is back in 2027!
Thu 15 Oct 2026Following a triumphant debut this year, QPAC and South Bank Corporation have revealed more acts for the return of On the Banks, bringing contemporary music to the riverside in February and March 2027.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button heads to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 2027
Mon 12 Oct 2026For the first time outside of London and New York, three-time Olivier Award-winning musical, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, will begin its next chapter, with a major tour of New Zealand and Australia from May finishing at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in October 2027.