Experience the Brisbane Festival's captivating shows on your own this Spring. Treat yourself to an unforgettable solo adventure and allow us to craft remarkable memories just for you. Delight in a season filled with unique performances and transformative experiences that promise to enrich and inspire.
30 Aug – 14 Sep
Volcano
Volcano invites audiences into a voyeuristic journey played out across four performances full of surprise and intrigue. Existing in a liminal space, a living room in disrepair, a room without a door, two characters recreate the greatest hits of their old lives: a night at a rave, a favourite game show, an 80s music video, passing the time or quietly clinging to distant memories of a life out of reach.
“Athletic, astonishingly expressive duets between Thompson and Murphy are the productions most electrifying sequences…breath-taking movement” – The New York Times
Sat 31 Aug
Riverfire by Australian Trust
Riverfire by Australian Retirement Trust returns this August to ignite our skyline, in a new spectacular display to open the festival. This is one of the most electrifying shows in Australia, fired by Foti Fireworks from multiple bridges, barges and city rooftops.
“August skies are alight!”
19 - 21 Sep
Skylore - The Rainbow Serpent
After the huge success of the Festival’s inaugural display 2023, the drones return for another glittering spectacular. An invitation to the best seat in the city Join us at the South Bank Festival Gardens as 400 drones dazzle over Brisbane’s iconic skyline, as we bid farewell to another remarkable festival.
“Entrancing, enchanting, breathtaking and quite poetic” – In Queensland
2 Sep – 6 Oct
ChronoHARP
Set in the heart of Festival Garden, ChronoHARP interprets and extends the beauty of the traditional harp into a visual experience. Unlike its inspiration, which is designed to be played by a single person, ChronoHARP invites participation, reacting to human movement by casting vibrant animation through its woven structure.
31 Aug – 21 Sep
Lightscape
This globally renowned, multisensory phenomenon of light, colour and sound showcases Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens in a new light, with breath taking installations created by acclaimed local and international artists.
“An after-dark oasis of botanical brilliance.”
