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Festivals, shows, exhibitions and events happening around Brisbane — curated by The Urbanite.
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House Conspiracy
Here We Tend is an immersive, participatory pop-up space dedicated to tending grief in all its forms.
PIP Theatre
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom is a cult queer classic that celebrates camp, identity, resilience, and the enduring power of queer storytelling.
VENTSpace
Calling LGBTQIA+ Creatives in Brisbane: Melt Festival and COLLAB invite you to join a collaborative, multimedia project celebrating queer expression and community.
The Tivoli
Grammy-nominated, multiple ARIA Award-winning trailblazer Courtney Barnett will take her Creature Of Habit Tour across the East Coast this November, more than four years since her last Australian tour.
PIP Theatre
Using 60+ combined years of global theatre touring, filtered through two mics, a bass & drums, Simone O’Brien & Gabrielle Griffin as Mutton expertly blend comedy, circus, adult pup
Melting Pot, Brisbane Powerhouse
Get a taste of Melt with exclusive excerpts from festival shows, showcasing stories from across the program.
Studio 188
“The antidote to fascism is community.” Tranzmission brings its community radio spirit to the stage for a live seated event celebrating trans joy across Brisbane/Meanjin and Ipswich/Tulmur.
St Andrews Uniting Church
Join a stellar line-up of local LGBTQIA+ circus and variety artists for a chaotic, colourful, and sparkling sermon on queer joy.
Melting Pot, Brisbane Powerhouse
Dressed in Our Light is a performance based runway and collection release by Pigsuit, produced in close collaboration with Kiki House of Le Sade, Magandjins 007’s and muses.
Studio 188
Charlotte Le Lievre writes country songs that cut deep — honest, raw, and grounded in real life.
PIP Theatre
Whip out your Sunday best and be born again in this campy, queer cabaret that blends Tammy-Faye’s Televangelism with lip-syncs, saucy confessions, and hair high as the heavens.
Felons Barrel Hall
‘ She Is’ is a night of queer storytelling through song; celebrating the messy, invigorating freedom of self-acceptance, the calm introspection, the joy in queer & femininity – del
Melting Pot, Brisbane Powerhouse
Black-led and music-first, Guava nights are a conduit for queer expression, connection and liberation.
PIP Theatre
Those characters you’ve been keeping hidden away, under wraps, at the back of the closet?
Come to Daddy
Zelphia Mann returns for a third year with their King for a Day workshop.
Sportsman Hotel
As always at BootCo feel free to wear your favorite leather, rubber or fetish outfit, all kinks are welcome.
PIP Theatre
We are so proud to present this selection of the most human, heartfelt, inspirational and Queer-friendly films of Sparrowland 2026.
PIP Theatre
This isn’t your dad’s favourite free-to-air quiz show — this is GAYYYYYYYY.
Ipswich Civic Centre
Peace Run Records and Ipswich Civic Centre is proud to present the Rainbow Choir – Tulmur edition for Melt Festival 2026!