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BRISBANE PROGRAM GUIDE WELCOME TO

Festival 2018 celebrates the spirit of the Commonwealth; showcasing our state’s creativity and capturing the unique lifestyle and culture of and its communities. Enjoy the very best that has to offer during Festival 2018.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Brisbane, the and Yuggera Peoples. We wish to pay respect to their Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Islander people and their stories continue to play within Brisbane City. CONTENTS

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Brisbane has a rich history and a wealth of culturally diverse people with stories to tell. Festival 2018 celebrates the stories of Brisbane through the eyes and ears of emerging and established artists, and our community. We invite you to encounter something different that will leave you with an experience that will last a lifetime. Come and join us at Festival 2018 for 12 days of world-class arts and culture to celebrate. We’d like to thank Leanne de Souza, Contemporary Music Curator, Alethea Beetson, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Curator, Leah Cotterell, Songs from Our Suburbs Project Facilitator, Bernd Neumann, Technical and Production Manager, and Amy McKenzie, Festival Site Designer, for their efforts to bring Festival 2018 Brisbane to life.

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HON. ANNASTACIA PALASZCZUK HON. KATE JONES MP MP MINISTER FOR INNOVATION, PREMIER TOURISM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND THE I am proud that the Queensland COMMONWEALTH GAMES Government is a major supporter of Festival 2018. We have invested Festival 2018 offers something for in our creative industries sector everyone and will be an exceptional to develop a high quality Festival arts and cultural experience. program that offers the best local and international cultural experience. We know the Gold Coast is more An event of this scale is a defining than just world-class sport, and this moment. For years to come we program will showcase our state’s will look back at Festival 2018 creativity to visitors from around as the moment Queensland the world. It’s family friendly with cemented its reputation as a hundreds of free events. global arts destination. Festival 2018 ensures that locals and visitors alike can enjoy Queensland’s wonderful lifestyle, community and culture.

4 FESTIVAL 2018 PETER BEATTIE AC GRAHAM QUIRK CHAIRMAN, GOLDOC LORD MAYOR I am thrilled to welcome you As Lord Mayor of Queensland’s to Festival 2018 Brisbane – capital city, I am delighted to an inspiring cultural program welcome you to the Festival that truly captures the spirit 2018 events in Brisbane. of the Commonwealth. is proud With over 150 events featuring to work with our community, 900 artists from 20 countries, sponsors and partners to produce this is set to be one of the most a cultural extravaganza as part memorable arts festivals ever of our commitment to developing staged in Brisbane. Brisbane’s creative identity and creating new lifestyle and leisure Festival 2018 is the perfect way opportunities. to celebrate the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, where The festival will feature a range of we witness extraordinary, diverse world-class entertainment and take talent and we revel in the best in some iconic Brisbane sights, so of humanity. whether you’re a local or visiting for the first time, I hope you enjoy everything we have to offer.

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THE STAR DECK

Head down to The Star Deck, Brisbane’s latest multi-storey pop-up FESTIVAL venue located at the Festival Hub, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank. Be FIRST NIGHT front and centre with live music, performances, big screens and more. Join us at the Festival Hub, and enjoy Bask in the autumn sun with friends live music and more under the night and family, enjoy great food and sky on The Star Deck overlooking the check out the cavalcade of events - . there is something for everyone! WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL THURSDAY 5-SUNDAY 15 APRIL › 6-10.30pm › 10am-10pm › Cultural Forecourt, South Bank › Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

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6 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Image: Laurie Nilsen, The 10 Gullburri’s, 2008

Visual Arts | Family | Talks and Workshops Visual Arts | Family | Film MAIWAR SKYLORE Brisbane City Council Festival 2018 presents Skylore, a Gold Coast Maiwar (traditional name for 2018 Commonwealth Games legacy project funded by the and Brisbane River) is a contemporary proudly delivered by Brisbane City Council. art program of First Nations artists Visit the Sir Thomas Brisbane celebrated through a series of outdoor Planetarium to see the new permanent exhibitions, panel discussions and exhibition, Skylore: Aboriginal and Torres guided tours. Located throughout Strait Islander Astronomy. Then, in the the Brisbane CBD, Maiwar offers rich Cosmic Skydome show Stories in the and diverse responses to the artists’ Stars, meet teenagers Erica and Daniel, connection to Maiwar and two Aboriginal Australian city-slickers the surrounding Country. who travel home to Country and hear stories about the constellations and SUNDAY 1-MONDAY 30 APRIL how they relate to their culture. › Exhibition: 24/7 Panel discussions and tours: Stories in the Stars show times various times TUESDAY 3, THURSDAY 5, TUESDAY 10 › Brisbane’s outdoor gallery AND THURSDAY 12 APRIL including Hutton Lane, Eagle ›› 3pm Lane, Fish Lane, Car Park, Giffin Lane, Irish FRIDAY 6 AND FRIDAY 13 APRIL Lane, Edison Lane, Edward Street ›› 7.30pm vitrines as well as the and William Jolly SATURDAY 7 AND SATURDAY 14 APRIL Bridge › 4.15pm › Take a self-guided tour at your › Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, own leisure, bookings required Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha for guided tours and panel › Bookings required for the Cosmic Skydome show, visit www.brisbane. discussions, visit qld.gov.au/planetarium www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/maiwar

7 Visual Arts | Family | Talks and Workshops BOTANICA CONTEMPORARY ART OUTSIDE Brisbane City Council Immerse yourself in the beauty of art Visual Arts | Family and nature simultaneously at Botanica – a major contemporary art exhibition. ONE MILLION STARS New and significant artworks from INSTALLATION local and national artists will transform Experience the spectacular One Million Brisbane’s into Stars temporary public-art installation. a temporary outdoor gallery. Enjoy Museum of Brisbane brings artist 10 days of free workshops, artist talks, Maryann Talia Pau’s vision to life children’s activities and live events. in a large-scale artwork featuring one million stars contributed by star FRIDAY 6-SUNDAY 15 APRIL weavers from around the world to › 12 noon-8pm daily inspire light, hope and peace. › City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City › Bookings may be required for THURSDAY 29 MARCH- some workshops, visit SUNDAY 15 APRIL www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/botanica › 24/7 › King George Square, Brisbane City Image: Kerrie Poliness, Field Drawing #1

Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Visual Arts | Family | Talks and Workshops Visual Arts | Family | Markets MOVING WORDS Talks and Workshops QAGOMA | Queensland Poetry Festival BNE DESIGN Gather with Sonja Carmichael, Museum of Brisbane a Ngugi woman belonging to the Commissioned by Festival 2018 Quandamooka People of Moreton BNE DESIGN presents Brisbane’s Bay, for a morning of weaving and leading designers and creatives yarning. Workshop participants can in an open-air market. Take home join the weaving circle, learn basic bespoke jewellery, homewares, techniques and share stories. fashion, ceramics, stationery and accessories, or get creative in hands- Following the workshop, take part in on workshops with some of our best a live poetry walk to discover a fresh local artists. perspective on the ’s Australian Collection. In FRIDAY 13 APRIL this special event, Brisbane poets will ›› 4-9pm perform poetry created in response to selected artworks. SATURDAY 14-SUNDAY 15 APRIL › 10am-4pm SATURDAY 14 APRIL › King George Square, › Weaving workshop: 10.30am- Brisbane City 12.30pm › Bookings essential for › Poetry and art tour: 2.30-3.30pm workshops, visit › Auslan interpreted www.museumofbrisbane.com.au › Galleries 10-13, Queensland Art Gallery, Stanley Place, Cultural Precinct, South Bank 9 FESTIVAL 2018 HIGHLIGHTS HOMEGROWN Listen to the stories and songs that informed local history, with music performances by some of Brisbane icons including Ed Kuepper, Heart Music and .

SATURDAY 7 APRIL GUITAR HERO Festival 2018’s Guitar Hero features some of the country’s finest musicians. From the irreverent riffs of ’sAbbe May, to the blusey-rock of Dave Orr, and the driving passion of Sabrina Lawrie and The Hunting Party, festival- goers will be able to witness national BLAK FRIDAY and local guitar heroes in their element. ‘Blak Out’ is a term that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL use to describe large groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people gathered in one place. Performance Brisbane will experience a Blak Out like never before. The program will TALES AND ALES showcase Aboriginal and Torres Queensland Poetry Festival Strait Islander artists’ connection Come along to Tales and Ales to take to Country through contemporary in some of Queensland’s finest spoken performance and storytelling. Blak word and hip hop. Drop in to hear Friday features iconic and emerging Scott Wings, Anisa Nandaula, artists from the youngest generation Hope One (Hot Brown Honey), of one of the world’s oldest surviving The Architects of Sound, Borrowed (and thriving) cultures. Verse, Josh Donellan and more. Don’t miss the live slam and resident FRIDAY 13 APRIL DJ spinning tracks between acts. ›› Cultural Forecourt, South Bank THURSDAY 12 APRIL › 5.30-10pm › Satellite Stage, Cultural 10 FESTIVAL 2018 Forecourt, South Bank Performance | Family ABORIGINAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE Image: Sean Dowling Black Card Learn the history of Aboriginal Performance | Family people. Celebrate the obligations and responsibilities to the land that MEGAFAUNA Aboriginal people have practised for Dead Puppet Society, thousands of years. Co-commissioned by Flowstate and Festival 2018 THURSDAY 5 APRIL Discover a land from long ago in › 6.30-7.15pm Megafauna, where three ancient › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, Australian mammals have become South Bank lost in the city. Follow in the footsteps of these giant puppets as they Visual Arts | Family meander along the Brisbane River. SEE MY STORY FRIDAY 6-SUNDAY 8 APRIL AND Queensland Government | Queensland SATURDAY 14-SUNDAY 15 APRIL Performing Arts Centre | Brisbane City › Various times Council › Cultural Forecourt, South Bank An artist-in-residence project that provides young people in detention, Talks and Workshops | Family as well as those who have come in MEGAFAUNA WORKSHOPS contact with the justice system, the Dead Puppet Society | Flowstate chance to express their personal and cultural identity. See My Story is a Learn the various construction powerful exhibition reflective of young and movement techniques for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ the creation of puppets in free spiritual connection to Country, community workshops. people and place. THURSDAY 5, SATURDAY 7 AND TUESDAY 20 MARCH- SUNDAY 8 APRIL SATURDAY 21 APRIL 11am-12.30pm › › 10am-4pm Flowstate, › › Tony Gould Gallery, Queensland › Bookings required, visit Performing Arts Centre (Gallery www.southbankcorporation.com. closed Sunday and Monday) au/flowstate Interactive Installation | Family STRING SYMPHONY Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Come and meet a large light-based puppet who stands more than four Talks and Workshops | Music metres tall! Twinkling in the night sky, this friendly giant invites people to work together to create movement WOW by pulling on its suspension strings, Presented by Of One Mind, in partnership providing a unique, shared and multi- with Southbank Centre London and supported by Queensland Government sensory experience for all ages. and Brisbane City Council FRIDAY 6-TUESDAY 10 APRIL Three days of fun, laughter, › Various times inspiration and serious reflection › Cultural Forecourt, South Bank on what it means to be a woman in today’s world. Featuring performances, exhibitions, Performance workshops, speed mentoring and stories from some of the most FIRST VERSE remote areas of the globe. Don’t Encounter the words, rhythm forget to visit the marketplace, and rhyme of emerging First reflective of the diversity and Nations poets creativity of Australian and Pacific Waverley Stanley and region communities. Jnr, Leonard Donahue Joella Warkill. FRIDAY 6-SUNDAY 8 APRIL FRIDAY 6 APRIL › Various times › 7-7.30pm › , New Farm › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank › Paid event, tickets available from www.wowaustralia.com. BLAK FRIDAY - FRIDAY 13 APRIL au/program-1 › 6-6.30pm › Satellite Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

12 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Family | Theatre | Performance SALLY AND Image: Penny Challen POSSUM LIVE Music | Theatre | Family Queensland Government | Khemistry THE OWL Best friends, Sally and Possum do everything together. Follow the fun AND THE PUSSYCAT adventures of Sally and Possum Little Match Productions | Flowstate Commissioned by Festival 2018 as they explore, discover and learn about the world around them using The Owl and the Pussycat is an Auslan sign language. enchanting and intimate theatrical experience, based on Edward Lear’s Performance duration 20 minutes, beloved childhood poem. Created followed by a meet and greet. for children aged four to 10 years, this charming work melds live SATURDAY 7 APRIL performance, puppetry, operatic › 10-11am and 1-2pm › vocals, music and theatre.

SUNDAY 8 APRIL WEDNESDAY 11-SUNDAY 15 APRIL › 10-11am and 1.15-2.15pm › 11am and 2pm, › Satellite Stage, Cultural (45 minutes duration) Forecourt, South Bank › Flowstate, South Bank Parklands › Bookings required, visit www.southbankcorporation.com. Comedy au/flowstate 50 SHADES Family | Talks and Workshops OF BLACK THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WORKSHOPS Sean Choolburra’s comedy is Little Match Productions | Flowstate uniquely Australian. This laugh-out- loud comedy blends pop culture, A series of workshops for children dance and hip hop to create a high- aged four to 10 years. energy show based on Choolburra’s experiences and observations. THURSDAY 12, FRIDAY 13 AND SUNDAY 15 APRIL THURSDAY 12 APRIL ›› 12 noon-1pm › 5-5.30pm › Flowstate, South Bank Parklands › Satellite Stage, Cultural › Bookings required, visit Forecourt, South Bank www.southbankcorporation. com.au/flowstate 13 Comedy | Family SEAN CHOOLBURRA Image: Simon Woods Critically acclaimed performer Sean Choolburra is a stand-up comedian, Circus and Physical Theatre | Music dancer, singer and didgeridoo player. Join Choolburra as he melds his fast- ALCHEMY paced wit with historical facts, spiritual Zen Zen Zo wisdom and ancestral knowledge in an all-ages performance. Witness the power of transformation in Alchemy, where dancers are “I always tell people ‘We are the inspired by shamans and spirit oldest storytellers in the world.’ walkers as they weave their way And that’s pretty much what stand- through the inspirational live up comedy is. It’s storytelling.” soundtrack. Sean Choolburra THURSDAY 5-SUNDAY 8 APRIL FRIDAY 13 APRIL › Various times › 5.10-5.55pm › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank South Bank

14 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Dance YALU DAD Dance | Music | Family Katina Olsen, a Wakka Wakka Kombumerri woman, presents NUNUKUL YUGGERA her story of her own Dad’s dance ABORIGINAL DANCERS histories. Merging the dance histories of her patrilineal bloodlines, go on Experience the ancient Dreamtime a journey of nostalgia, delving into as the descendants of the Nunukul ’s historical truths. Yuggera, Yugimbir and Nugi tribes perform Aboriginal and Torres Strait FRIDAY 13 APRIL Islander stories through dance, song › 9.45-9.52pm and other forms of cultural expression. › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank THURSDAY 5 APRIL › 5-5.30pm › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, Dance South Bank namu nunar FRIDAY 13 APRIL (mother, mountain, sky) › 5-5.10pm Be enthralled by Katina Olsen’s › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, dance piece which tells the Wakka South Bank Wakka story of namu, The Bunya Mountains, nunar (the sky) and the Dance | Family | Comedy mother’s milk, the Bunya nut. MURRIWATTANA SATURDAY 14 APRIL DANCE TROUPE › 3.45pm › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, Comedy and dance collide in South Bank this special performance which showcases dances from central and north Queensland. Ever wanted to see the rain dance, hunting dance, crocodile dance or kangaroo dance? Now’s your chance!

SATURDAY 14 APRIL › 2.30-3pm Image: Trina Cary Photography › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank 15 Circus and Physical Theatre | Family | Music Dance | Family REVOLVE EXCELSIOR Flipside Circus Witness this special event where cutting-edge contemporary dance Revolve is ‘circus jazz’, bringing meets traditional art from First together a live DJ and performers Nations Australia. Performed by a to create a complex and unique collective of Aboriginal and Torres performance. It poses the question: Strait Islander dancers. “how will young people re-imagine our world?”. FRIDAY 13 APRIL A combination of the highly › 6.45-7.15pm The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, rehearsed and the improvised, South Bank Revolve takes ideas from the audience › 7.45-7.55pm and transforms them into looping Satellite Stage, Cultural movements and tumbling routines. Forecourt, South Bank SATURDAY 14 APRIL Family | Music | Dance | Markets › 10-10.55am and 11.45am-12.40pm MEEANJIN SUNDAY 15 APRIL MARKETS › 12.30-1.25pm and 2-2.55pm Showcasing authentic Aboriginal and › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, Torres Strait Islander arts, crafts and South Bank experiences, Meeanjin Markets will highlight local Queensland creators. Celebrate and experience performance, music, art and the delicious flavours of bush.

FRIDAY 6 APRIL › 10am-9pm

SATURDAY 7 APRIL › 10am-5pm › Reddacliff Place, Brisbane City

16 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Performance YARN STORYTELLING Everyone has a story to tell. Delve into true stories as told live by comedians, Theatre musicians and writers. Vivid storytellers will share their tales of Brisbane, offering you an opportunity ROVERS to connect through spoken word. Belloo Creative Australia breeds its women tough THURSDAY 5 APRIL and adventurous. Intrepid performers › 8.30-10pm Roxanne McDonald and Barbara › Satellite Stage, Cultural Lowing get behind the wheel Forecourt, South Bank and navigate us into risky terrain, journeying through the heart line Dance of their lives and into the hilarious misadventures of the women who made them who they are today. MODERN DREAMING SATURDAY 14 APRIL Karul Projects › 12.45-1.15pm Commissioned by Festival 2018 › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, This powerful new dance work South Bank explores the great Australian dream Music | Family | Performance and what it really means. YOUTH TAKEOVER Thomas E.S. Kelly’s Karul Projects presents a mash-up of traditional and The youngest generation of one of the contemporary styles to ask: “how do oldest surviving cultures tell their stories. we walk towards a Modern Dreaming Featuring music from Jhindu-Pedro for all?”. Lawrie, Naomi and Phi, a performance by eXcelcisor as well FRIDAY 13 APRIL as poetry by Waverley Stanley Jnr, › 8.15-8.45pm Leonard Donahue and Joella Warkill. › The Circle, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank FRIDAY 13 APRIL › 5-9pm › Satellite Stage, Cultural 17 Forecourt, South Bank Image: Kenn Santos Image: Dylan Evans

Theatre | Family Theatre THE VILLAGE THE STORY La Boite Theatre Company | MDA Ltd OF BRISBANE The Village immerses audiences in the Brisbane Powerhouse | Playabout real-life stories of refugees and people Productions seeking asylum who have made Explore the story of Brisbane Brisbane their home. Audiences can through the words of local poets, witness true stories told by ordinary and authors including people about extraordinary situations. Steele Rudd, David Malouf, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and The Go- WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL Betweens with award-winning actors › 6-8pm Therese Collie and Tim Mullooly. THURSDAY 12 APRIL › 7-9pm SUNDAY 8 APRIL › 11.30am-12.30pm SATURDAY 14 APRIL › Satellite Stage, Cultural › 11am-12.50pm and 5.15-7pm Forecourt, South Bank SUNDAY 15 APRIL › 11am-1.15pm and 3.15-5pm › Cultural Forecourt, South Bank › Bookings required, visit https:// festival2018-thevillage.eventbrite. com.au

18 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Music DON WALKER A genius and keyboardist from Cold Chisel, Don Walker has written some of Australia’s most iconic songs Image: Wayne Quillman including ‘Flame Trees’, ‘Cheap Wine’ and ‘Khe Sanh’. Walker’s great storytelling has extended AUSTRALIAN beyond the words of Cold Chisel to his solo career, as well as STORYTELLERS performing as Tex, Don and Charlie.

Music THURSDAY 5 APRIL › 7.15-8.15pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural A well-loved Australian roots and folk Forecourt, South Bank musician, Archie Roach has been a powerful voice of Aboriginal and Music Torres Strait Islander Australians for more than two decades. Drawing on JACKIE MARSHALL stories from his life, Roach’s music A lucid storyteller, Jackie has resonated with Australians and Marshall’s striking voice (which people around the world. she refers to as “Dolly Parton meets Patti Smith”) sprinkles a fleck of THURSDAY 5 APRIL country and folk to traditional › 8.45-9.45pm rock songs. Marshall has scored an › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, army of fans with her captivating South Bank storytelling and personal delivery.

THURSDAY 5 APRIL › 5.30-6.30pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank 19 Music PUB CHOIR Shake off your inhibitions and join Brisbane’s largest pop-up sensation. Pub Choir is a group of strangers Music who meet monthly to learn to sing a song. No auditions, no experience DIGGING ROOTS necessary, everyone is welcome! Canadian six-piece Digging Roots’ sound is a mix of traditional folk, THURSDAY 5 APRIL blues, country and reggae. Their › 6-8pm genre-bending sound is built by › Satellite Stage, Cultural husband and wife duo, Shoshona Forecourt, South Bank Kish’s soulful vocals and Raven Kanatakta’s searing guitar.

FRIDAY 6 APRIL › 7.30-8.30pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

Music KARDAJALA KIRRIDARRA This ground-breaking four-woman showcasing the connection between collective includes songwriter and Aboriginal women and Country, vocalist Eleanor Dixon, vocalist, multi- and the importance of women as a instrumentalist and electronic producer creative force. Beatrice Lewis, translator, storyteller and poet Janey ‘Namija’ Dixon and FRIDAY 6 APRIL rapper MC Kayla Jackson. Together › 9-9.45pm the four create music which combines › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank traditional and cutting-edge music, ents are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Music Music SHELLIE MORRIS THANDO Known internationally as Black Arm Zimbabwean-born singer- Band’s frontwoman, Shellie Morris songwriter Thando oozes passion crosses musical and cultural borders as a storyteller, taking audiences with ease. In this show, hear Morris on a journey of loving oneself celebrate her heritage and sing in and personal reflection through more than 17 Aboriginal dialects. electronica, soul and R&B.

FRIDAY 6 APRIL FRIDAY 6 APRIL › 6.15-7pm › 5-5.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank South Bank

Music COLOURED STONE Bunna Lawrie has led Coloured Lawrie is one of the nation’s most Stone for more than four decades, enduring musicians and songwriters, and they’re renowned for their cementing Coloured Stone as one of unique combination of rock, ska, Australia’s truly legendary bands. reggae and traditional Aboriginal sounds. The band incorporates FRIDAY 13 APRIL clap sticks, didgeridoo and › 7.15-8.15pm bundawuthada (gong stone) along › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, with traditional language to create South Bank their unmistakably Australian songs.

21 Music HOME ED KUEPPER Pioneering Brisbane musician, the GROWN legendary Ed Kuepper will play a solo set acknowledging a career that spans more than four decades and more than 50 albums. From The Saints, to post-punk outfit , The Aints and an impressive solo career, Kuepper has built a reputation as an uncompromising and prolific Australian artist unlike any other.

SATURDAY 7 APRIL › 11am-12 noon › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

Music Music REGURGITATOR HEART MUSIC Ten Brisbane musicians form the Seminal Brisbane art-rockers supergroup Heart Music. Singer- Regurgitator have been crafting songwriters Kristy Apps, Toni music since 1994 that has kept Lawson, Rozi Pizzey, Lucinda Shaw them in the hearts of Australian and Tylea will join musicians Terry music lovers. Leading the charge Dixon, Ruth Gardner, Kevin Haigh, in alternative music through their James Lees and Nikolaine Martin thought-provoking lyrics and genre- to present this unique performance, hopping sound, it’s music you can sharing and showcasing songs written dance to. over a 25-year period. SATURDAY 7 APRIL SATURDAY 7 APRIL › 2-3pm › 12.30-1.30pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank South Bank

22 FESTIVAL 2018 Music CHEAP FAKES Upbeat party-starters Cheap Fakes are known for their brass-fuelled funk, soulful ska and punchy pop. The dapperly dressed six-piece will impress Music you with their suave dance moves and have you on your feet in no time. URTHBOY SATURDAY 7 APRIL Storyteller and award-winning › 3.30-4.30pm hip-hop artist Tim Levinson (aka › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, Urthboy) has long been heralded South Bank for his ability to weave pop melodies beneath the layers of beats and meaningful lyrics.

SATURDAY 7 APRIL › 8.45-9.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

Music HAIKU HANDS Featuring bass-fuelled, post-punk, piece, with their coordinated dance pop and hip-hop influences, moves creating a dynamic show. Haiku Hands are an electro posse making music to move SATURDAY 7 APRIL to. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics › 6-6.45pm accompanied with high-energy › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, beats are a signature of the four- South Bank

23 Music DJ BEN ELY (REGURGITATOR) DJ Ben Ely will transport you back in time to ’90s inner-city Brisbane.

SATURDAY 7 APRIL › 5-5.30pm and 7.15-8.15pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

Music THE QUBE EFFECT Brisbane City Council Music The QUBE Effect showcases Brisbane’s brightest emerging THE LONG JOHNS musicians over two days in the The twang of banjos, the rumble of heart of the CBD. Come and the sousaphone, the jangle of guitars dance at the city’s biggest block and the clamour of pots and pans party, featuring everything from provide toe-tapping goodness that is soul and folk to pop and electro. the hallmark of Brisbane four-piece The Long Johns. SATURDAY 7 APRIL AND SATURDAY 14 APRIL SUNDAY 8 APRIL › 2-9pm › 12.30-1.15pm › Albert Street, Brisbane City › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

24 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Music MIHIRANGI Solo artist Mihirangi creates the sound of a full band right in front of Music a live audience. Using a loop pedal, DJ BUSTY BEATZ the key to her music is the layering of her own vocal sounds. From earth- DJ Busty Beatz moves through shaking bass lines and beat boxing genres from hip hop to punk and rock, to intricately layered harmonies, it’s and has been leading people onto the all done with the power of her voice dancefloor around the globe. and an exceptional talent for timing and rhythm. SUNDAY 8 APRIL › 5-5.30pm and 7.15-8.15pm SUNDAY 8 APRIL › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › 6-7pm South Bank › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

25 Music ELECTRIC FIELDS Electric Fields create beautiful, electronic, soul music that blends together Zaachariaha Fielding’s spine-tingling soulful voice with Michael Ross’ electronic production. Often featuring Fielding’s traditional language of the Anangu people, their music showcases Fielding’s full and glorious vocal range.

SUNDAY 8 APRIL Music › 8.45-9.30pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank BANFF BANFF’s captivating live show combines dreamy, indie-pop sounds Music with warm, emotionally charged LIVE AND LOCAL vocals and thoughtful songwriting. Witness singer-songwriters THURSDAY 12 APRIL Sue Ray, Danny Widdicombe › 5.45-6.30pm and Women in Docs who have › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, performed around the world on South Bank stage at home.

MONDAY 9 APRIL › 5-9pm › Satellite Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

26 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Music | Family More than 200 singers from six choirs will perform in harmony for Songs from Music | Dance | Family Our Suburbs. Featuring With One Voice Brisbane, MacGregor State High WORLD MUSIC School Show Choir, Cheep Trill Choir, Southern Cross Voices, Deep C Divas CAFÉ and the Access Arts Singers. BEMAC SUNDAY 8 APRIL Celebrate the countries of the › 3-4pm Commonwealth and journey with us › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, to India, the Caribbean and Kiribati South Bank with performances from Dance Individual choirs will perform at Masala, Kiribati Cultural Group community halls around Brisbane. and Alvin and D’Band Jahbutu. SATURDAY 10 MARCH SUNDAY 8 APRIL › Southern Cross Voices › 10am-12 noon › 4-5pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › Upper Mt Gravatt Progress Hall South Bank SUNDAY 18 MARCH Enjoy the eclectic sounds of › Deep C Divas and the Access Arts Tibet2Timbuk2 featuring Tenzin Singers Choegyl, performances from Te › 10.30-11.30am Aukaha Maori Performing Arts, › Upper Kedron/Cedar Creek Hall and Baala Baajo blending traditional SATURDAY 24 MARCH and contemporary rhythms from Ghana and Kenya to create an › Cheep Trill Choir authentic African cultural experience. › 4-5pm › Wynnum Municipal Hall SUNDAY 15 APRIL SUNDAY 25 MARCH › 10am-12 noon › With One Voice Brisbane › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › 3-4pm South Bank › Hamilton Town Hall 27 SPOTLIGHT ON THE TORRES Image: Dan Boud STRAIT Dance Music MALU KIAI MURA BUAI THE VERANDAH DANCE COMPANY CHIX Sharing stories and dances that A Brisbane-based, seven-piece vocal have been passed down from ensemble of women from different generation to generation, Malu cultural backgrounds, The Verandah Kiai Mura Buai Dance Company ChiX share songs in many First Nations are from Boigu Island, Torres Strait. languages. The group is passionate about maintaining language and culture TUESDAY 10 APRIL through music as well as teaching each 5-5.20pm › other songs from their homelands. › Satellite Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank TUESDAY 10 APRIL › 6.30-7.30pm Comedy › Satellite Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank DIAT ALFERINK Music All the way from the Torres Strait, Diat Alferink will perform MAU POWER her stand-up comedy, bringing Hip-hop artist Mau Power presents her flavour of Ailan stories and a fusion of traditional Torres Strait hysterical yarns to the stage. Islander dance and contemporary TUESDAY 10 APRIL music on his mission to cross cultural › 5.45-6pm boundaries, connect people and › Satellite Stage, Cultural inspire a generation. Forecourt, South Bank TUESDAY 10 APRIL › 8-9pm › Satellite Stage, Cultural 28 FESTIVAL 2018 Forecourt, South Bank GUITAR HERO Music Music DAVE ORR BAND The band’s sound is best described as ABBE MAY “blues-rock with a drop of late-night Widely respected as a phenomenal whiskey bar”. singer, songwriter and guitarist, Abbe At the heart of Dave Orr’s music is the May is a guitar-slinging, beat-driven raw blues guitar; from acoustic picking performer whose songs are an to blistering solos, his songs showcase atmospheric cocktail of sexy, indie his jaw-dropping guitar work. riff-rock, gospel, soul and electronica. May celebrates the release of her fifth WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL studio album, ‘Fruit’. › 5-5.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL South Bank › 8-8.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, Music South Bank SABRINA LAWRIE AND THE HUNTING PARTY Brisbane riff queen and powerhouse vocalist Sabrina Lawrie blends rock with psychedelia and dark pop. Lawrie’s unique take on rock and roll features guitar-driven grandeur, which puts her dazzling guitar-playing front and centre.

WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL › 6.30-7.15pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank 29 Music AIRLING is the moniker of Brisbane Airling THURSDAY 12 APRIL artist Hannah Shepherd. Fast 8.45-9.45pm becoming one of Australia’s most › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, talked about artists, her twist on pop › South Bank features lush electronics, dreamy beats and ethereal vocals.

Music GOLDEN VESSEL Featuring intricate instrumentals and layers of gentle percussion, Golden Vessel is Brisbane’s Max Byrne. Making chilled electronic music with stunning pop melodies has earned him widespread acclaim from Billboard, and Unearthed.

THURSDAY 12 APRIL › 7.15-7.55pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

30 FESTIVAL 2018 Please note: all events are free and no bookings required, unless specified. Music Music MISSION SONGS MORNING HARVEY PROJECT Banding together some of Brisbane’s Discover rare and almost forgotten finest musicians,Morning Harvey is stories and songs that shed light onto the hook-laden pop brainchild of lead the history of our Aboriginal and singer and songwriter Spencer White. Torres Strait Islander communities. The indie rockers have performed Unearthed by singer and songwriter alongside The Dandy Warhols, Band of Jessie Lloyd, this collection of songs Skulls, Royal Blood and The Charlatans. offers a unique window about life on the missions and reserves. SATURDAY 14 APRIL › 1.15-2pm FRIDAY 13 APRIL › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › 5.45-6.45pm South Bank › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, Music South Bank Music MAJOR LEAGUES Breezy guitars, sun-kissed melodies SKINNYFISH and reverb-soaked vocals, Major SOUND SYSTEM Leagues play shoe-gaze pop. The Brisbane quartet have carved a name Skinnyfish Sound System brings for themselves, with their debut together a selection of the best album ‘Good Love’ heralded as an producers in the country with powerful outstanding record. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers for a modern late-night SATURDAY 14 APRIL tribal dance party. › 3-3.45pm FRIDAY 13 APRIL › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank › 8.45-9.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank 31 Music ALEX THE ASTRONAUT A storytelling and songwriting talent, Alex the Astronaut has penned earworm melodies including ‘Not Worth Hiding’, ‘Already Home’ and ‘Rockstar City’. Alex’s bright guitar- folk-pop songs have highlighted her as one of Australia’s next biggest Music exports. THE CREASES SATURDAY 14 APRIL Youthful indie-rockers The Creases › 7.15-8.15pm blend raucous rock and roll with shiny › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, pop, delivered with the confidence of a South Bank young band on the rise. Prepare for a set filled with ’80s inspired pop to dance to.

SATURDAY 14 APRIL › 4.30-5.15pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank

Music Music STELLA DONNELLY Perth’s Stella Donnelly is at the THE PREATURES forefront of the new guard for Sydney outfitThe Preatures have Australian singer-songwriters. Poetic endeared audiences around the world lyrics and a unique lo-fi approach with their brash, joyous pop, thanks in showcase Donnelly’s vocal dexterity. part to captivating frontwoman Izzi Highlighted by Pitchfork, Rolling Manfredi. No strangers to the world’s Stone and NPR as one to watch, largest musical festival stages, The Donnelly is set to skyrocket into the Preatures will deliver an electric, high- global sphere. energy set.

SATURDAY 14 APRIL SATURDAY 14 APRIL › 6-6.45pm › 8.45-9.45pm › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, South Bank South Bank ›› Music Film | Talks JEREMY NEALE Griffith Film School A stalwart of the Brisbane music PASSING THE BATON scene, Jeremy Neale fronted garage Colourise Film Festival rock party-starters Velociraptor, before Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait launching his solo career. Neale’s Islander film makers and creatives reputation for catchy pop songs share insights into the making of was recognised in 2017 when he iconic Australian protest films. was awarded the prestigious Grant McLennan Fellowship for songwriting. FRIDAY 13 APRIL Bright, upbeat melodies from Neale › Screening and panel discussion: are guaranteed to get you moving. 6-7.30pm SUNDAY 15 APRIL MABO › 3.30-4.30pm See the story of Eddie Koiki Mabo, › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, the Torres Strait Islander who left South Bank school at age 15, and spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.

SATURDAY 14 APRIL › Screening and panel discussion: 12 noon-1.45pm

Music WE DON’T NEED A MAP BOB EVANS Warwick Thornton’s clever and Bob Evans is the charming alter-ego irreverent film tackles representations and solo project of Kevin Mitchell, and misrepresentations of the who also fronts band Southern Cross and its place in the Jebediah. A versatile and talented Australian psyche. songsmith, Evans features Mitchell’s SATURDAY 14 APRIL gentle acoustic melodies and classic › Screening: 5-6.25pm folk storytelling. Griffith Film School, SUNDAY 15 APRIL › South Brisbane › 5-6pm › Bookings required, visit › Orbit Stage, Cultural Forecourt, www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ South Bank festival2018 33 JOIN IN THE FUN & GAMES As Official Partner of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, The Star Gold Coast is also delighted to be Presenting Partner of Festival 2018 Brisbane.

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34 FESTIVAL 2018 MORE TO SEE AND DO There is so much to enjoy these school holidays. Find out what’s on at , South Bank Parklands and across Brisbane. www.visitbrisbane.com.au www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whatson GETTING THERE Bus The Cultural Centre Bus Station is Avoid traffic and parking hassles by located adjacent to the Cultural travelling to the Cultural Forecourt by Forecourt. bus, train, ferry or bike. Bikes CityCat and ferries Pedal your way along Brisbane’s Glide along the river on a CityCat extensive bike paths to arrive at the or ferry, stopping at the South Bank Cultural Forecourt. Plan your ride by ferry terminal on the Clem Jones visiting www.cyclingbrisbane.com.au Promenade. Take a short walk along and use the online route planner. the well-lit promenade. A CityCycle station, where you can hire a Train bicycle, is also located on Russell Street. South Bank and South Brisbane train stations are a short walk from the Festival 2018 Hub. The South Brisbane Visit www.translink.com.au or call Station is located 400 metres from the 13 12 30 for all bus, train and ferry Cultural Forecourt. timetable and fare information.

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Date Event name Page 20 March-21 April See My Story 11 29 March-15 April One Million Stars Installation 8 1-30 April Maiwar 7 3-14 April Skylore 7 4 April Festival First Night 6 5-8 April Alchemy 14 5 April Australian Storytellers – Archie Roach, Don Walker and 19 Jackie Marshall 5 April Pub Choir 20 5 and 13 April Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dancers 15 5 April Yarn Storytelling 17 5 April Aboriginal Cultural Experience 11 6 April Kardajala Kirridarra 20 6 April Digging Roots 20 6 April Shellie Morris 21 6 April Thando 21 6-7 April Meeanjin Markets 16 6 and 13 April First Verse 12 6-8 April WOW 12 6-10 April String Symphony 12 6-15 April Botanica 8 7 April Cheap Fakes 23 7 April Haiku Hands 23 7 April Urthboy 23 7 April DJ Ben Ely 24 7 April Homegrown – Ed Kuepper, Heart Music and Regurgitator 22 7 and 14 April The QUBE Effect 24 6-8, 14-15 April Megafauna 11 5, 7 and 8 April Megafauna Workshops 11 7-8 April Sally and Possum Live 13 8 April The Long Johns 24 8 April DJ Busty Beatz 25 8 April Mihirangi 25 8 April Electric Fields 26 8 and 15 April World Music Café 27 8 April Songs from Our Suburbs 27 8 April The Story of Brisbane 18 9 April Live and Local 26

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