Following the announcement of two popular book end opening and closing night Riverstage concerts for Brisbane Festival 2018, the full line-up of home grown and international greats has now been announced.
Festival central at Treasury Brisbane Arcadia at the South Bank Cultural Forecourt offers music fans with multiple performance venues, bars and food stalls. The music program includes live performances from Destroyer (Canada), Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Jen Cloher, The Teskey Brothers, Tkay Maidza and Touch Sensitive/ CC : Disco B2B.
The Tivoli will also host concerts from Australian and international acts. The concerts include acts such as New Zealand come Portland’s psych-rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra; Cat Empire frontman Harry James Angus; Brisbane’s much-loved Pub Choir as well as Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project. Also at The Tivoli, but in a brand new ‘in the round’ set-up, the audience will be able to see some of Australia’s most influential musicians up close and personal in a way they’ve never been able to before. Headlining these intimate concerts is Sarah Blasko, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) and Polish Club.
QPAC will also host music events including a collaboration with Katie Noonan, Michael Leunig and Camerata. The emotive musical production “Gratitude & Grief” combines spoke-word poetry, angelic vocals, improvisation and live drawing from Leunig. Amongst the acts, Eskimo Joe is teaming up with Camerata to perform live in a unique rock and orchestra act.
Artistic director for the festival David Berthold says, “Brisbane loves music and Brisbane Festival reflects that spirit with a line-up of some of our greatest local bands alongside other top Australian and international acts.” Brisbane Festival aims to connect artists and audiences in ways that lift the spirit, disrupt the conventional and open our city to the world.
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