Brisbane Festival is coming to The University of Queensland

Feel the sunshine at a free all-ages concert featuring an incredible line-up of musical goodness and performances.

Headlining is The Quandamooka Crooner Adam James and The Dreamtime Swing, who reimagine the songs of iconic First Nations musicians with the electrifying flair of ‘60s big-band music. “This is a first of its kind musical event. Although First Nations songlines are 60,000+ years old, The Great First Nations Song Book concert is a celebration of First Nations song from the last 60 years,” said Adam, “It’s a celebration of heritage, harmony, and Dreamtime Swing”.

Come celebrate the gorgeous spring weather at The University of Queensland's scenic Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre.

Join UQ Art Museum for a day of free events and celebrations to mark 50 years of Papua New Guinea’s independence. Explore artist Yuriyal Bridgeman’s large-scale installation SUNA (Middle Ground), enjoy food, talks, and sing sings, and catch up with family and friends on the UQ Art Museum lawn. 

SUNA (Middle Ground) brings a replica of a raun haus – a traditional Papua New Guinea Highlands round house – to the UQ St Lucia campus. A place of safety, rest, and creativity it represents the raun haus that is home to the artist and his extended family, the Yuri Alaiku tribe, as well being the heart of his renowned artistic practice in the Waghi Valley, Papua New Guinea. 

Stay for an afternoon of food, music, and performance!

Be enveloped in Robert Curgenven's expansive and intricate layers of sound via the grand pipe organ at UQ Art Museum.

A collective evocation of the air, the very foundation of the pipe organ – Robert Curgenven's Earth Works offers a liberation and extension of the pipe organ’s possibilities. This is whole body listening – an absorbing experience of sound’s tactility and intimacy – from breath-like gestures through to a tectonic, architectural summoning. Curgenven will present the world premiere of a new work for the UQ Art Museum’s recently refurbished grand pipe organ alongside Australian premieres of intricately shimmering works, engulfing the audience in sonic textures. 

Following a series of sold-out shows for AGENESIS with Kat McDowall, at the 2025 Dark Mofo festival, Curgenven's Earth Works will transform the pipe organ at UQ Art Museum, with its 3,283 pipes, into an instrument that breathes at an architectural scale.