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Join our team to present Brisbane’s most anticipated event of the year! With opportunities to work across all aspects of the festival — from programming and marketing to partnerships and operations — our people are ambitious and agile dreamers who make the impossible possible through passion, hard work and care.

All available positions are posted on this page.

Current Opportunities

#Artistic Director

Ready to guide Brisbane Festival into our next chapter and continue our legacy of bold, world-class programming?

Based in Queensland, Brisbane Festival is regarded as one of the great multi-arts festivals in Australia, celebrated for its courageous and innovative mix of programming, and its broad engagement and connection with the community.

As one of the youngest major arts festivals in the country, Brisbane Festival continues to redefine what an international arts festival can be, drawing an audience of 1.8 million across 23 days in September.
With a brief to use the city as a stage, this is a significant opportunity for an accomplished creative leader who is excited and energised to build upon a successful artistic and commercial legacy.

The Brisbane Festival Board seeks an outstanding Artistic Director at an exciting time of change to lead the development and delivery of a vibrant artistic program to shape the future of the Festival and its city, as the state prepares for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Working with the Board and CEO Charlie Cush, the Artistic Director is principally responsible for creating and driving a bold artistic vision and developing a multi-genre annual program which celebrates global relevance and local resonance.

This senior national role requires extensive knowledge of the Queensland, national and international arts landscape, working across a range of genres with the requisite skill, dynamism and ambition to simultaneously achieve tremendous artistic, financial, audience and community outcomes.

This role is unique within the Australian major festival landscape, and several career pathways may lead to it.

Applications

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact REA arts + culture to obtain a copy of the key selection criteria and detailed Candidate Pack, and a confidential discussion about the role and their potential candidacy.

Applications are due midnight, Sunday 22 June, 2025.

Vanessa Duscio
REA arts + culture
+61 409 977 312
vanessa@reaartsandculture.com

Richard Evans
REA arts + culture
+61 417 336 507
richard@reaartsandculture.com

#Event Staff - EOIs

We are seeking Event Staff to work alongside the Programming and Technical teams to deliver the 2025 Brisbane Festival program.

About you

You are an experienced event worker with skills in front of house, ticket sales, stage management, site management and crew, artist liaison, technical production. You thrive when working in a fast-paced environment and bring a positive attitude to work. You also pay close attention to detail and are a natural problem-solver. 

If you are a team player with in-built initiative, we would love to hear from you. 

The position

There are a variety of Event Staff positions available from early-August to 27 September. Contracting will commence end of June. If you are considered for a position, you will be contacted directly by a member of the Programming or Technical teams.

Apply now

Fill out our expression of interest form to submit your application. Applications are strictly confidential.

Candidates for first round offers will be contacted after Friday, 27 June 2025.

#Equal Opportunity

Brisbane Festival is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Our vision is to have a team which reflects the breadth and diversity of Brisbane’s population. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse applicants and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.