Backbone Festival takes off in one week

9 days of youth arts and culture that celebrates the curious, untamed and experimental, Backbone Festival is the youth arts hub of the inaugural Fringe Brisbane and we can’t wait to share this exciting program of theatre, circus, dance, visual arts and more.

Join us for the FREE Opening Night Party on Friday 28th of October from 5:30pm for a surprise night of celebrations, and grab your tickets to the opening of three new works in development:

HOWLING JACKALS visual art installation by Micah Rustichelli, SAD BOYS LUV ART immersive dance performance by Baby Blue, and PIERROT a poetic contemporary theatre work by Martelle Simon-Green.

Explore the program and find tickets below!

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Howling Jackals
3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 28 October, 29 October, 11 November, 10 November, 12 November
Howling Jackals
3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 28 October, 29 October, 11 November, 10 November, 12 November

What is real is a subjective truth for some, with apocalyptic consequences for others.

3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 28 October, 29 October, 11 November, 10 November, 12 November
Again, You Have Trusted Me
4 November, 5 November, 6 November, 10 November, 11 November, 12 November
Again, You Have Trusted Me
4 November, 5 November, 6 November, 10 November, 11 November, 12 November

Real housewives of Rockhampton - like you've never seen it before.

4 November, 5 November, 6 November, 10 November, 11 November, 12 November
Dear Adults…
11 November, 10 November
Dear Adults…
11 November, 10 November

A thought-provoking work about the musings of the next generation, performed by youth for adults

11 November, 10 November
Candy Social Club - Sundown Oasis
12 November
Candy Social Club - Sundown Oasis
12 November

Escape into a chrysalis of ethereal delights under the setting sun

12 November
Pierrot
28 October, 29 October
Pierrot
28 October, 29 October

A lamentation on naivete, moonlight and the eternal clown.

28 October, 29 October
Sad Boys Luv Art
28 October, 29 October
Sad Boys Luv Art
28 October, 29 October

Explore the enchanted deities that roam your binary.

28 October, 29 October
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3 November, 4 November, 5 November
//TRANSCRIPT//
3 November, 4 November, 5 November

A fragmented experience probing tyrannical systems oppression. What would it take for you to burn it all down?

3 November, 4 November, 5 November
What's for dinner?
3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 6 November
What's for dinner?
3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 6 November

An immersive dinner conversation that you’ll eat right up.

3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 6 November
Waitlisted
28 October, 3 November, 4 November, 5 November
Waitlisted
28 October, 3 November, 4 November, 5 November

Enthralling acrobatics, mesmerising visuals, and the voices of youth being perpetually waitlisted.

28 October, 3 November, 4 November, 5 November
Join the Circus: FREE Family Circus Workshop
5 November
Join the Circus: FREE Family Circus Workshop
5 November

Bring the family & join the circus

5 November
Blue-Tac: FREE Outdoor Rock Show
5 November
Blue-Tac: FREE Outdoor Rock Show
5 November

Rock'n’Roll ear-worms for the young and young at heart.

5 November
Reformation Play Workshop
6 November
Reformation Play Workshop
6 November

Wear stunning costumes and make a stunning show in this hands on daylong co-devised theatre workshop for the new or embittered theatre practitioner!

6 November
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