The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is a place where audiences and artists come together to connect, learn, share stories and celebrate.
The proud home of live performance in Queensland for almost 40 years, QPAC welcomes more than 1.5 million visitors to over 1,200 performances each year. To these many visitors, QPAC delivers performance that they can feel and share and that can take them to a place of pure joy. These shared experiences help us to better understand the world around us and contribute to building a more resilient and inclusive community.
Located in the Cultural Precinct, Cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Brisbane QLD, 4101.
What's on at QPAC
The Holiday in Concert
Don’t miss the beloved Christmas romcom, The Holiday presented live in concert this festive season with the film’s legendary Hans Zimmer score played live-to-film by Southern Cross Symphony.
Queensland Ballet The Nutcracker
A sparkling winter wonderland awaits in the delightful holiday ballet that takes place one frosty Christmas Eve night.
A Christmas Carol
This December, the award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – is returning!
A Cracker Kransky Christmas
The Kransky Sisters are bringing the party back to QPAC with Christmas carols like you’ve never heard them before.
Spirit of Christmas
An occasion to rejoice and reflect on the year that has passed and embrace the season’s enduring message of Peace, Love and Joy.
Blush – Circus for Grown Ups
Escape the everyday with the surprising, subversive and the supremely sexy, award-winning adult circus Blush.
Qld Pops Orchestra 40th Anniversary NYE Gala Concert
Qld Pops takes the stage for Brisbane’s jewel in the crown: a special 40th Anniversary New Year’s Eve Gala Concert, returning in 2024.
SIX the Musical
Divorced. Beheaded. Live! Get Down with the Queens of SIX as they remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into this high-octane phenomenon.
GREASE The Musical
GREASE is back, in an all-new production, and it’s slicker, sexier, and more electrifying than ever before!
OPERATION OUCH LIVE: Quest for the Jurassic Fart!
TV’s favourite doctors return to QPAC this January with a gigantic brand-new show!
360 ALLSTARS
BMX, basketball, breakdancing, acrobatics, drumming and more! This smash hit returns to QPAC bigger and better than ever before!
Steve Backshall: Ocean
A love letter to the most exciting environment on our planet and a great way to learn more about what we need to do to save our seas.
The Others
Prepare for an extraordinary musical experience as Paul Grabowsky, James Morrison, Kram and William Barton deliver an unforgettable night.
Ballet Theatre Queensland Snow White
Be transported to the land of fantasy in Ballet Theatre Queensland’s brand new production of Snow White.
Penn & Teller
Penn & Teller will start their 50th anniversary in Australia in 2025 with a suite of brand-new mind-bending tricks.
Sister Act
Praise be! The habit is coming to Brisbane. A musical sent from above, Sister Act is the brilliant, must-see show which raises the spirits and warms the soul time after time.
Queensland Symphony Orchestra Our Classical Favourites
Celebrating timeless beauty and energy, this is a favourites concert not to be missed.
Max Richter – World Tour
Second show just announced! Join Max Richter as he performs works from The Blue Notebooks and from his newly released album, In A Landscape.
The Wharf Revue: The End Of The Wharf As We Know It
After twenty-five years in the harsh and unforgiving spotlight of politics, The Wharf Revue is coming to an end.
Kurtis Conner
Kurtis Conner brings The Goodfellow World Tour to QPAC in February 2025.
John Williamson 55 Years – My Travellin’ Days Are Done!
Join John Williamson as he celebrates 55 years in the music industry with an evening of True Blue entertainment.
Kate Miller-Heidke: The Telling Tales Tour
A celebration of Kate Miller-Heidke's songs old and new, of voice, storytelling, emotion, humour, and music that transports and transcends.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra: Romantic Masterpieces
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, joined by teenage violin sensation Chloe Chua, make their highly anticipated Australian debut in February 2025.
Australian Chamber Orchestra Brahms & Beethoven
Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 form an epic opener to the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Season.