QMC Queensland Multicultural Centre
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Join us on Monday 23 September for BEMAC Discover, an open mic night to celebrate the importance of art, music and creativity in our lives and our community. This space will focus on sharing and testing out new work! We invite artists from all backgrounds and languages to showcase and share! Entry is free… bring... Read more »
Six friends gather at the local "sari-sari," a typical Filipino convenience store where people not only shop for groceries but also catch up over local beer, instant coffee, and peanuts. Among them are some "balikbayan," individuals who have returned home after living, working, or studying abroad, sharing tales of their lives in Australia. The show delves into the themes of reconnecting with one's homeland and embracing a migrant lifestyle.
You are invited to listen to your neighbours. Watch them rip open their notebooks, light up their phone notes or spit verbs from memory; flying their poetic thoughts into a live mic. Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) travelled all over Queensland to unearth the best spoken word artists from country towns to metro centres.... Read more »
A live show that showcases the rich cultural heritage of the plains of Colombia and Venezuela. Cachicamo Latin Harp, CDG-Colombian Dance Group Qld, and special guest artists unite in a vibrant spectacle.
SERJO and Transplanted Rhytms present the Cuban Fire Suite as originally performed by Stan Kenton Orchestra. Big Band jazz meets rhythmic fire!
A musical collaboration between handpan percussionists Lachlan Hawkins and Tsoof Baras with bansuri flautist Darshil Shah, exploring notions of ‘Unity’ through a collection of original music and improvised moments.
Reverberations chronicles artist Kuweni Dias Mendis’ journey of belonging as a migrant woman of colour and culture in Australia. This multisensory arts experience begins with screening the artist’s biographical film followed by live performance art with live music, movement, and mark-making. The audience will be invited to participate in the co-creating an ephemeral installation.
A love story, a battle, a party, a spotlight on moments of human and artistic connection that give birth to new creative expressions. Criollo is a passionate exchange between dance and music across South America and the Caribbean. This new work features original arrangements from Nelson Mansilla with live musicians and beatmakers alongside a cast of 30 dancers led by choreographer Yasim Coronado Veranes.
Art has always been a powerful medium for exploring identity, challenging norms, and expressing diverse experiences. A thought-provoking discussion on how the creative voices of queer artists from culturally diverse backgrounds navigate their identities through their artistic practices.
A musical collaboration between handpan percussionists Lachlan Hawkins and Tsoof Baras with bansuri flautist Darshil Shah, exploring notions of ‘Unity’ through a collection of original music and improvised moments.
Some days life isn’t a rainbow and getting out of bed is a bad idea! In the search for courage squishy dinosaurs, witchy magic and colourful rocky horrors take over the Queensland Multicultural Centre in Mark du Potiers’ free exhibition and party with performances, music, dance, food and drinks.
Two Middle Eastern dancers explore hardship and hope in a trailblazing collusion of storytelling and breakdance. Through music and movement, they speak of witnessing war and peril, of having to leave their families in crisis to try to find a better future in Australia and of how through it all, art never left their side, creating and pushing themselves to improve even in the worst of times.