For one night only, the award-winning Culture Train will stop over in Brisbane for an intimate performance under the iconic Story Bridge at Queensland Multicultural Centre, during its regional tour in celebration of Queensland Multicultural Month. Featuring Dheeraj Shrestha (Nepal), Clara Domingo (Spain), Ajak Kwai (Sudan), Dya Singh (India) and Mario Conde (Bolivio) five world-renowned... Read more »

In 2017, BEMAC is delivering Get Prep'd - four FREE Professional Development Workshops aimed at providing local artists with opportunities to upskill in various areas of the creative arts industry. These workshops are part of BEMAC’s ongoing efforts to support and nurture multicultural artists residing in Queensland. BEMAC understands it can be a struggle for artists and creatives to keep up with... Read more »

BEMAC will proudly present a collaboration between Taro Terahara, one of the leading musicians in the thriving and highly competitive Indian classical music scene in Japan, Shen Flindell, one of Australia’s leading tabla players, and Tenzin Choegyal, in a For Tibet With Love concert. On Saturday, 23 September Japanese bansuri master Taro Terahara will be... Read more »

On 21 October, BEMAC’s final World Music Café of 2017 will bring a sultry bouquet of Cuban ‘son’, Latin Jazz, Afro groove and Flamenco to the Queensland Multicultural Centre. Featuring the Sunshine Coast’s Canta La Tumba and acclaimed Brisbane duo Imaya, World Music Café: Cubana Fuego will summon the red-blooded soul of Cuban and Latin... Read more »

Get swept up in a Spanish fever of song and dance when BEMAC presents EMERGE LIVE at the Queensland Multicultural Centre on Friday, November 17. The performance will be the climax of a two-day vocal and performance workshop facilitated by internationally established Spanish singer-songwriter Clara Domingo of Culture Train 2017 fame. Born in Barcelona, to... Read more »

Back by popular demand. The fundraiser concert for  Motor Neuron Disease.  Back by popular request after their sold out show with Vardos earlier this year, gypsy folk favourites MZAZA return to the BEMAC stage for a special edition World Music Café on Friday, December 15.   Just back from an 18 date regional tour the two-time Queensland Music Award winners are... Read more »

Celebrate the culmination of the 2018 Creative Fusions Summer School with a gala concert event like no other. Join acclaimed indigenous artist/singer Aunty Ruth Ghee, tabla master Dheeraj Shrestha, guitarist/composer and SAO artistic director Anthony Garcia, pianist/songwriter and composer Tnee Dyer and cellist Eleanor Streatfield and the Creative Fusions participants as they collaborate through a... Read more »

In February 2018 prolific Senegalese performer Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence together with iconic Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai will be hitting Australian stages with their co-headline Afro Frequency Tour.   BEMAC is proud to presenting the Afro Frequency Tour’s only Brisbane show on Friday, February 17 at Queensland Multicultural Centre in Kangaroo Point.  The show, which features two of Australia’s most celebrated neo-traditional African artists launches BEMACs’ new live music... Read more »

Featuring live performances by the incandescent MZAZA, Queensland’s award-winning group of cultural refugees from Bosnia, Latvia, Greece, Turkey, France and Australia, BEMAC LIVE: CULTIVATE is a concert in celebration of International Women's Day and Queensland Women's Week. With a fascination for making something new from the old, MZAZA’s writers and musicians flamboyantly craft their own... Read more »

Considered among the top class of tabla players from India, Abhijit Banerjee is one of the most sought after creative artists in the realm of Indian classical music. Abhijit has crafted a unique style and creative approach which has brought him accolades and awards throughout the world. The show will also feature renowned local artists, Saikat Bhattacharya (sitar)... Read more »

Featuring performances by three of the country’s finest established First Nations artists with emerging musicians, THRIVE The Concert is the live performance climax of a 2-day workshop presented by BEMAC as part of our EMERGE Series. See The Medics frontman Kahl Wallis and two of this year’s Queensland Music Award (QMA) winners Sue Ray and Emily Wurramara... Read more »

BEMAC’s award-winning Culture Train will conclude its 2-week tour of regional Queensland with an intimate performance at the Queensland Multicultural Centre (QMC) in Brisbane on 31 August. Held in partnership between BEMAC and the Queenlsand Government, Culture Train is an integral part of Queensland Multicultural Month celebrations, as it travels to various locations throughout regional Queensland... Read more »