Queensland Cabaret Festival

If music be the food of love… Music is not only the food, but the script, the school of love, and its penance. More…

Kristy Apps has been gracing stages in Australia and abroad for over 25 years. Starting off in a punk/folk band at 18, Kristy went on to release 5 studio albums, 2 EP’s and has appeared on countless compilations. More…

Meanjin/Brisbane based maker of dark and danceable electro pop and rock music Sarah Stockholm invites you to descend into her mad world, After Dark, as part of the Queensland Cabaret Festival. More…

Tickets? Check. Phone off? Check. Existential crisis popped on hold whilst I take a wild ride on a gilded unicorn? Check! Brisbane has spawned some truly talented people, and Daryl Murphy definitely lives in Brisbane. More…

Your favourite local variety night Brisbaret is back for another month – this time bringing their comic stylings to the sensual world of the Queensland Cabaret Festival!  Created and hosted by musical comedian Sophie Banister and prince of keys, Thien Pham, Brisbaret is a curated variety night bringing you a… More…

“…a world where the past is ever-present and music knows no borders. FOUR STARS” – The Courier Mail Three-time Queensland Music Award winners MZAZA deliver Balkan-French inspired sounds to folk lovers internationally. More…

ALL KILLER NO FILLER – Great Songs from the golden age of pop. Why do we love pop music? That’s easy! It’s the sparkling lyrics, catchy tunes, pumping bands and great singers. More…

Silver Sircus bring their spine-tingling concoction of dark cabaret performance, post-rock and chamber folk to one of Brisbane’s best loved and most atmospheric spaces – The Old Museum. More…

A collective of Brisbane musos has banded together as The Craftworker Project to bring you an acoustic homage to the pioneers of electro pop. More…

ARIA Award-winning artist and Queensland Rock Royalty, Tyrone Noonan pays homage to the enduring legacy of American singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye. More…

Megan Cooper returns to Cabfest to ask once again “What Would Dolly Do?” With a whistle on her lips and a shimmy in her soul, singer songwriter Megan Cooper shares stories from her life, via the stories and songs of her song writing hero, Dolly Parton – with just a… More…

One of our most formidable musical theatre talents and queen of comedic cabaret; Queenie van de Zandt, is taking to the stage in a brand-new show like you’ve never seen before. More…

Award winning radio announcer, comedian and musician Ruth Gardner is on a zero f*cks deep dive mission through the realms of tRuth, exaggeration and fantasy fuelled by an un-diagnosed midlife peri-menopausal power surge. More…

Sex & Other Philosophies is a contemporary trash cabaret that light-heartedly deconstructs ideas around the concept of what relationships and mindset are all about. More…