Brisbane Festival has pulled back the curtain on its 2026 program, unveiling a packed line-up of world premieres, international productions, free outdoor concerts and community events that will illuminate the city from September 4–26.

Roof-raising West End smash hit The Choir of Man will headline Brisbane Festival 2026 with a strictly limited Queensland premiere season, marking the first major reveal under new artistic director Ebony Bott and setting the tone for what’s to come.

Brisbane Festival artistic director Ebony Bott notes that Brisbane is an early rising city, so she has designed a festival that salutes that.

It’s been a hit around the world and now The Choir of Man is finally coming to Brisbane as one of the star turns at this year’s Brisbane Festival.

She’s Australia’s hottest playwright and Suzie Miller’s new play about the AFLW has an equally hot cast.

We chat to core artist Kate Harman about No One Gets Out of Here Alive at Brisbane Festival – a new work that confronts mortality through dance, voice and music.