{"id":395,"date":"2026-08-24T19:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/event\/melt-festival-returns-with-more-than-100-queer-arts-events-across-brisbane\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:45:40","slug":"melt-festival-returns-with-more-than-100-queer-arts-events-across-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/event\/melt-festival-returns-with-more-than-100-queer-arts-events-across-brisbane\/","title":{"rendered":"Melt Festival returns with more than 100 Queer arts events across Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wynnum-Manly residents looking for a major arts and culture event in Brisbane this spring can plan around <strong>Melt Festival<\/strong>, which returns from <strong>21 October to 8 November 2026<\/strong> with more than 100 events across over 70 venues.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Brisbane Powerhouse, the city-wide festival will include public art, theatre, dance, live music, comedy and Queer storytelling. The program spans Brisbane venues and precincts, making it relevant for bayside residents planning an arts outing or a city <a href=\"https:\/\/brisbanepowerhouse.org\/visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit<\/a> during the festival period.<\/p>\n<p>A major public drawcard will be a 15-metre, five-storey-high pink Rubber Duck artwork by Florentijn Hofman. It is planned to appear on the Brisbane River\/Maiwar near the CBD before joining the River Pride Parade, and will later be located near Brisbane Powerhouse for the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 24 October will bring together Brisbane Pride\u2019s Rally and March, Fair Day and the River Pride Parade. The parade will return in a twilight timeslot, with boats and watercraft travelling from West End to Brisbane Powerhouse. Brisbane Powerhouse will also host a free-entry opening party with DJs and live performances.<\/p>\n<p>Other announced highlights include <em>Show Me Love<\/em>, a world-premiere Brisbane Powerhouse commission from Circa; performances by Jude York, TEEKS, Courtney Barnett and Melanie C; and the return of Melting Pot and Queer PowerPoint. Free community sewing workshops for the Onesie World artwork are scheduled from 5 to 23 October at Brisbane Powerhouse and the State Library of Queensland, with the completed onesies to be released to the community on 24 October.<\/p>\n<p>Event times, venues, ticketing and participation details vary across the program. Readers can <a href=\"https:\/\/melt.org.au\">visit the official Melt Festival website<\/a> for the full program and current booking information.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/brisbanepowerhouse.org\/melt-unveils-biggest-ever-program-for-2026\/\">Brisbane Powerhouse announcement<\/a>, published 11 August 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melt Festival will bring more than 100 Queer arts and culture events to over 70 Brisbane venues from 21 October to 8 November 2026, including a River Pride Parade featuring a 15-metre pink Rubber Duck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-395","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynnummanly.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}