The Melbourne Street Green is a vibrant outdoor space that regularly plays host to free performances, festivals and community activities.
Located on the corner of Melbourne and Grey Streets, the Melbourne Street Green is easily accessible and sits alongside QPAC's Storytellers café.
Whether you’re stopping by for a coffee, enjoying a free performance, or soaking up the lively atmosphere, the Melbourne Street Green is QPAC’s welcoming backyard—open to audiences and the wider community.
Melbourne Street Green Location
Melbourne Street Green is easily accessible from South Brisbane Station and Cultural Forecourt. Parking options include the Performing Arts Car Park and the Art Gallery/Museum car park.
What's on at QPAC
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Dita Von Teese Dita Von Teese
Until 19 Aug 2026Concert HallBe dazzled by Dita Von Teese’s spectacular new tour, Nocturnelle, featuring sophisticated striptease with the art of illusion.
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Romeo and Juliet The Australian Ballet Romeo and Juliet
15 - 22 Aug 2026Lyric TheatreBe captivated by John Cranko’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s immortal text with The Australian Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet.
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Old. New. Borrowed. Blue Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Old. New. Borrowed. Blue.
20 Aug 2026, 7pmConcert HallThis is chamber music reimagined – where old and new, classical and contemporary – fuse into a captivating concert experience.
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The Music and Life of Barbra Streisand starring Melinda Schneider The Music and Life of Barbra Streisand starring Melinda Schneider
21 Aug 2026, 8pmConcert HallExperience a celebration of Barbra Streisand’s legendary career featuring Melinda Schneider.
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Em Rusciano – Addicted to Love
22 Aug 2026, 8pmConcert HallExperience Em Rusciano at her most unfiltered, feral and finely tuned. This is a love story, just not the one we were sold.
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Vivaldi’s Legacy Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Vivaldi’s Legacy
25 Aug 2026, 7:30pmConcert HallA concert of detail, grace, and imagination celebrating the extraordinary Anna Maria della Pietà, Vivaldi’s famed protégé.
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Xavier Rudd – Raising Funds for HEAL Xavier Rudd – Raising Funds for HEAL
26 Aug 2026, 7pmConcert HallJoin one of the Australian music industry’s all-time greats for a one-night-only benefit concert raising funds for HEAL.
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The Dire Straits Experience The Dire Straits Experience
27 Aug 2026, 8pmConcert HallFrom sold out arena performances across Europe, the celebrated Dire Straits Experience bring their Long Highway World Tour.