1-11 August 2024  View all  2023 events

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    What to see at BLEACH*?

    ROCK 'N' LOL AT BROADBEACH

    by Claire Carlin

    PRODUCER PICKS 🎸🤣: Rock ’n’ LOL with the top picks from our Lead Producer!
     
    BLEACH* at Broadbeach is a festival within a festival, with over 22 shows, performing 56 times over 3 stellar nights. So we thought you might need some help building the perfect evening 💙🖤
     
    🎉 Kick off your evening at 5:30pm with Eddie Ray in Silence Of The Jams. Part movie, part live music gig, this independent comic film will transport you to a dystopian future.
     
    Then pull your socks up and don’t be late for Extra Curricular at 6pm. Former teachers turned award-winning cabaret duo Libby and Matt serve up a lesson in hilarity where absolutely nothing is off limits.
     
    At 7pm experience the body-shifting blend of soul, hip-hop, RnB and funk from the six-piece Blackline Band, spearheaded by Slabb brothers, Jarulah and Banahm.
     
    Now it’s off to the children’s beauty pageant — wait, what? At 7:30pm catch the award-winning comedy duo The Beryls in their interactive, unhinged, cracking character comedy, The Pageant.
     
    By this time your cheeks will be hurting from all the laughter but you don’t want to miss Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh as they take to the stage at 9pm to deliver an hour of fast-paced stand-up comedy in Presentation Is Everything.
     
    And if you do all that on Thursday or Friday night, head on back on Saturday to experience the one-night-only celestial celebration that is BLISS! Dress up, get down and let loose in our cosmic nightclub filled with pop-up performances, psychic mediums and amorous astronauts from 6-10pm.
     
    See you there 💙🖤
     
    Claire Carlin
    BLEACH* Lead Producer

    FREE 'N' EASY AT BROADBEACH

    by Kasmira Carmine

    FREE ‘n’ EASY at Broadbeach 🤩👍 
     
    If cash is tight, there’s plenty of music on offer at Broadbeach for free. Simply wander on in and enjoy!
     
    Check out the River Songs program. There’s a different concert each evening performed by prolific musicians including the multi-award winning percussionist Claire Edwardes, the mesmeric Yirinda and electronic sensations Shugorei.
     
    If jazz is your thing, our house band, The Snack, are fronted by Mohini Cox who toured the world with Celine Dion.
     
    And travel to the Middle East, without leaving the Gold Coast at Qahwa, with live performances by Mohammed Lelo and James Tawadros, and bellydancing!
     
    See you there 💙🖤
     
    Kasmira Carmine
    BLEACH* Operations Manager

    around the world

    by Jorge Serra

    AROUND THE WORLD AT BROADBEACH 🌏: Here are our picks for the best international acts!
     
    BLEACH* at Broadbeach is a festival within a festival, with over 22 shows, performing 56 times over 3 stellar nights. So we thought you might need some help building the perfect evening 💙🖤
     
    🎉 Let the music and ambience permeate your senses and transport you to another time and another place at Qahwa Café with performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. And best of all this one is free.
     
    Watch the incredible Nancy Denis be the ‘girl on fire’ in M’ap Boulé at 8:30pm. This show had a standing ovation every night when it premiered in Sydney.
     
    And don’t miss the unbelievable rhythms and beats of Maharshi Raval – master table player in concert Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening.
     
    See you there 💙🖤
     
    Jorge Serra
    BLEACH* Marketing Manager

    front of house picks

    by Chrissy Keepence

    FRONT OF HOUSE PICKS 🌏: Tips from the show experts!

    BLEACH* at Broadbeach is a festival within a festival, with over 22 shows, performing 56 times over 3 stellar nights. So we thought you might need some help building the perfect evening 💙🖤

    🎉 A good night out starts with a simple step, at 5pm make your way to the Broadbeach Hub, grab a cool drink, and watch the delightful house band The Snack playing one of their free sets.

    After you’ve settled in our festival hub, at 5:30pm make sure to save a seat for Hard to Reach Places – Anna Lumb is Raw and divinely authentic combining circus, movement, and wicked dark humour.

    After an emotional roller coaster, join a crowd of spectators on the bank of the Nerang River at 7pm, for an intimate concert. Performing on a floating stage, this dusk show performed by Claire Edwards / Shugorei / Yirinda, will be an intimate sonic experience through headphones as the lights from the neighbouring buildings shimmer towards you.

    After a lovely break, we reckon you’re ready for more. At 8:30, after a drink and a bite at our food trucks and bar, jump straight back into it with Yummy Iconic, a decadent blend of breathtaking burlesque, sensational circus, and outrageous drag acts.

    Enjoy the effects of an ecstatic night out with your friends, share your stories and favourite moments, maybe one of you was invited on stage, with a final drink on our beautiful BLEACH* blue couches, under warm dim lighting. This night was one to remember.

    See you there 💙🖤

    Chrissy Keepence
    BLEACH* Front of House Manager

    DIRECTOR'S PICKS

    by Rosie Dennis

    DIRECTOR’S PICKS: Here are our director’s, Rosie Dennis, favourite picks.
     
    BLEACH* at Broadbeach is a festival within a festival, with over 22 shows, performing 56 times over 3 stellar nights. So we thought you might need some help building the perfect evening 💙🖤
     
    🎉 Arrive as the sun is setting and head to the Nerang riverbank for one of our River Songs concerts. There’s a different concert each evening and they’re all fantastic. Showtime is 5pm (and again at 7pm).
     
    From here, drop into Café Qahwa and let the music and ambience permeate your senses and transport you to another time and another place.
     
    Dash to the bar and grab a drink before heading into the wicked Beverly Kills in Heaven and Hell at 7pm.
     
    And to round out the evening, grab a quick bite before watching the incredible Nancy Denis be the ‘girl on fire’ in M’ap Boulé at 8:30pm. This show had a standing ovation every night when it premiered in Sydney.
     

    Rosie Dennis
    BLEACH* Artistic Director and CEO of Placemakers* Gold Coast

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