Festival 2018 – Gold Coast Commonwealth Games event

When: Wednesday 4^th to Sunday 15^th April, 2018

Where: Gold Coast – Queensland

Festival 2018 is an action packed 12-day arts and cultural program that will be running across the city during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. From the 4^th to the 15^th of April locals and visitors to the city will be treated to a wide array of FREE events including music, theatre, dance, circus, film and visual arts.

These performances by local, national and international talent will be hosted at the two festival sites; Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, as well as at venues across the Gold Coast from Coomera to Coolangatta.

Here’s just a taste of the Festival 2018 program:

Weds 4^th April
7pm to 8pm
Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project (Music)
Main Stage, Surfers Paradise
FREE

Weds 4^th to Sun 8^th April
RITE | Circa (Circus)
Roundabout Stage, Broadbeach
FREE

Thurs 5^th to Sun 8^th April
Quite by Nature | Alicia Min Harview (Theatre)
Winders Park and Currumbin Estuary
$10 ticket

Thurs 5^th to Sun 15^th April
Holoscenes | Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera (Theatre)
Surfers Paradise Beach
FREE

Thurs 5^th to Sun 15^th April
Aboria | Architects of Air (Luminarium walk in sculpture) (Visual Arts)
Kurrawa Park
FREE

Friday 6^th to Sun 8^th April
Yargeh Wadjeleh – The Language of the Wind | Kyle Slabb (Sound Installation)
Greenmount Headland
FREE

Friday 6^th to Sun 8^th April
Wave Fields | Lawrence English (Sound Installation)
Mick Schamburg Park North Burleigh
$20 (note this is an overnight experience)

Sat 7^th to Sun 8^th April
Song to the Earth | Dr Corrina Banshek (Music)
Palm Beach Parklands
FREE

Sat 7^th to Sun 8^th April
VOU (Dance)
Winders Park and Currumbin Estuary
FREE

Sun 8^th to Tues 10^th April
Tide | The Farm (Dance/Theatre)
Palm Beach Parklands
FREE

See the full program including performance times by visiting Festival 2018 on the official Gold Coast Commonwealth Games website.

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