
BUILD YOUR LEGACY
Welcome to BackDock Arts, Brisbane's vibrant performance hub and event space where creativity thrives! From live music and theater to hip hop and private events, we offer unforgettable experiences for all. Book now and Build Your Legacy!
Upcoming events
-
BackDeck Sessions
Sat 16 Aug 2025 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM AEST
FREE EVENT!
Ooooof! Do you hear that?
Sounds like a party is close by!?
What’s this!?
A free event where anyone with a desire to shred the turn tables and influence the crowd to cut as many shapes as humanly possible!?!
Well hand me a rain coat and call me a weather forecaster, there’s only one place that can cook up a party wilder than cyclone Alfred, and that’s the Open BackDecks Party at the BackDock!
If you think you’ve got what it takes to melt some brains, then plug-in and spin those dinner plates into oblivion! The decks will be yours, and yours alone until you’ve satisfied the urge to create foot stomping madness!
So don’t resist any longer, come down to the BackDock and be involved in the party you’ve been waiting for.
-
Vault Collective: The Yashky Complex
Running 28th - 30th Aug 2025
Hannah Rae's 'The Yashky Complex' offers a chaotic night of comedy and bittersweet reflection when estranged sisters Eb and Danny begin eavesdropping on the romantic entanglements of their bickering neighbours next door and the mysterious motives of a tenant living on the floor above. Directed by Bella Hall and brought to life by Vault Collective, 'The Yashky Complex' asks us what it really means to trust, to love, and to start over.
-
STILL NOT BITTEN - MEANJIN / BRISBANE - ALL AGES
Fri 5 Sep 2025 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM AEST
Join us for the album release in lead up to Stokahr's debut album "Still Not Bitten"
Bringing along some good friends for the party!
Don't miss this one!
Event Details:
6:30pm - 11pm (DOORS 6:30pm)
NO BYO
-
Sunday Funday Improv - Beginner's / Intermediate Student Showcase
Sun 7 Sep 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM AEST
It's time to celebrate our latest cohort of Beginning and Intermediate Improvisors.
Come and watch them in a fun-filled show entirely Improvised before your very eyes!
Natalie's beginner's and Amy's Story & Scene classes will perform.
-
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Thu 25 Sep 2025 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM AEST
See local Queensland actor Connor Hawkins in this hilariously dark, heartbreakingly human solo play by Will Eno. Thom Pain (based on nothing) follows an enigmatic everyman as he riffs on life, love, childhood, and mortality in a gripping, stream-of-consciousness monologue. Both comic and unsettling, this Pulitzer Prize short lister invites audiences into a raw, intimate exploration of what it means to be alive - and alone.
Directed by Timothy Wynn -
Blackrock
Running 26th September - 04th October 2025
It’s Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club—and that should mean heaps of grog, drugs and good clean fun. But by the morning a young girl is dead—raped by three boys and bashed with a rock.
Who is responsible?
Blackrock is an intimate and strongly shaped human drama which examines the social forces behind the impulse to violence in individual lives.
-
Camp Hers: 7 Deadly Sins
Fri 10 Oct 2025 7:15 PM - 10:30 PM AEST
Vanic Productions presents our first-ever competition set in our brand-new Battle Royale Setting, and heavens above it’s going to be sinful. Watch as seven fierce performers face off in a triple-threat night of drama, glam, and unholy talent.
Elle Would, Femme Brulee, IAM, Luna D’Lux, Mercy Elago, Oxy Kodeine, & Tom Catastrophe will compete in three electrifying challenges: a self-produced performance, a chosen Lip-Sync-Royale, and a final walk of temptation on the runway.
Hosted by the one and only Veronica Vanic, this is Camp Hers like you’ve never seen it before.
Let the sins begin -
The Undead Underground
Sat 18 Oct 2025 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM AEST
The Undead Underground is more than a local rap event, The Undead Underground is a celebration of local talent pushing Brisbane's creative boundaries with young upcoming names like Tyr0, Mascara & i1 and some people who have been in the scene for a longer like Brisbane collective MISFXTS (Including members Trauma, Prii, Vanni, 1k3y, PACKLO, Farlane, Mdnight), Niffd, Groupchat, Dre Demon, plus more!!!
The Undead Underground will also including local Fashion brands and local artists selling handmade products to show you more of what Brisbane has to offer in the future. This is more than an event, this is an amazing showcase of the wonderful artists who are reviving the underground cause we ain't dead yet!
-
The Lighting Thief
Running 23rd October - 26th October 2025
The Lightning Thief is a full-length dramatic comedy musical filled with fantasy and adventure appropriate for all audiences. Set in the present day, teenager Percy Jackson discovers he's a demigod, he and his friends embark on an epic journey to find Zeus' missing lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods.
-
Music Development Project
Fri 28 Nov 2025 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM AEST
The Music Development Project is the first competition-style music festival to discover the young power of new Chinese singers in Australia.
Winners collaborate with producers to release their own personal music and even have the chance to sign as a professional vocalist. Moreover, the Music Development Project is more focused on young people, especially Chinese international students.
音乐成长计划是澳洲首个面向新华语年轻歌手的竞赛式音乐节,旨在为素人歌手提供专业演出体验,由专业乐队伴奏,打造高水准华语音乐赛事。优胜者有机会与制作人合作发布个人原创音乐,并可能签约成为职业歌手。项目聚焦年轻人,特别是留学生群体,致力于为他们搭建通往专业音乐舞台的桥梁,激发舞台表现力,走向更广阔的音乐舞台。