Running from the 4th to 20th March 2016, the Bleach Festival on the Gold Coast includes over 50 arts and cultural events.
Covering music, theatre, dance visual arts, film and circus performances this festival is a magnet for those who enjoy the arts.
Quintessentially Gold Coast, Bleach Festival celebrates the city’s best artists, welcomes renowned Australian and international collaborators and engages a broad audience through a range of accessible events.
Here are just a few of the events happening over the next few weeks:
The Closet Activist
http://www.bleachfestival.com.au/events/the-closet-activist
Meet at the Bike Village in Burleigh where you will mount a lovingly restored recycled bike and ride to the Farmhouse in Miami. There you will watch a fun dance performance, with its sound and lighting generated by the audience members on bikes. Truly a unique and exciting show!
See it: March 18, 2016 – 5.30pm and March 19, 2016 – 5.30pm
Where: Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park End of Deodar Ave, Burleigh Waters
Ticketing: Free Event- Registration Essential https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bleach-festival-presents-the-closet-activist-tickets-21361716469
Toolona Street Festival + Eco Challenge
http://www.bleachfestival.com.au/events/toolona-street-festival/
Tugun’s most famous resident, the iconic 90-year-old Moreton Bay Fig Tree takes centre stage once again as Bleach Festival’s series of infamous street parties roll on. Witness a 100% solar powered, sustainable surfing lifestyle event that evolved from a love of the ocean, and features a wooden surfboard competition, displays, eco-market stalls and much more.
See it: March 19, 2016
Eco Challenge: 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Toolona Street Festival: 4.00pm – 9.00pm
Where: Toolona Street, Tugun
Ticketing: Free Event
The Last Blast
http://www.bleachfestival.com.au/events/the-last-blast/
What do you do when the world is ending? To quote Prince, you “Party like it’s 1999.” The Gold Coast’s most iconic strip of sand at Surfers Paradise is the stage as talented performers send their bodies flying into the sky and the thunder of drums out to sea. Emerging at dusk to mark the end of the world with a bourgeois party to end all bourgeois parties, this is a fun and entertaining theatrical dance show not to be missed!
See it: March 18, 2016 – 7.00pm and March 19, 2016 – 7.00pm and March 20, 2016 – 7.00pm
Where: Surfers Paradise Beach, Cnr The Esplanade and Laycock St, Surfers Paradise
Ticketing: Free
The Culture Shop
http://www.bleachfestival.com.au/events/the-culture-shop/
Made in QLD: The Culture Shop — In a collaboration between Gold Coast City Gallery and Bleach* Festival, local artists have been invited to create contemporary and authentic Gold Coast souvenirs. Check out the unique wares at the Made in QLD: The Culture Shop, a freestanding tourist and souvenir booth located in the foyer of The Strand, Coolangatta.
See it: March 4, 2016 – 9.00am and March 20, 2016 – 9.00am
Where: The Strand, 72-80 Marine Parade, Coolangatta
Ticketing: Free Event
Bleach At Burleigh
http://www.bleachfestival.com.au/events/bleach-at-burleigh/
With hits like Cigarettes Will Kill You and Catch My Disease, ARIA award winner Ben Lee and other renowned artists are set to put on one heck of a show to close Bleach Festival 2016, with a huge, free, outdoor concert at the iconic Burleigh Headland. This is it folks. Your last chance to soak up the final Sunday of Bleach Festival 2016. Grab your friends and get a spot on the point early for what will be an unforgettable afternoon.
See it: March 20, 2016
Performance Times
1.30pm – Black Rabbit George
2.30pm – We All Want To
3.30pm – Sahara Beck
4.30pm – Ben Lee
Where: The Point Goodwin Tce, Burleigh Heads
Ticketing: Free Event
