
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
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Backdock Arts Presents: Valley 4 Valley
Sat 12 Jul 2025 3:30 PM - 9:00 PM AEST
Valley 4 Valley presented by Backdock Arts is a charity mini fest that draws together the arts and entertainment communities of Fortitude Valley to give back.
With live music, art, raffles, free entry markets, and more set to the backdrop of a brisk July evening in the heart of the Valley, we'll come together to celebrate and support the life changing work of Wesley Mission Queensland's Relief Hub.
So come and boogie for a cause to the Valley's rising stars in shades of indie, rock, folk, and funk.
All proceeds from tickets and raffle sales will go directly to Wesley Mission Queensland's work in the Valley.
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LUV.exe
Sat 5 Jul 2025 7:00 PM - 11:45 PM AEST
Living Unveils Virtue presents to you.. LUV.exe.
The Brisbane music scene needs reprogramming. We have hacked the mainframe and replaced the motherboard with our code. We welcome you to participate in rebuilding Brisbane's vibrant underground in its purest form.
For those who drive with peaking distorted basslines, angsty chaotic energy and relishing in the power of the ever-evolving progression of internet core.
We have constructed a carefully curated selection of online artists who are now AFK. Offline, and ready to rewire the algorithm with their support. Why stay supporting from behind the screen, when you can be present and fully immerse in it yourself?
Come join us, we invite you to join our server, to spread the virus of LUV.
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Advanced Long Form Improv Showcase (Improv Queensland)
Sun 13 Jul 2025 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM AEST
It's time to celebrate our latest cohort of Advanced Improvisors!
Come and watch them in a fun-filled show improvised before your very eyes.
Wade's advanced long form class has been working hard over 7 weeks and will put into practice the skills they have been learning.
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Maestro
Sun 13 Jul 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM AEST
Step into a night of high-stakes hilarity where anything can happen and everything is made up on the spot! Spawned from the mind of Improv pioneer Keith Johnstone, Maestro is a fast-paced, interactive improv competition where a cast of skilled performers battle it out for your applause — and the coveted title of Maestro.
Guided by directors and fueled by audience suggestions, performers face a series of unexpected scenes, characters, and challenges. After each round, you, the audience, score the scenes and decide who stays and who goes. As the stakes rise and the laughs get louder, only one improviser will be left standing!
Whether you're an improv addict or a curious first-timer, Maestro delivers a night of spontaneous storytelling, bold risks, and pure theatrical joy.
Come for the chaos. Stay for the comedy. Crown the Maestro. -
Broken Earth & NTH RD presents: THE BRKN RD TOUR
Sat 19 Jul 2025 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM AEST
The BRKN RD Tour sees some of the East Coast’s finest heavy bands joining forces to bring a powerful combination of Broken Earth and NTH RD with crushing riffs and soaring melodies to a co-headliner across all three East-Coast Capitals.
Joining these two bands will be the hard hitting QLD locals GRIZZLYSHARK and TORIZON.
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UTC Presents: A Night of Fun!
Running 26th - 28th June 2025
Join Underground Theatre Company for a Night of Fun! This exciting double bill features Gavin Roach's That's One Damn Sexy Ape, directed by Hannah Page, and emerging playwright Abel Taylor's new work, Pandaemonium (is a place on Earth), directed by Theodore Eales.
THAT’S ONE DAMN SEXY APE:
Bubo is a proud, strong and stoic gorilla. He is the pride of the Zoo. Its main attraction. Visitors come in waves to gaze upon his majesty and mystique. But when a series of chilling events tarnish his unblemished reputation, drastic measures must be used to win back the public’s favour. With a sultry new ad campaign and a cast of over-the-top characters, hilarity ensues as Bubo is pushed and pulled into an arena, he is not only ill-equipped for, but one that he never imagined he would shine so brightly in.
PANDAEMONIUM (IS A PLACE ON EARTH):
Satan has a message for you! God is not dead, and He is hellbent on making your so-called sacred present history! In Pandaemonium, Satan flocks to Earth to forewarn the mortals of the imminent End of Days, as sanctioned by God, who is disillusioned with the human race as of late. Who can blame him? It falls on the shoulders of best friends River and Lana to convince God to stop the Apocalypse before it's too late - or before the start of fourth period. Some parameters are given; they have one hour to come up with the argument to save all of humanity, they have been granted access to time machines, and it's best if they make it snappy. Hey, no probs!
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A Rusty Country Hour
Sat 9 Aug 2025 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM AEST
Bonded by being blue, and joined by the jangling jingle - Rusty Pickups and Suicide Country Hour collide to bring you A Rusty Country Hour. An evening of turns to empty a glass of whisky and fill it with your tears, or maybe just enjoy the music of lost pilgrims if you’re not the sentimental kind. Wear your glad rags, cause you’re likely gonna end up on camera at some point too.
Rusty Pickups' latest single 'California Widow' debuted at #8 on the AMRAP Regional Charts, climbing to #5 a week later. The ‘California Widow Single Tour’ will take in two states, three festivals, four 12+ hour driving stints and five pilgrims mighty excited to share their new tune.
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TBF Presents: The Mash Up Ep. 2
Sat 6 Sep 2025 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM AEST
Come join the TBF team for our second instalment of The Mash Up!
Hosting some of Brisbane’s biggest up coming artists including:- 1ChoppaJay
- Donny Dee
- DTBJayce
- Rushy Reynolds
- ADAJAY
- MIKKY
- D Wol
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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.
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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 -
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.
We aim to create a live singing experience of professional singers for dilettantes, which our contestants are accompanied by professional bands. Committed to creating the best Chinese music competition and performance in Australian history.
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.
Through the Music Development Project, we hope to create an opportunity for more young people who love music in Australia to touch upon the professional music field and stand on a bigger and better stage!
音乐成长计划是首个打造在澳洲的新华语歌手年轻力量的竞赛式音乐节.我们旨在为素人歌手打造职业歌手现场演唱体验,全澳洲首创选手由专业乐队伴奏,致力打造澳洲史上最佳的华语音乐竞赛与演出。优胜者与制作人合作推出专属个人音乐作品甚至有机会签约成为专业歌手.
其次,音乐成长计划更着眼于年轻人群,尤其是留学生群体,希望通过音乐成长计划为更多在澳洲的喜爱音乐的年轻人制造一个机会接触到专业音乐领域,可以有更强的舞台力,站在更大更好的舞台上!
(音乐成长计划,给澳洲,华语音乐的声浪;给布里斯班,纵情撒野的现场.)