Brisbane Street Art Festival 2016

Celebrate the homegrown heroes spraying some paint around and stencilling up a storm.
Sarah Ward
February 01, 2016

Overview

When it comes to taking to the streets, spraying some paint around and stencilling up a storm, Banksy isn't the only artist worth celebrating. In fact, street art is thriving in Brisbane — so much so that there's now a brand new festival dedicated to it.

That'd be the Brisbane Street Art Festival, which unleashes its first iteration around the city from February 6 to 14. If you're wondering just what it involves, let us throw a few numbers your way: 50-plus artists and more than 25 walls at 22 events across 18 venues — including a bus.

Everything from live graffiti to a street art fashion show to an exhibition of skateboard deck art is on the bill, and at places as varied as Red Hill's old Skate Arena, Woolloongabba's Trafalgar Lane and the Valley markets, too. If that all sounds rad — and it really does — then wait until you hear about the grand finale. This showcase of emerging talents, unique spaces and Brisbane's engaging creative scene all comes to an end with an epic closing party featuring tunes by Desmond Cheese, Cutloose, Danny Cool and DJ Black Amex, aka the perfect way to see out the event's first year.

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