The DIY Festival

Overview

Brisbanites, meet your latest arts festival. Yes, it covers visual arts, theatre, music, dance and film. Yes, it takes place over four days and features more than 80 artists. No, it's not your usual event.

As devised by Brisbane-based theatre collective The Stan Dup Ensemble, the DIY Festival doesn't even adhere to the norm when it comes to the acronym in its name, actually. That D doesn't stand for do, but for devise, though it could also reference diversity. Emerging creatives have been encouraged to craft their own innovative and original works, and to go wherever their imaginations take them.

Everything from a dance about how to be an adult to a short film about the struggles of those coping with a family member's active duty comprises the end result, and meditative art pieces and psychedelic rock mixed with space-funk, too. If it's fresh and inventive, you'll find it here, in the city's newest showcase of the next generation of artists.