FESTIVAL 2018

Surfers Paradise will be home to 12 epic main stage events, large scale installations and performances on the beach during Festival 2018.

Join the party in Paradise from 1pm until late every day as free activities and performances for all ages.

•Games events will be broadcast live on big screens while crowds enjoy free concerts commissioned from artists representing 17 countries — including opening night stars Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project and The Cat Empire.

Local dance innovators The Farm will use the beach as the backdrop for their apocalyptic narrative The Ninth Wave from April 5-7. Presented by Bleach*, the journey of consequences features an original score by Regurgitator’s Ben Ely.

Appel Park becomes a visual art gallery from April 4-15 for Urchins — a collection of hand-crocheted lace installations designed by architects and artists Choi +Shine and crafted by crochet communities from throughout Australia.

Intimate Space invites audiences to follow pop-up stories through the bars and back of house nooks and crannies of the Hilton as unsuspecting guests provide the backdrop. Restless Dance Theatre’s intriguing Bleach* Festival work plays the hotel daily at 2pm from April 4-7.

See the full program at Gc2018.com/festival2018