City Hall organ fills Adelaide Street with Keaton’s locomotive chase as Brisbane Festival unfolds

City Hall organ fills Adelaide Street with Keaton’s locomotive chase as Brisbane Festival unfolds

Well before the morning peak, a handful of people slipped into Brisbane City Hall and took seats on the wooden pews. David Bailey sat at the grand organ, testing stops while a print of Buster Keaton’s The General waited on the screen behind him. Outside, traffic on Adelaide Street began its steady climb; inside, the first low notes rolled through the hall and settled over the small audience. About this guide: Brisbane Local Life Guide is an independent local guide built from official Brisbane City Council data. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with Brisbane City Council. The City Hall session sets one clear thread. From the same address, visitors can move into adjacent museum spaces that hold both a cultural workshop and a new installation. Later, the focus shifts across town to a theatre premiere in Kelvin Grove. Each stop follows its own timetable yet shares the same city-wide schedule. Lord Mayor's City Hall Concerts - BRISBANE FESTIVAL - David Bailey Silent Movie Lord Mayor's City Hall Concerts - BRISBANE FESTIVAL - David Bailey Silent Movie — AI-generated placeholder based on event information · Official event source . It is not a copied source image and has no implied licence. Brisbane City Council presents the concert series inside City Hall as part of Brisbane Festival. Organist David Bailey performs his original score live to mark the 100th anniversary of Buster Keaton’s railroad comedy The General. The performance takes place at Brisbane City Hall on 64 Adelaide Street in Brisbane City and runs from midday until one o’clock. Brisbane Festival Brisbane Festival — AI-generated placeholder based on event information · Official event source . It is not a copied source image and has no implied licence. The festival continues today with sessions that follow the city’s own early-rising rhythm. Its program stretches from first light through to after dark and remains available within the current coverage window at locations across Brisbane. Warrajamba Warrajamba — AI-generated placeholder based on event information · Official event source . It is not a copied source image and has no implied licence. At the Museum of Brisbane, Quandamooka artist Delvene Cockatoo-Collins leads visitors through the ancestral story of Warrajamba the mermaid. Participants can create their own mermaid or dugong forms during the hands-on session. The activity is scheduled at Brisbane City Hall on 64 Adelaide Street in Brisbane City and runs from ten o’clock in the morning until five o’clock in the afternoon. Artist in Residence: Renee Kire Artist in Residence: Renee Kire — AI-generated placeholder based on event information · Official event source . It is not a copied source image and has no implied licence. Also at the Museum of Brisbane, Renee Kire has transformed the entryway with vinyl graphics and sculptural timber elements. The installation invites passers-by to experience art in the everyday movement through the building. It occupies the same address on Adelaide Street and shares the ten-to-five opening hours. Koreaboo Koreaboo — AI-generated placeholder based on event information · Official event source . It is not a copied source image and has no implied licence. La Boite Theatre hosts the Queensland premiere of Koreaboo, a Griffin Theatre Company production. The story follows Hannah as she arrives in Seoul to meet her birth mother and confronts the gap between her planned summer and the daily reality she finds. The performance begins at seven thirty in the evening at La Boite Theatre on 6-8 Musk Avenue in Kelvin Grove and concludes at eight fifty. The morning organ recital, the extended museum sessions and the evening theatre piece sit within a single day’s listings. Listeners who stay after the City Hall performance can cross into the museum spaces without leaving the building. Those who continue to Kelvin Grove later find a different register of storytelling on stage. The shared Adelaide Street address keeps the first three activities within walking distance of one another, while the short trip to La Boite completes a day that moves from silent-film accompaniment to contemporary family drama. Brisbane residents can therefore follow one continuous thread across heritage rooms and newer theatre districts as the light changes outside. Food trucks around Brisbane Scan the verified Council stops below for times, locations and truck details. Shake the Chicken Harvey Street North, Eagle Farm Tue 8 September 2026 at 10:00 am to Tue 8 September 2026 at 3:00 pm Shake the Chicken (Food Truck) scheduled by Brisbane City Council. 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