Upbeat Arts in Concert: More Voices, More Stories

24 October 2026

More voices. More stories. More reasons to celebrate. This Mental Health Month, join us for Upbeat Arts in Concert, our biggest year yet. Four choirs, two writing programs and a special video performance from our Bundaberg choir, all coming together for one powerful afternoon of connection, creativity and community. Come and hear directly from members about what these programs mean to them.

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Upbeat Arts in Concert is our annual Mental Health Month showcase, and this year we are celebrating more growth and more recovery. With two new choirs joining the program, we now bring together four choirs and two creative writing groups from across Queensland, each with their own voice and their own story to tell, with our Bundaberg choir joining us via video.

The concert will feature performances from each choir, moments where voices join together as one choir, and readings from our creative writing members. You will even have the chance to experience community singing for yourself. Along the way, you will meet the team who make it all possible and hear from some of our members in their own words about the difference these programs have made in their lives this year.

More than a concert, this is a celebration of belonging, achievement and the power of creative arts in mental health recovery. Come along and be part of it.

Dates & times

Saturday, October 24, 20262:00 – 4:20PM

Important information

Suitable for all ages

Final Performance Timings: Act 1: 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Interval: 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Act 2: 3:20pm – 4:20pm

Filming and photography is not permitted during the performance, but permitted during the curtain call

For wheelchair and accessible seating or ticketing enquiries please email or call us to arrange on
(07) 3013 6666

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Adult (16+)

$35

Concession/Pension

$27.50

Children (Under 16)

$12.50

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Upbeat Arts

Upbeat Arts is a Queensland based creative arts charity and accredited mental health service provider, in partnership with Queensland Health. A non-clinical service, Upbeat Arts uses evidence-based choir and creative writing programs as a recovery tool, creating real communities where adults living with mental illness build genuine belonging, connection, confidence, routine and purpose. Through structured, ongoing programs delivered week after week, Upbeat Arts provides the consistency and safety that supports real mental health recovery, wellness and belonging, and makes a real difference in the lives of its members.

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