01 / LIVE
Stages & gatherings
Lyrical Festival, Boogie Down Brisbane, open mics, showcases, and special performances bring artists and audiences together.
Explore events ↗Bring your work
to the community.
Music, poetry, movement, film—and the stories only you can tell.
Introduce your practice to Lyrical Opposition. Share your work for consideration in future performances, showcases, screenings, gatherings, and creative opportunities.
An ongoing artist-interest pathway. Submitting does not guarantee a booking.
Photography by Benjamin Uluave of PRO-VZN.
MORE THAN A STAGE
There’s more than
one way to perform.
If your work has a relationship to story, rhythm, language, movement, culture, narrative, or voice, we’d like to learn more about it.
A film can be screened. A poem can be spoken. Movement can carry a story. Visual and interdisciplinary work can find a place in exhibitions, installations, gatherings, and other public presentations when the context fits.
Hip-Hop / MCingMusic + SongwritingPoetry + Spoken WordDance + MovementTheater + Performance ArtDJingFilm + VideoStorytellingVisual + Interdisciplinary
WORK MEETS COMMUNITY
Different rooms.
Shared possibility.
LO’s archive includes festivals, live music, poetry, film screenings, and community gatherings. Future invitations depend on the work, the setting, and the needs of each experience.
02 / SCREEN + SPACE
Stories in other forms
Screenings, exhibitions, and conversations can make room for films, visual work, and creative practices that extend beyond a live set.
Explore screenings and events ↗03 / COMMUNITY
A place to connect
Lyrical Assembly gathers around art, reflection, and community. Participation can take different forms as gatherings and collaborations develop.
Explore Lyrical Assembly ↗FROM PRACTICE TO PUBLIC SHARING
Start a relationship,
not an audition.
SHARE YOUR PRACTICE
Let us meet your work.
Send a short introduction and work samples. Your information becomes part of our private artist-interest pool for future consideration.
FIND A POSSIBLE FIT
Context matters.
As opportunities arise, LO can consider artistic practice, location, interests, and availability. A curator or producer may reach out to begin a conversation.
CREATE A SHARED EXPERIENCE
Talk through the details.
If there’s a fit, the invitation and expectations are discussed for that specific opportunity. Public sharing can be the beginning of a longer creative relationship.
These are possibilities, not guaranteed steps. Expressing interest does not make someone an official LO artist or require participation in Lyrical AIR.
VALUING ARTISTS
Your work has value.
Lyrical Opposition believes artists deserve to be valued for their work.
Compensation varies by event, budget, partnership, and role. Compensation and budget details will be communicated for each specific opportunity, so artists can make an informed decision about participating.
SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES / RIGHT NOW
Current Performance Calls
Open calls have their own criteria and availability. The artist-interest form below stays open even when there isn’t a current call.
No performance calls are open right now. You can still share your work with us for future consideration.
No performance calls are open right now. You can still share your work with us for future consideration.
KEEP CREATING
Learn. Create. Gather. Share.
There’s more than one way in.
Looking for deeper creative development? Explore Lyrical AIR, our selective artist residency. Performing with LO is a separate pathway—neither is a prerequisite for the other.
← All Opportunities