4 June 2026
BLEACH FESTIVAL BLOOMS INTO A NEW 2026 SEASON
BLEACH Festival is back for 2026! A five-show sneak peek into BLEACH Festival 2026, full program coming soon.
Taking over the HOTA precinct for 11 massive days of live music, contemporary dance, world-class theatre, interactive installations and mind-altering art.
Come early, stay late.
BLACK INK PRESENTS: POETRY NIGHT SERIES
Curated by poetry champion and community activist Huda Fadlelmawla, Black Ink Presents: Poetry Night Series is a dynamic program of live open mic poetry events culminating in an end of year Grand Slam celebration.
Black Ink is dedicated to centring Black diaspora artists, cultivating a safe and brave space for BIPOC creatives grounded in open dialogue and meaningful connection. Each Poetry Night is a chance to celebrate the power of spoken word poetry as a force for artistic expression, with feature performances from established Black Ink poets, and the opportunity to participate in guided writing exercises and an open mic session.
Saturday 13 June, 6:00 – 8:00pm, doors from 5:45pm
The second Black Ink Presents event, Black Ink presents: Water speaks will respond to the exhibition Beneath the Surface and showcase feature artists SOLCHLD and Huda the Goddess.
GUIDED TOURS, EXQUISITE FOOD AND AN EXCLUSIVE GIFT
Experience This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art with a guided tour, followed by a pizza & spritz at The Exhibitionist Bar, plus an exclusive take home gift from the HOTA Gift Shop.
Available Monday-Friday from 11:30am.
Experience This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art with a guided tour, followed by a 2-course lunch and wine at Palette Restaurant, plus an exclusive take home gift from the HOTA Gift Shop.
Available Wednesday- Saturday from 11:30am.
An unforgettable experience to explore, savour, and remember.
HOTA IDEAS: LOVE ON THE GOLDY
What does love look like on the Gold Coast, in this community, at this particular moment? Presented alongside the photography exhibitions Love on the Goldy and Loving: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s-1950s, this panel brings together a group of local queer voices to speak honestly about love in all its forms - romantic, communal, platonic - and the specific experience of being queer in a city that is only just beginning to see itself reflected back.
Hosted by Goldy's founder Nerida Groth, this is a conversation about longing, belonging, and what gets built when community shows up for itself.
HOTA Ideas is a forum for leading artists, thinkers and cultural practitioners to share perspectives through public lectures and in-conversation style talks.
Saturday 13 June, 2:00pm - 2:45pm, Studio 1, HOTA Central.
ARTLAB WITH MARK DU POTIERS – ROBOT RIZZ!
Are robots taking over HOTA?! Join guest artist Mark du Potiers for a sustainable robot-making workshop where kids and adults build colourful cardboard robots together!
RX78-2 currently showing in This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, is not your typical robot. The artist Kung Wen Yi 鞏文宜 has used traditional ceramic techniques and colouring known as sancai 三彩, associated with small-scale pottery vessels and figurines, to portray the larger than life, high tech robot.
In this workshop, we’ll explore the possibilities of a range of unlikely art materials to represent a multitude of possible robotic functionalities and fulfil our sci-fi fantasies!
Recommended for ages 6 – 12 years
Saturday 13 June, 10:30am - 11:30am
ArtLab workshops respond to HOTA Gallery exhibitions, providing kids with the opportunity to explore ideas, materials and techniques and create unique artworks of their own.
VIEW THE 21 MAY 2026 ARTS & CULTURE UPDATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.