Dots+Loops NONSTOP 2026

Songs and whispers beckon you into the bowels of Brisbane Powerhouse, strange voices emerge from the Underground Theatre, Dots+Loops NONSTOP sings you into the night with a soulful lineup of post-genre artists.
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LINEUP
// Lotte Betts-Dean
// Monique Clare
// Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra‬
// Tim Munro
// SOLCHLD & Callum Pask Trio
// Dots+Loops Fellowship Artists
PLUS pop-up performances curated by
// Made Now Music
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TICKETS
// Pay-What-You-Can-Afford (min. $20)
https://www.dotsandloops.com.au/calendar/nonstop-2026/tickets
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Wielding a cello, powerhouse vocals, and magnetic onstage energy, multi-award-winning songwriter Monique Clare teams up with Dots+Loops Performance Fellows for a set sharing her deeply personal storytelling and arresting authenticity that has elicited cathartic tears and laughter from audiences around the world.
Grammy-Award-winning flautist Tim Munro breathes life into bewildering multimedia works composed especially from him, each meditating on the transitory and transformative, from new works by Dots+Loops Composition Fellows Artemis Bishop and Skylar Sansome, to the Australian Premiere of Chris Cerrone’s "Liminal Highway".
Arrernte-Afro-Jamaican multidisciplinary artist SOLCHLD teams up with contemporary jazz project Callum Pask Trio to present their album "Scarred and Sacred". Blending poetry and jazz, they invite you into a space of reflection and feeling; it’s music for dim lights, deep breaths, and undivided attention, something to apply to your wounds, pour into your morning coffee, and let carry you softly into dreaming.
Dots+Loops Performance Fellows return to the stage alongside Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra, the musical project of multi-instrumentalist Matt Hsu, an anti-racist orchestral punk crafting multi-textured alchemy weaving together the warmth of bedroom pop, hip-hop’s conscious punch, and the wild spark of experimental music into a daringly original whole.
London-based Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean brings the night to its climax with "Voice Electric", a program exploring the vivid colours of the amplified human voice as it oscillates between states of being. From the groundbreaking work of 20th Century composer Giacinto Scelsi, to works written especially for Lotte by Erin Gee, Mathis Saunier, and Dots+Loops’ Co-Director Connor D’Netto, discover ambience and stillness, light and dark, wild and calm.
Throughout the night, our friends from Made Now Music take over the Underground Foyer with a selection of artists to keep the party humming along.
In between it all, grab a bite to eat or just relax and catch up with your fellow festival-goers. There’s something for all adventurous ears and eyes at NONSTOP.
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DETAILS
what // a festival of strange voices for strange times
when // Saturday 5 December 2026, doors 5pm, music 5.30pm till late
where // Brisbane Powerhouse, Yagara Country, 119 Lamington Street, New Farm QLD
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TICKETS
To make sure everyone can join in, tickets are Pay-What-You-Can-Afford, minimum $20. We encourage those with the means to do so to pay more, enabling us to put this event on while keeping it accessible to those in our community who may be experiencing financial difficulties. If it is within your means, our suggested ticket price is $40. Every little bit helps support Magandjin/Brisbane's vibrant arts community and the amazing artists in the Dots+Loops family.
We have an allocation of free and discounted tickets available for First Nations people and any people who can't afford the ticket price. To access these tickets, please send us a message on the Dots+Loops Instagram for more information.
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ACCESSIBILITY
Brisbane Powerhouse is fully wheelchair accessible.
Program Visual Rating: 30%
This event will have AUSLAN interpreter support for some performances.
For more detail on venue access, please see the Accessibility Details page: https://www.dotsandloops.com.au/venue-access/brisbane-powerhouse
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Dots+Loops exists for all members of the community, regardless of gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity or economic background. Our shows are explicitly safe spaces, with no tolerance for bigotry, racism, queerphobia, sexism, misogyny, or ableist behaviours or attitudes.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
This event is held on Jagera and Turrbal land. We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners and pay our pay respects to Elders past and present. First Nations communities have been creating and sharing music, art and culture here for thousands of generations, and we recognise the important ongoing contributions they make to our music and arts scenes. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
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Dots+Loops is an artist-led non-profit organisation which is able to run thanks to the support of our community of patrons, supporters and audiences. We are so very grateful to the many generous individuals that have made donations to Dots+Loops, your support makes creating diverse, inclusive and accessible adventurous art possible for our community. You can make a tax-deductible donation through the Australian Cultural Fund: https://www.dotsandloops.com.au/donate/australianculturalfund
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This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
Dots+Loops is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Australian Cultural Fund, and our partners, Brisbane Powerhouse, Cre8tive Nations, Sage Hotel James Street, QUIVR, Gasworks Recording Studio and the University of Queensland School of Music.