Brisbane Street Art Festival
About · Est. 2016 · Ten editions

About the Brisbane Street Art Festival.

Ten editions. 320 documented murals. A free, open-air gallery across Brisbane and Ipswich.

10
Editions
320
Documented murals
34
Suburbs
730+
Artists, by festival records
The festival

Australia’s largest street art festival, by documented murals

The Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) is Australia’s largest street art festival by documented murals. Over ten editions from 2016 to 2025 it produced 320 documented murals across 34 suburbs of Brisbane and Ipswich. More than 730 artists have taken part across its murals, exhibitions, workshops and events.

BSAF has supported more Brisbane street artists than any other program. Building the capacity of local artists was, and is, one of its main goals.

Over ten editions, BSAF set Brisbane artists beside Australian and international names such as Adnate, Fintan Magee, Guido van Helten, Sofles, DOES and Said Dokins, with visiting artists from countries including Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, China, Spain, Poland and Malaysia. Significant international artists have contributed to the city and built valuable connections between local artists, producers and the world. In 2025 it brought the international graffiti event Meeting of Styles to Brisbane for the first time.

BSAF was founded in 2016 by Lincoln Savage and David Don, and is produced by Vast Yonder. Lincoln Savage is the festival director. David Don is no longer involved.

BSAF is on hold. There is no date for the next edition. An experienced team is ready to deliver the festival again with the right support. The murals are free to see, so the festival runs on partner investment. With the right support in place, BSAF can return. What a return takes →

Public Art For Everyone.

The claim

How we count

This archive holds all 320 murals. Each is credited to its artist and placed on the map, and almost all are photographed. Where several artists painted one wall, each artist’s work is counted. Some works were temporary, and some walls have since been painted over or demolished.

The archive is not complete. The festival’s own records count more walls than have been documented here so far, and more than 730 artists once exhibitions, workshops and events are included.

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2016 to 2025

Ten editions, fact by fact

20166 to 14 February 201614 documented murals52 artists · 27 walls · 5 events.
201711 February to 3 March 201717 documented murals159 artists · 23 walls · 33 events.
201831 March to 15 April 201841 documented murals121 artists · 56 walls · 13 events. Within These Walls at Brisbane Powerhouse: 40 artists, 87 works.
20194 to 19 May 201943 documented murals115 artists · 50 walls · 19 events. Within These Walls at West Village: 70 artists, 180 works.
2020Spread across 202041 documented murals100 artists · 41 walls · 6 events. Reshaped by COVID-19: a live-streamed painting weekend on 16 and 17 May, then seven murals in Ipswich in August.
20211 to 16 May 202143 documented murals120 artists · 41 walls · 18 events. Within These Walls at Superordinary: 50 artists. Evaluated by IER for Tourism and Events Queensland. The evaluation reported 1,094,004 public mural viewings in 16 days.
20227 to 22 May 202250 documented murals120 artists · 52 walls · 15 events. Within These Walls at Superordinary Northshore: 68 artists, more than 150 works.
20236 to 21 May 202342 documented murals106 artists · 42 walls · 10 events.
20244 to 19 May 202423 documented murals74 artists · 23 walls · 4 events.
202510 to 18 May 20256 documented muralsThe tenth edition also hosted the first Brisbane edition of Meeting of Styles, with about 40 graffiti artists, and the first Brisbane/Meanjin Paste Up Festival. Those works are not counted in the mural archive.
TotalTen editions320 documented muralsProgram figures are the festival’s own records of a year’s whole program, including exhibitions, workshops and events. They are counted differently from the archive, so the two do not match.
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Recognition

Noticed beyond Brisbane

Coverage and support from outside the festival, each linked.

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Past partners and supporters · 2016 to 2025

Government, institutions and industry

Across ten editions, BSAF was supported by all three levels of government and leading Queensland institutions, alongside property, brand and industry partners.

Arts QueenslandAustralian Government RISE FundTourism and Events QueenslandBrisbane City CouncilCity of IpswichCross River RailQueensland University of TechnologyQueensland MuseumInstitute of Modern ArtBrisbane AirportSouth Bank CorporationHoward Smith WharvesMirvacScentre Group
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Good to know

Questions about the festival

What is the Brisbane Street Art Festival?

The Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) is Australia’s largest street art festival by documented murals. Over ten editions from 2016 to 2025 it produced 320 documented murals across 34 suburbs of Brisbane and Ipswich. More than 730 artists have taken part across its murals, exhibitions, workshops and events.

What is the largest street art festival in Australia?

By documented murals, the Brisbane Street Art Festival: 320 murals over ten editions from 2016 to 2025, recorded in its public archive.

What is the largest street art festival in Queensland?

The Brisbane Street Art Festival. With 320 documented murals across ten editions from 2016 to 2025, it is the largest street art festival Queensland has produced. It is on hold, with no date for the next edition.

Who founded the Brisbane Street Art Festival?

BSAF was founded in 2016 by Lincoln Savage and David Don, and is produced by Vast Yonder. Lincoln Savage is the festival director. David Don is no longer involved.

How many editions has BSAF held?

Ten, one each year from 2016 to 2025. The first ran from 6 to 14 February 2016 and the tenth from 10 to 18 May 2025.

Is the Brisbane Street Art Festival still running?

BSAF is on hold. Its tenth and most recent edition ran from 10 to 18 May 2025. No festival ran in 2026, and there is no date for the next edition.

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Every documented mural, with its artist, its year and its place on the map.

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