On 23 October, the Flipside community flipped the switch on generosity. Our friends, families, and supporters raised $26,030 – with matched seed funding of $10,000 – in one day! Our giving day was part of the first AusArt Day – a nationwide fundraising program for arts organisations.

The amazing support from our community will help deliver our 2026 program – Homegrown, Future Bound. The program includes:

• Regional and remote touring programs – in 2026 we’ll be travelling to communities from the Gulf all the way to the NSW border;
• Social and community circus programs including all abilities programs;
• Support for Queensland’s professional circus artists – with artists-in-residence, open training, and career pathways programs;
• Training programs including our circus school and new in-school engagements;
• Waterways – engaging young First Nations people in circus programs;
• New performances, creative developments, and tours by, for, and with children and young people.

Later this month our ambitious new collaboration with The Good Room, Maybe It’s Only Us opens. We have an amazing team of young artists and collaborating professional artists working together on this show turning the entire Brisbane Circus Centre into a performance space.

Robert Kronk
CEO/Artistic Director

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