Street art in Brisbane.
320 festival murals across 34 suburbs, mapped and credited by the people who painted the city.
A free, open-air gallery
Brisbane’s streets hold hundreds of murals. Between 2016 and 2025 the Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF), Australia’s largest street art festival by documented murals, delivered 320 of them: building-scale walls spread across 34 suburbs, from the CBD’s laneways to Northshore Hamilton and out to Ipswich. Most are free to see, all year, on public streets. Some have since been painted over or demolished.
This guide is built from the festival’s own archive, where each mural is credited to its artist and placed on the map. It does not cover every mural in Brisbane. Pick an area below, follow a walking loop, or open the interactive mural map and chart your own route.
The best areas for street art in Brisbane
Fortitude Valley
Brisbane’s nightlife precinct doubles as one of its densest open-air galleries. Laneway walls and building-scale murals turn over faster here than anywhere else in the city.
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Brisbane City
The CBD hides large-scale works in its laneways and on its campus walls, including the QUT mural program delivered with BSAF.
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Bowen Hills
Between the Valley and the Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills carries one of the festival’s longest runs of murals, painted along the Showgrounds’ walls from 2021 to 2024.
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South Brisbane
Around South Bank and the Fish Lane arts precinct, murals sit between restaurants, galleries and theatres. It is the easiest place to fold street art into a day out.
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Hamilton
Northshore Hamilton became the festival’s home ground: Superordinary launched here in 2022 as an immersive arts precinct, surrounded by some of BSAF’s largest murals.
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Woolloongabba
South of the river, the Gabba’s warehouses and rail corridors gave BSAF some of its biggest canvases, including walls painted around the Cross River Rail build.
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Self-guided walking loops
No tickets and no tour required. These three loops cover the densest stretches of Brisbane street art. Each suburb links to its own page with every wall and directions.
City centre and South Bank loop
Start in the CBD’s laneways, cross to South Brisbane for the Fish Lane precinct, then wander into West End’s backstreets. Flat, walkable, and dense with walls.
The Valley and New Farm
Fortitude Valley’s laneways into New Farm via the Powerhouse and Howard Smith Wharves: nightlife walls, heritage graffiti and riverside murals in one afternoon.
Northshore and the north
Hamilton’s Northshore precinct, the festival’s hub from 2022, holds some of the biggest walls in the archive, with more scattered through the northern suburbs.
Brisbane street art by suburb
Who painted all this?
The walls in this guide were delivered by the Brisbane Street Art Festival over ten editions between 2016 and 2025, produced by Vast Yonder and backed by government, precinct and industry partners across the city. 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.
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Brisbane street art FAQ
Where can I find street art in Brisbane?
Street art is spread across 34 suburbs of Brisbane and Ipswich. The densest clusters are Fortitude Valley, Brisbane City, Bowen Hills, South Brisbane, Hamilton, and the BSAF mural map shows where every documented mural was painted.
How many murals are there in Brisbane?
The Brisbane Street Art Festival archive documents 320 murals painted across 34 suburbs between 2016 and 2025. That is the festival’s own work. The city holds many more, including council programs such as Artforce’s painted signal boxes and independent walls.
Is Brisbane street art free to see?
Yes. Almost all of it is painted on public and street-facing walls in laneways, rail corridors and riverside precincts, so the whole city works as a free, open-air gallery all year.
Which famous street artists have painted in Brisbane?
Through the Brisbane Street Art Festival the city has hosted major Australian and international names including Adnate, Fintan Magee, Guido van Helten, Sofles, DOES, Said Dokins, Claire Foxton and Drapl.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Chart your own route
Every documented wall on one interactive map. Filter by year, suburb and artist.
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