Fraggle Rock will feature in Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company, opening as part of Brisbane Festival 2026. Photos: Brisbane Festival.
Australia’s largest international arts festival returns from September 4–26, with The Temper Trap, PNAU, Missy Higgins, ICEHOUSE, Aloe Blacc, Human Nature, Katie Noonan, The Cruel Sea and Magic Dirt among the major music names coming to Brisbane Festival 2026 — and Fraggle Rock joining the party through a major Jim Henson Company exhibition.
The festival has unveiled its full program, with three weeks of music, theatre, dance, circus, visual art and free city-wide events set to take over the capital.
Riverfire by Australian Retirement Trust will return on September 5, lighting up the city skyline as one of the festival’s biggest free public events.
Music is a major part of this year’s program, with The Cruel Sea joined by Magic Dirt for Night at the Parkland on September 4, followed by Katie Noonan, who won three Sunshine Coast Music Awards on Sunday, performing Jeff Buckley’s Grace on September 5.
Other music highlights include Aloe Blacc, The Temper Trap, Human Nature, ICEHOUSE, PNAU and Missy Higgins, alongside Agnes Obel, ACO: Mozart’s Last Symphonies, Attenborough’s Ocean in Concert with Camerata, and Rockwiz Rocks Brisbane.
And yes, the Fraggles are coming too.
Brisbane Festival and QAGOMA will bring Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exclusively to Brisbane from September 12, 2026 to April 18, 2027.
The Australian-exclusive exhibition will explore the storytelling, world-building and creature-making behind Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Muppets and Sesame Street.
It will also feature familiar faces including Gobo, Red and Mokey from Fraggle Rock, along with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
There’s an Australian connection too, with the exhibition highlighting productions including The Portable Door, which was filmed in Brisbane, Farscape, filmed in Sydney, and the Academy Award-winning Babe.
Timed-entry tickets range from $18–$42, with day-pass Flexi tickets and multi-visit passes also available.
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