Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced Australian singer songwriter Xavier Rudd will perform a single concert in the Concert Hall on Wednesday 26 August 2026, with proceeds going towards HEAL (Home of Expressive Arts and Learning). The show will also mark the first time Rudd performs his newly released single live in Australia. The Concert Hall show will feature a set of his best-known songs.
HEAL is a mental health program that uses expressive therapies, including art therapy and music therapy, to support the emotional wellbeing of children and young people from refugee and culturally diverse backgrounds.
QPAC Chief Executive Rachel Healy said the concert would continue a long-standing partnership between the venue and HEAL, describing the atmosphere Rudd’s performances create as fitting for the occasion:
We have partnered with HEAL for more than a decade to present a special concert that raises funds and awareness for HEAL’s vital work in delivering creative arts therapy to young people of refugee backgrounds,
In bringing his star power to this one-off concert, Xavier Rudd reinforces his enduring commitment to causes that matter, embodying the profound ability of music to unite, uplift and sustain us.
HEAL operates under QPASTT, Queensland’s specialist torture and trauma recovery service. The program supports more than 400 newly arrived refugee and asylum seeking children and young people each year and depends on community donations and fundraising to continue its work.
QPASTT Co-CEO Sally Stewart spoke about the role creative arts therapy plays for the young people HEAL works with, noting its ability to reach them in ways conventional communication cannot:
Many of the children and young people HEAL supports have survived war, persecution and forced displacement – experiences no child should have to endure. Trauma can make it hard to feel safe, to trust, to learn, or to imagine a future.
But through art, music, movement and creative expression, young people can begin to tell their story in their own way, at their own pace. They can find calm, connection and confidence again.
Xavier Rudd’s music speaks so strongly to belonging, healing and our connection to one another. We are deeply grateful to Xavier and QPAC for helping us create a night that will not only raise vital funds, but remind the community what is possible when young people are given the care and support they need to heal.
Tickets for Xavier Rudd’s concert in support of HEAL go on sale to the public on Monday 6 July 2026 at 9.00am via the QPAC website.
