# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gil Scott-Heron by Brian Jackson & Yasiin Bey - Open Season
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 25 May, 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Gil Scott-Heron did not simply predict the future. He named it. The American poet, musician and author drew on Harlem Renaissance poetics to fuse spoken word with jazz and blues, forging a radical new language for Black political and cultural expression that captured the spirit of the civil rights era and laid the foundations for hip-hop. His voice has been gone since 2011, but the blueprint he left behind remains one of the most vital in modern music.

This world premiere brings together two of the artists who carry that legacy most directly. Brian Jackson, the jazz pianist and composer who first met Scott-Heron at Lincoln University in 1969 and spent nine collaborative albums fusing jazz, funk and poetry alongside him, returns to that material at the source. Joining him is Yasiin Bey, the hip-hop legend whose own artistry sits in direct lineage to Scott-Heron's conscious, searching, politically alive approach to song.

Brian Jackson and Yasiin Bey play The Tivoli for Open Season. For a voice that changed everything, and the artists keeping it alive.

Open Season is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland's Strategic Partnerships Fund, and by the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts Revive Live program.

GA Standing 18+
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fortitude-valley/gil-scott-heron-by-brian-jackson-and-yasiin-bey-open-season/200029896978445
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, music, literary-art, dance, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/130064748C9A4285?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=fortitude+valley-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Fortitude Valley
- **state**: QL
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: The Tivoli Brisbane
- **lat**: -27.45234
- **long**: 153.03155
- **full address**: The Tivoli Brisbane, 52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia, Fortitude Valley

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Open Season Brisbane (https://allevents.in/org/open-season-brisbane/23881551)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 25 May, 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Tivoli Brisbane, 52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia, Fortitude Valley
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Open Season Brisbane
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, music, literary-art, dance, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Gil Scott-Heron by Brian Jackson & Yasiin Bey - Open Season ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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