Welcome to our slice of QUEER chaos - Australia's largest alternative art competition

Presented by alt. & Oxford Art Factory:

altimate.SHOWDOWN is the genre-spanning competition unapologetically celebrating everyone who is different and uniquely fierce, with a focus on showcasing diversity and local performers.

Coming to Eora Nation (Syd) in 2025 for a debut season! We are ready to make a big splash of loud positive noise with you and couldn’t be more excited!

We know Eora Nation is ready to unleash their alternative star-power and we are so excited to see both new and familiar faces in the competition!

Performers from all across the underground performance worlds of Drag, Burlesque, Sideshow, Comedy, Music, Performance Art, Dance entertainers (AND MORE!) will battle it out to earn the title of Champion and walk away with a juicy grand prize! CHAMPIONS from Season Two of both Naarm & Meanjin walked away with a prize pack of over $10k each... So stay tuned for this years prizes.

Taking place across 5 nights in February and March in the heart of Oxford Street at Oxford Art Factory, each night will be hosted and judged by local legends of Eora Nation's fringe entertainment world:

Heat One - Thursday 6th February

Heat Two -  Thursday 13th February

Heat Three - Thursday 20th February

Heat Four - Thursday 27th February

Grand Final - Thursday 20th March

Our collect four seasons in Meanjin and Naarm were incredible community bonding, camp, masterclasses in diverse artistic talent and queer excellence night after night.

So, what are you waiting for? C U @ altimate.SHOWDOWN Eora Nation Season 1