Luara Brandao
Creative & Cultural Director
Founder of INBRAZA
ABOUT LUARA
Rooted in the Global South and based in so-called Australia, Luara’s work reimagines club spaces as sites of community, cultural memory, and political expression. Her curatorial practice spans large-scale music events, international tours, workshops, festival takeovers, and educational panels — all created to amplify QTBIPOC bodies and honour diasporic stories.
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HER IMPACT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
As a cultural leader, curator, and founder of INBRAZA Baile, Luara Brandao has been reshaping Australian music landscape by centering Afro-Latinx voices and pushing the culture forward. Since launching INBRAZA in 2022, she has built more than just a party—she’s created a platform rooted in resistance, celebration, and education. Based in so-called Australia, INBRAZA exists to uplift Afro-Latinx artists in the diaspora while inviting allies to engage with the culture beyond the surface—understanding music and dance as political tools of expression and survival. Through unforgettable club nights, international collaborations, festival stages, and community-led conversations, Luara continues to carve out space for Black, brown, and queer bodies to take up space loudly, proudly, and unapologetically.
FUNK PARADE:
The Evolution of Baile Funk
FUNK PARADE: The Evolution of Baile Funk was a groundbreaking Australian summer tour presented by INBRAZA in collaboration with the Government of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Designed to showcase Baile Funk as a powerful cultural movement, the tour featured an international headliner flown in with support from the Brazilian government and a custom-built sound system wall that brought the energy of the genre to the streets of Australia. With this tour, INBRAZA solidified its role as a pioneer of Baile Funk in the country, making history as the first to platform the genre at this scale across so-called Australia.
HER IMPACT
IN THE FILM INDUSTRY
As a Creative and Cultural Director, Luara Brandao has carved a path in the film industry through projects that blend storytelling with cultural advocacy. She led the creative direction and scriptwriting for My Place of Origin, a short film with Indigenous NBA star Patty Mills, and wrote and directed PANDEMIA: Black Lives Matter, amplifying First Nations voices during the global uprising for racial justice. Her work extends to international collaborations with major figures and brands such as NFL icon Tom Brady, Christian Dior, NIKE, and more — always bringing a lens of cultural integrity and representation to the screen.
Paulo Flores
"Inbraza is a positive step in the next generation of club culture in Australia. I never have seen a BIPOC women leading the community like Luara does."
"My work exists to amplify Afro-Latinx and QTBIPOC voices through visual arts, music, and cultural storytelling — reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and building bridges across continents.”
Creative Services
Curation,
Creative &
Cultural Stategy
