Get amongst one of the very best live music scenes anywhere in the country. Check out these local venues for can’t-miss performances by jazz musicians, rock bands, soul singers and more.
The best live music venues in Brisbane
From rock and jazz to house and hip-hop, catch the latest concerts in Brisbane at these live music venues
Edited by Maxim Boon
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The Tivoli
The Tivoli (or the Tiv as it is affectionately known) has quite the résumé. The building started life in the early 20th...
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The Foundry
The Foundry features a bandroom that holds 300 people plus a bar and beer garden. It's also home to Foundry Records and Foundry Studios.
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The Zoo
There isn't a Brisbane music lover under the age of 50 who doesn't have fond memories of the Zoo. Opened way back in 1992 under a period of draconian...
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Brisbane Entertainment Centre
The BEC draws massive crowds for Queensland's biggest Australian and international rock, pop, comedy and stadium acts. We're talking Madonna, Black Sabbath,...
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The Fortitude Music Hall
The Fortitude Music Hall is big. Like, really big. It exists on an altogether grander scale than other music venues, and Brisbane has no shortage of...
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The Flamin' Galah
Up near Suncorp Stadium in an area heavily populated with backpacker beds, the Flamin' Galah is doing its bit to keep the candle of local culture and...
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Fat Louie's
Fat Louie's is a pool hall and karaoke bar in Albert Street. If you fancy yourself an ace with a pool cue or a microphone or both, this place is your...
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Oh Hello
Taking it's cues from New York style warehouses, Oh Hello! has set up shop in the old Monastery site in Fortitude Valley and is hell bent on making a home...
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Friday's Riverside
Thirty years of date nights, post-work drinks, and full-on hootenannies give this Riverside bar licence to class themselves as a city institution
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