Upcoming concerts, gigs and festivals in Brisbane and around

All our live reviews

• 7-9 September : BigSound 2016 @ Fortitude Valley – REVIEW
• 15 September : From The Jam (feat Bruce Foxton) @ The Triffid (Brisbane) – REVIEW
• 22 September : Ball Park Music @ Miami Marketta (Gold Coast) – REVIEW
• 10 December : Cass McCombs @ The Zoo (Brisbane) – REVIEW
• 21 February : Big Thief @ PIAF (Perth) – REVIEW
• 13 Avril : Byron Bay Bluesfest 2017 – Day 1 @ Byron Bay – REVIEW
• 16 May : Allah-Las @ Miami Marketta – REVIEW
• 27 May: Big Pineapple Music Festival 2017 @ Sunshine Coast – REVIEW

Upcoming concerts & festivals in Brisbane and around

Our list of music gigs, concerts and festivals in Brisbane and around (as far as New South Wales) is not exhaustive. It will be updated week after week (18 concerts for now). If you want to suggest any specific gig/concert/festival, feel free to add a comment to this article or to send us an email.

June

• 8 June : Laura Marling @ The Triffid – info and tickets ♥♥
• 10 June : D. D Dumbo @ The Triffid – event – tickets ♥
• 10 June : Sea N Sound @ The Wharf Tavern, Mooloolaba – tickets ♥♥

July

• 28 July : Walk Off The Earth @ The Tivoli – info and tickets ♥

August

• 5 August : Montaigne @ The Triffid – info and tickets ♥♥

November

• 11 November : UB40 @ The Tivoli – info and tickets ♥♥♥

A guide through Australian summer festivals by Mushroom

♥♥♥ : absolutely essential
♥♥ : great gig in perspective
♥ : possibly a thrilling moment to spend
♦ : we’re going!
BigSound : festival

Music venues in Brisbane

21 Brisbane music venues listed for now. If we have missed one (yours?), feel free to add a comment to this article or to send us an email.

• The Triffid

THE COOLEST PLACE IN BRISBANE SO FAR. Huge space in a terrific old factory with a vaulted ceiling. The acoustic is just awesome and the upcoming gigs orgasmic. Bonus tip: the upper terrace bar you can access by stairs, with perfect view on the stage.
Address: 7-9 Stratton St, Newstead QLD 4006

• The Tivoli

THE NEW COOLEST PLACE IN BRISBANE SO FAR. Incredible space, genious atmosphere, bands from outer space. You need to go there.
Address: 52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The Brightside

Typically the place where you expect to find punk bands and other 80s inspired artists. Not too fancy but great acoustic and cool bar. Everything you’d normally expect from a music venue! And the upcoming planned gigs seem awesome…
Address: 27 Warner St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The Flying Cock

At the moment, we’ve only been on the rooftop and… It rocks! Apparently many great gigs to come in a place where dancing is a true thing.
Address: 388 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The Zoo

Going there soon

• The Bearded Lady

The kind of intimate concert-bar you wish you owned. Great cocktails, great vintage stage, great confidential gigs. A place you should invest in going one day, or two, or three…
Address: 138 Boundary St, West End QLD 4101

• The Foundry

Seems like the huge apartment you wish you ad as a student, in which you would have organized gigs in every single room. Crazy, young, wild, free. There’s also a studio and a record store. Great huh?
Address: 228 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The End

Going there soon

• Black Bear Lodge

Cozy bar. The Roaring Twenties. Everything is set in this bar to make you travel through time. There is a small music stage too. Artists get really intimate. And the audience seems as respectful as it might have been during the 1920’s. A must-see!
Address: 322 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The New Globe Theatre

Going there soon

• Beetle Bar

Going there soon

• Brooklyn Standard

Going there soon

• Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall

If you’re spending only 1 or 2 days in Brisbane and want to visit a place you’ll remember for a long time: that’s Lefty’s. An incredible 1920’s atmosphere with performing bands every night and a great choice of beers
Address: 15 Caxton St, Brisbane City QLD 4000

• Sonny’s House of Blues

Going there soon

• The Sangria Bar

Going there soon

• Woolly Mammoth

The kind of music venue you expect to find everywhere in the world. A great bar where the choice of beers is huge, a well-positioned stage and a great sound. The mammoth inside might become one of the best attractions of the whole city.
Address: 633 Ann St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• Oh Hello!

A huge space to party and dance (+ a cool stage), with coloured balloons on the ceiling (best idea) and great music. A must-go in Brisbane. Open until late in the night!
Address: 621 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane City

• Brisbane Jazz Club

Going there soon

• Heya Bar

A great Japanese-style – but not too much – bar underneath the ground, where you instantly feel comfortable. A cool intimate stage. You can play pool too.
Address: 351 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• Crowbar

A home for heavy metal fanatics. Totally badass.
Address: 243 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

• The Empire Hotel

Going there soon