The Foundry To Take Hiatus From Staging Live Shows

Fledgling Brisbane venue The Foundry has suffered an early spanner in the works after "technical issues" were discovered in the wake of the space's launch earlier this month that have resulted in the need for a one-to-two-month hiatus from staging live shows.

Advising of the involuntary break in a statement, the venue's administrative team expressed their understandable chagrin at the early setback, but assured that its bookers are doing their best to ensure that the majority of gigs scheduled to have been staged during the downtime are able to be relocated to new venues.

"The team behind The Foundry are disappointed to report that Brisbane's newest 300-person live room will take a temporary one-to-two-month hiatus as they work through technical issues that arose during the venue's launch," the statement said.

"Bookers for the venue are working hard to make sure as many existing shows as possible can be moved to other venues around town, and announcements will be made about those shows very soon."

However, if there's any silver lining to be taken away from the cloud of forced inactivity hanging over the venue, it's that the unexpected turn has made way for the team to hint at future developments for The Foundry brand — as well as ensuring a bit of peace and quiet for the workers upstairs plugging away at the final stages of The Foundry Studios' installation.

"The Foundry team are doing everything they can to make sure the venue is back, better than ever, as soon as possible," the statement said. "An update about the reopening and second coming of this great music venue will come very soon, plus an exciting announcement detailing a further expansion of The Foundry brand.

"It's business as usual for The Foundry Studios on level three of the building, with works almost complete for industry tenants to move in."

See a full gallery of photos from The Foundry's Launch Party on 6 March.

If you haven't been, take a look inside the hallowed halls of Brisbane's newest — albeit currently out-of-order — live space.