QLD Venues

"Our goal is simple: to invest in live music, upgrade our space, and evolve The Brightside into a future-ready multi-faceted venue."

The appetite for live music entertainment continues, with new music venues opening and more moves happening across the country.

The Sunshine State’s capital city will be pulsating with the sounds of local and national talent this September. Here’s our guide to making the most of 2025’s Brisbane Festival.

Gold Coast Magic Records officially launched in June, and orders started pouring in immediately.

Birdees remains “an ode to music culture – past, present, and future.”

By adding a proposed brewery, the guitar workshop and live music venue seeks to bolster the Sunshine Coast’s night-time dining and live entertainment sectors.

Midnight Oil, Cheap Trick, INXS, Joan Jett, and many others have performed at the historic Brisbane venue.

The Australian live sector has entered "firestarter" mode in the first half of 2025.

“Our vision was to create a room that feels intimate, cinematic, and unforgettable," says Comiskey Group Director, Rob Comiskey.

From reprieves for venues to for-sale signs, crowdfunding, name changes, re-opening venues, and more, here are the movements across the country's live music industry.

"Live Nation has registered our interest to deliver a world-class arena in Brisbane’s CBD," a spokesperson for Live Nation told The Music.