QLD Venues

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.

The Triffid appealed against the approval of Panettiere Developments’ “Little Italy” project, which is set to be built on the same street as the venue, in December.

As patrons expect more options in their experience, stadium operators are giving it to them, making for extraordinary concerts.

“Unfortunately this decision did not come down to finances, rather a call that became entirely out of control.”

“I think there’s more that we have to do, and we’ve found a pretty cool way that we’re going to do it,” owner Nick Smethurst revealed.

With independent Brisbane venue ‘Season Three’ closing this weekend, owner Nick Smethurst explains why the situation is so dire.