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| Location | 59 Gardens Point Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 27°28′44.40″S153°1′48.29″E / 27.4790000°S 153.0300806°E /-27.4790000; 153.0300806 |
| Owner | Brisbane City Council |
| Capacity | 9,500 |
| Surface | Concrete, grass |
| Opened | 7 September 1989 |
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| Riverstage online | |
Riverstage is an outdoor entertainment venue in Brisbane, Australia. The venue occupies a 2ha site within theCity Botanic Gardens and has a capacity of 9,500.[1][2] TheBrisbane Festival makes regularly use of the venue. Riverstage regularly features local, national and internationalconcerts, including large-scale music concerts, as well as family and community events.[3]
Concert goers often bring a blanket to sit on. When the site reaches full capacity a live screening area adjacent to the Riverstage may be used.
Riverstage was officially opened on 7 September 1989 byLord Mayor of Brisbane,Sallyanne Atkinson. It was inspired by the temporary Riverstage used forWorld Expo '88 a year earlier. The venue formerly hosted the touringSoundwave festival; having its first show there in 2007 and returning in 2008. Brisbane bandPowderfinger performed their final show at the venue in November 2010.
Some of the most notable performances at Riverstage is the annual Carols by Candlelight event held every December and Daft Punk's Alive 2006-2007 Tour which they performed in December 2007. In 2011, a Queensland Relief Concert was held in which theFoo Fighters played to a sold-out crowd. Thebenefit concert was held in aid of victims of the2010–2011 Queensland floods.[4]Gigantour used the stage on multiple occasions.
Because of the open nature of site, attendees to aTate McRae concert in November 2024 were evacuated to a nearby carpark due to intense lightning activity caused by the storms.[5]
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