Brisbane venue guide
A guide to Brisbane’s live music venues — where gigs happen across Fortitude Valley, Newstead, Brisbane City, South Brisbane, Woolloongabba and the northside.
Brisbane’s live music scene runs deep, from Fortitude Valley band rooms and late-night stages to major theatres, riverside venues and larger suburban concert spaces.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre and Riverstage sit at the bigger end of the scale, while venues like Tomcat, PFR Lounge and The Brightside remain closely tied to local bands, smaller rooms and inner-city gig culture.
New to the scene? Start with the Queensland live music guide.
Brisbane’s key live music venues
Role Model performs at The Tivoli in Brisbane. Photo by Maddie O’Brien for YELO.
Brisbane’s scene is broad rather than centralised, with Fortitude Valley still acting as the city’s live music core while theatres, bars and suburban venues extend that circuit well beyond one precinct.
Inner-city live music core
Fortitude Valley / Newstead
Brisbane’s main concentration of dedicated live music rooms, band venues and late-night stages.
Fortitude Music Hall — Fortitude Valley
The Tivoli — Fortitude Valley
Crowbar Brisbane — Fortitude Valley
Black Bear Lodge — Fortitude Valley
The Brightside — Fortitude Valley
Tomcat — Fortitude Valley
Greaser Bar — Fortitude Valley
PFR Lounge — Fortitude Valley
The Triffid — Newstead
City and river venues
Brisbane City / South Brisbane
Major concert venues, outdoor stages and city rooms for everything from intimate sets to large touring shows.
Riverstage — Brisbane City
Brooklyn Standard — Brisbane City
QPAC — South Brisbane
Felons Barrel Hall — Howard Smith Wharves
Fringe theatres and bars
Woolloongabba
Historic theatres, boutique bars and character venues on the city fringe.
The Princess Theatre — Woolloongabba
Can You Keep A Secret — Woolloongabba
Smaller rooms and character pubs
Petrie Terrace / New Farm
Character pubs, hidden rooms and smaller live music spaces away from the main Valley strip.
Lefty’s Music Hall — Petrie Terrace
The Junk Bar — New Farm
Arena and suburban rooms
North Brisbane
Arena shows, ballroom concerts and larger suburban rooms for national and international touring acts.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre — Boondall
Eatons Hill Hotel — Eatons Hill
Scene note
Fortitude Valley remains Brisbane’s most concentrated live music precinct, but the city’s broader venue map now stretches well beyond the Valley through theatres, bars, arena rooms and suburban destinations.
Read more on YELO
Fortitude Valley focus
Explore the Fortitude Valley live music guide.
Looking beyond Brisbane
Browse the Queensland live music venues guide.
Heading up the coast
Read the Sunshine Coast live music venues guide.
