Upcoming Events At Riverstage

Upcoming Events At Riverstage Brisbane

Credit: Brisbane City Council 

Brisbane City Council's Riverstage venue hosts many local, national and international concerts and events each year. In addition to large-scale music concerts, Riverstage also hosts family and community events

Violent Soho with Tired Lion & Beddy Rays

Sat 1 May 2021
5:30pm to 10:00pm

Violent Soho fans rejoice! The band will be playing their first headline show since the release of their massive ARIA #1 fifth studio album Everything Is A-OK on Saturday May 1st.

Violent Soho will take to Brisbane’s iconic Riverstage to play songs from the critically acclaimed, 4 x ARIA nominated album to a live audience for the very first time.

With support from Tired Lion and Beddy Rays, this show will be one for the record books. Riverstage holds a special place in the hearts of both Violent Soho and their fans, with the band playing to a massive sold-out crowd of almost 10,000 animated fans when they headlined at the venue in 2018. Their return to that stage off the back of a year we won’t speak of, is set to be one hell of a party.

Ball Park Music + Alex the Astronaut + Sycco + Hope D

Mon 3 May 2021
3:00pm to 8:20pm

ARIA nominated five-piece group, Ball Park Music, are no strangers to the indie rock scene. With 6 studio albums under their belt and regular features on the triple j music rotation, Ball Park Music are well and truly cemented into, if not veterans of, Australia’s music industry. Take their recent placing at #4 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2020, and #17 in the Hottest 100 of the Decade as proof of the country’s love for them. Expect high energy, sing-along anthems and all the feel-good vibes from their live show.

Tones and I

Thu 6 May 2021
5:30pm to 9:30pm

Global breakout artist Tones And I has announced a triple j supported national Australia tour following a record breaking 2019.

Tones And I made chart history when she became the first artist to spend 24 weeks at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with her global smash ‘Dance Monkey’. Since its release in May 2019, the hit single has reached #1 in 30 countries; including a record breaking run of 11 weeks at #1 in the UK.

The song has amassed over 2 billion streams, held the #1 spot for the most streamed song globally for 4 months achieved 8x Platinum status in Australia, become the most Shazamed song of all time and is now officially the longest ever running #1 song on the Spotify Global Chart.

Pub Choir

Sun 9 May 2021
4:30pm to 8:30pm

Everybody can sing. Like, not well, but literally. Why should being average at something stop you from doing it!? It hasn’t yet... Singing is good for you, it’s EASY and Pub Choir is here to show you how.

With a show that is equal parts music, comedy, and beer, Pub Choir is the euphoric sensation from Brisbane that transforms a crowd of tipsy strangers into a legendary choir.

Led to glory by conductor Astrid Jorgensen and accompanied on guitar by Waveney Yasso, by the end of the show the you will have become the performance, belting out a timeless song in three-part harmony.

Don’t prepare anything! It’s not that kind of choir. You simply need to open your sound hole (your mouth FYI). Pub Choir will do the rest.

ub Choir has become one of the hottest tickets in town.' The Australian

Absolutely Everybody Vocal Ensemble

Sat 15 May 2021
9:00am to 12:00pm

Calling all singers! QMF is building Australia's largest vocal ensemble and you're invited. Absolutely Everybody is an epic new vocal ensemble, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, radiating from the heart of Brisbane.

Choirs and individuals who join Absolutely Everybody will be involved in transformative, memorable experiences every year. As the ensemble grows, you will build a performance repertoire, meet new people, share stories and be involved in exciting future QMF projects

Join us at Brisbane Riverstage on 15 May 2021 for our first major (COVID-safe) event, where we will come together in song and film a music video! Our phenomenal film crew will capture this performance and produce a spectacular choral capsule of life in these interesting times.

We want as many singers as possible to be a part of this spectacular program, so spread the word with anyone who may be interested!

Synthony

Sat 29 May 2021
5:30pm to 10:00pm

The sell-out success, Synthony, returns to Brisbane for a ‘One Night Only’ epic outdoor show at Rivestage on Saturday 29th May! The ultimate celebration of the last 30 years of dance music, Synthony is a unique collaboration between Orchestra, DJs, live vocalists and feature musicians.

Playing the biggest dance anthems from icons such as Avicii, Eric Prydz, Fatboy Slim, backed with the full might of the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, plus special guests from across the Australian music spectrum playing their global hits including Miss Connie (Sneaky Sound System), Ilan Kidron (The Potbelleez), Mobin Master, Greg Gould, Andy Van (Madison Avenue /Vicious Records) and Mark Dynamix.

Brisbane Marathon Festival

Sun 6 Jun 2021
6:00am to 2:00pm

Organised by Atlas Events, head to Brisbane for one of the most historic events on the Queensland running calendar. The Brisbane Marathon Festival offers distances across full marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km and 2km. This is the perfect city run destination!

Run along buzzing Southbank, take in views of the city and the Brisbane River and receive a Rockstar finish at Riverstage. Following the success of a new course in 2019, runners will again have the chance to run over a full closure of the iconic Story Bridge, making memories to last.

Amy Shark

Sat 26 Jun 2021

Homegrown 8 time ARIA award winning, singer-songwriter Amy Shark is off on a massive headline tour of Australia in June/July 2021 in support of her highly anticipated sophomore album, CRY FOREVER, which is available to pre-order now.

Shark’s national ‘CRY FOREVER’ tour will be the Gold Coast local’s most ambitious live undertaking yet in some of the largest venues Australia has to offer.