Brisbane Festival Hall
 Interior view of Festival Hall, 1959 | |
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| Address | Charlotte St Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia |
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| Owner | Stadiums Limited, City of Brisbane |
| Type | indoor arena |
| Genre(s) | music, concerts, sporting events |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
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| Opened | 27 April 1959 |
| Closed | 29 August 2003 |
| Demolished | 2003 |
Brisbane Festival Hall was an
History
The Festival Hall was originally known as Brisbane Stadium, which was built in 1910.[1] In addition to its primary use as a venue to watch boxing, the Brisbane Stadium was also a venue for live concerts. Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole and Johnnie Ray played there in the 1950s.[2] In 1958, the venue was demolished and a new building constructed, by then leading Queensland Construction Company E.J.Taylor & Sons, as part of the Centenary of Queensland. It was opened on 27 April 1959 and renamed Festival Hall. With a capacity of 4,000 people, it was the largest indoor public venue in the Brisbane inner city area and it remained the city's primary indoor venue for more than forty years. It was designed in a postwar modern style, similar to its namesake, the Royal Festival Hall in London.[1]
Sports
Like similar venues in other Australian cities, Festival Hall originally had been built as a
Performances
Brisbane Festival Hall hosted performances for virtually every major tour by visiting overseas artists. The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Rick Wakeman,
Other performers who entertained at Festival Hall include
Some early performances were done by the
Redevelopment
Brisbane Festival Hall closed on 29 August 2003, and the building was subsequently sold and demolished[8] to make way for an apartment development known as Festival Towers. The seats from the venue were sold off as souvenirs in lots of three.[4]
Legacy
Devine Limited, developers of the Festival Towers apartment building, subsequently commissioned the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Performing Arts Museum to design and install a "Walk of Fame" display commemorating the history of the site. Located within the entry lobby of Festival Towers, the display consists of a wall-mounted installation of backlit panels, incorporating original seatbacks from Festival Hall, with images of performers and other significant figures in the Festival Hall story. Other smaller panels feature photographs and history of the site.[9]
See also
References
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- ^ "Bob Marley & The Wailers Setlist". setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "The Police - "Early Years" - 1979 / 1980". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Rosenlund Demolitions (n.d.). "Rosenlund Demolition – Festival Hall Demolition". Rosenlund Demolitions. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ Collections Australia Network (n.d.). "CAN – Collections Australia Network – Festival Hall Brisbane Commemorated". Collections Australia Network. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
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