Riverstage is an outdoor entertainment venue in

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, Australia. The venue occupies a 2 ha site within the

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and has a capacity of 9,500. The Brisbane Festival makes regularly use of the venue. Riverstage regularly features local, national and international

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s, including large-scale music concerts, as well as family and community events. 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.

History

Riverstage was officially opened on 7 September 1989 by

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, Sallyanne Atkinson. It was inspired by the temporary Riverstage used for World Expo '88 a year earlier. The venue formerly hosted the touring Soundwave festival; having its first show there in 2007 and returning in 2008. Brisbane band Powderfinger 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 the Foo Fighters played to a sold-out crowd. The

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was held in aid of victims of the

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used the stage on multiple occasions.

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External links

Official website
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