It’s Open Season on live music and entertainment in Brisbane – The Tivoli’s wildly popular curated programme of concerts and live performances from July to December, 2021.
But The Tivoli won’t be the only venue taking part in Open Season – Tivoli sister venue The Princess Theatre, a new, refurbished Woolloongabba music and arts venue, is getting in on the action too.
Melbourne outfit The Paper Kites will be the ones to kick things off at The Princess.
“Our last Open Season programme was an experiment of sorts. It was a direct and intentional action designed to positively counteract the industry-wide devastation brought by COVID-19 – to breathe life back into Brisbane’s live performing arts scene,” Tivoli Co-Owner Dave Sleswick says.
“The Paper Kites, without any specific knowledge of what the venue re-design would look like, was the first of many bands that trusted us and enthusiastically jumped on board to participate in this momentous occasion. From here on in, the rest will be history.”
“We’re honoured to be launching the newly refurbished Princess Theatre,” The Paper Kites said on social media about the gigs.
The Princess Theatre will also welcome acts including King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Julia Jacklin, Regurgitator, Sunnyboys, Jarryd James, HTRK, The Murlocs, Tropical F*ck Storm, TEEKS (NZ), COLLAR and Amyl & The Sniffers.
Meanwhile, The Tivoli will roll out the red carpet for musicians and performers such as Marlon Williams and Young Franco, and a Nine Lives Festival line-up which includes Stella Donnelly, Mildlife and Big Scary.
The programme will also feature full-scale productions. ‘Oracle’ is a new circus, burlesque and dance production from the creators of ‘Matador’ which will be joined by Briefs Factory and Sahara Beck’s ‘Bite Club’, and Betty Grumble’s ‘Enemies Of Grooviness Eat Sh*t’.
“We are so lucky to have the support of brilliant venues like The Tivoli,” the folks at Briefs Factory say of their upcoming show.
Queer experiences such as ‘Bowerytopia’ and ‘The Alexander Ball call the Open Season programme home, too.
“Culture and community are at the core of The Princess Theatre’s rebirth and including it in our Open Season programme, in collaboration with Brisbane Festival, allows us to very visibly redefine its identity to help cement its place in Brisbane’s cultural ecology,” Dave Sleswick says.
“Open Season gives us the freedom and agency to set our creative tone of The Princess right from the beginning, giving our audiences an indication as to who we are, what our vibe is and what we want our future to look like.”
Tickets are on sale now.
Open Season 2021 Line-Up/Programme
The Princess Theatre
27 August – The Paper Kites28 August – TEEKS
29 August – Big Scary
3 September – COLLAR
4 September – The Murlocs
5 September – Julia Jacklin
8 September – Jarryd James
15-17 September – Betty Grumble’s Enemies Of Grooviness Eat Sh*t
21-25 September – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
26 September – Tropical F... Storm
28 September-3 October – The Oracle
8 October – Amyl & The Sniffers
14 October – HTRK
23-24 October – Sunnyboys
10 December – Regurgitator
The Tivoli
3-16 July – Bite Club28 August – Nine Lives Festival
5 September – House Of Alexander Ball
22 September – Marlon Williams
24 September – Bowerytopia
