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The night of the Triffid

Ex-Powderfinger bassist John Collins’ new live music venue Triffid will open in Brisbane later this year.

16 Jul 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Powderfinger’s Sunsets: The Farewell Tour, Perth. Photo by Flickr’s Michael_Spencer

The new venue in Newstead, in inner city Brisbane, is expected to open in November. It will have a capacity of 800 people and will feature bands booked by former BIGSOUND Executive Programmer and founder of Footstomp Music, Graham Ashton.

Triffid, as the venue will be known, is being constructed in a disused WWII bunker in the former industrial suburb located 3 kilometres north of Brisbane’s CBD.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts