Brisbane Powerhouse

A hub for everything creative, including theatre, music, comedy, film, visual arts, festivals & ideas. All housed in a stunning venue on the Brisbane River.

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  • Phone

    +61 7 3358 8622

  • Website

    brisbanepowerhouse.org

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  • Type

    Performing Arts Venue

Address

119 Lamington St New Farm QLD 4005 Australia

Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)

Comments / 45


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Karen Clavel

Its a great place to go with friends and family to have a great time, good food, great ambiance!

Rental Express Property Management

Great place to go after you get off the Citycat and walk through New Farm Park . Go for a casual coffee or for fine dining . Enjoy the walk from hear along the riverside to Teneriffe

Mary

We saw Carrier the musical . It was great. Always seem to be great things on offer here.

Jeremy Twicenson

Fun spot for a drink and they always have some comedy festival or theatre on so be sure to check the schedule out.

13 LIMO

Each month the Powerhouse supports a different band of local Brisbane musicians by allowing them to showcase a different set oftheir music 6-7pm on Friday Nights for the entire month Free admission ( Read more

Melinda Gibson

Free comedy on a Sunday night from 6:30pm to about 8:30pm - best to get here early to get a seat (5:30pm) but ideally get here even earlier to enjoy the free live music too. Absolutely awesome place!

Damien Misso

A magic centre for arts and entertainment . Be sure to check out the bar before your show - great views on offer of the brisbane river ...

Kat McArt

always good fun to visit the free exhibitions and entertainment

Derek Wilson

Great spot for a drink by the river . Lots of live performance happening.

Brooke Louise

Veeeeeeery strong caipirinha from the upstairs bar . Beautiful setting. Do not dare cross the upstairs downstairs streams though.

Julian D'Souza

Glorious weather, tantalising tapas , bloody good cocktails , chilled out tunes downstairs at Watt restaurant + bar 's Sundae session

Restaurant Guru

Brisbane Powerhouse is a contemporary multi-arts, dining and conference venue. Includes venue information, location, calendar, and media. Read more

Queensland

Before it was a creative hub for visual arts and live performances , the Powerhouse building sat derelict for 20 yrs & was a safe haven for homeless people. Some graffiti on the walls is original. Read more

BARBARA MAFFEI

Excellent view of the Brisbane river , grab a coffee or a cuppa and sit outside and enjoy the view

Kath Read

If you're going on a Friday night, they have food trucks so you can eat beforehand.

Caitlin Hill

No minimum at the bar . Coffee is pretty great.

Brendon Jones

A great place to be with your friends and family

Viv

Excellent venue for comedy shows and plays. Recommend seeing shows at the visy theatre for a more intimate feel

Yusoff Sa'aban

Lots of activities here! Weekend market , moonlight cinema & good food at the restaurant here with beautiful views & breeze!

Quest Community Newspapers

Arrive early, bring insect repellant and if you sit too close to the trees around the edge, the possums and bats will drive you mad!

Katie Williams

Get food at Bar Alto. Get on the mailing list. Great venue.

Andreas Ochs

Sit outside and watch the river .

Karina Bryer

Cool community space for concerts

Aninditha Leonard

The venue offers an array of performing arts , visual arts , festivals , and free community events

Bon JS

Yummy foods

Nick McCosker

A really cool space.

Matt Granfield

Go to the Powerhouse on a Sunday afternoon , drink beers in the sun by the river and watch free live music and comedy . Gold. Read more

Adriano Dhou

They will cancel the screening if there's even a little but of rain. Although, they will refund your bean bag hiring cash.

Taezar .

Bike racks are down by the river now.

caitlyn

free music and cheap cider - a perfect sunday afternoon !

Lyndal Cairns

Residents program, bands from 6pm. Free, as in beer ! xo

Barry Rutherford

Saw 'This is it' at World Theatre Festival - very good!

Phillip Long

Great venue for music , dinner , drinks. Accessible via the City Cat!

MinimalMs

check out the farmers markets and pick up some green olives and preserved lemons for weekend munchies. Read more

Lisy Kane

Live Spark from 3pm on Sunday!

Kate Edwards

Sunday afternoon - Free Music 3.30pm! Free Comedy 6.30pm! Read more

Alison Rogers

No catering , bars or restaurants open on Mondays!

Elif Durur

Great location!

Justine Clementi

Coffee and Wine Sunday!

Desy Kuswandi

watch live music and comedy here

Monty

Not like the good old days, it's gotten far too busy

IMOT_dTT

lets get chill ......

Andrew Walter

They need to fix there buzzers!

adam spong

josh thomas, is awesome

Laras Sastra

awwwwwwww heree

Anna Goddard

Sunday sesh?

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Excellent market, every 2nd Saturday from 6am till noon. Fruit, veg, meat, seafood, cakes, coffee... yum! There's also a playground for dogs at the Lamington St end. - N

7.6
Bar
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The homemade pappardelle with goat ragu is amazing! - Megan Tummon

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8.4
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Great hidden gem. Friendly staff, great coffee and brownies. The wifi is free and they even offered to lend me an ethernet cable if I needed to do any heavy uploading/downloading. - Paddy Smith

9.3
Park
New Farm Park

The playground is awesome. So many different levels of play equipment for kids of all ages. Lots of shade and places to park a pram & a coffee shop on the doorstep of the playground too. - Sos Mattsson

7.0
Dog Park
New Farm Dog Park

Excellent park where there's lots of smaller dogs that congregate. Great place to see lots of different varieties of dogs too! - Sarah Whyte