Open Season #1
Nov–Feb 2021
Open Season was a curated series of concerts and live performances that took over The Tivoli in November and December 2020, breathing life back into Brisbane’s performing arts scene, a sector that was severely affected by the pandemic.
Visit 2020 Media ReleaseAbout
Born as a response to the loss of content incurred throughout COVID, The Tivoli launched its own curated program of music and arts events. One of the distinguishing new features of the Open Season program was the development of a premium dinner and show experience that was reminiscent of the famous underground cabaret theatres throughout Europe.
Throughout the Open Season program, The Tivoli capitalised on a new hospitality partnership with City Winery, delivering curated, seasonal menus, premium drinks and sophisticated bar food, made fresh on-site, to guests. The Tivoli was operating at a limited-capacity in a sit-down audience configuration for all Open Season shows – either cabaret-style or dinner-and-show – in keeping with COVID-19 social distancing requirements at the time.
Dates
November 1 – February 28Venue
THE TIVOLIAudience
7,500Presented By
ROSTER AGENCY, THE TIVOLIProduced By
ROSTER AGENCY, THE TIVOLIProgrammed By
ROSTER AGENCYLine Up
Cub Sport
Washington
Electric Fields
Custard
Tired Lion
Briefs Factory and Sahara Beck: Bite Club
Company 2: Le Coup
Ed Keupper & Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Jaguar Jonze
WedanceKOR
First Beige
Felivand
Speakeasy by Brisbane Immersive Ensemble
Sunday Roast
Beddy Rays
Semantics
Radolescent
Sunday Roast
Sweater Curse
Towns
Teenage Joans
Minor Premiers
Gallery
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Open Season was assisted with funds through Tourism and Events Queensland, and through the Queensland Government’s Arts and Cultural Recovery Package, including the Live Music Venue Support program and Arts Queensland’s Play Local initiative.