The Brightside Brisbane
Locally sourced fried chicken dishes served in a buzzing joint attached to a live music venue.
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Great venue to see Getdown Services but communication regarding seating is poor. Was told my name would be on the door for priority seating on the mezzanine. No seating left when we arrived and you couldn't see if you were sitting anyway. The mezzanine is about 3ft higher than the main stage viewing area.
Great night out. Awesome live music @ the Gather & Grow Festival. Great food at the fried chicken joint out front too.
!!NO ACCESSIBLE SEATING!! Went to see Flipturn in December (my review never posted so trying again now) and I requested accessible seating well in advance, as in the day tickets went on sale so ~4-5 months as I am chronically ill with a myriad of things and can't stand long at all. Was told 'Yeah no worries, tell us on the night and there will be reserved seating for you.' I show up and was, in short, told that the guy I emailed doesn't work there anymore and that I was forgotten about so they never reserved me a seat and to try and squish in somewhere. The security seemed pretty blasé about it and wouldn't really help me at all. I manage to find a seat, but the built in 'accessible' seating they advertise is pathetic to say the least. There is room for 3-4 rows of people to stand directly in front of you and for you to not see a single thing the entire concert and trust me they did. After not seeing anything after the opener and being disappointed as I expected this would continue to the main concert, I pull up the security guy again and ask if I could get a chair to move to the banister so I have a chance of seeing literally anything and to make it fair. He then tells me there is not a single chair in the entire venue and that I'll just have to deal with it. The venue was very clearly overbooked and the security agreed as the crowd was packed all the way to the back near the bar. Quite frankly, I am extremely disappointed, upset and made to feel like I was the problem for not being able to just stand and deal with it to enjoy a normal concert experience. I have never felt inclined to ever leave a Google review or email the venue (which I have) but I don't want anyone in my position to have to go through what I did again as it felt dehumanising. Please do not come here if you need accessible seating for a show, everything they say on their website about 'doing their best to make sure seated patrons have a decent sight line' is a false promise at best and a lie at worst and has turned me completely off this venue for sure but also from other live music events in the chance of this potentially happening again which is a terrible shame when in this economy live music needs us more than ever. Honestly disgusted by how the venue handled this, please just do better for the sake of other people.
Went to see Example last Saturday. The sound was terrible. The line for the bar was 30-40mins and goes through the main section of the viewing area. and drinks very expensive for small cans. Some paid $20 to access the bar in the indoor section. on a positive easy access from the station, friendly staff and plenty of toilets.
The venue itself was good, but some of the security staff were blatantly unprofessional. The guard at the entrance failed to communicate clearly and then responded with a patronising, hostile attitude when that lack of clarity caused a minor misunderstanding. Instead of managing the situation professionally, he doubled down with condescension. That kind of poor communication and behaviour completely undermines an otherwise good venue.
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