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Entertainment
The River
Stage
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Brisbane City Council Image #
BCC-T120-1839
The River Stage was the premium
performance space for international events at the
Exposition, sited on the Brisbane River itself and hosting audiences up to 15,000
on it's artificial green turf.
The best of each genre was presented
at the River Stage, from famous Australian rock'n'roll
to National Day Ceremony Concerts and Variety
Performances, as well as theatre, ballet, opera, dance, and
jazz.
Most will remember the River Stage for
the final performance - the official Closing Ceremony
where thousands of Expo staff and visitors gathered together to listen to
the perennially popular Australian band 'The Seekers'
sing their signature song "The Carnival is Over",
whilst fireworks exploded from the top of
City skyscrapers across the river and audiences
playfully teased with huge inflated plastic globes, tossing them from one end of
the grass to the other.
Amongst the famous performers at the
venue were Australian John Farnham and Italian Julio
Iglesias - where up to 20, 000 persons crammed into the venue area.
The River Stage was also the venue for
the nightly fireworks, which combined with a
state-of-the-art laser show featuring a different
theme for each month of the exposition.
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