4ZZZ 40th Birthday Night Market
A celebration of a Brisbane community radio station and as close as you'll get to jumping back to the past without a time machine.
Overview
From 1982 to 2006, 4ZZZ's market days were a highlight of the Brisbane event calendar. The city's favourite community radio station descended upon a local park or venue with a heap of great bands and a host of stallholders. Unsurprisingly, masses of music lovers followed suit.
While that joyous annual day is no more, the alternative broadcasters are serving up the next best thing to mark forty years on the airwaves. That'd be the 4ZZZ 40th Birthday Night Market — which is both a celebration and as close as you'll get to jumping back to the past without a time machine.
The decade-spanning lineup of acts certainly suits the occasion, with Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side, Monster Zoku Onsomb, Blank Realm, Velociraptor, Xero and The Leftovers provide tunes across two rooms. And the browsing and buying part of the equation comes courtesy of the Summer Night Markets, pairing something old and iconic with something fresh and new.
