Top Gun Riverfire Screening

Overview

When it comes to Riverfire, only one event will take your breath away. First, you'll enjoy a drink and canapes. Next, you'll see the sky come to life. Then, you'll witness the movie that brought a uniform-clad Tom Cruise to superstar-level fame.

That's right — for their annual screening to coincide with Brisbane Festival's yearly pyrotechnics extravaganza, Palace Barracks is celebrating Top Gun. You probably already know the story, following a young pilot feeling the need for speed. You can also likely quote many of the movie's lines. If so, you're primed for quite the evening of fireworks and film going.

Given that Riverfire also features aerobatics from the Australian Defence Force as part of its sky show, the choice of movie really couldn't be more on theme. Dressing up isn't necessary, but you probably do want to don your aviator shades and take a wingman — and prepare to take a highway to the danger zone that is having too much filmic fun.