Beloved Brisbane venue The Zoo saved as buyer steps in ‘to keep music within its walls’

Joc Curran, one of the first owners of The Zoo in Brisbane who ran it between 1992-2016. The celebrated venue closed in June but will reopen under the name Crowbar after new owners stepped in to preserve it as a live music venue. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

The Zoo, the Brisbane live music institution which closed its doors earlier this year, has belatedly been saved and will reopen in November under a new name.

When it closed in July, The Zoo was one of the longest-standing music venues in Australia, having first opened its doors in late 1992 under the management of Joc Curran and C Smith.