Fridays Riverside will shut its doors this Sunday after 40 years in Brisbane’s CBD Eagle Street precinct, ending a run that began in 1986 and made the riverfront club one of the city’s best-known late-night venues. The final night is May 24.

The club’s social media pages said on Monday that it would be closing this weekend. In its farewell message, Fridays Riverside said: “After more than 40 years on the Brisbane riverfront, Fridays Riverside is saying goodbye,” and invited patrons to “come down and enjoy one last Friday at Fridays, or make it a Sanctuary Saturday by the water.” It added: “Our last day is Sunday 24th of May, so make sure you come down and say goodbye before we close the doors.”

Fridays Riverside was part of the award-winning Riverside Centre designed by Harry Seidler, and the complex has since been heritage-listed. The club built its reputation on multiple bars, a restaurant, cocktails, DJs and a large outdoor area with river views, becoming a familiar weekend nightspot and function venue for Brisbanites heading to the riverfront.

Its closure comes as the Eagle Street area keeps changing around it. The completion of the Kangaroo Point Bridge and an upgraded Riverwalk have already reshaped access along the river, while plans are in place for a multibillion-dollar redevelopment of Waterfront Place. Fridays Riverside outlasted nearby City Rowers and the site’s successor Jade Buddha, but the city around it is moving into a new era as the club bows out.

For anyone who marked Brisbane nights by the lights on the river and the sound of DJs on the terrace, Sunday is not just another closing time. It is the end of a venue that survived for four decades and the latest familiar landmark to give way on a waterfront now being remade.