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The Wiggles Big Show is a 1998 concert film of the Australian children's group The Wiggles performing at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, presumably running around 45 minutes.

Despite many of the Wiggles' other filmed concerts being released as videos, this one was instead shown on the Australian incineration of the Disney Channel in 1998 along with their Disneyland concert special.

History

The exact filming date of the performance is unknown, although it most likely happened around November-December 1997 judging from the set design and clothing. The first released selections from the filmed concert was as a bonus on the 1998 Wiggle Time video, with more songs appearing throughout their first TV series for the Seven Network.

When Wiggles fans tried to categorise the specific concert performance, Wigglepedia used "Wigglemania Live in Concert" for that performance and the surrounding appearances from the same tour.

It wasn't until January 2020 when a new splash of infomation came through after the original Disney Channel promo for the aforementioned Disneyland special was uploaded onto YouTube. While confirming the pre-existing special's name (regularly known in fan circles under its on-screen title, "Live At Disneyland Park") as "The Wiggles In Disneyland", it also confirmed a screening of the late 1997 Melbourne concert which selections from had previously aired a day after the special's original. As the Seven Network's airing of the Disneyland special made it widely accessible, the promo showed previously-unseen footage of the concert.