Archive for December, 2023
Liquid Lyrics is a place where the Sunshine Coast’s best word slingers come together to share their poetic prowess. There’s even prize money up for grabs! Nick Grivas fell head-first into love with the spoken word as a student at Balmoral State High School. “Poetry really came to me through hip-hop, but then we did
Internationally-acclaimed actor and musician Russell Crowe is set to rock out at the Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast in January. He’s here for an “Indoor Garden Party”, featuring his band The Gentlemen Barbers and special guests Lorraine O’Reilly and Myth Of Her. Crowe posted on X/Twitter: “Dear Gold Coast, We loved our sold out
Wow what a year! Just four months ago, YELO was merely yet another ADHD-fuelled bright spark idea, being floated between two mates over some hippy-dippy cosmic cookies. And what a Pandora’s box it has turned out to be, with so many cool cats on the local music scene we’ve now come to love. The Sunshine
Longtime champion of Sunshine Coast live original music and community concert events, Jay Bishoff, will host an ‘originals’ and ‘covers’ event, with feature act, The Lyrical, on December 19. Acoustic roots and hip-hop sensation, The Lyrical, will join Jay as he brings back his successful “Full Cov-Orig” events, this time at Noosa Junction’s new burger
The Sunshine Coast’s newest alt-punk rock band, Acended, have been playing for four months and already have an EP. With members as young as 14, they’ve even played shows at Solbar and Tribe Clubhouse. “Sundried Daisies”, is out January. This is a story about four young men destined for great things. Meet Acended frontman Tony
Powderfinger’s Jon Coghill has been drumming up the crowds ahead of his second appearance in 13 years. Jon recently took up a Christmas challenge to play a full set with local swamp-blues musician, 8 Ball Aitken. Jon will play alongside the APRA-award nominated rocker at the Tramfest Christmas Festival on Saturday. The free community event
The vibrant shipping container playground known fondly to Sunny Coast locals as, “Nighquarter”, is set to be revitalised as “The Station”. Picture: The former “Nightquarter” site at Birtinya closed for a year after falling prey to a slow economy. Owners of the Birtinya live music venue, Chris and Lauren Hignett (main picture), who are also
Ryan Barwick from Gold Coast band Loose Goose gives us a wrap-up of the Coast’s most Golden Gigs each month. While 2023 is coming to a close with summer on its way, the Gold Coast is going off with a bang. This December has seen some of the finest local talent. And they are wrapping
Burleigh Heads: A Gold Coast band which has only existed for five months will have its first headline show at Mo’s Desert Club tomorrow night. After months of electric shows across South-East Queensland, Loose Goose is now celebrating the launch of their new single, “Tin Shed”, which is streaming on all platforms. And you’d also
British rock giants Foals will take to the stage at Fortitude Valley Music Hall next month after the Sandstone Point version, Heaps Good, was reimagined to Secret Sounds. Jimmy Smith spoke with Yelo music editor Penny Brand ahead of his show on January 2. Sitting at home in sunny California, Foals rhythm guitarist Jimmy Smith
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