Archive for January, 2024
Residents who live a 15 minute drive from Sunshine Coast Stadium at Bokarina have received notices in their letterboxes about the return of Groovin the Moo sparking concerns over noise levels and traffic congestion. The hugely popular live music festival, scheduled for May 5, made its debut on the Coast last year featuring Fatboy Slim,
Photographer Ben Rusoniello from Green Room Media grabbed these ridiculously slick shots of The Fabulous Caprettos at Caloundra’s The Events Centre on Friday. The band is an Aussie rock supergroup consisting of Dave Gleeson, Jack Jones, Russell Morris and Rai Thistlethwayte. It was a full house and Ben says the boys smashed it out of
Yelo music monger Marty Reynolds shrugged off some post-festivity fatigue and headed to see one of his fave bands of all time, Foals, at The Fortitude Music Hall. The British rock lads were here for Secret Sounds, a two-day festival from January 2-3. Amid the lingering echoes of New Years’ revelry, and armed with the
Local band Owls of Neptune, young musician Layla Havana, and the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival have joined 14 artists, arts groups and creative businesses to share in almost $90,000 of funding to help further develop their practices. The Sunshine Coast Council’s latest Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grant recipients will use their money for
Ben Russoniello from Green Room Media headed to a sold-out The Rubens last Thursday and took some epic shots for Yelo, as part of their “Masterpiece” tour. He gave us a few words about it too. Let’s just say, Ben left very happy! Despite some “Heavy Weather” and “Muddy Evil Pain”, The Rubens brought their
Yelo Music Editor Penny Brand chats with Mat McHugh, AKA The Beautiful Girls, about losing his father at a young age, living in an Indian ashram, and touring on top of the pops for 10 years straight. As I find myself sans-kids and sinking into the lounge in a post-Christmas haze, I decide to flick
This is a new segment with Ryan Barwick (right) from Gold Coast band Loose Goose. He will give us a wrap up of the Gold Coast’s most Golden Gigs every month. This year is off to an absolute flyer with a good mix of genres blessing our stages on the Gold Coast. So, allow me to
The last time I went to Woodford Folk Festival I was 19 and I had a bad “trip” and a bad attitude. It was 2002 and I was still partying like it was 1999. Hot, sweaty, dancing gypsies. Young, wild and free. My best friend Claire – who I’ve known since Grade 5 – introduced
Organisers of the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic music event have announced it will return this year after a two-year hiatus. The Big Pineapple Music Festival social media pages posted a teaser yesterday: “2024 = The year of the pineapple comeback!” However, no more details have been released. Music community welcomes the news Local singer/songwriter Jay
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