Archive for August, 2024
Dial up the enthusiasm, gig heads. As the temperature soars and tourists flock to our shorelines, the Sunny Coast live music scene is heating up. The Station, Kings Beach Tavern, Solbar, and Norton Music Factory are chock-full of entertainment for the rest of the year. This month we have massive Aussie rockers Dune Rats, blues
Yelo Mag’s Sunshine Coast Live Music Gig Guide is our region’s best “what’s on this weekend”, uncovering the best gigs across the Coast, from Caloundra to Noosa. Yelo Mag is a Sunshine Coast-based online music magazine which covers local music news, and more.
If it’s not summer yet it certainly feels like it. With a week-long heatwave hitting South-East Queensland earlier than expected, locals are getting festival-ready, as we officially shimmer our way into the holiday season. Summer in Australia goes hand-in-hand with icy-cold bevvies, finger-licking soul foods, open-air spaces, fabulous new friends, and of course, live music.
Sunshine Coast live music venue The Station has scored some Australian pop royalty with Sheppard bringing an all-ages show to the shipping container playground on October 25. Sheppard – which consists of siblings George, Amy and Emma – are returning home for the ZORA Australian Tour which makes stops in Brisbane, Gold Coast and at the open-air
Be prepared for interstellar space-rock jams, hypnotic guitar solos, whaling theremins, and synth soaked walls of sound! Tassie space-rock band Golden Sunbird is touring the pineapple state and will be dropping into Greaser (Fortitude Valley) on August 29 and Mo’s Desert Clubhouse (Burleigh Heads) on September 1. Touted as “the most unconventional rock band the universe
If you missed out on the Gympie Music Muster or simply need more music in the outdoors the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest is here from September 13-15. The Radiators, 19-Twenty, Little Quirks (main picture) and Hussy Hicks are a few big names to bring rock, blues and roots music to the Noosa Hinterland’s
Will you be able to say “I was there” when Australia’s next up-and-coming artists are discovered? Sunshine Coast Council has teamed up with new podcast, Live & Local, for an all-ages event which will see 12 musicians showcase their talent for $12 on September 14. Mayah, Jack Raymond, Favourite Kid, Total Radio Silence, Wave Raiders,
Nothing screams high-energy and rockabilly more than an amplified double-bass on stage and a band with an undeniable sense of fun. Australian blues and roots band 19-Twenty will bring their foot-stomping rhythms to the Sunshine Coast’s Norton Music Factory, Caloundra, on October 26. The lads from Illawarra have quickly earned a reputation as one of
Crowded House, Vance Joy, Ocean Alley and Tones And I are part of a slew of huge names which will help Byron Bay celebrate its last ever BluesFest in 2025. Organisers have revealed an epic line-up to celebrate the major music festival’s 36th and final year. The first artist announcement includes: Gary Clark Jr, Rag’n’Bone
Nambour is again proving to be the Sunshine Coast’s epicentre of underground music with US punk rock band Dark Thoughts (pictured) headlining an up-coming show at Black Box Theatre. The band from Philadelphia, who has been kicking it for 10 years, serve up a Ramones-esque quality with turbocharged melodies, and an epic on-stage vitality to
