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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
Queensland music festivals go hand hand-in-hand with icy-cold bevvies, finger-licking soul foods, open-air spaces, fabulous new friends, and of course, the best live music. Here’s 21 Queensland music festivals we think you need to see: 1. BIGSOUND Music Festival, September 3-5, 2024 Where: Various venues, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Price: Age 25+ $49 (one night) or
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
Tasmanian space-rock outfit Golden Sunbird are touring the pineapple state, stopping at Brisbane and the Gold Coast. As part of their mainland tour, they are performing at Greaser, in Fortitude Valley, on August 29, and Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads, on September 1. Get ready for interstellar jams, hypnotic guitar solos, whaling theremins, and synth-soaked walls
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 proving to be the Sunshine Coast’s epicentre of underground music. US punk-rock band Dark Thoughts (main picture) will headline an up-coming show at Black Box Theatre on August 30. The band from Philadelphia have been kicking it for 10 years and serve up a Ramones-esque quality. With turbocharged melodies, and an epic on-stage
The internet is losing it over the 2024 Good Things Festival lineup which just arrived in its punk-rock and riff-fuelled glory – and it’s HUGE! Coming to Brisbane Showgrounds on December 8, and with shows in Melbourne and Sydney, the Good Things punk, rock and metal extravaganza will be headlined by nu metal legends Korn. But
Katy Perry might have been right when she said “if it’s not like the movies, that’s how it should be”. Drew Wilson, who recently opened for Ben Lee in Mapleton, has a new song about love which shares a similar sentiment to his fellow US popstar. The Sunshine Coast singer/songwriter’s single, “You Still Look Good
Sunshine Coast soul and R’n’B artist Will Clift has announced a string of East-Coast shows to celebrate the release of his new track “Sublime”. Co-written and produced by Australian singer/songwriter Matt Corby, the song puts all Will’s sunshiny, beachtown vibes into one feel-good track. ”Sublime is the second track Matt and I have worked on together,”
Main picture: King Stingray on their regional tour, via Facebook. Australian royalty King Stingray stole the Sunshine Coast music scene spotlight over the weekend. The boys from North-East Arnhem Land sold out two shows, on the Ocean Street strip, at Maroochydore’s Solbar. They gave 900 punters a night to remember, showing off a couple of
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