The Queensland Music Festivals Guide guide serves up the best in live music and entertainment from the Sunshine State’s South-East corner, and beyond.

Summer in Australia goes hand-in-hand with icy-cold beer, finger-licking soul foods, open-air spaces, insta-besties, and of course world-class live music. From the much-loved Woodford Folk Festival to the “Last Ever” (but was it?) Bluesfest, the Queensland Music Festivals Guide serves up the best music festivals from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and beyond!

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Island Vibe Festival, November 21-23, 2025

Price: $179 (adult three-day ticket, non-camping)

Island Vibe Festival is a three-day music and arts campout, and this year it makes the move from the beloved Minjerribah to a gorgeous new site at Hangar O, Gunalda, just north of Gympie.

Back for its 19th chapter, expect a super friendly, intimate vibe, and creative workshops, music industry forums, a poet’s breakfast, and open mics. Theres’s also jamming sessions, a kids music space, Djs by the pool and cosy dance floors.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/island-vibe-music-and-arts-campout

Rolling Sets, Tweed Heads, November 29

Price: Third release (18+) $199.95 + $11.19 fee

Just over the border, Rolling Sets has cemented itself as a summer staple, selling out every edition since launching.

This year, indie darlings Spacey Jane will headline the festival with electro-funk outfit Parcels and festival faves The Jungle Giants. Also on the stacked lineup are punk-psych icons Skegss and rising US alt-rockers Flipturn (USA). They’re joined by one of the country’s most explosive hardcore acts Speed, alt-pop powerhouse MAY-A, The Terrys, DICE, Blusher, 3%, Scowl (USA) and so many more.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/

Good Things Festival, December 7, 2025

Where: Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills, Brisbane

Price: (2024 age 16+ price) $239.95

Australia’s largest travelling music festival, Good Things has announced a head-spinning lineup for 2025 including: TOOL, Weezer, Garbage, Machine Head and James Reyne.

Also on the bill is Refused, Knocked Loose, Make Them Suffer and Dead Poet Society, plus all the chaos of Stage 666.

Tickets: https://goodthingsfestival.com.au/

Spilt Milk, December 14, 2025

Where: Gold Coast Sports Precinct, Kombumerri Land, Gold Coast

Price: (N/A)

There will be no crying over Spilt Milk this year with a massive lineup announced for December following last year’s hiatus. US rappers Kendrick Lamar and Doechii (pictured) will headline this year’s festival.

Also featured on the lineup are Sara Landry, Dominic Fike, D4vd, Nessa Barrett, Skin On Skin, Sombr and Rebecca Black, and homegrown acts including The Dreggs.

Tickets:

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Woodford Folk Festival, December 27, 2025-January 1, 2026

Where: 87 Woodrow Rd, Woodford, Moreton Bay (40 mins drive from Brisbane and Sunshine Coast)

Price: $140 (2024 price) or $542 (six days)

Check out the full Woodford Folk Festival 2025-2026 Program out now: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/programme.

Woodford Folk Festival has unveiled an epic all-star First Nations lineup with Barkaa, Briggs, Budjerah, Electric Fields, and Birdz and Fred Leone, all set to perform at the 2025-2026 event. More big name Aussie acts include Hollow Coves, Beddy Rays, Dobby, Sarah Blasko, San Cisco and Katie Noonan.

The six-night annual music and cultural festival is held near the semi-rural town of Woodford, a 40 minute drive from both Brisbane and Sunshine Coast. One of the biggest of its type in Australia, Woodfordia attracts approx. 125,000 patrons every year. Camping options range from around $40 per day. Check out the Woodford Folk Festival 2025-2026 program for all the details.

Tickets: https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/

Wildlands Festival Brisbane, January 1, 2026

Where: RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane

Price: Fourth release ($249.99 + $12 BF)

Dom Dolla, Addison Rae, and Kud Cudi are all set to take centre stage at Wildlands Festival in Brisbane next year.

Wildlands is a transformation of Australia’s urban edges into a sun-drenched playground of sight and sound. Fusing cutting-edge stage designs with world-class production, this festival is designed to ignite every sense. It serves up the best in global electronic, indie, and hip-hop music, delivering a lineup boasting the world’s biggest acts, paired with fresh sounds set to dominate your playlists for the year ahead.

Tickets: https://www.wildlandsfestival.com.au

Jammin, January 3-4, 2026

Where: Brisbane Riverstage

Tickets are known to sell-out fast to one of Australia’s biggest reggae festivals, Jammin (pictured). Have your finger on the pulse in 2026 by saving this link!

Tickets at www.jamminfest.com.

Minden Music Festival, TBA, January 2026

Where: Minden Retreat, 25 Boughens Rd Minden (an hour west of Brisbane).

Price: $125.50 includes camping (2025 price)

Minden Music Festival is a unique indoor event, nestled in the beautiful Lockyer Valley. Offering the perfect place to relax among the gum trees, you can sit back, unwind and enjoy some great local music. Take a scenic drive around town or enjoy a peaceful walk around the property. Then cool down at the end of the day with your new mates in the dam or saltwater swimming pool.

Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/.

St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Southport Sharks, February 7

Where: Brisbane RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane

Price: From $189.90 (2025)

What started as a series of weekly shows at a tiny Melbourne bar has blossomed into one of Australia’s most beloved festivals. Across a decade, Laneway Festival has become a staple of essential music festival fun.

The event continues to showcase its original set of values which champions community, fosters collaboration, and encourages self-expression.

In 2026 we’ll see Alex G, Chappell Roan and Role Model. Last year, Charlie XCX, Beabadoobee, and Clairo headlined.

Website: https://www.lanewayfestival.com/.

New Bloom Fest, TBA, 2026

Price: TBC

New Bloom Fest brings together the golden age of DIY hardcore shows and all things alternative into a modern setting. The three-stop Australian tour showcases alt-rock, post-hardcore, grunge, punk, and more. The curated rock festival has shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

In Brisbane, headliners Basement will be joined by Balance and Composure, Drain and One Step Closer.

Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/1300615CDC7782AA.

Park Waves, Sandstone Point Hotel, March 15, 2026

Where: Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, Moreton Bay (45 minutes north of Brisbane)

Price: $219.90

Parkway Drive unleashes PARK WAVES, a one-of-a-kind Big Top Circus Tour hitting Sandstone Point Hotel March 15th 2026. Featuring THE AMITY AFFLICTION, NORTHLANE, ALPHA WOLF, STORY OF THE YEAR & more! 

Fusing the intensity of a metal show with the scale and spectacle of a circus, transforming a traditional gig into an immersive, genre-defying event under the big top. Curated entirely by the band, PARK WAVES is a sensory explosion of sound, sight, and performance redefining what a live metal experience can be.

Tickets: https://sandstonepointhotel.com.au/event/park-waves-2026/.

CMC Rocks, March 20-22, 2026

Where: Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich (30 mins west of Brisbane)

Price: One day adult from $239 (2025 price)

This all-ages Australian country music festival will host around 28 artists next year, over three stages, and with 16 international and 12 Australian artists.

It’s been 18 years since its inception, with CMC Rocks bringing huge international acts such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Taylor Swift.

Tickets: https://www.cmcrocks.com/tickets.

Bluesfest, Byron Bay, April 2-5, 2026

Where: Byron Events Farm, Byron Bay, New South Wales (1.5 hours drive from Gold Coast)

Price: Friday adult $195 (last event price). Click here for more ticket and camping prices.

This year, Crowded House headlined the 36th and “final Bluesfest” this year. However, it turns out that was just a clever marketing ploy and it’s back baby.

Each Easter long-weekends, since its inception in 1990, has seen fans flock to see some of the world’s biggest names. Bob Dylan, Hozier, Paul Simon, Angus & Julia Stone, Robert Plant, John Mayer, Jurassic 5, James Brown, David Gray, John Legend, and BB King, have all played here.

Bluesfest sold 6000 tickets in its first year, and now attracts more than 100,000 people.

Tickets: https://www.moshtix.com.au.

Blues on Broadbeach, May 14-17, 2026

Where, Surf Parade, Broadbeach 

Price: FREE, except Sunday’s Kurrawa Park Ticket (last event price, $119).

Blues on Broadbeach has previously attracted major acts such as Fat Freddy’s Drop, Tijuana Cartel, BOOMCHILD, Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, but also blues music communities and enthusiasts from across Australia. Last year around 36 artists performed each day.

Tickets: bluesonbroadbeach.com.

PRANAFEST, Woodfordia, June 5-7, 2026

Where: Woodfordia, Woodford

Price: Earlybird Experience from $390

Pranafest is Queensland’s leading festival for health, wellbeing, and conscious connection. Held among the sacred hills and living earth of Woodfordia, it’s a space where seekers become finders, where breath becomes ceremony and where movement becomes medicine. It’s also where every song, story, and silence is an invitation to return — to self, to source, to community. With yoga, breathwork, live music, somatic workshops, sacred talks, and moments of shared awe under the open sky, Pranafest 2026 brings six years of heart, two years of home, and one unforgettable soul gathering. A new era is calling. Will you answer?

Tickets: https://www.pranafest.com.au/.

The Big Weekend, TBA, 2026

Where: Blackflag Brewing, Coolum, Sunshine Coast

Price: (In 2025) From $66

Sunshine Coast rockstar Pricey’s The Big Weekend 2025 line-up saw a surf-punk festival frenzy take over Blackflag with Goons Of Doom headlining The event is all about supporting the local community and giving our emerging acts a go on the big stage with the best of ’em. This year we also saw: The Beefs, Pricey, Drop Legs, Dellacoma, Whitts End, The Phosphenes and The Lipsticks.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/the-big-weekend.

Where We Belong Festival, TBA, 2026

Where: Redcliffe Area Youth Space, Redcliffe, Moreton Bay

Price: (2025 price Adult $45)

Brisbane iconic rock band Frenzal Rhomb played at Where We Belong in 2025 and it Butterfingers headlined in 2024. Who will it be in 2026?

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.

Gympie Music Muster, 2026 TBA

Where: Amamoor State Forest, Gympie

Price: Adult $485 (last year’s four day price). Kids under 12 free. More prices here.

The first Gympie Music Muster was held in 1982 as a celebration of the Golden Guitar win by the Webb Brothers. It has since grown into one of Australia’s most-recognised fundraising events, returning more than $20 million to community groups and charities. 

Owned by the Apex Club of Gympie, the Muster has seen more than 2500 performances, including Australian country royalty Slim Dusty, who has a camping area named in his honour.

The last Muster saw its highest-ever attendance, with 50,000 people recorded.

Tickets: https://www.muster.com.au.

BIGSOUND, 2026 TBA

Where: Various venues, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

Price: $79 (Three nights in 2025)

BIGSOUND is the southern hemisphere’s biggest music industry gathering with 150 artists across three nights of entertainment. The future of music is discovered here, with the festival giving some of the biggest names in Australian music their start, including; Flume, Rufus du Sol, Gang of Youths, Lime Cordiale, Tash Sultana, Tones and I, and more. Check out the free Goolwal Goolwal program, which celebrates our diverse First Nations community, and features Australian rapper BARKAA in 2025.

Tickets: https://www.bigsound.org.au/.

Spring Festival @ Coondoo Mountain Campout, 2026 TBA

Where: Coondoo Mountain Campout

Price: Adult, from $230 (2025). Kids under 14 free

The Coondoo Mountain Campout Spring Festival is a two-night boutique BYO music festival under spring skies in the northern Sunshine Coast region. The curated program features world-class touring acts and local favourites, performing beneath the backdrop of the stunning Mount Coondoo.

This years line-up includes Ukulele Death Squad (back by popular demand), Kooii, Kingfisha, Belly Savalas (Melb), Lemonise (Syd), Jam & Scones, The Barleyshakes (back by popular demand), JC & The Tree, Tommy Sexton & The Suggestions, and the Matt Whitney Trio. The Kid’s Space and Workshop Tent spaces have a chocked program of interactive activities. The festival grounds are situated on a pristine flat grassy area with a leave-no-trace ethos.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/coondoo-mountain-campout-spring-festival.

Zen Fest, September 2026 TBA

Where: Hillier Retreat Cooran, Noosa Hinterland

Price: $239.00 (adult three day, 2025 price)

Zen Fest is a three-day event which celebrates the wonders of creative expression through music, dance, yoga, bodywork and meditation, in a sublime camp-out in the stunning Noosa Hinterland. Hosted by Island Vibe Festival and the ZenThai Shiatsu community, Zen Fest this year saw these artists and workshop facilitators: Murray Kyle, Mohilaa, Mr Percival, Gwyn Williams, Nuraini, The Rejuvinators, Liquid Lyrics, Stef Palmer, Merryn Penington, and Linda Lou.

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/zen-festival.

Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest, September 2026 TBA

Where: Kandanga Creek, Gympie (40 mins drive from Noosa)

Price: (2024 price for one day) $120

Hosted on a private 100-acre property the in Noosa hinterland’s Mary Valley, the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest is an adventure-filled, three-day festival of rock blues and roots music. With free camping, two alternating stages, and more than 120 artists, this festival is popular with families and those wanting to escape the city rush.

Tickets: https://www.mitchellcreekrocknbluesfest.com.au.

Groundwater Country Music Festival, 2026 TBA

Where: Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach, Gold Coast

Price: FREE

Groundwater Country Music Festival (CMF) gathers some of the best country artists in the Australian country music industry over three days on the Gold Coast. And it’s free! After a massive 10-year celebration in 2023, the event only continues to get bigger and better. In 2025 we saw 37 massic acts including Amy Sheppard, Brad Cox and Sons of Atticus.

More information: https://groundwatercmf.com

Big Pineapple Festival, 2026 TBA

Where: Pineapple Fields, Woombye, Sunshine Coast

Price: (2024 price) $150

The Big Pineapple Festival is the Sunshine Coast’s juciest event of the year, putting the spotlight on the country’s best artists and is major tourism drawcard for the region. The iconic festival – which brought Hilltop Hoods, The Cat Empire and Jungle Giants to Woombye in 2025 – celebrates all things Australian. There’s a famed fancy-dress competition and the inaugural Great Australian Pineapple Toss.

Tickets: https://www.bigpineapplefestival.com/.

Maleny Music Festival, November 7-9, 2025

Where: Maleny Showgrounds, Maleny, Sunshine Coast

Price: adult $79.39 (2024 one day price) or $204.67 (2024 3 day price)

The Maleny Music Festival is an all-ages, three-day music event offering camping, workshops, markets, open mics, bush poetry, and jam sessions. The family-friendly, community festival is run by volunteers and specialises in folk, blues, jazz, traditional Irish, and rock music, with some bush poetry, comedy, yoga, and musical workshops thrown in for good measure.

Tickets: https://www.malenymusicfestival.com/festival-tickets/

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This Queensland Music Festivals Guide was created by Yelo Mag. Read more about live music on the Sunshine Coast and beyond at yelo.live.

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