Main picture: All Strings Attached will perform at this year’s Maleny Music Festival

The Maleny Music Festival runs from November 8-10. It offers a melting pot of folk, Irish, blues and Americana music, from some exceptional local talent. We have everything you need to know for a fun weekend away.

With major music festivals being cancelled across the country, it’s time to support the little guys.

If you love Woodford Folk Festival, Mitchell Creek Festival or Neurum Creek Festival then you will love the Maleny Music Festival.

The boutique, community-led and volunteer-run festival is set in the lush Sunshine Coast hinterland at the Maleny Showgrounds.

It’s family-friendly and the festival is renowned for its relaxed, intimate and casual atmosphere.

The diverse program offers acoustic-based acts, dance bands, comedy, poetry, workshops and street entertainment.

There’s seven stages, activities such as yoga and bush poetry, plenty of food and market stalls, and on-site camping.

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What to expect

• Three days of camping and music festival
• Quality musicians and acts
• Seven stages and more than 120 performances
• Jamming tent/BYO instrument
• Workshops and open mic spots
• Licensed bars, delicious food and market stalls
• On-site camping with hot showers
• Street entertainment, kids activities
• Under 12s free

The music

You may not know them by name, but you are guaranteed to go away with a new favourite artist.

Touting itself as “for those who appreciate quality musicians”, organisers specialise in finding talented instrumentalists, and songwriters with a story to tell.

The music is mostly folk, traditional Irish, blues and Americana, but there’s also plenty of other genres across the weekend.

Picture: Maleny Music Festival lineup

Ticket prices

• Adult full festival ticket (three days), $215 (+ $50-$70 for camping)
• Youth (age 13-17) full festival ticket, $105 (+$25-$35 for camping)
• Adult day ticket, $75
• Under 12s, free (including camping)

Camping

On-site camping is available at Maleny Showgrounds.

Cost ranges from $25-$70, with under 12s free.

There’s no shuttle buses or long walks, just BYO your own tent or camper and set up with your friends.

Coin-operated hot showers and toilets are available.

The site is also just a short walk to town. Just head along the Obi Obi Creek Boardwalk and you’ll pop out into the heart of Maleny.

Camping is sure to book out so secure your spot now.

Fun fact: the festival is on the same site of the original Maleny Folk Festival, which went on to become the Woodford Folk Festival!

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Day trippers

Drive up for the day, with the festival just a short drive from Brisbane, Gympie and Moreton Bay.

There’s plenty of accommodation options within walking distance of the festival.

Maleny is worth staying at to view the Glasshouse Mountains, eat and drink in town or swim at Gardner Falls. 

Get the festival app! Follow this link https://app.momentevents.co/ for all the important festival information.

Maleny Music Festival map

Maleny Music Festival 2024 performers

Albi & The Wolves • All Strings Attached • Amaidí • Andrea Baldwin • Archer At Dusk • August River Band • Barleyshakes • Belly Savalas • Birren • Broken Creek Cirus Claire • Day Of Embers • Emily Lubitz • Felicity Lawless • Good Tunes session Hayden Hack • Haystack Mountain Hermits • Hoozatt? Entertainment Ian Mackay & Poets • JC & The Tree • Jesse Morris & The Shakedown • Jordan Mac Joy Of Singing Maleny • Judy Small Songbirds • Kate B • Kelly Brouhaha Life Is A Myth • Maleny Ukulele • Milena Luna • Mitch King • Mouth Orchestra Nicole Murray • Niq Reefman • Noel Gardner and The Party Faithful Noosa & District Pipe Band • O’Leary & Rizzalli • Peace n Choir • Pretzel Poem Project Queensland Youth Folk Orchestra • Ragged Morris Band • Renegade Funk Rosie Waters • Salty Sirens Shanty Choir • Sam Shepherd • Shaky Razor Shanleigh Rose • Shellie Morris • Sing • Sing Session w/Don Jarmey • Sky Eater Sue Wighton & The Margaritas • Sunni Holden • 3 Miles From Texas • The Borough The Levee • The Pleasant Coucals • The Salty Sirens & The Irate Pirates The Shining Hour • The Trespassers • Tim Scanlan & Mana Okubo • Wolf’s Tales

For all your Maleny Music Festival information and tickets head to: https://www.malenymusicfestival.com/.