What’s on across the Gold Coast.

Sunday, August 30 – Monday, August 31, 2026

elsewhere: Oliver Huntemann (Germany)

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

HOTA Cinema: The Big Bike Film Night 2026

Den Devine: Locals and Hospo Open Mic Night

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Vinnies Dive: SCU After Dark with GREENER, STEELE, The Blue Jays & Ash Van Lits

HOTA: Live Aid in Concert

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

The Avenue: Stand Up Comedy

Den Devine: Wanna Be a Rockstar – live band karaoke

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Miami Marketta: Boy & Bear – Tripping Over Time Regional Tour

The Avenue: Dragalicious

Den Devine: Thursday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Friday, September 4 – Sunday, September 20, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Mamma Mia!

Friday, September 4, 2026

Miami Marketta: Goldy Bigsound Bash – TEENS, Liquid Zoo, Ruby Mae & Lightyears – FREE

Burleigh Town Hotel: Betty Anne – Slow Burn with Sianne and Maihi Pinker

Vinnies Dive: Large Mirage – Wildfire Single Tour

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: William Crighton – Colonial Drift – Stripped and Solo

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Fresh Fridays – live R&B, soul and dance grooves

The Avenue: Live Bands Friday

Den Devine: Friday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Sienna Skies “Australian Spring Tour”

Miami Marketta: Loose Goose – Goosemania

Wallaby Hotel: Mudgeeraba Blues Rock 2026 – FREE

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Amplified Saturdays – live rock and party anthems

Den Devine: Saturday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Shaun Kirk – Gold Coast

Den Devine: Live Music Bottomless Sunday Sessions

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Fire Baby: Sunday Sessions with local DJs

The Loose Moose: Sunday Sessions with M.D.M.

Harley & Hudson Coffee Bar: Live Music Sunday – FREE

Coolangatta Sands Hotel: Weekend live music

Fig ‘n’ Fox: Live music in the Dive Bar

Monday, September 7 – Tuesday, September 8, 2026

HOTA: The Scene Project

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Vinnies Dive: The Darts (USA)

Miami Marketta: Drag Queen Bingo

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

The Avenue: Stand Up Comedy

Den Devine: Wanna Be a Rockstar – live band karaoke

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Thursday, September 10 – Saturday, September 12, 2026

HOTA: Elegantly Wasted featuring the songs of INXS

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Dear Seattle Regional Aus Tour 2026

The Avenue: Dragalicious

Den Devine: Thursday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 20, 2026

Currumbin Beach to Flat Rock: SWELL Sculpture Festival

Friday, September 11, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Full Volume – Iron Maiden, AC/DC & Led Zeppelin Tribute Triple Bill

Coolangatta Hotel: Jebediah

Miami Marketta: NO CIGAR with Tear Drive

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Dear Sunday – Back In Business Tour

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Fresh Fridays – live R&B, soul and dance grooves

The Avenue: Live Bands Friday

Den Devine: Friday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Vinnies Dive: The Fat Bastards present Human Satellite EP Launch

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads: BLACKEN FOREVER – Nationwide Festival (QLD)

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: INXS Tribute Show

Kurrawa Park: Crafted Festival – 10 Years of Beers

CSi Club Southport: R&B Rooftop Party

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

Den Devine: Saturday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Sunday, September 13, 2026

HOTA: Danny Widdicombe and the Wand’rin’ Stars – ‘One Note at a Time’ Album Launch

Miami Marketta: Maneva & Fabio Brazza + Túlio – Brazilian Day

Main Beach: Main Beach Street Festival – FREE

Den Devine: Live Music Bottomless Sunday Sessions

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Fire Baby: Sunday Sessions with local DJs

The Loose Moose: Sunday Sessions with M.D.M.

Harley & Hudson Coffee Bar: Live Music Sunday – FREE

Tuesday, September 15 – Saturday, September 19, 2026

HOTA: A Bee Story

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

HOTA: The Box Show

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

The Avenue: Stand Up Comedy

Den Devine: Wanna Be a Rockstar – live band karaoke

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Thursday, September 17 – Saturday, September 19, 2026

HOTA: Hot Potato Band Workshop

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads: Coastal Social RETURNS with PASH (ADL) + Seeing Violet + Jett Lindsay + Santo Domingo

Burleigh Town Hotel: Cirque Le Strange

The Avenue: Dragalicious

Den Devine: Thursday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Friday, September 18 – Saturday, September 19, 2026

elsewhere: lowbrain (Perth)

Friday, September 18, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads: Synergy 360° Session

HOTA, Surfers Paradise: One Night in Nashville – Country Hoedown

The SoundLounge: Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows – The Quintessential Best Of Tour

Vinnies Dive: Flight To Dubai – INBUILT OBSOLESCENCE Single Tour

Miami Marketta: Venezuela Fundraiser Concert

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Fresh Fridays – live R&B, soul and dance grooves

The Avenue: Live Bands Friday

Den Devine: Friday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Saturday, September 19 – Saturday, September 26, 2026

HOTA: Glow and Tell

Saturday, September 19, 2026

HOTA: Hot Potato Band

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: VOGUE MINOGUE – The Madonna & Kylie Experience

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: The Lazy Eyes – Cheesy Love Songs Tour

Wallaby Hotel: Best Years of Our Lives – Celebrating 80s Oz Pub Rock

Broadwater Parklands: Broadwater Pavilion Markets with live music – FREE

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Amplified Saturdays – live rock and party anthems

Den Devine: Saturday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Miami Marketta: Chutney with Tomorrow’s Forecast & Mermaid Waters

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads: SESSION 26 (All Ages) with MST + Rising Paradox

Miami Marketta: The Open Fonda

Vinnies Dive: Dallas Frasca – Canada to Arnhem Land Tour

Den Devine: Live Music Bottomless Sunday Sessions

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Fire Baby: Sunday Sessions with local DJs

The Loose Moose: Sunday Sessions with M.D.M.

Harley & Hudson Coffee Bar: Live Music Sunday – FREE

Coolangatta Sands Hotel: Weekend live music

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Miami Marketta: Strung Out (USA)

Den Devine: Locals and Hospo Open Mic Night

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Miami Marketta: Drag Queen Bingo

The Star Gold Coast: Bill Bailey – Vaudevillean

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

The Avenue: Stand Up Comedy

Den Devine: Wanna Be a Rockstar – live band karaoke

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Adalita – Gold Coast

The Avenue: Dragalicious

Den Devine: Thursday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Friday, September 25 – Saturday, September 26, 2026

HOTA: Erth’s Dinosaurs

Friday, September 25, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: 7 Years Loud – A Visual History of Mo’s Desert Clubhouse

Coolangatta Hotel: Ultimate Superstars of Country

Miami Marketta: Roaring Lion – Bob Marley Tribute Show

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Fresh Fridays – live R&B, soul and dance grooves

The Avenue: Live Bands Friday

Den Devine: Friday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Burleigh Town Hotel: Arj Barker – The Classics

HOTA: Dan Rath: Help Me Please

Miami Marketta: Drag Queen Bingo Fundraiser

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Mo’s 7th Birthday featuring Peach Fur

Vinnies Dive Bar: Pornstar Supercar

Surfers Paradise Beachfront: Beachfront Markets with live music – FREE

Dreamworld Night Market: Night Market with live music and entertainment

CSi Club Southport: Amplified Saturdays – live rock and party anthems

Den Devine: Saturday live music

Dracula’s: Abyss – dinner cabaret with live rock, comedy and circus

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Illicit Symphony – 6yrs in the Wilderness Album Launch

Den Devine: Live Music Bottomless Sunday Sessions

Coolangatta Hotel: Live entertainment in the Public Bar

The Star Gold Coast: Live music and DJs

Currumbin RSL: Free weekend live music – FREE

Fire Baby: Sunday Sessions with local DJs

The Loose Moose: Sunday Sessions with M.D.M.

Harley & Hudson Coffee Bar: Live Music Sunday – FREE

Coolangatta Sands Hotel: Weekend live music

Fig ‘n’ Fox: Live music in the Dive Bar

Thursday, October 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2026

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: THAW

Thursday, October 1 – Sunday, October 11, 2026

Gold Coast: BLEACH Festival 2026

HOTA: Live Music Stage – FREE

Thursday, October 1, 2026

HOTA: BLEACH Opening Night

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Super Massive – BLEACH Opening Night

Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4, 2026

HOTA: The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

Friday, October 2 – Saturday, October 3, 2026

HOTA: Club Peroxide

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

HOTA, Surfers Paradise: Charlie Mitchell & Project Swing

Friday, October 2, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Unexploded Ordnance Vol. 2 (Oct 2-4)

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Lady Blackbird & Electric Fields

Musgrave Park, Southport: Overtone Festival 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Chris Connor – Viva Elvis

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: BEACON Choir

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Coolangatta Hotel: Devoted to Disco

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: SIX60 with SUB-TRIBE

Nobby Beach: Nobby’s Street Fiesta

The Star Gold Coast: Burn The Floor – Luminous

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: SIK NU WORLD – Korn, Deftones and Evanescence Tribute Night

Wallaby Hotel: Ups and Downs – Sleepless 40 Years On

Saturday, October 3 – Monday, October 5, 2026

HOTA: 100 Keyboards

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Miami Marketta: Gilsons Australia Tour 2026

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: Oktoberfest 2026 – Sunday Edition

HOTA: Silk Road Project: NOMAD

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Ella Fence

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: BEACON Choir

Wednesday, October 7 – Saturday, October 10, 2026

HOTA: Awake

Thursday, October 8 – Saturday, October 10, 2026

HOTA: Cuddle

Thursday, October 8, 2026

HOTA Cinema: Adventure Reels Tour 2026

Coolangatta Hotel: ONEFOUR – Back Outside Tour

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Blind Corners

Friday, October 9, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Compound + Screwjob

Gold Coast University Hospital: ArtBeat Music and Arts Festival

Wallaby Hotel: Jake Whittaker

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: BEACON Choir

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Tijuana Cartel

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: The Ultimate Modern Country Show

HOTA: Sounds of Brasil

Burleigh Town Hotel: The Fabulous Caprettos

Robina Auditorium: Gold Coast Philharmonic – Monsters, Magic and Masterpieces

Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, October 11, 2026

HOTA: Arkestra Choir – FREE

Sunday, October 11, 2026

HOTA: High Tide

The SoundLounge: Pete Helliar – An International Kerfuffle

HOTA / BLEACH Festival: Burger Joint

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Don McLean – American Pie 55th Anniversary Tour

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Coolangatta Hotel: Skunkhour – Back to Basics

HOTA Cinema: WAFT: Women’s Adventure Film Tour 2026

Friday, October 16 – Sunday, October 18, 2026

Various Broadbeach venues: Groundwater Country Music Festival

Friday, October 16, 2026

Burleigh Town Hotel: Boom Crash Opera

Coolangatta Hotel: Guttermouth – One Last Time Farewell Tour

HOTA: Queen Forever – Greatest Hits Tour

The SoundLounge: Alex Lloyd – 25 Amazing Years Tour of Watching Angels Mend

The Star Gold Coast: Rocketman in Concert

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Purple Disturbance – I Love Rob Lowe Tour

Burleigh Town Hotel: The Reunion with Discovery and First Kiss DJs

Coolangatta Hotel: The Butterfly Effect

Miami Marketta: Australian Burlesque Festival 2026 – The Big Tease Soirée

Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Sisters Doll Celebrate 40 Years of Slippery When Wet

Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach: Feast on Fifth – FREE

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: Oktoberfest 2026 – Saturday Edition

Saturday, October 17, 2026 – Wednesday, January 6, 2027

HOTA Gallery: Energies 2026

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier (ex-Radio Birdman)

Miami Marketta: Peking Duk – Paradise Album Tour

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Out of Control Army (Mexico) – Australia 2026

Friday, October 23, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Electric Pandas – Electric Safari 2026

Coolangatta Hotel: The Bon Jovi Legacy

Wallaby Hotel: Jason Singh – Heaven’s Greatest Hits

Saturday, October 24, 2026

HOTA: Lawrence Mooney – Full Moon Party

Hound and Stag Brewing Co: The Ultimate Bon Jovi Experience

Miami Marketta: Sip & Sing

Burleigh Town Hotel: Katchafire with Mike Love

Friday, October 30, 2026

Coolangatta Hotel: Outshined – 90s Grunge Show

HOTA: Pevan & Sarah in Concert

Miami Marketta: Bootleg Rascal – Asleep in the Machine 10th Anniversary Tour

Wallaby Hotel: Skinny Living (UK)

Saturday, October 31, 2026

HOTA: The Folk Arena Australia

Miami Marketta: Taking Back Saturday Halloween: Emo & Pop Punk Party – Gold Coast

Vinnies Dive: Halloween in Southport

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Coolangatta Beach: Red Hot Summer Tour – Australian Crawl, Men At Work, Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and more

Coolangatta Hotel: Collins in the Air Tonight

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Alex James’ Britpop Classical Australian Tour

Friday, November 6, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Hindley Street Country Club

Vinnies Dive: Negative Approach – 2026 Australia & New Zealand Tour

The SoundLounge: Tex Perkins & Matt Walker – Before The Show Tour

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Our Demise – Despondence Tour

HOTA: YATRA – Dance with Purpose

Miami Marketta: JET – The Rumblin’ Regional Revue

The Star Gold Coast: The Church – A Psychedelic Symphony with The George Ellis Orchestra

Friday, November 13, 2026

Miami Marketta: Disco Revolution – The Ultimate Dance Party Experience

The SoundLounge: Rick Price – Call On Me Tour

Saturday, November 14, 2026

Vinnies Dive: Homesick with Ratking, Deathproof, Blindside, Mouthshut, Avenge The Dead & Stench Pit

The Star Gold Coast: The Nutcracker

Wallaby Hotel: Cool Britannia Live

Miami Marketta: Thirsty Merc – 20 Good Regions Tour

Sunday, November 15, 2026

The SoundLounge: Daniel Muggleton – White Here, White Now

Thursday, November 19, 2026

Burleigh Town Hotel: The Black Seeds – Australian Tour

Friday, November 20, 2026

Miami Marketta: Ben Morgan – Australian Tour

Miami Marketta: BUDJERAH – The Gentlemen Tour

The Star Gold Coast: Suzi Quatro – Down Under 2026

Saturday, November 21, 2026

Vinnies Dive: The Nori Roll Glory Hole with Necrospective, Awful Noise, Leaker & Tanah Merah

Miami Marketta: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Tribute | Mango Matic

El Ranchero at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: W I L D SUMMER at El Ranchero

HOTA: Bangarra Dance Theatre – Horizon

Thursday, November 26, 2026

Miami Marketta: Ryan Harris (Canada) Australian Tour

Saturday, November 28, 2026 – Sunday, March 7, 2027

HOTA Gallery: Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2026

Friday, November 27, 2026

Miami Marketta: Zayden Kennedy – The Final Loop

Saturday, November 28, 2026

Burleigh Town Hotel: Cascada – 2026 Australian Headline Tour

Thursday, December 3, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Air Supply – 50th Anniversary Celebration

Friday, December 4, 2026

HOTA: Ministry of Sound Summer Dance Festival

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Miami Marketta: Royale With Cheese – The Ultimate 90s Rock Show

The Star Gold Coast: The TEN Tenors – A Not So Silent Night

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Miami Marketta: Back To The Mac – The Fleetwood Mac Experience

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Gold Coast Sports Precinct: Spilt Milk 2026

Saturday, December 19, 2026

The SoundLounge: DREAMS Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks Tribute Show

Sunday, December 20, 2026

Miami Marketta: Comunidade do Samba White Party Folias – Gold Coast

Wednesday, December 30 – Thursday, December 31, 2026

The Star Gold Coast: Queen: It’s A Kinda Magic

Tuesday, February 16, 2027

Vinnies Dive: Teenage Bottlerocket (USA) & Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms)

Saturday, February 27, 2027

HOTA: Thomas Green: Brainstorm

Miami Marketta: Osees

Wednesday, June 9 – Sunday, June 13, 2027

Coolangatta: Cooly Rocks On 2027