The Sunshine Coast Music Awards return for their second edition on June 7 at Banana Bender Pub. Photo: SCMIC committee members at last year’s awards. Supplied.

Sunny Side Up has locked in its next Sunshine Coast festival date, the Sunshine Coast Music Awards countdown is on, and The Jungle Giants are coming to Coolum.

Here are the music bites on YELO’s radar this week.

Sunny Side Up ticket dates to clock

Sunny Side Up has locked in its next Sunshine Coast edition at Aussie World, with Pendulum DJ Set, What So Not and Hot Dub Time Machine leading the September lineup.

The festival returns on September 5, with Anna Lunoe, Habstrakt, Latifa Tee, Raw Ordio, Yussi and more also on the bill.

Presale tickets open at 5pm on May 26, with general sale from 5pm on May 27.

Read YELO’s full Sunny Side Up story here: Sunny Side Up returns to Aussie World.

Sunshine Coast Music Awards countdown

The countdown is also on for the Sunshine Coast Music Awards, with the 2026 ceremony heading to The Shed in Palmview on June 7.

The awards return for their second year, celebrating the artists, venues, studios, live acts and industry people helping shape the Sunshine Coast music scene.

This is one to keep close if you care about the local ecosystem, not just the people on stage. Awards nights can be a little shiny, a little strange and a little networking-heavy, but they also show where the scene is putting its attention.

Read YELO’s Sunshine Coast Music Awards finalists story here: Sunshine Coast Music Awards finalists revealed.

Enter Shikari hit Blackflag this weekend

Enter Shikari bring their Australian tour to Blackflag Brewing Coolum on May 24, giving the Sunshine Coast one of the bigger high-energy touring shows of the weekend.

The UK band are known for throwing rock, post-hardcore, electronic chaos and big-room release into the same blender, which should make this a very different kind of night for Coolum.

Find the listing in YELO’s Sunshine Coast gig guide: Sunshine Coast live music this weekend.

The Jungle Giants return to Brisbane

The Jungle Giants are heading back to Brisbane for a Fortitude Music Hall show on June 13, with The Tullamarines and Tear Drive also on the bill.

It is a big one for the Brisbane indie-pop crowd, and a useful reminder that the next few weeks are stacked with shows that sit just outside the Sunshine Coast but still matter to the wider South East Queensland gig map.

Tickets and tour details are available via The Jungle Giants tour dates.

Where We Belong heads to Redcliffe

Where We Belong Festival lands at Settlement Cove Lagoon in Redcliffe on June 27, with The Screaming Jets, Pricey, Large Mirage and more than 20 acts across the day.

The all-day event runs from 10am to 10pm, giving Moreton Bay a big community music moment by the water.

For YELO, this is exactly the kind of thing worth watching: regional rooms, foreshore stages, community festival energy and people building music culture outside the usual capital-city circuit.

Event details are available here: Where We Belong Festival 2026.

NOOSA alive! keeps July busy

NOOSA alive! returns from July 17–26, bringing music, theatre, comedy, food, wine, visual arts and performance into venues and spaces across Noosa.

It is broader than a music festival, but it belongs on the radar as YELO keeps stretching into arts, culture and the other live things that get people out of the house.

Program details are available via the official festival site: NOOSA alive!.

Alex by the Sea brings classics to Alexandra Headland

Alex by the Sea has a big coastal Sunday lined up at Buhk Park in Alexandra Headland on June 7, with Ross Wilson headlining a classic-hits bill by the water.

The Day Two program also includes tribute sets celebrating Fleetwood Mac, INXS and Queen, with pop-up bars, food trucks, ocean views and proceeds supporting surf lifesaving volunteers.

mou and Ryan Tracey play Easy Tape Studios

mou and Ryan Tracey are set for an intimate winter edition of Easy Tape Sessions at Easy Tape Studios in Burnside on July 9.

The studio gig is being pitched as a cosy night of local Sunshine Coast music inside a purpose-built recording space, with warm sound, close-up performances and the kind of small-room energy that can make a local show feel special.

Rooms worth watching

As the Coast heads toward another busy run of winter gigs, YELO is keeping an eye on the rooms doing the heavy lifting: pubs, breweries, small halls, festival sites and venues that keep finding ways to put local and touring acts in front of actual humans.

If you are running a show, launching a release, announcing a lineup or trying to get people into a room, send it through before the week disappears into the swamp.

Submit Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast gigs via the YELO gig submission form: submit your gig.

On the YELO radar

This week, YELO is watching festival ticket movement, local award season, big touring shows, community festivals and the strange little corners of Coast culture that make a night out more than just a date on a poster.

That means gigs, festivals, arts, culture, weird rooms, good posters, local characters and anything that makes the Sunshine Coast feel less like a waiting room and more like a place with a pulse.

Find this week’s Sunshine Coast gigs here: Sunshine Coast live music this weekend.

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