Scene-first. Local-led.
Sunshine Coast music and culture magazine
YELO is an independent Sunshine Coast music and culture platform helping locals find the gigs, stories, venues and strange little sparks happening around them.
It also helps artists, venues, festivals and cultural businesses get seen by the right local audience through editorial, gig guides, playlists and scene-first promotion.
Find gigs
Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast gig guides.
Read stories
Local music, culture, venues and scene notes.
Listen local
Queensland playlists and new local tracks.
Get seen
Editorial support and local-scene promotion.
Penny Brand interviewing The Terrys backstage at Bluff Fest.
About YELO
Built for the people keeping local music alive
YELO began in 2023 with just me, a laptop, a love of live music and a quiet hope that the Sunshine Coast could feel connected again.
After the lockdown years, everything felt a little more distant. People were talking less, scrolling more, and the local creative world no longer felt as close.
Artists, venues, small business owners and music people were often working in isolation. A lot of us were looking for something real again.
Venue closures, rising costs and thinner crowds have only made that work feel more urgent.
YELO was my answer to that.
From gig guide to local platform
A place for gigs, stories and scene-building
What started as an online calendar became a magazine shaped by live music, local culture and the people behind it.
YELO began as a gig guide, but quickly grew into something broader: a way to support local artists, help fill rooms, and keep people connected to the scene around them.
Along the way, YELO became the kind of community I did not realise I needed too.
I recently served as secretary of the Sunshine Coast Music Industry Collective, and I currently share local music news on ABC Sunshine Coast Radio each Tuesday with Sarah Howells.
Penny Brand | Music Editor, YELO
What YELO does
Gigs, stories, playlists and promotion
YELO works with venues, festivals, artists and cultural organisations in support of live music, independent culture and the people building the scene from the ground up.
Gig guides
Curated live music guides across the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Local stories
Scene-first editorial covering artists, venues, festivals, creative spaces and regional music culture.
Playlists
Curated Queensland music, new releases and local tracks worth adding to the queue.
Promotion
Editorial support, gig guide visibility and scene-first promotion for artists, venues and local culture makers.
For locals
Gigs, venues, festivals, playlists and culture without digging through scattered posts.
For artists
Stories, gig guide placement, social posts and playlist support.
For venues
Venue pages, editorial coverage, gig visibility and local-scene positioning.
For festivals
Preview stories, guide placement and cultural coverage for events worth leaving the house for.
Work with YELO
Promote a show, release, venue or cultural project
YELO offers editorial support, gig guide visibility, playlist features and scene-first promotion for artists, venues and local culture makers.
From one-off story support to ongoing visibility, YELO helps get your show, release or venue in front of people who actually care about local music and culture.
Explore YELO
Start with the local guides
Explore gig guides, playlists and local scene stories, or get in touch about working together.
