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Katie Noonan. Photo: Cybele Malinowski. Five-time ARIA Award winner Katie Noonan is bringing her deeply personal new album Alone but all one home to the Sunshine Coast this spring. Fresh from taking home three awards at the 2026 Sunshine Coast Music Awards, Noonan joins YELO for a Q&A about music, creativity, community and life on
NO CIGAR are bringing their biggest Australian tour yet to the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Brisbane. Photo: Tom Grunt. Auckland indie band NO CIGAR say Australia now feels like a second home as they prepare to kick off their biggest Australian tour yet on the Sunshine Coast. The New Zealand group will open their
A packed room at Solbar in Maroochydore. Photo: Dameeka Middleton. A new University of the Sunshine Coast study has found a sense of belonging can be just as important as the event itself when it comes to getting people through the doors. Researchers surveyed 577 Sunshine Coast residents and found people were more likely to
The Vogue in Nambour in its heyday. Image: published by Sunshine Valley Gazette; original photographer unknown. A $1.85 million leasehold deal for Nambour’s Royal George Hotel has raised fresh questions about the future of neighbouring entertainment venue The Vogue. The current CRE Brokers listing for the Royal George Hotel is now headed “UNCONDITIONAL”, after the
Che Burns is heading back to Blackflag Coolum this month for what’s being billed as his biggest live production yet on the Sunshine Coast. The 2026 Sunshine Coast Music Awards (SCMA) winner will take over Blackflag’s flagship venue with his full band on September 19, following a run of sold-out shows and an official showcase
Sunnyboys in 2026. Photo: Supplied. Australian power-pop favourites Sunnyboys will reunite for a one-off Brisbane show as their landmark debut album turns 45. The band will headline 4ZZZ’s ZED51 celebrations at The Amphitheatre, Roma Street Parkland, on Friday, October 23, joined by The Clouds, V Spy V Spy and Mick Medew and the Ursula 4.
The Jungle Giants. Photo: Supplied. Brisbane alternative dance act The Jungle Giants will perform at Blackflag Brewing Coolum with The Tullamarines and Tear Drive on August 21. The band are touring in support of their fifth studio album, Experiencing Feelings of Joy. YELO editor Penny Brand caught up with frontman Sam Hales about songwriting in
Australian rock icons The Living End, supported by rising Brisbane band SPEIRA, opened their regional tour with a sold out show at Venue 114 in Bokarina, proving that after three decades, they remain absurdly fit. They were also, less surprisingly, very good. See Dameeka Middleton’s full photo gallery from the sold out show. Under an
WHIPLASSH and VERATIE perform at Blackflag Brewing Mooloolaba. Photos: Penny Brand. From existential crises and teenage pressure to deliberately imperfect recordings, the songs reaching YELO’s weekly ABC Sunshine Coast segment reveal a local scene that is becoming harder to define, and far more interesting. The Coast has long had a strong folk and indie identity,
The Jungle Giants play Blackflag Brewing Coolum with The Tullamarines and Tear Drive on August 21. Photo: Meg Siejka. With The Jungle Giants and JET on the way, a production brewery in Coolum’s industrial estate is emerging as one of the Sunshine Coast’s most important live music rooms. Known as The Compound, Blackflag Brewing Coolum
