Penny Brand
Caloundra: The Sunshine Coast’s premier music festival, Caloundra Music Festival, did not disappoint this year with headliners Arrested Development, Spiderbait, Kasey Chambers, The Temper Trap and Busby Marou absolutely killing it, all wedged between some incredible grass-roots talent. But while the annual Sunshine Coast Council festival is a family-friendly and all-age focused event, there’s still
Small Change Espresso owners Ben and Kimberly Conicella are bringing some famous names to Nambour. Bill Chambers (yes, that’s Kasey’s dad and he’s amazing!) will play at their hip industrial-style venue on September 30. Ben, 39, who moonlights as a musician, plays bass guitar in Chambers’ band. Picture: Small Change Espresso at Nambour is a
If the Sunshine Coast had a Lord Mayor of Music it would be Andrea Kirwin. Kirwin is a staunch community devotee and has quickly become the folk poster girl for the Coast’s burgeoning music scene after setting up record label Peace Run Records in downtown Nambour a year ago. In a more grass-roots driven direction,
Weezer songs like “Island in the Sun” and “El Scorcho” have been blasted by fans in blow-up swimming pools for decades. The Grammy award-winning, US alt-rock will bring all their hit summer rock-anthems to Brisbane Entertainment Centre on October 8. Joining them is home-grown electro giants Regurgitator (AKA “The ‘Gurge”). And it’s about to be
Hello my Sunny Coast folk, and newfound friends from down the road, It has taken me a long time to consider whether Yelo, a Sunshine Coast online ‘music street press’ publication I created in July, should take on these other major cities. You see, conquering the Sunny Coast wasn’t as hard as I thought, so
Even the sober grandma in us would get her rave shoes on to see Will Sparks at the Asylum. The 30-year-old Australian DJ has almost three million followers on Spotify, which is doing very well in our opinion. He’s even played at Tomorrowland (that means with Fisher, Anyma and Paris Hilton, peoples!). *Swoon* A prominent
Conondale: A Sunshine Coast “hippy commune” having its live music club axed by Sunshine Coast Council has to be one of the most heart-breaking stories of the century, writes Yelo editor Penny Brand. When the sun broke today and our alarm went off, my daughter Lola and I jumped up and diligently threw on the
Maleny celebrity agent Ian “Dicko” Dickson is calling for better transport safety for Sunshine Coast musicians and punters. Dicko says he continues to see teenagers in lines at 2am waiting for Ubers. And if a better transport system isn’t implemented sooner, people might be hurt. He says the lack of a safe public transport system
After an epic weekend at our favourite true-blue country music festival, the Gympie Music Muster, Yelo music editor Penny Brand has put together her ‘Muster Musts’ to survive this incredible family-friendly, all-Aussie weekend. Do you have a ‘Muster Must’? LET US KNOW!
Sippy Downs: Bottom’s up uni students! It’s official. The University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) today confirmed to Yelo it would move from a ‘dry campus’ to a ‘sticky’ one allowing students to soon purchase alcohol at the university. Rumours had been circulating at the Sippy Downs campus that an open-air stage, offering live music,
