February 7, 2024By yelomusic
Yelo Mag’s Sunshine Coast Live Music Gig Guide best of the Coast’s live music scene every week. Here’s our top picks for Thursday, February 8 to Wednesday, February 14. Thursday: Sofar Sounds will gather local beatniks for an evening of music and art at Studio 53 Art & Surf Culture, Coolum Beach. Surrounded by vintage
February 1, 2024By yelomusic
Our Yelo Mag free Sunshine Coast Live Music Gig Guide brings the best from the local music scene – from Noosa to Caloundra – every week. Friday: All hail heavy metal lovers! The Presynct, at Nambour, brings an all-out night of carnage with six back-to-back bands, including Armoured Earth and Deadweight 80 from Melbourne, and
February 1, 2024By yelomusic
Legendary music marvel Sarah Howells, of Triple J and Double J fame, ventures off the Sunny Coast’s beaten beach tracks to unearth the hidden live music gems in our diverse communities. Here are her finds for February. This New Light If indie-folk is your thing then you need to check out Samuel Ayling, AKA This
January 31, 2024By yelomusic
It’s finally here! Noosa funk-fusion band Ampersand has launched their debut single “Originality” to family, friends and fans at Solbar on Sunday. Yelo music writer and Ampersand’s pianoman and manager Jarrod Tutbury – who has written several pieces for Yelo including The Coast’s Top 5 Recording Studios and How to Start A Band – said
January 25, 2024By yelomusic
The Sunshine Coast music community has welcomed an Australian-owned medicinal cannabis company which opened a new distribution facility at Coolum Beach. Canntic will provide Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) compliant products to Australian-licenced pharmacies, which will dispense the products on prescription. Mayor Mark Jamieson said Canntic’s warehouse, dispensary and virtual clinic facility has an estimated capital
January 18, 2024By yelomusic
Queensland has scored some serious heavy metal royalty with the announcement of a world-class rock festival. Major acts Alice Cooper, Placebo, Deep Purple and Wheatus are set to descend on Sunny Coast shores at Sandstone Point Hotel, on April 28. Doug Jennings Park, on the Gold Coast, will see the same acts, including Blondie, on
January 16, 2024By yelomusic
Residents who live a 15 minute drive from Sunshine Coast Stadium at Bokarina have received notices in their letterboxes about the return of Groovin the Moo sparking concerns over noise levels and traffic congestion. The hugely popular live music festival, scheduled for May 5, made its debut on the Coast last year featuring Fatboy Slim,
January 12, 2024By yelomusic
Local band Owls of Neptune, young musician Layla Havana, and the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival have joined 14 artists, arts groups and creative businesses to share in almost $90,000 of funding to help further develop their practices. The Sunshine Coast Council’s latest Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grant recipients will use their money for
January 2, 2024By yelomusic
The last time I went to Woodford Folk Festival I was 19 and I had a bad “trip” and a bad attitude. It was 2002 and I was still partying like it was 1999. Hot, sweaty, dancing gypsies. Young, wild and free. My best friend Claire – who I’ve known since Grade 5 – introduced
January 2, 2024By yelomusic
Organisers of the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic music event have announced it will return this year after a two-year hiatus. The Big Pineapple Music Festival social media pages posted a teaser yesterday: “2024 = The year of the pineapple comeback!” However, no more details have been released. Music community welcomes the news Local singer/songwriter Jay