July 25, 2026By yelomag
Ministry of Sound: Testament 90s in Melbourne in 2025. The event comes to Venue 114 on Sunday, July 26. Photo: Ashlea Caygill. From sunrise DJs and sober raves to daytime clubbing and festivals that finish before bedtime, the Sunshine Coast is discovering that you do not need darkness to have a dance floor. DJs are
July 24, 2026By yelomag
Spilt Milk returns to the Gold Coast in December. Photo: Spilt Milk RAYE is bringing her search for a husband to the Gold Coast, joining Lewis Capaldi and a huge cast of international and Australian artists at Spilt Milk 2026. The husbands are coming. After spending the better part of the past year asking “WHERE
July 21, 2026By yelomag
Kasey Chambers leads the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup. Photo: Supplied. Kasey Chambers will lead the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup when the free Broadbeach event returns to the Gold Coast from Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18. The lineup, announced this week, brings together country icons, festival favourites and international artists,
July 4, 2026By yelomag
Singer and loop performer Ino will make his Peregian Beach Hotel debut on July 31 after recently relocating to the Sunshine Coast. A familiar name across the Northern Rivers circuit, the New Zealand-born artist has spent more than a decade playing venues around Byron Bay and Ballina. Also known as Ino Pio, he builds his
July 2, 2026By yelomag
Photo: Rob Comiskey. Supplied. TAB betting facilities have been removed from five Comiskey Group hotels after the company refused to sign a new five-year agreement with Tabcorp. The 20-year partnership ended on July 1 after the previous agreement expired on June 30. Comiskey Group said the proposed new contract included higher weekly venue fees, reduced
July 2, 2026By yelomag
After months of silence and speculation, a new collaboration between Raw Ordio and festival founder Mark Pico has sent the local pineapple radar twitching. 2026 status: No festival date or lineup has been announced. See YELO’s current Big Pineapple Festival guide for the latest verified information. Raw Ordio may have just dropped the tiniest Big
June 26, 2026By yelomag
Karma Police will launch their debut EP, Pale and Blue, at Black Box Theatre in Nambour on August 15. Photo: Warwick Gow. Sunshine Coast alt-rock band Karma Police is already 50 per cent sold for its debut EP launch at Black Box Theatre on August 15. The strong ticket sales come after a packed Nambour
June 26, 2026By yelomag
Queensland garage-rock four-piece Girl and Girl have released their new single “It’s Dead”, accompanied by an action-heavy music video and a second track, “Hell”. Released through Virgin Music Australia and Sub Pop, “It’s Dead” finds frontman Kai James addressing one of the band’s recurring subjects more directly than before. “We’re always hinting at death in
June 26, 2026By yelomag
More than 180 illustrators, comic artists, zine makers and independent creatives will take over the Brisbane Showgrounds when the Brisbane Illustration Fair returns in July The two-day fair will be held at the John Reid Pavilion in Bowen Hills from 10am to 4pm on July 18 and 19. Entry is $2, with children under 12
June 26, 2026By yelomag
Sunshine Coast alt-pop artist and Sunshine Coast Music Awards finalist Cora has released her debut EP, “Be That Girl”. The six-track EP brings together recent singles “(boy)cott”, “Be That Girl” and “Gotta Be Done”, alongside three previously unreleased songs. Its focus track, “She’s So Pretty”, arrives with an official video and was co-written and produced

