Blackflag Brewing, Coolum
A car-park crowd cut sick at Something Cool Festival at Blackflag Brewing in 2024. Photo: Dameeka Middleton.
Coolum live music venue
Blackflag Brewing Coolum
Blackflag Brewing Coolum is an industrial brewery and live music space in Coolum, known for heavier shows, alternative touring acts, punk, hardcore, metal and loyal local crowds.
The Coolum venue has hosted major moments for the Sunshine Coast alternative scene, including Something Cool Festival, Pricey’s The Big Weekend and touring acts that give the region a louder edge.
Quick take
Coolum’s loudest live music room
Blackflag Brewing Coolum gives the Sunshine Coast one of its strongest rooms for heavier, alternative and underground live music, with touring acts landing inside a working brewery space in the Coolum industrial area.
It works as both a social brewery hangout and a performance venue, with an industrial feel, coastal attitude and a crowd that turns up for big guitar energy, punk, hardcore, metal and left-of-centre shows.
Venue
Blackflag Brewing Coolum
Location
Coolum Industrial Estate
Style
Industrial brewery and live music space
Typical shows
Punk, hardcore, metal, alternative tours and festivals
Venue feel
What it’s like
Blackflag Brewing Coolum has a rawer, more industrial feel than a coastal pub or cafe-bar, with beer, big rooms, louder shows and crowds that are there for the music.
The venue suits punk, hardcore, metal, alt-rock and festival-style events, while still working as a brewery space where locals can gather before the volume goes up.
Scene notes
A key room for the Coast’s heavier side
Blackflag has become one of the Sunshine Coast’s important alternative live music stops, with the Coolum venue hosting shows that might otherwise skip the region.
It has also been home to Pricey’s The Big Weekend, while Something Cool Festival has helped cement the venue as a key spot for heavier and alternative live music on the Coast.
Venue info
Address: 11 Lomandra Place, Coolum Beach QLD 4573
Website: blackflagbrewing.com.au
Instagram: @blackflag_brewing
Official what’s on: blackflagbrewing.com.au/pages/events
YELO gig guide: yelo.live/gigs
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