Featured Posts
Popular on YELO
Recent Posts
- Nickelback announce Brisbane show on 2027 Australian tour
- King Stingray to rock remote Queensland airport runway after floods
- Powderfinger are back: Australian reunion tour confirmed for 2027
- Ziggy Alberts announces Sunshine Coast coffee pop-up
- Powderfinger break silence: Electric Horsemen campaign confirmed
Features
Brisbane punk band Gun of Ishiki are only two shows in, but their story stretches back more than 30 years to Sydney share houses, chefs, pots and pans and the 1990s punk scene. Catch them at The Presynct in Nambour on October 23. Drummer and manager Jeff Campbell told YELO the group has spent the
Ocean Grove played at The Station on the Sunshine Coast before it closed in early 2026. Photo: Marc Roberts for YELO. The old rhythm of going out has weakened. Not because people have stopped wanting music, company or nights that feel worth remembering, but because the terms have changed. A night out now competes with
Brisbane live music venue Can You Keep A Secret has closed following a sold-out final night on Saturday. It marks the end of a long-running grassroots space after operators cited rising costs and ongoing financial pressure. The closure follows earlier warnings issued in 2024, after the operators had already shut sister venue It’s Still A
October is stacked across Queensland, with major tours, regional festivals, club shows and independent bills running from Brisbane and the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast, Far North Queensland and the Northern Rivers. These are 15 YELO picks for the rest of October 2026, drawn from the current regional gig guides. For the full calendars,
Photo: Kae Tempest is part of a huge Open Season 2026 program. Via Facebook. Brisbane is often treated as the city between other music capitals. Open Season 2026 makes that feel increasingly out of date. With more than 100 artists and special events woven through the city across winter, the program feels bigger than a
Everyone has experienced it. A song plays once on the radio or at a concert, and suddenly the chorus is looping in your mind for hours — sometimes even days. You might find yourself humming it while making coffee, walking down the street or trying to fall asleep. Psychologists have a name for this phenomenon:
Live music venues are facing one of the toughest periods in decades. Rising costs and changing nightlife habits are forcing many spaces to rethink how they operate — but some venues are finding creative ways to adapt and survive. The Economic Pressure on Live Music Venues Small to mid-size live music venues across Australia and
Local hip-hop artists Caelwhip and Notorious Nix prepare to support national touring act Illy outside Solbar. Photo: Ben Russoniello. The Maroochydore venue will shut after two decades as one of the region’s key touring rooms. Solbar has announced it will permanently close, removing one of the Sunshine Coast’s primary mid-capacity live music venues and leaving
Most people describe the Sunshine Coast through its daylight routines: surf checks at dawn, school pickups, market mornings and early dinners with the shutters down by ten. The assumption is that culture lives elsewhere and the coast is where you come to reset afterward. Compared to the Gold Coast, it’s often framed as the natural
People often assume touring shows land on the Sunshine Coast randomly. A promoter picks a room and hopes for the best kind of a deal. In reality, where a band plays here is usually determined by audience behaviour more than popularity. This region isn’t a single strip of venues, the Sunshine Coast live music venues
