The Scene
Dear Seattle are heading to Pulse Bar in Maroochydore this month. Photo: Supplied. A growing run of national tours, sold out shows and new live music spaces is putting the Sunshine Coast back on the map in 2026. Post Malone, Pete Murray, The Jungle Giants, JET, Dear Seattle and Guttermouth are just a few of
Australian rock icons The Living End, supported by rising Brisbane band SPEIRA, opened their regional tour with a sold out show at Venue 114 in Bokarina, proving that after three decades, they remain absurdly fit. They were also, less surprisingly, very good. See Dameeka Middleton’s full photo gallery from the sold out show. Under an
Sunshine Coast artist Serendipiti will headline the first Campus Revival Tour. Photo: Supplied. A new interstate university tour will give emerging artists paid performance opportunities while exploring why young Australians are becoming disconnected from live music. A national touring project created by Queensland University of Technology’s student led Vermilion Records will bring free live music
Two of heavy music’s most unpredictable and influential bands are heading to Suncorp Stadium, with System Of A Down and Faith No More joining forces for a massive Brisbane show in 2027. System Of A Down will finish their Australian stadium tour at Suncorp Stadium on Monday, February 1, marking their first headline run across
Thirst Trap perform at The Presynct in Nambour, one of the Sunshine Coast venues helping build the region’s grassroots live music scene. Photo: Marc Roberts. Queensland artists could get more chances to open for major touring acts under new nightlife reforms aimed at strengthening grassroots venues, regional touring and the state’s live music economy. The
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
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
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,
The Jungle Giants play Blackflag Brewing Coolum with The Tullamarines and Tear Drive on August 21. Photo: Meg Siejka. With The Jungle Giants and JET on the way, a production brewery in Coolum’s industrial estate is emerging as one of the Sunshine Coast’s most important live music rooms. Known as The Compound, Blackflag Brewing Coolum
A packed crowd fills Blackflag Mooloolaba during The Drop Beers at Punk Piss Up earlier this month. Photo: Lewis Venz. You could walk straight past it if you didn’t know it was there. But a back-alley taphouse in Mooloolaba is filling up with free live music, and people are noticing. Penny Brand writes. Reached by
