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Taylor Moss is among the artists performing as QLD Music Trails continues across outback Queensland. Photo: Facebook. QLD Music Trails is turning the outback into a live music road trip, with regional towns hosting shows, gatherings and open-air events across western Queensland. The 2026 Outback Trail started in Charleville last month, and continues west through
Horizon Festival will mark 10 years on the Sunshine Coast with beachside music, Babe under the stars, a First Nations-led gathering, and a boot-scootin’ dance floor finale. The annual arts and cultural festival runs from May 1–10 on Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country, with 35 events across 13 locations and a program moving through music,
Amyl and The Sniffers performing at The Station on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Dameeka Middleton for YELO. Amyl and The Sniffers have led the 2026 APRA Music Awards, taking home three major honours at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. The Melbourne punk band won Peer-Voted APRA Song of the Year and Most Performed Rock Work for “Jerkin’”,
A free all-ages mini-fest will hit Tribe Clubhouse in Redcliffe on May 8, with Phil & The Blanks leading an eight-band alternative lineup. Tribal Unity runs from 2.30pm to 10pm, bringing together Phil & The Blanks, Whitts End, The Bykes, One D Minus, Hissteria, Daylight Vandal, Burnout (Redline), and Funhouse. The show is a thank-you
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Photo: Matt Warren for YELO. May is stacked across South East Queensland, with big touring shows, local favourites, heavy nights, coastal festival energy and a few nostalgia-heavy singalongs worth locking in now. From the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane and the Gold Coast, these are the gigs worth circling this month. For the full weekly listings,
Maleny Music Festival has picked up a major Queensland music win, after being named Festival of the Year in the People’s Choice Awards at the 2026 Queensland Music Awards. The Sunshine Coast Hinterland event was recognised at this year’s awards, announced on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, April 22. The win puts one of the
Violent Soho are reuniting. After four years away from the stage, the Ipswich band have announced a three-date Australian reunion, including a Brisbane show at Fortitude Music Hall on Friday September 25. The signs were already there. Reunion talk started building in March when blink-182’s Mark Hoppus told a Sydney Opera House crowd that Violent
An artists impression of the future Caloundra Town Square, which is part of the broader Caloundra Community and Creative Hub precinct. Image: Supplied. Early works are underway on a future Sunshine Coast Community and Creative Hub. Council has appointed Hutchinson Builders to begin preparing the Bulcock Street site at Caloundra for a new town square.
Bad Habit Records’ third birthday party turned the Old Ambo Gallery ramp into a packed all-day mix of heavy bands, markets and community, with Just Say Go’s final show giving Black Market Day its emotional core. Words and photos by Marc Roberts. With local music venues, promoters and artists all doing it tough against inflation
