February 23, 2024By yelomag
Move over Eatons Hill and Sandstone Point Hotels. Younger sibling Aura Hotel will soon make its way to town in a major flex for the Sunshine Coast live music scene. Local rockstar developers, The Comiskey Group, today released new artist impressions of the $45 million Aura Hotel. When completed it is set to be the
February 14, 2024By yelomag
Redcliffe has a new live music festival with Brisbane punk act Butterfingers to headline on May 18. Where We Belong Festival 2024 will be Redcliffe’s biggest music festival, Bree from Breeza Bars and Bands announced today. Bree says the Picnic Hill event will see a major showcase of local bands and bring a boost to
February 14, 2024By yelomag
Sunshine Coast musicians say they are in shock over the cancellation of Groovin The Moo music festival. The festival, which sold out in days last year, was expecting 35,000 revellers at the Sunshine Coast Stadium Precinct on May 5. A vicious cycle for ticket sales Nambour drummer Bailey Walker, from Dellacoma, Sailing In Space, The Justus
February 9, 2024By yelomag
The Station and its much-anticipated grand opening brings a slew of major Aussie acts to the Sunshine Coast over three days from March 1 to March 3. Massive indi-rock act The Temper Trap (main photo), who has a staggering 8.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, will headline Friday night’s all-ages event. They will be supported
February 1, 2024By yelomag
Legendary music marvel Sarah Howells, of Triple J and Double J fame, unearths the hidden gems of live music on the Sunshine Coast. Here are her finds for February. This New Light If indie-folk is your thing then you need to check out Samuel Ayling, AKA This New Light. The local songwriter has been releasing
January 18, 2024By yelomag
Queensland has scored some heavy-metal royalty with the announcement of Pandemonium – a world-class rock festival at Sandstone Point Hotel. Major acts Alice Cooper, Placebo, Deep Purple and Wheatus are set to descend on Moreton Bay shores on April 28. Doug Jennings Park, on the Gold Coast, will see the same acts, including Blondie, on
January 16, 2024By yelomag
Residents who live a 15 minute drive from Sunshine Coast Stadium at Bokarina have received notices in their letterboxes about the return of Groovin the Moo music festival. The letter has sparked concerns over noise levels and traffic congestion. The hugely popular live music festival, scheduled for May 5, made its debut on the Coast
January 8, 2024By Penny Brand
Yelo Music Editor Penny Brand chats with Mat McHugh, AKA The Beautiful Girls, about losing his father at a young age, living in an Indian ashram, and touring on top of the pops for 10 years straight. As I find myself sans-kids and sinking into the lounge in a post-Christmas haze, I decide to flick
January 2, 2024By yelomag
The last time I went to Woodford Folk Festival I was 19 with a bad “trip” and a bad attitude. But this year it was magic. It was 2002 and I was still partying like it was 1999. Hot, sweaty, dancing gypsies. Young, wild and free. My best friend Claire – who I’ve known since
January 2, 2024By yelomag
Organisers of the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic music event have announced it will return this year after a two-year hiatus. The Big Pineapple Music Festival social media pages posted a teaser yesterday: “2024 = The year of the pineapple comeback!” However, no more details have been released. Music community welcomes the news Local singer/songwriter Jay
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