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BIGSOUND has added King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Julia Jacklin and trials to its 2026 Artist In Conversation program, as the Brisbane music industry gathering builds toward its 25th anniversary edition. BIGSOUND will return to Fortitude Valley from September 1–4, with the latest announcement adding major artist conversations and a new wave of international
Macy Gray is heading to Townsville with the Grammy-winning soul singer announced for a one-night show at the North Australian Festival of Arts. Macy Gray will perform at Townsville Civic Theatre on October 2, as part of NAFA 2026. The show forms part of Gray’s largest ever tour of Australia and New Zealand, with the
DJ Fisher is putting those weird antics to good use in an upcoming kids’ film. Photo: via Facebook. Gold Coast culture has many things: surf clubs, high-rises, meter maids, festival singlets, beachfront ambition, strange fame, and apparently, now, Pixar gnomes. FISHER has gone from Palm Beach party starter to Pixar voice actor, landing a surprise
The Sunshine Coast Music Awards on Sunday night is a major feature of the Queensland live music calendar this June. Photo: Supplied. Queensland is bigger than your algorithm. Every month, YELO rounds up the gigs worth leaving the house for across Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. This month, we’re also looking further
Massive Attack will return to Australia for the first time in 16 years with a Brisbane show locked in for August. The Bristol electronic pioneers will play Brisbane Entertainment Centre on August 6 as part of a three-city Australian run presented by Frontier Touring. The tour also includes shows at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney
Che Burns is one of the many talented finalists vying for a Sunshine Coast Music Award. Photo: Supplied. The Sunshine Coast Music Awards return next Sunday, June 7, bringing artists, industry workers, venues and music lovers together for one of the Coast’s biggest local music nights. The 2026 awards will celebrate the people shaping the
Photos via Coolum State High School Facebook. Coolum High students are making national noise, with Sunshine Coast hardcore band TwoSeventy named as one of five finalists in the 2026 triple j Unearthed High competition. The annual competition searches for the best high school-aged music artists in Australia, with more than 1000 entries narrowed down to
Roger Sanchez is part of the Ministry of Sound Summer Dance Festival line-up heading to HOTA Parklands on the Gold Coast. Photo: Roger Sanchez/Facebook. Ministry of Sound will bring its Summer Dance Festival to the Gold Coast in December, led by CLASSICAL from the Ministry of Sound Orchestra and a DJ line-up headed by US
Cora. Photo via Facebook. Rising Sunshine Coast artist Cora is among the performers announced for this year’s Sunshine Coast Music Awards on June 7 at The Shed at Banana Bender Pub in Palmview. The live program will feature the Gubbi Gubbi Dance Troupe, Buttermello, 8 Ball Aitken, Cora and Chris Cobb. The night will be
Before the Sunshine Coast Music Awards crown this year’s winners, YELO is putting the finalists where they belong: in your ears. Pineapple Radar has turned its local new music radar toward the Sunshine Coast Music Awards, with a new playlist built as a listening guide to the 2026 finalists. The playlist kicks off with the
