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  • April 5, 2024By yelomusic

    Young artists, musicians, and creatives will take to the stage at Norton Music Factory for NextGen YouthFest. Wave Raiders (pictured) will headline the youth live music gig, with performances from Ampersand, Ella Joy (main picture), Hugo and The Hive, Ben Lunt, Harriette and Tatum, Hati, and the winner of Aura YouthFest. If you haven’t yet

  • April 5, 2024By yelomusic

    The Rowe Sisters are taking the Sunshine Coast music scene by storm and will feature at UniSC’s Variety Fest on Wednesday. Abbey, 17, and Ruby, 14, who bring rich and powerful harmonies to the stage, will join Katie Daniels, Ted Watson and Band, and The Wave Raiders for the semesterly event. The girls scored the

  • April 4, 2024By yelomusic

    Rock and hip-hop have combined for a new song from local legends Pricey and Wigs. They officially release their genre-bending song, “Smile”, at Morts Brewery, Nambour, on Saturday night. Have a listen to “Smile” and tell us what you think! Long-haired rocker Josh Price, AKA Pricey, is a founding member and the former lead guitarist

  • April 3, 2024By yelomusic

    It’s time to put the hairbrushes down and step out of the bedroom. Songwriters from across the Sunshine Coast are being encouraged to perform at The Stone House Sessions. The first one kicks off at Cooroy next month and will feature emerging original artists. Organiser Sienna Bishoff says songwriters have been pouring their hearts out

  • March 28, 2024By yelomusic

    On the eve of their biggest show yet, we spoke to Chamber Lane frontman Connor Hanson ahead of their gig opening for The Smith Street Band (pictured with doggo). Connor shares some great tips for younger bands wanting to get out there and make music. Yelo: Where did Chamber Lane all start?  Connor: We started

  • March 28, 2024By yelomusic

    Golden Guitar winners Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham and Casey Barnes will headline this year’s Gympie Music Muster. Joining them are rock legends Joe Camilleri, The Black Sorrows, and Dragon. The lineup doesn’t stop there. The Whitlams Black Stump, Tori Forsyth, Chad Morgan, Melanie Dyer, and The Bushwackers are also set to grace the Muster

  • March 27, 2024By yelomusic

    Australian media is reporting that this year’s Splendour in the Grass at Byron Bay is cancelled. The popular Australian music festival is still selling tickets for its July 19-21 event at the North Byron Parklands, and only announced its lineup two weeks ago. Splendour 2024 is expecting headliner Kylie Minogue, and fellow Aussies G-Flip, Tones

  • March 26, 2024By yelomusic

    Young Sunshine Coast musicians are being urged to test out their skills at Youth Fest’s Battle of the Bands to win $3000 worth of recording. Youth Fest Battle of the Bands will be held at Baringa Civic Square, Caloundra, on April 12, from 2pm. The winning prize includes two full consecutive studio days at Yama-Nui Studios including

  • March 22, 2024By yelomusic

    Pandemonium Festival organisers are denying rumours that their festival has been cancelled. Updates on their Instagram account on Friday afternoon say “Pandemonium is NOT cancelled”. A second post was added calling out the media for “reckless reporting”: They then turned off their platform’s comment sections. Australian news media was in a swirl yesterday, with Channel

  • March 21, 2024By yelomusic

    Australian news media is reporting that the Pandemonium Festival has been cancelled, yet promoters are still selling tickets. Channel 9’s national news TV broadcast reported on Thursday that organisers were forced to pull the pin on the festival due to low ticket sales. The festival came under fire last week for selling 2-for-1 promotional tickets,

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