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A “sparrow lifestyle” and a lack of public transport are the reasons the Sunshine Coast’s night-time economy is struggling, a UniSC study shows. UniSC lead researcher Dr Lenny Vance has surveyed 10 local representatives including venue owners, musicians, and peak-body members, saying the findings paint a “trying picture”. Dr Vance says the cost of living
Musicians across South-East Queensland have paid tributes to two Fortitude Valley live music venues after they announced they would be shutting up shop. King Lear’s Throne owner Ken Parry posted the sad news on social media, saying his adjacent live music venue, Bad Luck Bar, was also going. The venue joins Gold Coast’s Burleigh Bazaar,
*Screenshot! You’re welcome 😉 Yo Brizzy! Fortitude Music Hall and The Tivoli have some gems such as Foals, The Streets and Ben Howard on the horizon. Check out our “no regrets gig guide” to see what the big guns of Brisbane live music have coming up. YOLO! Main picture: Foals, supplied.
Hey Goldie! A new year with regrets is no happy new year at all. Check out what our big guns of Gold Coast live music have coming up. Miami Marketta has absolutely loads including Russell Crowe and The Cat Empire, what! HOTA welcomes Missy Higgins, while Carrara Stadium will host Pink, and Robina Stadium opens
Hold onto your hats Sunny Coast, cos it’s gonna be a wild ride the next few months! Check out what our big guns of live music have coming up. Kings Beach Tavern (Caloundra), Solbar (Maroochydore) and Woodfordia (Woodford) have pulled some seriously good acts including Beddy Rays, The Terrys, Sons of The East, Custard, Regurgitator,
Multi-instrumentalist roots artist Dale Mallett is probably more of a Simba than a Mufassa. The Sunshine Coast native is always smiling from behind his guitar and djembe, with his “lion’s mane” hair, sweet and infectious nature, and feel-good, dub-reggae harmonies. “It was given to me from the boys in The Floating Bridges, a band I
Nick Grivas fell head first into love with the spoken word as a student at Balmoral State High School. “Poetry really came to me through hip-hop, but then we did poetry in English as a subject, and that’s when I realised I had a talent,” the Maroochy River local said. “I got the highest mark
Internationally-acclaimed actor and musician Russell Crowe is set to rock out the Miami Marketta in January for an “Indoor Garden Party”, featuring his band The Gentlemen Barbers and special guests Lorraine O’Reilly and Myth Of Her. Crowe said on X/Twitter: “Dear Gold Coast, We loved our sold out gig up there earlier in the year.
Longtime champion of Sunshine Coast live original music and community concert events, Jay Bishoff, will host an ‘originals’ and ‘covers’ event, with feature act, The Lyrical, on December 19. Acoustic roots and hip-hop sensation, The Lyrical, will join Jay as he brings back his successful “Full Cov-Orig” events, this time at Noosa Junction’s new burger
Sunny Coast’s newest alt-punk rock band, Acended, has only been playing for four months and already played Solbar and Tribe Clubhouse. Their first EP, “Sundried Daisies”, is due out January. This is a story about four young men destined for great things. Meet frontman Tony Thompson, 26, and his best mate Izaak Kracke, 22. The
