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  • January 25, 2024By yelomusic

    The Sunshine Coast music community has welcomed an Australian-owned medicinal cannabis company which opened a new distribution facility at Coolum Beach. Canntic will provide Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) compliant products to Australian-licenced pharmacies, which will dispense the products on prescription.  Mayor Mark Jamieson said Canntic’s warehouse, dispensary and virtual clinic facility has an estimated capital

  • January 25, 2024By Penny Brand

    Hey guys! As always, there’s loads to froth over this week on the Sunny Coast’s live music scene. Here’s my top picks for Thursday, January 25 to Tuesday, January 30. Today: Jazz at The Presynct will kick off your Australia-Day long weekend, from 6pm tonight with Robyn Brown. Robyn is among the most respected jazz singers

  • January 24, 2024By Jarrod Tutbury

    Jarrod Tutbury is a 20-something musician who has been managing and playing in a band for three years. He started where many young up-and-comings begin: busking on the streets and building up an audience the grassroots way. Now he’s scoring major gigs, such as Caloundra Music Festival, and is a pro at writing government grants.

  • January 18, 2024By yelomusic

    Queensland has scored some serious heavy metal royalty with the announcement of a world-class rock festival. Major acts Alice Cooper, Placebo, Deep Purple and Wheatus are set to descend on Sunny Coast shores at Sandstone Point Hotel, on April 28. Doug Jennings Park, on the Gold Coast, will see the same acts, including Blondie, on

  • January 18, 2024By Ben Russoniello

    Beaudi Dwan is usually the one behind the scenes. The 27-year-old electrician works as support crew for major artists and touring acts at stadium concerts across Australia. But recently, Beaudi’s own musical projects have seen him stepping out from behind the backstage curtains. Yelo photographer and occasional word-slinger Ben Russoniello sat down with the Buderim-based

  • January 18, 2024By Penny Brand

    Hey guys! As always, there’s loads to froth over this week on the Sunny Coast’s live music scene. Here’s my top picks for Thursday, January 18 to Saturday, January 20. Thursday: Jay Bishoff‘s new open mic “The Songrise” is on tonight at The Presynct, in Nambour, from 6pm, just register at the door! Friday: Jordan

  • January 16, 2024By yelomusic

    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 sparking concerns over noise levels and traffic congestion. The hugely popular live music festival, scheduled for May 5, made its debut on the Coast last year featuring Fatboy Slim,

  • January 12, 2024By yelomusic

    Local band Owls of Neptune, young musician Layla Havana, and the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival have joined 14 artists, arts groups and creative businesses to share in almost $90,000 of funding to help further develop their practices. The Sunshine Coast Council’s latest Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grant recipients will use their money for

  • 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 4, 2024By Ryan Barwick

    This is a new segment with Ryan Barwick (right) from Gold Coast band Loose Goose. He will give us a wrap up of the Gold Coast’s most Golden Gigs every month. This year is off to an absolute flyer with a good mix of genres blessing our stages on the Gold Coast. So, allow me to

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