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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
The last time I went to Woodford Folk Festival I was 19 and I had a bad “trip” and a bad attitude. 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 Grade 5 – introduced
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
The Sunshine Coast hip-hop community has pulled together for the family of Robert Holden who was killed in the Boxing Day storm. Robert’s daughter Maddison Holden, AKA “Maya Mercy”, is a well-known Brisbane hip-hop artist. Cooper Harlum, “Harlum”, is putting on a show at Nambour’s The Presynct on Friday, to raise funds for the family.
Usher in the new year with a kaleidoscope of colour at The Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks on Sunday, December 31. The evening will showcase two free spectacular fireworks shows at South Bank Parklands for families at 8.30pm, and one at midnight for the late-night revellers. The best viewing locations at South Bank include
Get ready to celebrate the end of 2023 with City of Gold Coast’s free New Year’s Eve fireworks displays and family-friendly events across the city. The night skies will be lit up at Coomera, Broadwater Parklands, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Coolangatta to ring in the new year on Sunday, 31 December. Broadwater Parklands and Coomera
A perennial in the Australian festival calendar for 36 years, the iconic Woodford Folk Festival has announced another massive programme. As always, the schedule is staggering in its diversity, quality and expression of the cultural zeitgeist. The Woodford Folk Festival is a week-long celebration of incredible creative depth and cultural diversity. It’s a place where lawyer, academic and
Sunshine Coast Council is again hosting New Year’s Eve free fireworks displays across the Coast. The Mooloolaba event will be held from 5pm, with a range of entertainment for all. There will also be fun-filled, community-run programs at Caloundra and Coolum. In the family zone on Mooloolaba Esplanade there will be live music, children’s entertainment, face painters,
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,
