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Get ready to celebrate the end of 2023 with City of Gold Coastâs free New Yearâs 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. The Woodford Folk Festival is a week-long celebration of incredible creative depth and cultural diversity. Itâs a place where lawyer, academic and Indigenous policy advisor Noel Pearson takes to the stage to address festival-goers. DeJa Voodo hosts Juju Jungle, a mesmerising menagerie
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, childrenâs 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, King Lear’s Throne and Bad Luck Bar. Owner of both venues Ken Parry announced earlier on social media that the venues would be shutting up shop. They join Gold Coast’s Burleigh Bazaar, which sold for $4.4 million earlier this year to
*Screenshot! Youâre welcome đ 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 âno regrets gig guideâ 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 itâs 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
