Sunshine Coast
Nambour is again proving to be the Sunshine Coast’s epicentre of underground music with US punk rock band Dark Thoughts (pictured) headlining an up-coming show at Black Box Theatre. The band from Philadelphia, who has been kicking it for 10 years, serve up a Ramones-esque quality with turbocharged melodies, and an epic on-stage vitality to
Peace Run Records is holding its first school holiday music workshop with Sunshine Coast singer/songwriter Andrea Kirwin from September 17-19. Andrea, who owns the Nambour record label and boutique studio, says the three-day event will cover a range of topics from learning how to create music to performing. Open to ages 8-15 years, instruments will
The founder of a Eumundi men’s mental health organisation is looking for sponsors to support a battle of the bands fundraiser. Will McIntyre, from The Journeymen, made the call out on Wednesday morning via Facebook asking for “local music heroes”. He says the non-for-profit organisation supports more than 400 brothers who are “doing amazing things
A few lucky revellers have partied at a mini-rave held by electro-duo Peking Duk at the Sunshine Coast’s Big Pineapple. The lads from Canberra posted this photo to their socials last month, beaming with excitement. The pair are headlining the Big Pineapple Music Festival on October 19. However, they landed here earlier than expected to
Your chances of snapping up tickets to the Big Pineapple Festival on October 19 are quickly diminishing with second-release tickets selling out on Tuesday. Pre-sale ($139.50), first-release ($145), and now second-release tickets ($147.50) have all sold, with a third ($150) and final release ($160.50) to go. Camping is $60. The juiciest festival of the year
Six heavy-hitting hardcore bands from across Australia’s East Coast will take over The Presynct on August 30. Toowoomba’s ‘Kings of the Mountain’, Deep Leech, is one of the country’s hardest bands and will headline the night. Deep Leech has been carving a name for themselves in the underground scene, with their aggressive hardcore hits and
A Sunshine Coast all-star lineup will take over Coolum Beach Hotel for a mini music festival to raise much-needed funds. It Starts at Home Music Festival will feature Johnny Sonic (Potbellez), Paluma, DeSaint, Greg Sara, Jack Raymond, Joskie, Beverly Thrills, DJ Tilly, Georege Vause, and Saltburn Music on August 11. All ticket sales will be
Sunshine Coast music royalty Katie Noonan is gathering up her mini rockstar cohorts for a big party at Eumundi School of Arts on August 31. Katie and her saxophonist husband Zac Hurren founded Eumundi School of Music (ESOM) eight years ago, gifting music scholarships to almost 250 young people. The Eumundi School of Music Mini
Gold Coast tourism is set to take a hit with Spilt Milk Festival becoming the latest music festival to be cancelled in Australia this year. More than 35,000 people attended the Gold Coast festival last year to see massive global acts such as Post Malone and Dom Dolla. Spilt Milk has four stops on its annual
Photo: Big Pineapple Music Festival organiser Mark Pico takes out the Queensland Music Awards People’s Choice Festival of the Year 2019. The Sunshine Coast continues to defy music industry odds with more than half of the Big Pineapple Festival‘s tickets already selling out three months from the October 19 event. It comes as Coolum’s The Big
