Festivals
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
The Big Pineapple Festival is ripe for the picking this year with organisers delivering a stellar lineup. The Amity Affliction, Bliss N Eco, Golden Features, Peking Duk, Tones and I, and Vera Blue are all coming to the Sunshine Coast on October 19. Local artists Tess Fapani, Betty Taylor, Day We Ran, Raw Ordio and
Some news hits harder than others. They all say they saw it coming but it was still a sad day for the Sunshine Coast after Council yesterday confirmed we are losing yet another beloved music event, the Caloundra Music Festival. But do you think it’s time we accept that these festivals are a luxury of
It’s official: the Caloundra Music Festival will not be returning next year. Sunshine Coast Council today announced the festival will no longer be funded by taxpayers, citing rising costs. The annual community festival debuted in 2007 and evolved every year. It supported thousands of local musicians and brought millions of revenue to nearby businesses. In
Updated: Auditions now start on Thursday night. Caloundra is one of nine cities across Australia to host a battle of the bands where one winner will play alongside Aussie rock legends Pseudo Echo, Thirsty Merc and Jebediah at the Airlie Beach Festival of Music on November 8-10. Previous Sunshine Coast winners have included Owls of
If you’ve been dreaming of spending New Year’s Eve at magical Woodfordia it’s time to get cracking. Early bird tickets to Woodford Folk Festival 23/24 are on sale from today. The wonderful land of Woodfordia, just an hour outside of Brisbane, comes alive every year after Christmas to celebrate creativity, culture, community and connection. Over
It’s official: 2024 is the year of the micro-festival. The Bennies (main picture), Pricey, Brixton Alley, and Dave Gleeson (Screaming Jets) will takeover Blackflag Brewing, Coolum, for The Big Weekend Festival on July 13. They join a new wave of small to mid-sized music festivals bringing renewed hope to the industry, after dozens of festivals,
Horizon Festival, a 10-day multi-arts showcase on the Sunshine Coast, has been postponed to next year. The festival, which was due to be held in August, is much-loved festival on the local calendar. Organisers say this has been done to spread “cultural offerings” across the year. It comes as dozens of music festivals across Australia
The Big Pineapple Music Festival will be bigger and louder than ever when it returns to the Sunshine Coast this October. Organisers say the festival date will be announced on May 1, with the lineup to come early July. “We will be concentrating on far more categories to the festival this year, which will really
The last time I went to Woodford Folk Festival I was 19 with a bad “trip” and a bad attitude. But this year it was magic. 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
