Foxy Malone’s has brought live music, Irish pub dining and late-night entertainment back to the former O’Malley’s site in Mooloolaba.

Updated October 2026

The venue has taken over the long-running O’Malley’s Irish Bar location on the Mooloolaba Esplanade, following a reported $2 million revamp of the beachfront site.

Foxy Malone’s has opened with live Irish and acoustic music forming part of the venue’s regular entertainment program.

The venue now combines live sports, a pool table, electronic darts and Irish pub dining, giving the old O’Malley’s corner a new fit-out while keeping some of the Irish-pub energy locals remember.

A new chapter for an old Mooloolaba site

O’Malley’s Irish Bar closed in August 2025 after more than 20 years in Mooloolaba, marking the end of an iconic Sunshine Coast pub era: green pints, cover bands, backpackers, locals, tourists and messy late nights.

Mooloolaba has long been one of the Coast’s most visible hospitality strips, with the kind of foot traffic most live music venues would kill for.

At the same time, the wider venue map has been shifting fast. In the past year, the region has lost major music and hospitality spaces including Solbar in Maroochydore and The Station in Birtinya, both of which had become important parts of the local gig circuit.

Live music Thursday to Sunday

Foxy Malone’s now runs live music every Thursday to Sunday, with soloists, duos, bands and DJs appearing across the weekly program.

That gives Mooloolaba another regular live music stop in a corridor already being reshaped by venues including Blackflag Brewing and TAPS Mooloolaba.

Mooloolaba’s live music map is moving

Foxy Malone’s is not the only venue putting fresh energy into Mooloolaba after dark.

Blackflag Brewing has also been building its Mooloolaba presence, with its original bar tucked down a back alley near the beach, while TAPS Mooloolaba has added another late-night stop on the corner of Brisbane Road and The Esplanade.

The brewery describes its Mooloolaba bar as its “spiritual home”, with free pool, takeaway beers and live music on Sundays. TAPS Mooloolaba has also been pitched as a raw, late-night dive bar with Blackflag beers on tap.

Together, Foxy Malone’s, Blackflag’s Mooloolaba bar and TAPS point to a busier live music and bar strip around one of the Coast’s highest-traffic beachside pockets.

Who is behind Foxy Malone’s?

The venue is operated by Brisbane-based Hallmark Hospitality, which has taken on the Mooloolaba site under a long-term lease.

Foxy Malone’s was Hallmark Hospitality’s first Sunshine Coast venue. The group has since expanded its local footprint with Coyote’s Roadhouse in Maroochydore.

The venue’s Irish-pub offer centres on live music, food, Guinness and late-night entertainment.

A familiar corner gets another shot

The Sunshine Coast does not have one neat live music strip. It has pockets: Nambour, Coolum, Caloundra, Maroochydore, Noosa, Peregian and the hinterland all doing different parts of the job.

Mooloolaba has always had the foot traffic, the tourists and the late-night energy. With Foxy Malone’s now open and Blackflag putting more energy into the suburb, regular live music is giving the strip a stronger local pulse.

And after a rough run of venue closures, even a familiar old pub corner getting a second life feels like the kind of positive shift the Coast could use.

See Foxy Malone’s current events and live music program.

Explore YELO’s Sunshine Coast live music venues guide.