Main photo: Horizon Festival performance image via Facebook.

This page is your guide to Horizon Festival on the Sunshine Coast. For the latest program, dates and festival updates, read our Horizon Festival 2026 guide.

What is Horizon Festival?

Horizon Festival is one of the Sunshine Coast’s flagship arts events, bringing together music, performance, visual art, public installations and creative experiences across the region.

Held across multiple locations, the festival has become a major part of the local cultural calendar, connecting artists, audiences and places through a program that blends contemporary art, live performance and community-focused events.

Keep up to date with festivals near you via our Queensland Music Festivals Guide.

Where is Horizon Festival held?

Horizon Festival takes place across the region, with events staged in public spaces, arts venues and community locations.

Depending on the year’s program, activity may appear in Maroochydore, Caloundra, Nambour and other parts of the region. Because the festival is spread across multiple settings, audiences can usually expect a mix of ticketed events, free public works and pop-up experiences.

Why Horizon Festival matters

Horizon Festival plays an important role in the region’s cultural identity. It showcases local creativity while bringing wider attention to artists, ideas and place.

For audiences, it is a chance to experience the Coast as more than a tourism destination. For artists and the wider creative sector, it helps create visibility, momentum and space for new work to be seen.

What to expect from Horizon Festival

Each edition of Horizon Festival is different, but audiences can generally expect a mix of:

• live music and performance
• visual art and installations
• outdoor and site-specific works
• talks, workshops and creative events
• community experiences across the region

Some events unfold in public space, while others are more intimate or venue-based.

For official festival updates, visit Horizon Festival’s Facebook page.

For official festival updates, visit Horizon Festival’s Facebook page.