How to Book a Gig in Queensland
YELO’s practical touring guide to finding the right rooms, pitching venues and planning shows across Queensland.
This guide is for Queensland artists booking their first shows, building a regional run or trying to move beyond the same three rooms.
Start with your region
The practical details change from town to town. Use YELO’s regional live music hubs to find venues, gig guides, local artists and scene information before you pitch.
- Sunshine Coast — YELO’s home base, with detailed venue and local scene coverage.
- Brisbane — city venues, gigs, artists and live music coverage.
- Gold Coast — venues, gigs and the southern Queensland circuit.
- Regional Queensland — North Queensland, Central Queensland, Wide Bay + Fraser Coast and the Darling Downs.
- Tweed + Northern Rivers — the cross-border circuit south of the Gold Coast.
Find the right rooms
Start with venues that already book artists near your sound, audience size and stage of development. YELO keeps live music guides for the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Watch bills for a few weeks. Notice who promotes the show, which local supports appear regularly, what nights the venue books original music and whether the room suits 50 people or 500.
Send a useful pitch
- Your artist name, home base and a one-sentence description.
- One strong live video and one current music link.
- The date range or specific show you are proposing.
- Your likely draw, stated honestly.
- Any suitable support acts, tour partners or local angle.
- A clean EPK or short page with contact details.
Keep the email short. The goal is to make a sensible show easy to picture, not to paste your entire biography into somebody’s inbox.
Build a bill that makes sense
A strong bill shares an audience without putting three identical acts on stage. If you are visiting a new town, a genuinely local support can bring knowledge, people and context. Agree on set lengths, backline, arrival times, promotion and payment before announcing.
Use the gig you already have
Good live footage, an accurate crowd photo, a tidy settlement and a professional follow-up all help with the next booking. Keep a simple record of ticket sales, door numbers, merchandise and the people you worked with.
Put the show in front of people
Submit your gig to YELO for consideration in the Queensland guides. Artists who need guaranteed promotion can also see YELO’s show-promotion options.
Keep going
Next, read the gig pay guide, build your EPK, or return to Music Resources.
