Queensland gigs, festivals, venues and live music guides

YELO’s Queensland Music Calendar is a starting point for people looking for live music across the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast and regional Queensland.

Find current gig guides, festival weekends, venue directories, local playlists and stories from around the state.

Browse by region → Open all gig guides →

Crowd at the Gympie Music Muster in Queensland.

Gympie Music Muster · Read the guide →

One statewide starting point

Find the right guide without digging through the whole internet

Queensland’s music calendar stretches across city venues, coastal pubs, regional theatres, breweries, clubs, community halls, festival sites and outdoor stages.

This page connects YELO’s main guides so readers can move from a gig listing to a venue, festival story, new release or playlist without losing the trail.

It is not an exhaustive diary of every event in the state. It is a useful map of YELO’s Queensland music coverage and the pages where new dates are added.

Browse by region

Find live music across Queensland

Open a regional guide for upcoming shows, touring dates, local venues and events.

Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast gig guide Local bands, touring artists, music venues and upcoming shows across the Coast. Explore Sunshine Coast gigs → Brisbane Brisbane gig guide City venues, national tours, local lineups and major live music dates. Explore Brisbane gigs → Gold Coast Gold Coast gig guide Beachside rooms, touring shows, local acts and live music events. Explore Gold Coast gigs → Regional Queensland Regional live music Regional festivals, country venues, theatres and touring stops outside the cities. Explore regional live music →

Plan your next music mission

Queensland music guides

Choose what you are looking for: dates, places, festival weekends or something to play on the drive.

What’s on Gig guides Regional listings for current and upcoming live music. Browse gig guides → Festival weekends Music festivals Queensland festival dates, regional guides, lineups and stories. Browse festivals → Where to go Music venues Pubs, theatres, clubs, breweries and live music rooms across Queensland. Browse venues → Queensland on Spotify Pineapple Mixtapes Five local and statewide playlists for Queensland music discovery. Open the mixtapes →

From the calendar

A festival road trip through the triangle

YELO’s 2026 festival feature follows the live music trail from the Sunshine Coast through Brisbane, the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales.

Festival-goers at Rolling Sets. Photo by Mitch Lowe.

YELO festival feature

The festivals still coming in 2026

BIGSOUND, Groundwater, Rolling Sets, Woodford Folk Festival and more are still ahead across YELO’s slightly unofficial Bermuda Bahama Banana Republic Triangle.

Read the festival road-trip guide →

Keep following the trail