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Gigs worth leaving the house for this month

Regional Queensland picks · September 2026

Five gigs worth the drive.

September is stacked across regional Queensland. From a huge Rockhampton festival lineup and Boy & Bear in Toowoomba to a 150-plus artist weekend in the Gympie region, these are five music events worth putting some kilometres on the car for.

1

Rockhampton · Saturday 5 September

Sounds of Rock

A properly stacked regional festival bill with Go West, The Angels, Boom Crash Opera, Pseudo Echo, Dragon, Bachelor Girl, TAXIRIDE and Debbie Gibson taking over Victoria Park.

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2

Toowoomba · Sunday 6 September

Boy & Bear

Boy & Bear bring the Tripping Over Time Regional Tour to the Empire Theatre, putting one of Australia’s biggest indie-folk bands into one of Queensland’s best regional rooms.

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3

Kandanga Creek · 18–20 September

Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest

More than 150 artists across the weekend makes Mitchell Creek one of the month’s biggest destination music events. Camping, blues, rock and a full regional-festival atmosphere in the Gympie hinterland.

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4

Mackay · Tuesday 29 September

Guy Sebastian

Guy Sebastian’s 100 X Around Australia Tour lands at the MECC, one of the biggest theatre-scale touring shows hitting regional Queensland this month.

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5

Townsville · Wednesday 30 September

Carcass

UK extreme-metal legends Carcass close the month at The Warehouse Bandroom, giving North Queensland a rare international heavy-music tour stop.

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Regional Queensland is bigger than five gigs.

This is the shortlist, not the whole calendar. Use YELO’s rolling regional live music page for more venues, festivals, scene stories and gig leads outside Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

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