Gympie Music Muster
August 27–30, 2026Held in Amamoor State Forest near Gympie, Gympie Music Muster is one of Australia’s most established country music festivals, with camping, multiple stages and a huge regional crowd.
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Regional Queensland festival guide
Regional Queensland music festivals, campouts and destination weekends.
From outback campouts and Far North Queensland favourites to coastal music weekends, regional Queensland has a live music culture that runs well beyond the south east corner.
This rolling YELO guide tracks regional Queensland music festivals, destination events and major live music weekends worth building a road trip around.
Updated October 2026
Planning a festival trip beyond this region? See the Queensland Music Festivals 2026–27 guide for upcoming dates across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and regional Queensland.
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Keep following the Queensland music map.
Use this page for destination festivals, then jump to the regional gig guide for live shows, venues and one-off touring stops across Queensland.
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REGIONAL QLD GIG GUIDE.
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FESTIVALS. The wider statewide festival calendar and current YELO coverage. ↗ 03 / Sunshine Coast SUNSHINE COAST FESTIVALS. Coastal festivals, day parties and local music weekends. ↗ 04 / Brisbane BRISBANE FESTIVALS. City festivals, major stages and touring events. ↗
FESTIVALS. The wider statewide festival calendar and current YELO coverage. ↗ 03 / Sunshine Coast SUNSHINE COAST FESTIVALS. Coastal festivals, day parties and local music weekends. ↗ 04 / Brisbane BRISBANE FESTIVALS. City festivals, major stages and touring events. ↗
Destination festival country
Big drives. Camp chairs. Good lineups.
Regional Queensland festival weekends can mean rainforest stages, country campouts, tropical waterfronts and outback destinations. The travel is part of it.
Major regional Queensland festivals
Festival weekends worth building a trip around.
Some of Queensland’s best-known regional festival weekends stretch from the Gympie hinterland to Far North Queensland and the Whitsundays.
Savannah in the Round
October 8–11, 2026ICEHOUSE, Missy Higgins, Don McLean, Lee Kernaghan and Ian Moss & Troy Cassar-Daley head to Mareeba. The Campers Concert is October 8; the main festival runs October 9–11. See YELO’s Savannah guide for tickets and planning links.
Website →Airlie Beach Festival of Music
November 6–8, 2026Held in Airlie Beach, Airlie Beach Festival of Music turns the Whitsundays into a multi-day live music holiday, with shows across venues and a waterfront main stage.
Website →Wallaby Creek Festival
September 25–27, 2026Wallaby Creek Festival wrapped on September 27 after three days near Rossville, south of Cooktown. The Far North Queensland music and arts campout is set among rainforest and river country with a strong community focus.
Website →Annual and returning regional events
Keep these on the radar.
Some regional festivals have already run for 2026, while others are returning or announcing future dates. These are worth remembering when planning the next Queensland music trip.
Agnes Blues, Roots & Rock Festival
Agnes Water / 1770A coastal blues, roots and rock weekend in the Agnes Water and 1770 region, with a relaxed regional crowd and a strong live music holiday feel.
Website →Festival of Outback Opera
Winton and LongreachFestival of Outback Opera brings opera, music and large-scale performance into western Queensland settings, with events across Winton and Longreach.
Website →Big Red Bash
July 6–8, 2027 · BirdsvilleBig Red Bash is confirmed to return to the Big Red dune near Birdsville in 2027. After the 2026 event was cancelled following heavy rain and flooding, organisers have begun teasing the next announcement, with full 2027 details coming soon.
Read the YELO update →Official website →
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