Regional guide
Sunshine Coast live music venues
Welcome to the Sunshine Coast’s live music venues guide: a regional map of where gigs happen across Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa, Nambour, Peregian Beach and surrounding towns.
The Sunshine Coast live music scene stretches from beachside pubs and breweries to dedicated band rooms, small bars, community halls and independent creative spaces across the hinterland.
Use this guide as a starting point for exploring live music venues across the region, with links through to venue pages, suburb guides and related YELO coverage.
RedHook at Blackflag Brewing in Coolum. The venue has hosted several mini-festivals, including Something Cool and Pricey’s The Big Weekend. Photo: Dameeka Middleton.
Browse by region
Maroochydore / Mooloolaba / Palmview
Nightlife, touring band rooms and late-night venues sit at the centre of the Coast’s most visible live music strip.
Pulse Nightclub — Maroochydore
Parental Guidance — Maroochydore
Duporth Tavern — Maroochydore
The Shed @ Banana Bender Pub — Aussie World, Palmview
Saltwater Eco Tours — Mooloolaba
The Dock @ The Wharf — Mooloolaba
Caloundra / Kawana
Large-capacity rooms, tribute shows and regular touring acts anchor the southern end of the Coast.
Kings Beach Tavern — Caloundra
Norton Music Factory — Caloundra
The Events Centre — Caloundra
Caloundra RSL — Caloundra
Dicky Beach Surf Club — Dicky Beach
Sunshine Coast Stadium — Bokarina
Venue 114 — Bokarina
Your Mates Brewing — Warana
Palmwoods / Woombye / Bli Bli
Regional pubs and community-oriented live music rooms sit through this hinterland corridor.
Palmwoods Hotel — Palmwoods
Woombye Pub — Woombye
Bli Bli Hotel — Bli Bli
Coolum
Coastal pub venues and community performance spaces help anchor live music in the northern beachside strip.
Coolum Beach Hotel — Coolum Beach
Coolum Civic Centre — Coolum Beach
Alleycat Espresso — Coolum Beach
Blackflag Brewing — Coolum Beach
Trophy Eyes perform at The Presynct in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Marc Roberts.
Independent rooms and northern venues
Nambour / Yandina
Grassroots venues, independent rooms and creative performance spaces give this pocket of the Coast its own distinct identity.
The Presynct — Nambour
Black Box Theatre — Nambour
Lind Lane Theatre — Nambour
Morts Brewing — Nambour
Small Change Espresso — Nambour
Nambour RSL — Nambour
Bar Deco — Yandina
Noosa / Tewantin / Cooroy
Listening rooms, band venues and social live music spaces shape the northern end of the Coast.
The J — Noosa
Mr Drifter — Noosa
Villa Noosa Hotel — Noosaville
The Rock Noosa — Noosaville
Nickles & Dimes — Tewantin
The Nook — Cooroy
Miss Kaninna performs at The Station before the Birtinya venue closed in January 2026. The Sunshine Coast venue landscape continues to shift, with new and existing spaces carrying the region’s live music scene forward. Photo: Dameeka Middleton.
Beachside, hinterland and regional rooms
Peregian Beach
Beachside pub shows and visiting touring artists give Peregian Beach a smaller but visible place in the wider Sunshine Coast live music map.
Peregian Beach Hotel — Peregian Beach
Sunshine Coast Hinterland
Destination venues, intimate concerts and scenic event spaces run through the ranges and nearby hinterland towns.
Majestic Theatre — Pomona
Pomona Distilling Co — Pomona
Mapleton Public House — Mapleton
Flaxton Gardens — Flaxton
Maleny Lane — Maleny
Moreton Bay Region
Large outdoor concerts and festival-scale performances sit slightly beyond the core Sunshine Coast footprint, but still connect to the broader regional live music audience.
Tribe Clubhouse — Redcliffe
Sandstone Point Hotel — Sandstone Point
The Dag Pub — D’Aguilar
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Related YELO guides
Explore more local coverage across the region, from deeper suburb guides to the broader Sunshine Coast live music map.
Nambour Live Music
Caloundra Live Music
Maroochydore Live Music
Noosa Live Music
Sunshine Coast Grassroots Gigs
Queensland Live Music Venues
