The Big Pineapple in Woombye has completed major interior refurbishments of its iconic structure but locals say it comes with a price. They are concerned the $10 cost to climb the popular Sunshine Coast roadside landmark is “too expensive”. After announcing the updates on social media today, it wasn’t long before people started to chime
Photo: Prince and Princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, ride the Big Pineapple train during their visit to the Sunshine Coast in 1983 (via Queensland State Archives). The Sunshine Coast’s famous oversized fruit – The Big Pineapple – now has a permanent royal touch. Home of Big Pineapple music festival (main picture), the iconic landmark
Photos by Ben Russoniello That’s a wrap! Thanks to everyone who came to say hi to us at this year’s Big Pineapple Festival. We LOVED meeting you all! Be sure to check out our photo gallery below to find your social pics. Were you in that epic ‘circle pit’ at The Amity Affliction? Or maybe
The countdown is on for the Sunshine Coast’s biggest and juiciest live music event of the year, the Big Pineapple Festival! Some of Australia’s biggest artists including The Amity Affliction, Tones & I and Peking Duk are set to take over Woombye’s famous Pineapple Fields on October 19. There will be exotic foods, fancy-dress competitions,
Queensland music festivals go hand hand-in-hand with icy-cold bevvies, finger-licking soul foods, open-air spaces, fabulous new friends, and of course, the best live music. Here’s 21 Queensland music festivals we think you need to see: 1. BIGSOUND Music Festival, September 3-5, 2024 Where: Various venues, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Price: Age 25+ $49 (one night) or
Your chances of snapping up tickets to the Big Pineapple Festival on October 19 are quickly diminishing with second-release tickets selling out on Tuesday. Pre-sale ($139.50), first-release ($145), and now second-release tickets ($147.50) have all sold, with a third ($150) and final release ($160.50) to go. Camping is $60. The juiciest festival of the year
Photo: Big Pineapple Music Festival organiser Mark Pico takes out the Queensland Music Awards People’s Choice Festival of the Year 2019. The Sunshine Coast continues to defy music industry odds with more than half of the Big Pineapple Festival‘s tickets already selling out three months from the October 19 event. It comes as Coolum’s The Big
The Big Pineapple Festival is ripe for the picking this year with organisers delivering a stellar lineup. The Amity Affliction, Bliss N Eco, Golden Features, Peking Duk, Tones and I, and Vera Blue are all coming to the Sunshine Coast on October 19. Local artists Tess Fapani, Betty Taylor, Day We Ran, Raw Ordio and
Music lovers will be able to purchase tickets to The Big Pineapple Festival on Monday with the full lineup to be announced the same day. Presale prices kick off at $139.50 with final release tickets to cost $160.50. Camping prices start at $50. It comes as Caloundra Music Festival officially announced it will no longer
The Big Pineapple Festival has announced the iconic Woombye music event will be held on October 19. Returning to the Sunshine Coast after a three year hiatus, the festival will be an “absolute celebration”. “We will be concentrating on far more categories to the festival this year, which will really add to the over all