August 25, 2026By yelomag
Che Burns will represent the Sunshine Coast at the QLD Regional Showcase during BIGSOUND 2026. Photo: Supplied. Sunshine Coast Music Industry Collective (SCMIC) is taking regional Queensland to BIGSOUND next week, with a dedicated QLD Regional Showcase bringing artists and music industry people from across the state into one room. The showcase will run on
August 12, 2026By yelomag
Miss First Nation at Melt Festival in 2025. Photo: Melt. Melt Festival has unveiled its biggest program yet, with Courtney Barnett, Melanie C, TEEKS and Queensland singer songwriter Jude York joining more than 100 events across Brisbane this spring. Produced by Brisbane Powerhouse, the queer arts and culture festival will return from October 21 to
August 11, 2026By yelomag
Neck Deep will return to Australia for Good Things Festival 2026. Photo: Nat Wood / @wondergirlphoto Good Things Festival will return to Brisbane in December with Limp Bizkit, Simple Plan and Spiritbox leading a huge international and Australian heavy music line-up. The travelling festival will hit Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday, December 6, following dates in
August 11, 2026By yelomag
Alpine performing at Laneway Festival in Brisbane in 2013. Photo: Conan00/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Laneway Festival will return to Brisbane in 2027 after spending a year on the Gold Coast as the national festival reduces its Australian run. The festival has confirmed its Queensland leg will move back to Brisbane Showgrounds next year following
August 6, 2026By yelomag
Wildlands tickets are now on sale for Brisbane’s New Year’s Eve return, with John Summit, Skepta, WORSHIP, KI/KI, Nia Archives and Overmono heading to the River City. The one day festival will take over Brisbane Showgrounds on December 31 before heading west for a second event at Arena Joondalup in Perth on January 2. Tickets
June 25, 2026By yelomag
RONA. headlines South System Vol. 2 at Fish Lane Arts Precinct on June 27. Photo: Supplied. A free open-air dance party is turning the space beneath Brisbane’s Fish Lane bridge into one huge communal dancefloor this Saturday. South System Vol. 2 lands at the Fish Lane Arts Precinct on June 27, bringing a night of
June 24, 2026By yelomag
Festival-goers at Rolling Sets. Photo: Mitch Lowe, supplied. If The Beach Boys were allowed to invent “Kokomo”, YELO is officially claiming the stretch between the Sunshine Coast and Byron Bay as the ‘Bermuda Bahama Banana Republic Triangle’. It is not a recognised region, but it does contain an unreasonable number of festivals. From the Sunshine
June 22, 2026By yelomag
BIGSOUND will introduce a dedicated Ideas & Innovation Hub when the Australian music industry event returns to Fortitude Valley from September 1–4. The new conference space will bring together music industry workers, educators, technology companies and government representatives to discuss the tools and ideas shaping the future of Australian music. The hub will include separate
June 15, 2026By yelomag
BIGSOUND has unveiled its 2026 showcase lineup, with 100 artists set to perform across Fortitude Valley this September as the Brisbane music industry event marks its 25th anniversary. The BIGSOUND 100 will take over 15 venues from September 1–4, bringing together emerging and export-ready artists from Australia and New Zealand across rock, pop, hip hop,
June 9, 2026By yelomag
Fraggle Rock will feature in Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company, opening as part of Brisbane Festival 2026. Photos: Brisbane Festival. Australia’s largest international arts festival returns from September 4–26, with The Temper Trap, PNAU, Missy Higgins, ICEHOUSE, Aloe Blacc, Human Nature, Katie Noonan, The Cruel Sea and Magic Dirt among

