Photos: Dameeka Middleton Words: Dameeka Middleton and Penny Brand Music festivals are dead you say? Not on the Sunshine Coast! In its third consecutive year, The Big Weekend proved everyone wrong on Saturday with local rockstar Pricey putting on a sold-out show at Blackflag Brewing, Coolum. The event celebrates Coolum and it’s thriving music scene,
Photos: Ben Russoniello Words: Penny Brand Photo: A female fan at The Smith Street Band It’s a quiet one on the Ocean Street strip as the majority of Maroochydore’s bars are closed up for the Good Friday midnight curfew. But it’s packed to the rafters at Solbar, with Sunny Coast revellers and devout The Smith
On the eve of their biggest show yet, we spoke to Chamber Lane frontman Connor Hanson ahead of their gig opening for The Smith Street Band (pictured with doggo). Connor shares some great tips for younger bands wanting to get out there and make music. Yelo: Where did Chamber Lane all start? Connor: We started
Yelo Mag’s free Sunshine Coast Live Music Gig Guide brings the best from the local live music scene – from Noosa to Caloundra – every week. Gig guide: Thursday, March 21 Paris Cafe brings world-class jazz to The Presynct, Nambour each month. Respected jazz singer Robyn Brown brings a night of memorable jazz music from
Review by Claudia Sheils Brisbane’s best brought their fury to the Sunny Coast on Saturday night to show us how it’s done! Following the release of their first ever collaboration, “Young Dreamers”, Brixton Alley and Boof Heads celebrated by spoiling us with a free Solbar show. Supporting them were local legends Chamber Lane who always
Brixton Alley (main picture) and Boof Heads will hit Solbar at Maroochydore this week. Yelo’s Live Music Gig Guide brings the best of the Sunshine Coast’s music scene every week. Friday, March 1: The Station’s Opening Weekend kicks off with Melbourne indi act Temper Trap and local all-female band Betty Taylor. The all-ages event celebrates the launch of the
YELO music photographer and live gig enthusiast Ben Russoniello tells it how it is when he saw Chamber Lane at The Presynct, supported by Ball Point Music and Sailing in Space. Nambour: It wasn’t a hard decision to decide where I would head off to for the night with Chamber Lane headlining at the Sunshine Coast’s newest music
Mountain Creek: Burnout, isolation and mental health are just a few of the things Connor Hanson discusses openly in his music. The instrumental music teacher from St Joseph’s Primary in Nambour spoke to YELO about his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) diagnosis, ahead of his band Chamber Lane’s debut at Nambour’s hottest new live music venue,