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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
Parkway Drive will return to Brisbane in August for two special shows celebrating landmark albums Killing With A Smile and Horizons. The Byron Bay metal band will play The Fortitude Music Hall on August 15 and 16 as part of its newly announced Killing Horizons Tour. Each city on the national run will receive two
Bob Evans will bring his Suburban Songbook 20th anniversary tour to Brisbane this October performing the 2006 album in full with a full band. The national tour celebrates two decades since the release of the ARIA-winning record, which helped cement Kevin Mitchell’s Bob Evans project as more than a side step from Jebediah. The Brisbane
Matt Corby brought his live show to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Sunday. The show formed part of Matt Corby’s Tragic Magic Tour, presented by Frontier Touring, with Gretta Ray appearing as special guest. Photographer Ziah Harvey, from Art Made From Being Alive, captured the show for YELO. See the full gallery below. Matt Corby
Melbourne Ska Orchestra will bring their big-band ska party back to Queensland this September and October, with shows locked in for the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Cairns. Melbourne Ska Orchestra have announced a national run of headline shows for their Monte Loco Rides Again tour, taking the ARIA Award-winning collective around Australia from August to
Beartooth will bring their Pure Ecstasy World Tour to Brisbane in January. Fit For A King and Volumes will also join the Australian run. The Ohio heavy rock band will play Fortitude Music Hall on January 31, 2027. The Brisbane show closes out a four-date Australian headline tour presented by Destroy All Lines. The run
Blak Day Out will return to Brisbane this winter, bringing Dan Sultan, Beddy Rays, Becca Hatch, Jem Cassar-Daley and Rox Lavi to The Princess Theatre. The all-ages First Nations music event will take over the Woolloongabba venue on July 24, as part of Open Season’s 2026 program. Presented by Open Season and Blak Social, Blak
Main photo by Kate Ellen Meakin, supplied Aldous Harding will return to Brisbane in November, with a headline show confirmed for The Princess Theatre. Aldous Harding has announced a 2026 Australian tour, with Brisbane included on the four-date run. The Aotearoa singer-songwriter will play The Princess Theatre in Woolloongabba on November 23, following shows in Melbourne, Hobart and
Photo: Matt Warren for YELO. May is stacked across South East Queensland, with big touring shows, local favourites, heavy nights, coastal festival energy and a few nostalgia-heavy singalongs worth locking in now. From the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane and the Gold Coast, these are the gigs worth circling this month. For the full weekly listings,
Queensland music on Spotify Queensland music, without waiting for the algorithm to notice YELO playlists are hand-selected for people who want to hear what is moving through Queensland now. There are hyper-local city mixtapes, fresh Sunshine Coast discoveries, stormy girl-band moods and songs made for red-dirt roads, coastal walks and dubiously smoky share houses with
