September 9, 2026By yelomag
Radium Dolls will play at Valley Fiesta 2026. Photo: Brisbane City Council. Baker Boy and Radium Dolls are among the major acts heading to Fortitude Valley for this year’s Valley Fiesta, as Brisbane’s free street festival celebrates 30 years. The live music program takes over Brunswick Street Mall on Saturday, October 3, with Radium Dolls
September 9, 2026By yelomag
Fortitude Valley venue QUIVR will open its new 170-capacity Sound Room on Saturday, expanding the queer-owned music hub into the neighbouring Winn Street tenancy. The September 12 launch follows a year of planning and a six-week build, giving QUIVR an indoor ticketed room alongside its existing laneway bar, livestream DJ booth, radio station and DJ
September 9, 2026By yelomag
Soul Asylum will return to Australia for the first time since the mid-1990s. Photo: Supplied. Nineties rock heavyweights Soul Asylum and Ugly Kid Joe are joining forces for an Australian co-headline tour, with Brisbane scoring the final show. The two US bands will bring their Double Thrill tour to The Tivoli on March 21, 2027,
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
June 25, 2026By yelomag
You Am I will bring their Strung Up tour to The Tivoli in Brisbane on October 22 and 23. Photo: Deb Pelser. You Am I will bring their landmark album Hourly Daily to Brisbane for two special shows with a string quartet this October. The Australian rock veterans will play The Tivoli on October 22
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 24, 2026By yelomag
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
June 19, 2026By yelomag
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
June 17, 2026By yelomag
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
June 11, 2026By yelomag
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

