July 26, 2026By yelomag
Thirst Trap perform at The Presynct in Nambour, one of the Sunshine Coast venues helping build the region’s grassroots live music scene. Photo: Marc Roberts. Queensland artists could get more chances to open for major touring acts under new nightlife reforms aimed at strengthening grassroots venues, regional touring and the state’s live music economy. The
July 24, 2026By yelomag
Spilt Milk returns to the Gold Coast in December. Photo: Spilt Milk RAYE is bringing her search for a husband to the Gold Coast, joining Lewis Capaldi and a huge cast of international and Australian artists at Spilt Milk 2026. The husbands are coming. After spending the better part of the past year asking “WHERE
July 21, 2026By yelomag
Kasey Chambers leads the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup. Photo: Supplied. Kasey Chambers will lead the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup when the free Broadbeach event returns to the Gold Coast from Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18. The lineup, announced this week, brings together country icons, festival favourites and international artists,
July 19, 2026By Penny Brand
The Meanies, with frontman Link Meanie second from left. Photo: Jo Forster. Australian pop-punk favourites The Meanies are heading to South East Queensland with Dad Fight armed with a new split seven-inch and more than three decades of stories. The rare national run includes shows with Spiderbait in Adelaide and Canberra, before the Melbourne punk
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
YELO is looking for one Queensland business to become the presenting partner of our Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Gold Coast gig guides. Founded on the Sunshine Coast, YELO is an independent music and culture publication helping people discover gigs, venues, festivals and artists across South-East Queensland. Our regional gig guides are among the most practical
June 14, 2026By yelomag
Viral Instagram sensations Phil and The Blanks have scored their first festival slot at Crafted Festival Gold Coast. The Sunshine Coast fishing-shirt weirdos and unlikely Lowes menswear pin-up boys will join The Vanns, Selve, SPACE&AGES, Laurel Hill, ALLORA and Beatniks DJs at Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach, on Saturday, September 12. The news lands as Phil and
June 2, 2026By yelomag
DJ Fisher is putting those weird antics to good use in an upcoming kids’ film. Photo: via Facebook. Gold Coast culture has many things: surf clubs, high-rises, meter maids, festival singlets, beachfront ambition, strange fame, and apparently, now, Pixar gnomes. FISHER has gone from Palm Beach party starter to Pixar voice actor, landing a surprise
June 2, 2026By yelomag
The Sunshine Coast Music Awards on Sunday night is a major feature of the Queensland live music calendar this June. Photo: Supplied. Queensland is bigger than your algorithm. Every month, YELO rounds up the gigs worth leaving the house for across Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. This month, we’re also looking further
May 29, 2026By yelomag
Roger Sanchez is part of the Ministry of Sound Summer Dance Festival line-up heading to HOTA Parklands on the Gold Coast. Photo: Roger Sanchez/Facebook. Ministry of Sound will bring its Summer Dance Festival to the Gold Coast in December, led by CLASSICAL from the Ministry of Sound Orchestra and a DJ line-up headed by US

