September 25, 2026By Penny Brand
Coyote’s Roadhouse opened with cowgirls in hot pants on horseback and a troupe of line dancers as the new country bar took over the former Solbar space on Maroochydore’s Ocean Street. Inside, brand-new Ariat boots hang from the ceiling above plush cowhide bar stools and slick timberwork, while the fit-out gives the room the feel
September 16, 2026By yelomag
If you’re going out on the Sunshine Coast this weekend, Saturday is doing most of the heavy lifting. Che Burns is bringing his full band to Blackflag Coolum, Body Type is heading up the range to Mapleton, and Sunday brings The Black Sorrows, Beccy Cole and Salmonella Dub Soundsystem into the mix. Here are 10
September 12, 2026By yelomag
Dear Seattle brought their Regional Australia tour to Pulse Bar in Maroochydore on Friday night, joined by special guests Seahaven and supports Bad Neighbour and Verum. The Sydney alt-rock favourites hit the Sunshine Coast on September 11 as part of a regional run through Australia, bringing songs from their third album TOY to the Duporth
September 7, 2026By Penny Brand
NO CIGAR are bringing their biggest Australian tour yet to the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Brisbane. Photo: Tom Grunt. Auckland indie band NO CIGAR say Australia now feels like a second home as they prepare to kick off their biggest Australian tour yet on the Sunshine Coast. The New Zealand group will open their
September 3, 2026By yelomag
Coyote’s Roadhouse is set to open on Ocean Street in Maroochydore. Image: Hallmark Hospitality. Coyote’s Roadhouse is now open in the former Solbar space on Ocean Street, bringing two live music stages, a mechanical bull and a 500-person country bar to Maroochydore. Coyote’s Roadhouse opened at the entrance to Big Top Shopping Centre on Ocean
August 28, 2026By yelomag
Updated September 2026: NO CIGAR played Pulse Bar on the Sunshine Coast on September 10. Their Queensland tour continues at The Triffid in Brisbane on October 16. NO CIGAR will bring their biggest Australian tour yet through Queensland this September and October, with shows on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and in Brisbane. The Auckland
August 9, 2026By yelomag
Dear Seattle are heading to Pulse Bar in Maroochydore this month. Photo: Supplied. A growing run of national tours, sold out shows and new live music spaces is putting the Sunshine Coast back on the map in 2026. Post Malone, Pete Murray, The Jungle Giants, JET, Dear Seattle and Guttermouth are just a few of
July 25, 2026By yelomag
Ministry of Sound: Testament 90s in Melbourne in 2025. The event comes to Venue 114 on Sunday, July 26. Photo: Ashlea Caygill. From sunrise DJs and sober raves to daytime clubbing and festivals that finish before bedtime, the Sunshine Coast is discovering that you do not need darkness to have a dance floor. DJs are
July 22, 2026By Penny Brand
WHIPLASSH and VERATIE perform at Blackflag Brewing Mooloolaba. Photos: Penny Brand. From existential crises and teenage pressure to deliberately imperfect recordings, the songs reaching YELO’s weekly ABC Sunshine Coast segment reveal a local scene that is becoming harder to define, and far more interesting. The Coast has long had a strong folk and indie identity,
May 17, 2026By yelomag
A crowd at Solbar, the Maroochydore live music venue which closed earlier this year. Photo: Dameeka Middleton. A draft plan from the Australian Live Music Business Council has put ticketing trust, insurance pressure, superannuation clarity and grassroots venue support at the centre of its national agenda for 2026 to 2028. The Australian Live Music Business

