October 2, 2026By yelomag
Birdsville’s Big Red Bash is stirring again, with the outback festival dropping a fresh teaser as it prepares to return in 2027. Punters celebrate at Big Red Bash in previous years. Photo: Big Red Bash. The festival posted a simple eyes emoji on social media on Friday, October 2, signalling that more news is close.
September 30, 2026By yelomag
A sound sculpture in a Townsville garden, an audio walk beside a creek and an installation inside an Ingham house are part of a festival that refuses to stay in one town. Updated September 2026 PUNQ Festival is spreading contemporary art across four very different North Queensland settings: Townsville, Magnetic Island, Hinchinbrook and Charters Towers.
September 22, 2026By yelomag
A free four-day fishing festival with more than $150,000 in prizes is coming to Sandstone Point Hotel this week, with Taxiride and Diesel providing the live-music soundtrack. The inaugural Anaconda Fishing Festival will take over the Moreton Bay venue from September 24-27, combining a major catch-and-release fishing competition with live music, family entertainment, cooking demonstrations
August 31, 2026By yelomag
Gympie Music Muster will return to Amamoor Creek State Forest from August 26 to 29, 2027, with ticket payment plans now underway and the 2027 artist lineup still to be announced. The Gympie Music Muster has been secured through to 2029 after the Queensland Government extended its partnership with the long-running regional festival for another
August 12, 2026By yelomag
Vanessa Amorosi performs at The Empire in Toowoomba as part of Queensland Fringe. Photo: The Empire. Queensland Fringe has wrapped its inaugural regional road trip after more than 4350 people turned out for its two day finale in Toowoomba. The new statewide festival travelled through Charleville, Augathella and Roma before finishing at The Empire precinct
August 12, 2026By yelomag
Forest campsite. Photo: Apertur 2.8/Pexels. A Queensland campground which hosted the Rhythm of the Wild festival has temporarily closed as questions continue over approvals for events held at the property. Hidden Camp, an off grid campground at Glenwood between Gympie and Maryborough, announced its temporary closure on August 7 while it works through a planning
August 11, 2026By yelomag
Alpine performing at Laneway Festival in Brisbane in 2013. Photo: Conan00/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Laneway Festival has unveiled its 2027 lineup, with Fontaines D.C., “The Hayley Williams Show”, Slayyyter, Kim Petras, MUNA, Ninajirachi, Rico Nasty and more heading to Brisbane Showgrounds on Saturday, February 13. Updated October 2026 The Brisbane stop marks Laneway’s return
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 2, 2026By yelomag
After months of silence and speculation, a new collaboration between Raw Ordio and festival founder Mark Pico has sent the local pineapple radar twitching. 2026 status: No festival date or lineup has been announced. See YELO’s current Big Pineapple Festival guide for the latest verified information. Raw Ordio may have just dropped the tiniest Big

