All posts tagged in Regional Queensland
Australians are streaming more music than ever, but homegrown artists are getting a smaller slice of the listening. And for Queensland’s emerging bands and live music venues, the warning signs extend well beyond Spotify playlists. Australian music creators accounted for just 8.5 per cent of domestic audio streams in the 2025–26 financial year, according to
A Savannah in the Round crowd in 2026. Photo: Savannah in the Round / Facebook. Savannah in the Round has recorded 23,405 attendances across its four-day 2026 festival in Mareeba, below the more than 32,000 reported during last year’s record event. The Far North Queensland country, rock and roots festival returned to the Mareeba Rodeo
King Stingray at Solbar, Maroochydore, August 2024. Photo: Penny Brand / YELO. King Stingray will headline a free concert on Burketown Airport’s rebuilt runway in remote Queensland on Saturday, October 10. King Stingray will perform at Burketown Airport in the Gulf Country on Saturday, October 10, as the town celebrates the reopening of its rebuilt
Northerlies Beach Bar & Grill, Airlie Beach. Photo: Facebook. Beach-village gigs, island stays and waterfront stages: these Queensland music spots can become part of the holiday. Updated October 2026 A live set can give you a reason to stop in a coastal town, stay another night on an island or see a different side of
Birdsville’s Big Red Bash will come to an end in 2027, with organisers confirming the Queensland outback festival’s next edition will be its last after 13 years. Punters celebrate at Big Red Bash in previous years. Photo: Big Red Bash. The final Big Red Bash will be held at the Big Red dune near Birdsville
Ecca Vandal in Brisbane, a Maleny festival weekend and The Church with an orchestra: five reasons to head out across Queensland and the Northern Rivers. Updated November 2, 2026. One pick from each YELO region for November 6–8. Use our rolling gig guides for the wider calendar. 1. Ecca Vandal · BRISBANE Friday, November 6
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.
Radium Dolls. Photo: Danysha Harriott. “Cigarettes and legal speed everybody.” It’s one-liners like that from Brisbane’s Radium Dolls that will place a band firmly in YELO’s orbit. Then there’s Gold Coast six-piece Selve, who landed on our tasting plate after a tip-off from a friend, before their theatrical rock took them from backyard gigs to
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
Che Burns will represent the Sunshine Coast at the QLD Regional Showcase during BIGSOUND 2026. Photo: Supplied. Sunshine Coast Music Industry Collective (SCMIC) is taking regional Queensland to BIGSOUND next week, with a dedicated QLD Regional Showcase bringing artists and music industry people from across the state into one room. The showcase will run on
