Dear Seattle at Pulse Bar in Maroochydore earlier this month. Photo: Lewis Venz. Finding live music on the Sunshine Coast should not mean checking 12 venue pages, three Facebook events and whatever Instagram happens to show you. The Coast has plenty happening, but it is spread out. Gigs sit across different venue calendars, local artists
Updated September 2026. Main photo: Karma Police performing to a sold-out crowd in Nambour. Photo: Penny Brand. The Sunshine Coast has a strong new generation of young musicians coming through, from teenage bands playing local stages to emerging singer-songwriters already picking up national attention. This is YELO’s current shortlist of young Sunshine Coast musicians to
Photos via Coolum State High School Facebook. Coolum High students are making national noise, with Sunshine Coast hardcore band TwoSeventy named as one of five finalists in the 2026 triple j Unearthed High competition. The annual competition searches for the best high school-aged music artists in Australia, with more than 1000 entries narrowed down to
Bad Habit Records’ third birthday party turned the Old Ambo Gallery ramp into a packed all-day mix of heavy bands, markets and community, with Just Say Go’s final show giving Black Market Day its emotional core. Words and photos by Marc Roberts. With local music venues, promoters and artists all doing it tough against inflation