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Sunshine Coast what’s on guide Looking for gigs, festivals, live music and local culture on the Sunshine Coast this weekend? This page points you to YELO’s Sunshine Coast guides, including live music, weekly events, venues, art galleries and local culture across Nambour, Maroochydore, Noosa, Caloundra, Coolum, Eumundi and the hinterland. See this week’s gigs →
Photos: The Wolston Butchers by Dameeka Middleton. The YELO See More Music Challenge is about helping more people discover local artists, one band at a time. With so much music discovery driven by algorithms, major releases and big touring names, local artists can be easy to miss. Across the Sunshine Coast and beyond, venue closures
Main photo: Horizon Festival performance via Facebook. Horizon Festival returns to the Sunshine Coast from May 1 to 10 in 2026, with more than 35 events planned across 13 locations. The 10-day program also marks the festival’s 10th year. Presented on Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country, Horizon is the Sunshine Coast Council’s annual arts and
Sick People at the Old Ambo in Nambour. Photo: Shane Olivier Nambour Black Market Day will bring live music, vintage finds and DIY culture to The Old Ambo on April 18. Bad Habit Records, Guerrilla Booking and World Rot have teamed up for the one-day festival which celebrates independent creativity in the heart of Nambour.
Photo: Staff at Terella Brewing via Facebook The rural brewery will host a final run of events before shutting, adding to a growing list of venue losses across the region. UPDATE (Mar 6): Sunshine Coast Council has now issued a public response following Terella Brewing’s open letter about the venue’s closure. In a statement, Council
Local hip-hop artists Caelwhip and Notorious Nix prepare to support national touring act Illy outside Solbar. Photo: Ben Russoniello. The Maroochydore venue will shut after two decades as one of the region’s key touring rooms. Solbar has announced it will permanently close, removing one of the Sunshine Coast’s primary mid-capacity live music venues and leaving
Most people describe the Sunshine Coast through its daylight routines: surf checks at dawn, school pickups, market mornings and early dinners with the shutters down by ten. The assumption is that culture lives elsewhere and the coast is where you come to reset afterward. Compared to the Gold Coast, it’s often framed as the natural
People often assume touring shows land on the Sunshine Coast randomly. A promoter picks a room and hopes for the best kind of a deal. In reality, where a band plays here is usually determined by audience behaviour more than popularity. This region isn’t a single strip of venues, the Sunshine Coast live music venues
It was metal-core mania meets Aussie kitsch when In Hearts Wake, RedHook and The Amity Affliction played to a packed house at Banana Bender Pub on Friday night. Photos by Matt Warren, words by Penny Brand. Some of my most memorable gigs have happened in the rain: AC/DC at the former QEII Stadium in Brisbane
Beddy Rays. The Buoys. Letters to Lions. Vlads. Camino Gold. That’s how Alex by the Sea 2026 is kicking off winter on the Sunshine Coast, landing June 6 and 7 at Alexandra Headland’s Bluff Bar. Day One brings one of the strongest indie and surf-rock lineups the coast has seen. Headlined by Beddy Rays, the
