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The Scene
Music, culture and local life from the Sunshine Coast and beyond.
The Scene is where YELO follows the stories around the music: the venues, artists, festivals, creative spaces, local characters and cultural moments shaping life across Queensland.
From backyard gigs and record crates to film nights, art shows and regional road trips, this is the stuff that gives a place its pulse.
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Stories from the wider YELO world
Local music culture, creative spaces, regional arts, venue news, festivals and things worth leaving the house for.
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Laneway Festival is coming back to Brisbane
Alpine performing at Laneway Festival in Brisbane in 2013. Photo: Conan00/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Laneway Festival will return to…
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Sari Abbott returns to the venue that gave her a shot
Returning to one of her early stages. Sari Abbott will play at Peregian Beach Hotel this month. Photo: Supplied. Sari…
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Phil Jamieson cancels tour after fracturing back on stage
Phil Jamieson has cancelled his 2026 PJ AIR national tour after fracturing his lower back in an on-stage accident just…
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The Sunshine Coast live music scene is reinventing itself
Dear Seattle are heading to Pulse Bar in Maroochydore this month. Photo: Supplied. A growing run of national tours, sold…
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The Living End are still absurdly good
Australian rock icons The Living End, supported by rising Brisbane band SPEIRA, opened their regional tour with a sold out…
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Universities are trying to bring young Australians back to live music
Sunshine Coast artist Serendipiti will headline the first Campus Revival Tour. Photo: Supplied. A new interstate university tour will give…
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System Of A Down and Faith No More to finish Australian stadium tour in Brisbane
Two of heavy music’s most unpredictable and influential bands are heading to Suncorp Stadium, with System Of A Down and…
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Queensland artists could get bigger stages under new nightlife reforms
Thirst Trap perform at The Presynct in Nambour, one of the Sunshine Coast venues helping build the region’s grassroots live…
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Why the Sunshine Coast is going clubbing before dark
Ministry of Sound: Testament 90s in Melbourne in 2025. The event comes to Venue 114 on Sunday, July 26. Photo:…
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The husbands are coming to Spilt Milk
Spilt Milk returns to the Gold Coast in December. Photo: Spilt Milk RAYE is bringing her search for a husband…
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