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Strut & Fret reveals a star-studded program for The Spiegeltent Gold Coast — Art

Strut & Fret reveals a star-studded program for The Spiegeltent Gold Coast

26 Feb 2019

From April 17 to May 12, the city will be graced with the presence of The Spiegeltent Gold Coast – a spectacular entertainment venue that will be erected in the heart of Broadbeach, playing host to a star-studded program of performances. Renowned production house Strut & Fret (the insanely talented team who brought us Blanc de Blanc) has just dropped the line-up of acts, featuring some of the biggest names in music, cabaret, comedy and theatre. Here's what you need to know. more

Bleach* Festival celebrates the Gold Coast's unique artistic culture with a jam-packed 2019 program — Art

Bleach* Festival celebrates the Gold Coast’s unique artistic culture with a jam-packed 2019 program

21 Feb 2019

Giving us something truly awesome to look forward to, the crew behind Bleach* Festival have unveiled a 2019 program that promises to be the premier arts and cultural event’s most captivating yet. The eighth annual festival runs from April 17–28 and celebrates the Gold Coast's unique culture with a schedule that spans large-scale opera, award-winning dance, eye-popping cabaret, free live music, a thought provoking political swimming carnival and a thrilling drive-in with a difference – and it doesn't stop there! more

Let's rage – HOTA's new Let there be rock! exhibition kicks off a summer of rock'n'roll — Art

Let’s rage – HOTA’s new Let there be rock! exhibition kicks off a summer of rock’n’roll

29 Nov 2018

An eclectic exhibition celebrating three decades of rock music and culture is kicking off at HOTA this summer, and you'll definitely want a piece of the action. The exhibition, Let there be rock!, opens true to style on Saturday December 8 with a beer garden, free rock anthems, and a Q&A with those who lived through the Gold Coast's heyday of live and loud rock music. more

Step outside the square – the coast's best events and foodie experiences to fill your weekends with — Art

Step outside the square – the coast’s best events and foodie experiences to fill your weekends with

01 Nov 2018

Live your best life. Now, that's a set of words that are thrown around a lot these days, but how many of us actually do live our best lives? When the time comes that you stumble across your significant other, you're kind of expected to settle down, buy a house, save whatever little money is left after mortgage repayments and, you know, just generally scale back our lives completely to prepare for the future. Sound familiar? Well, the folks at Smith Collective, the coast's revolutionary new rental community, want to flip the script on 'adulting' for couples. We're in the know (it's our job), so Smith Collective teamed up with yours truly to let you know all about the best upcoming events and must-do foodie experiences across the Gold Coast. Forget Netflix and toasties on the couch – this is how you do it. more

The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award showcases the best of the best a HOTA — Art

The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award showcases the best of the best a HOTA

18 Oct 2018

The exhibition to showcase the finalists in the coveted Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2018 will officially launch at HOTA this weekend. The winner of the prestigious award, considered one of the most important accolades for contemporary Australian photographic practice, will be announced at the exhibition's launch on Friday October 19. You've got until November 25 to experience this visual feast. more

Top chefs and ceramicists join forces to combat hunger with Empty Bowls — Art

Top chefs and ceramicists join forces to combat hunger with Empty Bowls

11 Sep 2018

Gold Coast, it's time to lend a hand. This Saturday September 15, Currumbin's Dust Temple will host Empty Bowls, an event that will bring together some of the region's top chefs and artists to support the local charities that work hard to fight hunger in our community. more

Byron Bay's PERMANENT art exhibition brings tattoo culture to life — Art

Byron Bay’s PERMANENT art exhibition brings tattoo culture to life

16 Aug 2018

Modern-day tattoo culture is being put on display in Byron Bay this month, with eye-catching pop-up exhibition PERMANENT underway and on display in Popped Space, a new gallery, event and studio in the heart of the new mixed-use Habitat precinct. more

Adults-only circus show Infamous announces an extended season in a new location — Art

Adults-only circus show Infamous announces an extended season in a new location

14 Aug 2018

After a wildly popular five-weeks wowing the crowds in Southport, saucy stage show Infamous has announced a season extension – and it's relocating. Following its final show at Broadwater Parklands last Sunday, the Spiegel Big Top is currently being relocated to its new home – the Italo-Australian Club in Clear Island Waters – with shows to commence from Friday August 24. more

Witness the city's evolution at HOTA's We are Gold Coast exhibition — Art

Witness the city’s evolution at HOTA’s We are Gold Coast exhibition

10 May 2018

The Gold Coast oft gets a pretty crummy wrap from uninformed out-of-towners who still scoff into their soy latte at the very mention of the Gold Coast, believing the city is nothing more than surf, Schoolies and theme parks. But the truth is that we, its residents, know that those outdated stereotypes couldn't be further from the truth. We are Gold Coast: works from the Gallery at HOTA is a brand-new exhibition that shines a light on the city's evolution. more

Visual feast – witness one of the city's largest art installations at the DETOUR Street Art Festival — Art

Visual feast – witness one of the city’s largest art installations at the DETOUR Street Art Festival

23 Mar 2018

Back in the day, graffiti in public spaces was labelled as vandalism. Let's be honest though – there was a time when there was a lot of Bart Simpson-style 'eat my shorts' tagging going on around the place, which kind of gave street art a bit of a bad reputation. Thankfully, society was quick to realise that when a paint brush or spray can gets into the right set of hands, magical things can happen. While we've seen plenty of colourful works pop up across town, one of the city's biggest art installations is about to unfold – it's all happening as part of the DETOUR Street Art Festival from April 3–15 and you (yes, you) are invited to witness the wizardry firsthand. more

Get your culture hit by the coast with our top picks from Bleach* Festival 2018's stellar line-up — Art

Get your culture hit by the coast with our top picks from Bleach* Festival 2018’s stellar line-up

15 Mar 2018

That's it – the countdown to Bleach* Festival 2018 is well and truly underway. The renowned arts and culture festival has grown to become of the most significant events on the city's calendar, and this year it's being taken to dizzying new levels. From March 29 to April 15, the festival will fill the Gold Coast with an incredible series of events, live music, immersive theatre performances, activations, installations and everything in between. We're getting pretty darn excited for what's to come, so thought we'd share our top five picks from the impressive program. more

Bleach* Festival unveils its ambitious 18-day city-wide program for 2018 — Art

Bleach* Festival unveils its ambitious 18-day city-wide program for 2018

08 Feb 2018

With the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games just around the corner, our fine city is gearing up for one the most pivotal years in its history. Just when we thought we couldn't cram any more excitement into the first half of 2018, the talented crew behind Bleach* Festival drops its most genre-bending and ambitious program ever. The 18 days of action kicks off on Thursday March 29 – here's what's in store. more

Introducing HOTA – the Gold Coast's new Home of the Arts — Art

Introducing HOTA – the Gold Coast’s new Home of the Arts

06 Feb 2018

Gold Coast, we'd like you to meet HOTA (Home of the Arts). You've actually met before – HOTA was formerly known as The Arts Centre Gold Coast and as of today (Tuesday February 6) will be officially named Home of the Arts. This is way more than just a shiny new name – the announcement also marks the unveiling of the cultural precinct's $37.5-million outdoor theatre, which is underscored by a spectacular program of events that will take the city's arts and culture scene to dizzying new heights. more

The Festival 2018 line-up has been revealed and holy heck, it's BIG — Art

The Festival 2018 line-up has been revealed and holy heck, it’s BIG

01 Feb 2018

Hold on to your hats folks, things are about to get next-level across our fine city. With the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games just around the corner (April 4–15, in case you've been living under a giant rock), excitement is buzzing, and it just went up a notch with the announcement of the Festival 2018 program, which will feature a spectacular line-up of more than 1000 arts and cultural experiences in more than 28 locations across the city for 12 action-packed days. more

Sandy art – Surfers Paradise springs to life with the Sand Safari Arts Festival — Art

Sandy art – Surfers Paradise springs to life with the Sand Safari Arts Festival

18 Jan 2018

It's time to kick off the shoes and get some sand between your toes - the Sand Safari Arts Festival is back to transform the Surfers Paradise beachfront (and beyond!) for an annual celebration of sand and sea-inspired art. The action kicks off on Friday February 9 and runs through until February 25. more

The Arts Centre Gold Coast raises the curtain to reveal its stellar 2018 season — Art

The Arts Centre Gold Coast raises the curtain to reveal its stellar 2018 season

30 Nov 2017

It's been a shining, shimmering, action-packed year of live theatre, arts, exhibitions, cabarets and all sorts of cultural goodness at The Arts Centre Gold Coast. While we've all been continually swept off our feet this year by the arts precinct's sights and sounds, even bigger things have been bubbling away under the surface. Well, wait no more – the curtain has now been raised to reveal what's in store for the year ahead. Let's just say 2018 is going to be a show stopper. more

Capture the greatness of the Coming into Fashion exhibition with these five must-see events — Art

Capture the greatness of the Coming into Fashion exhibition with these five must-see events

02 Nov 2017

Attention fashion-forward folks, appreciators of fine photography, art lovers, and anyone who has ever gazed in awe at the glossy pages of Vogue or Vanity Fair (that just about covers all of you). Powerhouse fashion publisher Condé Nast has cracked open its distinguished fashion-photography archive from the past 100 years and wants to share it with you. On Friday November 24, one of the world's most iconic photography exhibitions Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast will be unveiled at The Arts Centre Gold Coast. Much like generation-defining images that have graced the front pages over the past century, this exhibition will be far from the norm. Here's what's in store. more

It's back! Genre-bending arts showcase Hotelling goes sky-high for its latest instalment — Art

It’s back! Genre-bending arts showcase Hotelling goes sky-high for its latest instalment

28 Sep 2017

So, there's no question that Hotelling was an absolute hit with its first instalment at QT Gold Coast last year. Either you went and were absolutely blown away (like us) or you didn't go and have been kicking yourself ever since. Well, whichever group you fall into, you don't want to miss the this year's version of Hotelling. It's literally going sky high – right up to the 64th-floor penthouse of Peppers Soul in Surfers Paradise from November 1–5 ... and it will be like nothing you've ever seen before. more

PLUNGE gets set to make a spectacular splash — Art

PLUNGE gets set to make a spectacular splash

10 Aug 2017

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is set to be transformed this month, with a spectacular multi-form artistic performance called PLUNGE. The intriguing and interactive theatrical showcase will hit the pool for four nights only from August 30 to September 2. more

Discover local unearthed talent at RAW: NEXT — Art

Discover local unearthed talent at RAW: NEXT

20 Jul 2017

Art lovers, musos, creative types and appreciators of the performing arts – this is for you. Put Thursday August 3 in your schedule, because RAW Gold Coast is back with its next instalment called NEXT, which is going to throw 40-plus local emerging artists into the limelight for one night only. more

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