The weekend is so close we can taste it! It's time to start planning your few days of sweet, sweet freedom. Luckily, there's plenty happening across all corners of the city to keep you occupied. From food-truck parties to live music and chilled-out markets, here's what's happening on the Gold Coast this weekend. Enjoy! more
If you have ears, treat them to two whole days of (free) live music at Buskers by the Creek this weekend. Now in its fifth year, the wildly popular event will be taking over Winders Park in Currumbin on Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14, featuring more than 300 talented singers, musicians and performers across 16 different stages. Oh, and there will also be a floating bar in the creek. That's right – an actual floating bar. more
Festival of Small Halls, a music tour dedicated to voyaging only to small regional towns, has announced its summer program. The festival will kick off at the Mullum Music Festival on November 16, before it tours regional Queensland, stopping off at a number of quaint townships – including the Gold Coast hinterland. more
Spring is here, which means it's events galore! If you're well and truly out of winter hibernation and are on the hunt for fun and delicious things to do before summer hits, then we've got you! From sugar-coated dessert festivals to beachside billycart derbys, here are five Gold Coast events to put in your calendar this spring. more
Get ready to rage – Shakafest is back for its third year, and boy it's going to be big. Normally held at the Miami Shark Bar, the live-music festival will be relocating north to Southport's Broadwater Parklands for the first time this year, bringing together some of the nation's best rock and hip-hop acts for a one-day party in the sun on Saturday November 24. more
On Saturday October 6, Kurrawa Park in Broadbeach will transform into a dreamy haven for beer and cider lovers alike when the Crafted Beer & Cider Festival takes over. The festival will shine the light on 35 of the country's best brewers, with more than 150 beers and ciders up for tasting. more
The Byron Writers Festival is back for another year, with more than 140 writers, thinkers and commentators forming part of the event's thrilling three-day program, which is set to shine the light on local emerging writers and literary icons from afar. Prepare to be inspired. more
The coast's craft beer scene is bubbling away in spectacular fashion, with local brewers (we're looking at you Black Hops, Balter and Lost Palms) making a splash on a national scale. Sunday August 5 is your chance to experience the goodness from the region's best brewers under one roof with the Marketta Keg Party - A Festival of Craft Beer at Miami Marketta. more
Foodies, it's time to venture south – the Taste of Kingscliff & Tweed Coast Winter Food Festival is back, baby! The festival is doing its fifth year in style, extending the culinary celebrations throughout the entire month of July. That's right – 31 glorious food-filled days and nights are coming. more
The rock and rockabilly vibes will be in full swing this June as Coolangatta prepares for the 2018 instalment of Cooly Rocks On. Held from June 6–10, the renowned beachside festival will showcase a jam-packed five-day program of hot rods, live rock 'n roll music, dancing and good old-fashioned fun. more
It may be called the blues but you'll be anything but when the annual Blues on Broadbeach train rolls into town from May 17–20 stopping at all stations for four jam-packed days and nights of blues, brews and fun times. more
Beer lovers, you need to set Saturday June 2 aside – the inaugural Gold Coast Beer Festival is coming! The festival is being held at NightQuarter and will see a bunch of famed local and interstate brewers under one roof, with connoisseurs and beers swillers alike invited to taste their way through the best of the best and celebrate all things amber. more
With all of the commotion happening in and around the Gold Coast right now, you'd be forgiven for missing the memo that the 16th annual Gold Coast Film Festival rolls into town from April 17 through to April 29. This year's jam-packed program offers everything from floating cinemas to award-winning short films and for the first time, virtual reality experiences. Strap yourselves in film buffs, here is our pick of top five must-see events at the 2018 Gold Coast Film Festival. more
Wow, what a week! Festival 2018 has well and truly delivered the goods, from culinary celebrations to colourful cultural displays and contortionism – we've seen it all! If you're yet to venture in to check out all of the action, there's plenty still to come across all areas of the Gold Coast. Hold onto your hats folks because week two is set to be jam-packed with fun things to see and do, here is our pick of top five must-see events from April 9 to 14. more
It's been hailed the most ambitious multi-day festival the Gold Coast has ever seen and it's finally here! Festival 2018 kicks off on Wednesday April 4 and brings with it a culinary and cultural smorgasbord of things to see and do, from wandering maze-like sculptures to marvelling at the physicality and power of contemporary Australian circus. With so much happening around the coast, it's easy to get overwhelmed and miss something so we thought we'd do you a solid and round-up our top five must-see events in week one (from April 4 to 8). more
Get set, Gold Coast – the Commonwealth Games are finally here! Now, you've probably heard that the magic will extend well beyond the sporting fields, stadiums and swimming pools, thanks to a killer program of arts and cultural events called Festival 2018. We know it can be a lot to take in – last week we nutted out the happenings on the Main Stage in Surfers Paradise, and this week we've got the low-down on the Roundabout Stage in the heart of Broadbeach. Here's what to expect. more
Some of the most iconic names on the international music scene are set to descend on Surfers Paradise to deliver 12 consecutive live concerts as part of Festival 2018. The likes of The Cat Empire, Meg Mac, Salmonella Dub and Yothu Yindi and the Treaty Project are billed to hit the festival's Main Stage on the Surfers Paradise beachfront from April 4–15, forming part of the most culturally diverse multi-day music festival the Gold Coast has ever seen. It's all live, it's all free and it's going to be flat-out incredible – here's what's in store. more
Iconic food and music destination NightQuarter is gearing up for its biggest event to date – a ten-day festival from April 5–14. That's right – NightQuarter will be open every single day and night for ten days straight during GC2018. Oh boy, this is big. Here's what you need to know. more
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
Gold Coast, there's a street party happening in Palm Beach this month and you're invited! Feast on Fifth, which forms part of a spectacular calendar of events being rolled during Bleach* Festival 2018, will bring (you guessed it) Fifth Avenue in Palm Beach to life on Saturday March 31. Arrive hungry and ready to dance – this is going to be one helluva bash. more
