The Gold Coast Music Awards are returning for their sixth year on Thursday April 30 for a night of awards and live music on the beach in Surfers Paradise.

The awards are held to celebrate Gold Coast artists’ outstanding successes and achievements in music throughout the last year. Helping the celebrations along on the evening will be live music courtesy of PACES, Tijuana Cartel and Felicity Lawless. Hailing from the Gold Coast, dad and dog lover PACES – real name Mikey Perry – cloaks everything he does in happiness and explosive colour. With his electric live shows and fun music, PACES has received wide acclaim including winning InTheMix’s prestigious ‘Breakthrough Artist Of The Year’ award (2016) with his debut album ‘Vacation’. Bringing world music to the Gold Coast stages, Tijuana Cartel has built a firm reputation for beats that span the globe. Multi-layered grooves, touches of slide and flamenco guitar, trumpet, vocals and Afro Cuban percussion mixed with some hardened electronica – it’s a combo that’s intriguing, energetic and utterly delicious. Fiery, bohemian rocker, Felicity Lawless stimulates the senses and elevates the soul by fusing world music and gypsy elements with folk and rock, characterised by a flashy, Spanish guitar style, soaring vocal melodies and hypnotic rhythms.

The Gold Coast Music Awards will run from 5:00-10:00 pm on April 30. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the night.