BIGSOUND returns to Fortitude Valley in September
The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest music industry gathering, BIGSOUND is back in Brisbane from 7 to 9 September with three fun-filled days of music discovery,…
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The untold story: Women veterans on ANZAC Day
As we approach ANZAC Day, Sunshine Coast Veteran Krishell Ennis hopes that time can be taken to highlight the support structures available to fellow…
Music From The Home Front returns
The biggest names in Australian Music will join forces this Saturday, for the second year running, in a major televised concert. Watched by over…
Bluesfest named finalist for ‘Music Festival of the Decade’
Bluesfest received the news this morning of being named a finalist in the Pollstar Awards nominations for ‘MUSIC FESTIVAL OF THE DECADE’ – the…
Nimbin’s MardiGrass Gets A Green Light
MardiGrass is on and the Nimbin village is excited. “Last year got cancelled and the Bluesfest knockout sent a shiver through us but with…
Lindy Morrison OAM announces retirement from Support Act
Support Act National Welfare Coordinator, Lindy Morrison OAM, has announced her retirement from Support Act. She will finish up with the organisation on 21…
Food review: The Star Grazing Tour
During its Forty Days of Flavour held during March and April, The Star shone a spotlight on food offerings at The Star Gold Coast…
Gold Coast slays in Queensland Music Award nominations
Queensland Music Awards has just announced its first round of 2021 finalists and People’s Choice Awards’ nominees, with a raft of Gold Coast talent…
Getting Down To BUSINESS: Gold Coast three-piece premiere debut EP
BUSINESS are a relatively new Gold Coast three piece consisting of Elijah Hughes on vocals/guitar, Regan Hickey on bass/guitar and Callum Watson on drums….
HOTA Gallery walls receive their first piece of art
William Robinson’s ‘The Rainforest’ is the million-dollar painting that started it all, and is now the first artwork from the City’s Collection to grace…
Watergum’s Cane Toad Tadpole Trapping
Watergum’s Cane Toad Challenge revolutionises the control of this pest. The Cane Toad Challenge is a revolutionary method of cane toad control that uses…
Meet you at the Markets Part 2: Magic Potion kombucha
Gandhi said, ‘be the change in the world.’ So let’s be that change. By shopping locally and with small businesses we can be sure…
THIS IS ART PRESENTS ‘ARCANA’
From a dusty conversation born deep in the Nevada Desert to a Burleigh Heads reality, This Is Art announces their second event in collaboration…
Gold Coast urban sketchers unite
New community art group Urban Sketchers Gold Coast is growing in popularity. You may have seen roving gangs of artists out and about sketching…
This little film of mine: Christine Luby
Film Director Christine Luby is set to have an absolute cracker of a Gold Coast Film Festival this year, with not one, but two…
Local artist goes viral with ‘Enough’
We meet the Gold Coast woman behind the iconic ‘Enough’ logo that flooded our feeds during the women’s March 4 Justice a few weeks…
Book review: Loud | Tana Douglas
I’ve got a secret to share. Book reviewers don’t always get to read the whole book before deadline. So, when my editor asked me…
Food review: Bob’s Beer
10/2 Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise Ph: 1800 262 723 If there’s ever a place to shake up our perception of Surfers Paradise as the…
Food review: Espresso Moto Mermaid
1/88 Markeri Street, Mermaid Waters Espresso Moto started with the great idea of mates who get together to celebrate bike culture and drink coffee…
HOTA GALLERY RELEASES CITY COLLECTION ONLINE
HOTA recently announced that works from the City Collection will be available to view online, ahead of the new HOTA Gallery opening on 8…
We explore Dion Parker’s mid life vices
Gold Coast artist Dion Parker is all set to celebrate his entry into the naughty forties with a personal exhibition and public birthday party….