Benny D Williams is good as gold
Gold Coast entertainment powerhouse, multi-instrumentalist and all-round nice guy Benny D Williams has recently given back some of the love afforded him by the…
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HOTA closes the year with a unique and spectacular concert
HOTA’s HOME series comes to an end on 15 December, with a moving finale that celebrates notions of home, faith and tradition in Calling…
Bluesfest 2020 just got bigger with eleven new announcements
With Christmas around the corner, it’s a fine time to add more musical bows to the tree that is the Bluesfest 2020 lineup, which…
Live review and gallery: MUERTOS | Dracula’s Cabaret, Broadbeach
It’s our favourite time of year. Partly because it’s summer, and partly because it’s around this time that long-running theatre cabaret Dracula’s releases its…
America: Live review | The STAR Gold Coast | Saturday 30 November 2019
It is hard to imagine many musical groups that can say they have had a career spanning 50 years, still able to draw a…
The Beasts: Hot Off The Grill At The Kingscliff Hotel
Grizzled rock survivors The Beasts are currently trekking the country on a 12 run date of shows to bring down the curtain on a…
Album review: Benny D Williams | Cities of Gold
Too often concept albums quickly become bogged down in their own importance, mistakenly thinking that by force-feeding the listener a particular subject that they…
Amy Elise turns heads with ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’
Amy Elise is a fifteen-year-old Gold Coast singer/songwriter with three tracks already under her belt. Her latest track ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’ tells listeners to…
Cog finish off the year with a final round of shows
After the sold-out Drawn Together concerts earlier this year, many thought the machine that fuelled Cog would go back into recess until they unleashed…
Tool finally back on the tools in 2020
Apologies for the ridiculous title but this tour announcement will have made Tool fans ridiculously happy. It’s been seven years since we got a…
Tumbleweed + The Meanies + Budd: Live review | The Coolangatta Hotel | Friday 29 November 2019
Budd These guys have been around over two decades and still stay loyal to their sound. It is crazy loud, noise overload – so…
Festival X: Live Review | Brisbane Showgrounds | Saturday 30 November 2019
Friend 1: “Are you going to festival x?” Friend 2: “What festival? x” 1: “No, Festival X” A common conversation stifling festival-goers over the…
Lemaire + Bronte Eve + Chev Wilson: Live gallery and review | BBQ Bazaar | Saturday 30 November 2019
Fresh off the back of performing at Airlie Beach Music Festival and winning this year’s Buskers By The Creek ‘Battle Of The Buskers’, Chev…
How to help out in the current bushfire crisis
The bushfire season we are currently experiencing is the worst we’ve seen this century. The resources supporting Queensland are at breaking point with support…
Coolangatta Christmas Carols cancel fireworks, announce fundraising with Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
Connecting Southern Gold Coast has announced it has cancelled the fireworks display at the end of the premier Christmas Carols event on December 15…
Tommy Emmanuel leads Blues on Broadbeach 2020 first line-up announcement
The streets, parks and venues across Broadbeach will rattle and hum to the sound of the blues once again for the Blues on Broadbeach Music…
We talk Gold Coast’s first Roots Music Festival with Karl S Williams
Most Gold Coasters would be aware of Karl S Williams as a rootsy, blues singer for the ages. However, confining him to a genre…
HOTA hosts a joyful dance party beneath the stars
Kick up your heels this festive season as Australian dance performance company, Everybody NOW!, take over HOTA’s Outdoor Stage with the free event, Dance…
The Pete Neville Jazz Experience returns to Dust Temple
After making their venue debut at Dust Temple in August, Gold Coast group The Pete Neville Jazz Experience will return to the stage on…
Buy a bale to support drought stricken farmers
Country towns are the lifeblood of Australian society. They are a “microcosm of the human experience, but with more intensity”. They are about connecting…
The Hard Ons + F1-Elevens: Live gallery and review | Vinnies Dive | Friday 22 November 2019
We took advantage of the light rail on Friday night, and it was great to get off the tram right at the door to…
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