World-class surf wave lagoon to call Parkwood home
Parkwood is set to become home to a world-class integrated golf and surf resort with the proposed development of the Gold Coast’s first surf…
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Flickerfest to feature award-winning short by local filmmaker
Indigenous Gold Coast filmmaker Jahvis Loveday recently won a Best Short Film award for ‘BAMA’, a semi-autobiographical short showing on the 2021 Flickerfest Tour. Australia’s…
Wolfmother, C.W Stoneking lead Blues on Broadbeach second lineup announcement
Blues on Broadbeach have today dropped a second lineup announcement led by internationally acclaimed superstars Wolfmother. Wolfmother and popular blues master C.W. Stoneking join…
World premieres and red-carpet events announced as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival’s 2021 program
Queensland’s biggest celebration of cinema is set to be one to remember in 2021, with the Gold Coast Film Festival announcing its eagerly awaited…
Stone Cold Killer: Ollie Twohill
Local one-man band Ollie Twohill is rapidly gaining the attention and admiration of anyone who enters his stompboxing, pedal-looping musical radius. Having honed his…
Daydreaming with Atticus Chimps
Hard hitting Gold Coast duo Atticus Chimps have kept up their steadfast musical release schedule over the last few years, with latest single ‘Day…
Get ready for the Pete Neville Jazz Experience
Well, if you know the Pete Neville Jazz Experience, then you KNOW the Pete Neville Jazz Experience. And if you don’t, then welcome to…
Food review: Sofia’s Broadbeach
75 Surf Parade, Broadbeach Ph: 07 5531 5390 The Gold Coast gained a touch of European style when Sofia’s Broadbeach opened late in 2020….
Food review: La Cha Cha Cabana
Upstairs in The Kitchens, Robina Town Centre Ph: 07 5562 0627 It was the smile that first got us in. The young couple gave…
Local authors record 85 Dragonfly and Damselfly species on the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast covers 1,330 square kilometres and includes more than 80 suburbs housing 600,000 people. Within it there are 65 native vegetation…
Meet you at the Markets: Part 1
Gandhi said, ‘be the change in the world.’ So let’s be that change. By shopping locally and with small business we can be very…
Incredible women: Meet Hayley Foster
As a child of the women’s refuge movement, Hayley Foster knew from a young age she’d follow in her mother’s footsteps and pursue her…
Mandy Nolan gets political
Anyone who has read, watched, followed or chatted to comedian, author and activist Mandy Nolan knows she’s not afraid to get political in her…
Shiver: The debut novel from Gold Coast author Allie Reynolds
Heralded as one of the most gripping thrillers of the year, ‘Shiver’, the debut novel by Gold Coast author, Allie Reynolds, is a sinister,…
From Perth to Lismore: NORPA’s new Executive Producer
Lismore NSW based NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) has not only secured $1,295,000 in March last year from an Australia Council for the Arts…
Dracula’s: Resurrected
Who would have thought a Gold Coast dinner theatre would be one of the first live entertainment venues to re-open in Australia? Gold Coast’s…
HOTA Gallery to boast world class large scale outdoor installations
Gold Coast cultural precinct HOTA, Home of the Arts has recently announced two major outdoor artworks ahead of the opening of the new HOTA…
Go viral with Shock Therapy at HOTA
Gold Coast artists Shock Therapy are participating in a homecoming this March when they return to HOTA for a season of VIRAL, a play…
Anna Carey’s global arts practice
One of the recent Griffith University Queensland College of Art graduates, Anna Carey, has taken her homegrown creativity and passion and transferred it to…
Gold Coast Film Festival special events: What’s on in 2021
Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF) is set to return in 2021 with a jam-packed program of more than 100 films, panels, parties, and pop-up…
This Means (Jess)war: Rapper Signs with Inertia
Jesswar is an artist who we’ve long championed within the pages of Blank. The Gold Coast artist (based on Yugambeh/Kombumerri land, who are the…