Listen Up People
Because we've got some serious live music pumping on our playlist. The program is a quality shuffle of local and international acts performing on a mind-blowing range of Gold Coast stages. Parkland rock festivals, folky-soul by the beach, jazz at the casino, stadium headliners. Sound good? Then crank it up!
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05 Sep 2025 - 07 Sep 2025
2025 AASCF QLD State Championships Cheer & Dance Championships
The Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation State Championship Series, running in September, is hugely popular as the entirety of each States All Star Cheer and Dance teams in all ages, genres and levels compete for the State Title.
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05 Sep 2025
The Simon and Garfunkel Story - Gold Coast
Performing to great acclaim and sell-out shows in over 50 countries around the world, The Simon and Garfunkel Story is a critically acclaimed concert experience about two young boys from Queens who went on to become the world's most successful music duo. Featuring all their classic hits, including The Sound of Silence, Mrs Robinson, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Cecilia, The Simon and Garfunkel Story charts their rise to fame and success during an intense six-decade-long friendship. The story is woven between the songs, with evocative video projections and images conjuring up the atmosphere of the turbulent times and brings to life the lyrics and melodies that helped to shape a generation and propel the duo to fame. Moving and powerful, The Simon and Garfunkel Story is a must see and captivating show told with warmth and feeling.
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05 Sep 2025
Peter Bibby 'On Tour'
Peter Bibby has always forged his own path through the muck. Perth’s favourite punk poet has been pushing the bounds for 15 years with his unique brand of Australiana song writing. His unmatched ability to weave grimy, gritty, mundane realism into metaphor for universal themes of life and love, set against a rugged Australian landscape have made him a spokesperson for the working class of his generation. Peter Bibby sold out shows across the country in March 2025, as he celebrated the 10 year anniversary of his debut album Butcher/Hairstylist/Beautician. The tour was his final jaunt with label Spinning Top, famously of Pond and Tame Impala, and Bibby’s own home for the past decade. 2025 marks the start of a new chapter for Bibby as he embarks on his next journey as an independent artist, freeing himself from the ups and downs label life as well as his boozehound ways that soaked his early records. “I think giving up the booze has made me a much calmer person, I’ve definitely had my moments of being a bit of f***ing nut-bag.” This newfound calm doesn’t extend to Bibby’s live shows however, oozing raucous punk that has been described as “loud, heavy, energetic and wonderful”. As he hits the road for an extensive east coast tour, Bibby gets back to his roots as a solo artist, sans his Big Horse Band. The string of intimate solo shows is an opportunity for fans new and old to hear Bibby’s songs as they were written, in their purest form, with all the poetic, evocative lyricism held within.
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05 Sep 2025
TSS Friends of Music ALL THAT JAZZ Dinner
About A must attend for all music parents!TSS Friends of Music invite parents to enjoy an evening of great company, great music, fine food & fundraising. Southport Golf Club will be reimagined into a sophisticated, relaxed modern day Jazz Club, with headline performance from Big Band Dinner and supporitng acts throughout the evening with ensembles and solos to be announced. A range of top class performances certain to surpise and delight.Tickets include free welcome drink at Pre-dinner drinks in the atrium and lounge followed by a Three Course meal in the dining area. Tickets sold individually or as Tables of 10. Staff Tickets must be purchased with TSS Staff email. Date Friday 5 September 2025 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (UTC+10) Southport Yacht Club 1 Macarthur Parade, Main Beach QLD 4217
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From now until 07 Sep 2025 (Annual)
Father’s Day in the Laneway
Take your Dad out for brunch or lunch and listen to the talented sounds of the Paradise Boys, live in the laneway. Explore a variety of dining options or book in advance to treat the family. Add to the special day by buying his favourite from Thirsty Camel or a new hairdo from Turkish Barbers. Visit the website for details Event schedule may be subjected to change.
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12 Sep 2025
Sing Out Sister - Southport
Sing Out Sister is the biggest, ladies only, sing along party that's all about empowering women, celebrating music, creating unforgettable moments of laughter, connection, and good vibes. Imagine a high energy, interactive sing-along experience designed for women to laugh, let loose, make friends and ride the natural high that comes from singing your favourite songs with a tribe of inspiring sisters! With all the lyrics on the big screen, games, prizes, dance offs and so many Insta worthy moments, this is the ultimate night out for you and your crew. Tickets are selling fast, so get in quick and make sure to follow us on socials for up to date information as new dates and venues are announced.
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13 Sep 2025
Crafted Beer Festival Gold Coast
🍻 CRAFTED FESTIVAL GOLD COAST – SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2025 🍻 Goldy, Australia’s biggest beachside beer bash is back! 🎉 Crafted Festival is rollin’ into Kurrawa Park for its ninth froth-filled year, and it’s gonna be a ripper. With 50+ breweries, 400+ brews and fresh drops from legends and first timers alike, 2025 is shaping up to be our biggest yet. This is a festival for those who like their weekends full-bodied and their drinks ice cold. Whether you’re a craft beer connoisseur or just here for a good time, we’ve got something to sip, savour, and sink your teeth into. Indie rockers Beddy Rays will headline a stacked Gold Coast Music Stage, with Le Shiv, FELONY., Thirst Trap, Dropics, Alison with Beatniks DJs keeping the good times flowing with their pumping vinyl sets all day and into the evening. Lovers of a fine drop, your dream tap list starts here, with our first brewery lineup! We’ve pulled together a fresh pour of legends from local Gold Coast icons to cult-favourite brewers from around the country! BREWS 🍻 Bacchus Brewing Co | Balter Brewing Company | Better Beer | Black Hops Brewing | Burleigh Brewing Co. | Carbon 6 Brewing Pty Ltd | CBCo Brewing | Cedar Creek Cider | Common People Brewing Co | Earth Beer Company | FELLR | Gage Roads Brew Co | Hard Fizz | Hip Hops Brewers | Hound & Stag Brewing Co. | KAIJU Beer | Madocke Beer Brewing Company | Matso's Beer | Moorebeer Brewing Co. | Perentie Brewing Co. | Precinct Brewing | Pressmans | Ranga Tang Ginger Beer | Range Brewing | Red Dog Brewery | Roji Cat | Sanctus Brewing Co | Slipstream Brewing Company | Spangled Drongo Brewery | Spreyton Cider Co | Tap That Brewery & Keghouse | Yenda | Your Mates Brewing Co. TUNES 🎶 Beddy Rays | Le Shiv | Felony. | Thirst Trap | Dropics | Alison | beatniks DJ's COCKTAILS, SPIRITS + WINE 🍸 Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery | Carafe Wine + Carafe Wine Masterclasses 12pm Champagne Masterclass | 1pm Rosé Blending Masterclass | 2pm Wines Across The Regions Masterclass. Pre-booking with your ticket purchase is essential to ensure you don’t miss out! FOOD 🔥 Cychos Buffalo Wings | Flamin’ Grillas | FG's Smokehouse | Sticky Addictions | Rosticceria | Smash Burger Society | The Wiener Haus | Street Eatz Mexican There’s a fresh energy to this year’s festival with the launch of Crafted Smokeshow - a brand new meat-ing place packed with smoked eats, sizzling demos and our legendary eating comps. + MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED! 🎉 Rally the crew and get ready for one helluva sunshine sesh.🍻🔥🎶
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17 Sep 2025
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Music icons in the truest sense of the word, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic are charting their return to Australia for a series of unmissable tour dates this September! The funk innovator and maestro will be touring the East Coast with P-Funk this Spring, bringing fans his inimitable style and curation of sound that has made him a globally renowned superstar. Clinton’s catalogue as a collaborator, and as an artist whose voice/work has been sampled by peers, is as extensive as his own body of original work. His distinct sound can be heard on a variety of records by artists including Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Flying Lotus, Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg and Drake – further proving his legacy status and enduring presence as one of modern music’s most impactful artists. As a touring artist, Clinton remains one of the busiest even now, over five decades into his career. Through rigorous tours with Parliament/Funkadelic and his other projects, the fire and excitement for live performances has never waned for Clinton; his Australian tour simply adds to what stands to be another fruitful year for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and mastermind of P-Funk. Don't miss this unforgettable night of music!
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20 Sep 2025
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – The Ballad of Monte Loco Tour
From the badlands of brass and the frontiers of funk,Melbourne Ska Orchestra rides again with a soundtrack for the wild-hearted! Armed with a new record, The Ballad of Monte Loco, the 20-piece posse is firing off a genre-busting fusion of Spaghetti Western swagger, deep reggae grooves, and horn-powered mayhem. It’s the next chapter in MSO’s wild musical saga—and it’s coming in hot. Fresh off the dusty trails of Mexico and the maple-syruped dancehalls of Canada, MSO returns home for the Australian leg of their 2025 World Tour. Expect cinematic showdowns, sweat-soaked dance floors, and enough energy to raise the roof on every saloon from Sydney to Fremantle. This ain’t no gig—it’s a dub-drenched reckoning in the badlands of Monte Loco, where the riddim rolls like thunder, the horns cry like desert prophets, and this band of sonic outlaws rides with purpose and fire.
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20 Sep 2025
Our 4208 Ormeau Beats & Eats
Come groove with us at Our 4208 Ormeau Beats & Eats - a chill day of music, food, and good vibes!It's back "Our #4208 Ormeau Beats & Eats Community Celebration with Fireworks this September!Join us for a ripper of a family afternoon at the Ormeau Beats & Eats community event!🎶Live Music, DJ and entertainment - all afternoon🚚🍟 Food Truck Frenzy - mouth watering bites from around the world👗 Exciting Markets - find unique goodies😍 Free Kids Face Painting - kids will love the creations🏰Free Kids Inflatable Obstacle Courses - bouncy good times!🤩 Fun Games and competitions - listen out for the MC times🏉Footy Clinics and 18yrs + Bar for Adults Only at the Club.💥and the Showstopper FIREWORKS FINALE just before 7pm !📅 Date: Saturday 20 September 2025⏰ Time: 3pm start, 7pm finish📍 Location: Ormeau Bulldogs Football Club, Upper Ormeau Rd &, Tillyroen Rd, Kingsholme QLD 4208🎫🎫🎫 Grab your FREE tickets now for everyone that is coming in your groupRemember to invite your mates and family!A huge thank you to JMO Property Group for bringing our community together again and Councillor Mark Hammel Division 1 Gold Coast, Ormeau Bulldogs Football Club, Rotary Ormeau-Pimpama and all the local performers!We look forward to welcoming you along 🎇**********This public event will include photos and videography on the day. Please advise the photographer / videographer if you do not wish to be included.**Please read the ticket booking information when clicking through to register for tickets.COST: Free
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27 Sep 2025
SummerSalt 2025 with The Wombats & more
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27 Sep 2025
Dan Rath: Tropical Depression - Surfers Paradise
He can't focus. He doesn't know if it's microplastics, long covid or because he pays AUD500 a week to live in a mould experiment. This year. He went to a rally dressed as Boba Fett and was bashed by both police and protestors. He formed a parasocial relationship with a doordash chatbot He lost all his crpyto trying to buy a mermaid skeleton.
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28 Sep 2025
Scotty Austin (Saving Abel)
Scotty Austin was the frontman of the multi platinum band Saving Abel for almost a decade. Now on his own for 3 years, the enigmatic performer has been packing out venues and playing Worldwide to passionate crowds. Scotty announces his World tour this April, travelling the globe to perform saving Abel music, solo music and more. A rare visit to Australia for Saving Abel fans! Don't miss out. Supports to be announced. Mo's Desert Clubhouse (Gold Coast Show) Sunday 28 September 2025 // $30+BF or $40 on the door // 18+ Limited Capacity 6pm Warehouse Doors - Show Opens Warmup drinks and eats on the deck available Mo's is Burleigh Heads' most loved music venue, licensed bars, creative studios and cultural hub. The Warehouse & El Ranchero both boast epic bar menus, cocktails and craft beers. Mo's is a fully licensed venue, all guests are required to show ID on entry. Tickets will only be refunded through event cancellation or production of a medical certificate within 24hrs of show doors.
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03 Oct 2025
Boom Crash Opera - Hands Up In The Air - The Singles Tour 2025
40 years in the making, Boom Crash Opera hit the road for Hands Up In The Air – The Singles Tour 2025 They say life begins at 40 – and that may just be true for Boom Crash Opera. To celebrate their 40th anniversary, the beloved Australian band is embarking on a massive national tour: Hands Up In The Air – The Singles Tour 2025. The tour will hit every state, kicking off in Queensland on October 3, and running until mid-December. As the name suggests, this will be Great Wall-to-wall hits, starting with the band’s debut single, the Top 10 smash Great Wall, and running through a cavalcade of classics, including Dancing In The Storm, The Best Thing, City Flat, Get Out Of The House, Onion Skin, Bettadaze and Hands Up In The Air. The show will also feature BCO’s new single, Latest Hustle, a stomping glam rock treat, which Pete Farnan says is like Onion Skin “but with a contemporary twist”. Boom Crash Opera formed in Melbourne in 1985. As Pete Farnan notes, “We sounded like our name.” It’s an intoxicating mix of indie pop and stadium rock, fusing quirky song structures with exuberant choruses. The result has been 13 Top 50 singles and five Top 50 albums. Boom Crash Opera’s songs are ingrained in Australian culture – go to any sporting event and chances are you’ll hear The Best Thing or Dancing In The Storm. Four decades after the band began, the start of Onion Skin remains an irresistible rallying cry: Keep it in! Cut it out! Kick it out! Special guest Nick Barker.
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10 Oct 2025
A Tribute For all - "Metallica Tribute"
Get ready to throw down, scream your lungs out, and relive the golden age of heavy riffs and anthems, because this October, we’re bringing the ultimate nostalgia to Queensland! A Tribute For All are locked and loaded to deliver a face-melting set of METALLICA classics — the riffs, the fury, the power. Whether you’re a diehard fan of the early thrash days or you still scream “YEAH-HEAH!” during Enter Sandman, this tribute act brings the sound and energy of the real thing to the stage. Joining them are Radio X, a high-octane tribute to the Nu Metal era – think Korn, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine and more. It’s that soundtrack of teenage angst, baggy pants, and backyard mosh pits – live, loud, and well thats just it 😆 Kicking off the night are The Distained – a young punk/crossover band with raw energy, big riffs, and something to prove. They’re the perfect way to warm up your neck muscles for what’s to come. Two huge shows. Two iconic venues. One weekend of pure heavy nostalgia. It’s a small price to pay for a night like this so get to it Qld Tickets on sale now
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23 Oct 2025
Salt Tree
Australian duo Salt Tree was born where the forest meets the sea. Keen surfers and nature lovers Tom and Nath have a unique chemistry that shines through in their songwriting, soaring harmonies, and magnetic live performances. Their music, infused with their love for the outdoors, real life experiences and storytelling has become the perfect soundtrack for summer road trips and warm nights around the campfire. Since their first release in 2022, the self-produced act has released three EPs, amassed over 100 million streams, and sold out their first headline tour across Europe in November 2024. Following this success, they returned in February 2025 to support Jeremy Loops across Europe and later joined Ziggy Alberts in Australia. Now, in 2025, Salt Tree are bringing their biggest European headline tour yet in summer 2025, playing their latest music at their first festival appearances and some of their favourite cities across Europe followed by an Australian tour playing their favourite cities. Don’t miss the chance to experience their unforgettable live show!
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