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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01 Feb 2025
Inbraza Baile
Inbraza Baile is a celebration of the Afro-Brazilian culture and the alternative arts scene. The combination of music, dance and fashion is a melting pot to celebrate and empower black artists in the diaspora. 7pm doors. This is an 18+ event.
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01 Feb 2025
Chinese New Year at Cavill Lane
Enjoy colourful and fun Chinese Lion Dance performances designed to bring prosperity and good luck for the upcoming year at Cavill Lane on Saturday 1 February 2024. Saturday 1 February 2024 12-1pm | 6-7pm FIND OUT MORE
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02 Feb 2025
HOODOO GURUS - ‘Stoneage Romeos’ 40th Anniversary tour
Due to massive demand Hoodoo Gurus Announce 2nd Gold Coast show on Back to the Stoneage 2024 National Tour! Performing Stoneage Romeos in its entirety plus all their hits! #HoodooGurus Hot off the announcement of their extremely limited, vinyl collector’s set, Hoodoo Gurus have announced a national tour celebrating 40 years since they released Stoneage Romeos. Originally released in March 1984 (!), Stoneage Romeos, was the Gurus’ debut album and featured the hits Leilani, Tojo, My Girl and I Want You Back. It reached #29 on the Australian Album Chart and the album went on to win Best Debut Album at the 1984 Countdown Awards. Stoneage Romeos has consistently appeared in the Top 10 on almost every Top 50 and Top 100 Australian album lists. The Back to the Stoneage 2024 national tour will see the band play the Stoneage Romeos album in full followed by a selection of hit songs and album tracks. The tour will land on the Gold Coast at Miami Marketta on Sunday 8th December. Dave Faulkner said, “‘Stoneage Romeos’ was a pivotal album for us and many of its songs have remained live favourites ever since. It’ll be great to play some of those “less-travelled” songs from it on this tour - even though that means we’ll be playing longer sets to fit everything else in as well. Hah! To my mind that’s a win-win situation.” Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 10 x ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 x ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums – they’re mainstays on the live scene, and influential to a new generation of artists that have arrived after them. Few other artists have toured as comprehensively, achieved such an enduring reputation over successive generations, enjoyed such loyalty from fans and maintained such high currency for their work – both within Australia and abroad. Hoodoo Gurus last toured Australia in September 2022 to rave reviews: “ … the Hoodoos prove there’s a good reason why they can sell out such a sizeable venue four decades into their career, the tight four-piece playing with an explosive energy that puts bands half their age to shame” – Sydney Morning Herald “The Hoodoo Gurus showed they have one of the most impressive back catalogs of any Australian guitar-rock band – filling a 25 song set tonight, with easily another dozen brilliant songs that could have been featured” – TheMusic.com.au Through to their chart-topping successes throughout the '80s and '90s, their international triumphs and countless sold-out local tours, from their 1998-2003 break-up through to their latest album, Chariot of the Gods, Hoodoo Gurus have been and remain one of the most popular and successful musical acts Australia has ever produced. ”
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02 Feb 2025
American Pie Emo Night
Mo’s Desert Clubhouse presents American Pie Emo Night with Thomas Nicholas Band. Everyone came of age with the comedy classic movie American Pie. Now you can experience a special night of nostalgia with Thomas Ian Nicholas at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse. This night features a Retro Screening of American Pie and Q&A with Thomas who played Kevin in the film and a live concert from Thomas Nicholas Band (playing all your favorite songs from the American Pie soundtrack)
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07 Feb 2025
DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks Tribute Show 2025
Adults $59.50; Conc & students $45; Groups 8+ $49. Sold out shows for Beaudesert and Boonah in 2023/24, so book early! “Don’t miss this show if you’re a Mac fan!” Dennis Dunstan, Mgr Fleetwood Mac (1981-1999) Excerpts from ‘The Tagg’ Review of Dreams https://bit.ly/DreamsTaggReview “Dreams is not only the closest that music lovers are ever likely to get to the iconic band again, but they are an outstanding group of world-class musicians and performers in their own right, one of the most proficient and engaging tribute bands to grace Australian stages.” Bringing the Stevie Spirit is Nikki Canale (That ex-Vegas American who channels Stevie): "With due respect, Nikki’s presence, energy, powerful vocal chops and capacity to channel the ‘Spirit of Stevie’ is unparalleled in the world of ‘Tribute Stevies’ touring Australia and beyond.” Buy Tickets from $45.00
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08 Feb 2025
Red Hot Summer Tour: ICEHOUSE
No BYO alcohol, non-alcoholic beverages apart from sealed bottled water, no glass, no sharp items, tents, umbrellas or shade structures, No M, C Club attire, pets or furniture. All Rockbar Patrons must hold a valid Rockbar Ticket Regardless Of age. This event is general admission. Patrons are encouraged to bring a folding camp chair. Running Times: Gates - 12:30pm Bachelor Girl - 1:30pm - 2:00pm Killing Heidi - 2:20pm - 3:00pm Baby Animals - 3:25pm - 4:10pm Eskimo Joe - 4:35pm - 5:20pm Wolfmother - 5:45pm - 6:30pm Noiseworks - 6:55pm - 7:45pm Icehouse - 8:15pm *Times are approximate and subject to change.
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14 Feb 2025
Valentine's Day in the Laneway
Cavill Lane can’t wait to showcase the talented Estrella Strings Gold Coast’s newest string quartet, bringing a fresh and exhilarating twist to string music. Renowned for their breathtaking performances and sophisticated style, these accomplished musicians infuse vibrant energy and elegance into every space they grace! This special all female showcase is enhanced by candlelight and the air filled with mesmerizing sound of atmospheric melodies bound to play on your heart strings. For more information, please visit the website.
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15 Feb 2025
L.A.B
L.A.B With Special Guests Tiki Taane & Corrella New Zealand’s L.A.B are set to return to the Gold Coast this coming summer, celebrating the release of their new album L.A.B VI. This show will see them return for the first time in over three years, bringing with them fellow Kiwis Tiki Taane (One Man Band) & Corrella. Following on from the release of their number one new album L.A.B VI, 2024 has seen the band sell out shows in NZ and the United States already. The band will return to Australia in February for a run of shows that will see them playing tracks from their much-loved catalogue, including tracks from L.A.B VI for the first time in Australia. Their last tour in 2023 sold-out shows across the country, with these shows expected to repeat. A true legend of NZ music, Tiki Taane will join L.A.B with his One Man Band show which is nothing short of electric, reimagining a catalogue which features hit after hit in his own unique style. This show will also see Corrella making the journey to the Gold Coast. With a new album set to be released before the end of 2024, don’t miss this chance to catch one of NZ music’s brightest new stars as part of this great lineup. After selling out their last visits to the Gold Coast, this show will give audiences a chance to catch the finest music NZ has to offer in one of the GC’s finest venues. Don’t miss L.A.B’s return to Australia this coming summer. This event mode is All Standing. View All Standing Mode FAQs. Presented by Select Music and Loop Please note, This event is not ticketed by HOTA. Clicking the ‘Buy Tickets’ button will take you to an external website to purchase via Loop and Flicket.
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23 Feb 2025
Reputation: The Ultimate Taylor Swift Show
Reputation brings the Ultimate Taylor Swift Show to Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads in February, following their massively successful 2024 national tour, where they captivated audiences and sold out shows around the country! Bringing the stunning energy of a full five piece band, Reputation brilliantly showcases the sensational evolution of the greatest artist & songwriter of a generation from country music’s fastest rising star to the global pop Superstar we know today! Ella & Sienna (The Voice 2022), renowned for their signature sibling harmonies and unique pop sound, and their phenomenal band, bring every iconic era of Taylor’s story to life through her biggest hits and all your Swiftie favourites! 1pm doors. This is an All Ages event.
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23 Feb 2025
Sarah Blasko - I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain 2025 Regional Tour
On the eve of her final weekend of the I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain album tour, revered 3x Platinum and 3x ARIA Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Sarah Blasko today announces an extended 24-date regional tour this February through April throughout NSW, VIC, QLD and ACT - her first regional tour since 2017 (full dates below) - including already-announced shows at Bundanon, Queenscliff Town Hall, and Her Majesty’s Theatre (Wadawurrung/Ballarat). Tickets to Sarah Blasko’s regional tour are on sale 9am (local) tomorrow, Friday 13 December, from sarahblasko.com, with special guests to be announced. Sarah Blasko is touring in celebration of her seventh solo album I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain which debuted at #6 on the ARIA Australian Album Chart and was crowned Double J Feature Album. It traces the inevitability of painful goodbyes in all their forms and the final acceptance that follows a period of grief, and sees Sarah Blasko firmly in the present as she searches for the light that comes with new beginnings. In their glowing album review, MOJO named it “her defining album so far” with Rolling Stone Australia sharing that “from the top, she takes us to church, confesses, hollows us out, refills our cups” in their 4-star review. Blasko’s much-loved and highly acclaimed live show takes the album to a simultaneously more expansive and intimate place - watch a selection of tracks recorded live from the ABC Studios for a special Double J and triple j edition of Live at the Wireless. I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain was released alongside a video suite that aired in full on rage as part of her Guest Program last month. A collection of technicolour dreamscapes made by SPOD, he used both analogue and digital techniques to manipulate footage that Sarah Blasko filmed alongside photographer Wilk, and lighting designer Bazz Barrett, in a few fun days at the Richard Wherrett Studio on Gadigal Land in Sydney last year. I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain is an album of late night reflections on goodbyes, grief, new beginnings, and an important friendship that underpinned Sarah Blasko’s childhood, and finds one of Australia’s most revered songwriters more reflective and more personal than ever before. It was recorded at Rancom Street Studios in Eora/Sydney with engineer Brent Clark, produced by Sarah Blasko and mixed by Kenny Gilmore (Weyes Blood, Julia Holter, Ariel Pink), and marked a new approach to writing and recording from that of her earlier records - “This album was probably the most relaxed and free feeling record I’ve made” - while thematically traversing both the heartbreak and quiet calm that comes with letting go of your younger self, how thin the line between tragedy and comedy becomes the older we get, and the way that time changes ourselves, our hopes and our dreams. Despite roaming some big subject matter, I Just Need to Conquer This Mountain is a declaration of positivity and hope amidst the difficulty of life, one that recognises the duality in all things, and pushes forward into the light. Sarah Blasko is as expansive as she is prolific, writing songs that strike with rare immediacy, clarity and purpose. Across a discography of six solo albums - Depth of Field (2018), Eternal Return (2015), I Awake (2012), As Day Follows Night (2009), What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have (2006) and The Overture & the Underscore (2004) - and two albums with Holly Throsby and Sally Seltmann as Seeker Lover Keeper - Seeker, Lover, Keeper (2011) and Wild Seeds (2019) - four albums have reached Platinum Sales Status with six debuts in the ARIA Top 10. Sarah Blasko is a three-time ARIA Award winner, 18x ARIA Award nominee, has won the J Award for Australian Album of the Year, and three-times shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize. Her cover of Cold Chisel’s ‘Flame Trees’ (2004) had a resurgence when it was featured in Season 2 of Netflix’s Heartbreak High, spawning a remix by Cub Sport released this June. Sarah Blasko composed the music for Bell Shakespeare’s productions of Twelfth Night (2023) and Hamlet (2008), Sydney Dance Company’s Emergence (2013), has been praised by the likes of Sir Elton John on his visit to James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke.
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28 Feb 2025
Odette ~ Seahorses Tour
Select Music Agency Presents Odette - Seahorses Tour with supports TBA Odette is BACK and she’s celebrating her bodacious, bubbly and scathing new single Seahorses with ethereal, killer shows that’ll make you laugh, cry and scream. Buy your tickets now to satiate your boredom and lust for incredible music. 5pm El Ranchero Open for pre-show drinks & eats 7pm Warehouse Doors - Show Opens Friday 28TH FEBRUARY 2025 // $45+BF or $55 on the door // 18+ 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. Visit El Ranchero for opening hours for pre - show drinks & eats. Mo's is a fully licensed venue, all guests are required to show ID on entry.
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01 Mar 2025
Majelen - Long Way To Go Tour 2025
Join Majelen on her first headline Australian tour with special guest Tessa Devine, before she heads back overseas! Majelen, her wife Courtney, and the divine Tessa Devine will be trippin’ down the East Coast of Aus in their vans performing acoustic brilliance and epic vocal lushness that will touch your soul and tickle your ears. These two women are not only incredible musicians, but hilarious humans and you never quite know what will happen at one of their shows… and neither do they to be very honest! Put them on tour together and you either have a recipe for hilarious disaster, or just a bloody good time. Join them for a night you won’t forget any time soon! About Majelen: If you asked Majelen what her music feels like, she’d say it’s a sonic journey—imagine Ani DiFranco’s lyrical fire meets Ed Sheeran’s heart-on-sleeve storytelling, with a dash of acoustic doof doof. Picture this: romantic wanderers, their hearts thumping to a rhythm of adventure and love, moving through mountaintop sunrises, coastal sunsets, and the wild Australian outback. It’s the soundtrack of backpackers chasing both dreams and horizons, all wrapped up in Majelen’s one-of-a-kind sound.
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04 Mar 2025
Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee Live - Surfers Paradise
Anh Do’s bestselling book “The Happiest Refugee” has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by Russell Crowe as “The most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years”. His stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story.
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05 Mar 2025
Green Day - The Saviors Tour
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12 Mar 2025 - 16 Mar 2025
Shen Yun 2025 - Gold Coast
Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China’s 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends, and ethnic traditions all spring to life through classical Chinese dance, enchanting live orchestral music, authentic costumes, and patented interactive backdrops. Revisit a time when scholars and artists sought harmony with the Tao, or the “Way” of the universe, and when divine beings walked upon the earth to inspire humanity. Join them for a night filled with beauty, wisdom, courage, and hope. Witness Heaven's beauty on stage and experience the magic of Shen Yun - live. It’s an experience of a lifetime. Ages 4 and over. Presented by Falun Dafa Association, Qld.
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18 Mar 2025
Ocean Film Festival Tour 2025 | Gold Coast
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases a three-hour celebration of our oceans comprised of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. This unique collection of short films from around the globe documents the beauty and power of the ocean and celebrates the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray; who chase the crests of waves; and who marvel at the mysteries of the big blue. The films feature captivating cinematography, complete with awe-inspiring underwater scenes and fast-paced wave sequences that have been captured from unbelievable vantage points. Inspiring and thought-provoking, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour is filled with moving footage, touching interviews and insightful narrations. Each of the festival’s films conveys a deep respect and appreciation for the world’s oceans and the creatures that call them home. Find out more on the website. Sorry, no refunds.
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