Music Events in Sunshine Coast

Yauar Warai Wandi - Sing Dance Gather celebrates the living relationships between flora, fauna and Country. This vibrant gathering honours First Nations strength, spirit and storytelling, bringing community together through both contemporary and traditional creative expression. The event pays tribute to Gubbi Gubbi knowledge and its deep connections to neighbouring Jinibara, Quandamooka and Butchulla Country, sharing stories of land, waters, seasonal change and the beings – plant, animal and ancestral – who shape them. Through collaborative sculpture, ceremony, music and performance, Yauar Warai Wandi offers a powerful expression of connection to Country, inviting audiences to listen, learn and gather in a shared moment of cultural celebration.

From Aotearoa New Zealand, Oli Mathiesen with Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer present the award-winning The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave, an endurance-based dance work to the booming techno album 'Nocturbulous Behaviour' by Suburban Knight. Exploring the movement vocabulary used in techno and rave culture, a contemporary nightclub between 3 bodies emerges. Relentless movement, seamless without pause, detailed down to every beat. The atmosphere and culture of a 3-day rave condensed into a high art, streamlined performance where you watch the destruction of 3 human beings commence in front of you. Indulge in the pain, the sweat, the cathartic mess; a display of pure endurance to achieve a goal. A spectacle of the human body as a victim to music, as a victim to passion, as a victim to our endless desire to achieve more. To win and win again.

Hands Like Houses - The Lótus Tour Sunday 19 April | Kings Beach Tavern, Caloundra Canberra rock heavyweights Hands Like Houses will hit the road with post-hardcore icons Dream On Dreamer in April 2026. Armed with their new single Love & Affection and a new live set spanning fan favourites, this is a rare chance to catch two of Australia’s most loved heavy rock acts on one stage. Fresh from a massive year that saw a #2 ARIA album, a #4 Aria deluxe release, and national tours with The Used and The Butterfly Effect, Hands Like Houses are stepping up to deliver something special. Expect a career-spanning set packed with fan favourites, surprises, and the energy of a band ready to reclaim their throne. Can't make the event? Sell your tickets through our resale partner Tixel!

Do you remember dancing the night away at Surf Air Marcoola? Hoodoo Gurus, Cold Chisel, INXS, Midnight Oil, The Angels and so many more.......time to rekindle the memories while you celebrate with all that is great about the ALP on the Sunshine Coast. The Hon Milton Dick Speaker of the House of Representatives is our special guest. He will be joined by a bevy of luminaries, great dance music and best ever raffles! We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the inception of the Ninderry Branch. 2 course dinner, toasting champagne and cash bar. Tickets $125 or Unwaged $95. Tables of 8 $880. When purchasing tickets all details need to be filled in for each individual and if you have dietary needs please ensure they are also completed.

In a time where algorithms curate taste and AI blurs the line between creation and imitation, this night is about reclaiming something real. A reminder that sound is physical, that energy is shared, and that art only truly exists when bodies gather in the same room. This is a call to step out of the feed and into the moment — to reconnect in a cyber-punk present that feels closer to collapse than ever, where being together is not just a choice, but a necessity. Expect a retro-futuristic drift through post-punk, new wave, old school techno and psych textures — a space where analog warmth meets synthetic pulse. Visuals designed to pull you into a fractured future imagined decades ago, now unfolding in real time. A night for crate-diggers and music obsessives: post-punk/disco DJ set by Ilan Finkel, Luca Zisa live set, and The Lipsticks as the headline band. Come for the music. Stay for the people. Leave reminded why human art still matters.