Australia’s premium dance export, Sneaky Sound System, will be at the wheel when the 2012 Surfers Paradise Festival – and Friday’s Launch it! – shifts into high gear.
Expect a full-tilt party set mixing the global sound of their third album, From Here to Anywhere, with UFO, Pictures and I Love…
It’s one thing to still be out there doing the hard yards and playing shows after 30 years, but it’s something else entirely to be three decades in and still regarded as one of the greatest live threats on the scene.
Surfers Paradise Festival is honoured to present ARIA Hall of Famers the Hood…
Blues operator Ash Grunwald will sample his forthcoming album, Trouble’s Door, at Sunday’s laidback Sunday afternoon beachfront session.
The promise is an afternoon of chilled rootsy beats, but we’re not sure Mr Grunwald, a box-stomping blues guitarist straight from the Bo Diddley mould, will …
Last Dinosaurs blasted into the music ether, in 2009, wowing many with their youthful, frenetic and damn catchy tunes. National radio broadcaster Triple J have continually supported the band by adding all singles, Honolulu, Time & Place and Zoom to high rotation. Additionally the video for Time &…
Surfers Paradise guitar pop act and Hot Tomato favourites Nine Sons of Dan need only step out the front door and plug in their gear to line up for Launch it!
On the go since 2008, the five-piece have already done the Gold Coast Big Day Out, a curtain-raiser for the Titans at Skilled Park and a…
A La Carte in the Park is back! Join us on Saturday 14th July 2012 and participate in one of the Gold Coast’s favourite Food & Wine Events. Over the last 2 decades, A La Carte in the Park has become a very popular date on the Gold Coast calendar with the new home in Lionel Perry Park, Surfers Par…
The familiar streets of Surfer Paradise, lit anew by a sea of soft lights bobbing within paper lanterns.
The faces of children, aglow with the spirit of togetherness and the thrill of a special night out.
A parade of music and colour snaking through the precinct, peopled by marching bands, …
David De Vito’s sensational voice was one of the major finds of the last series of Australia’s Got Talent. The Gold Coast product’s stunning tenor and mastery of the popera songbook has now put him in serious demand on Australia’s live music circuit.
David Devito will be reintroduced to the s…
Head to the Avenue during the Surfers Paradise Festival for special shows by musical group Agent 77. With a repertoire encompassing a diverse range of musical styles from rock to reggae, pop to punk, and grunge to funk, and spanning hits from the sixties to today. Agent 77 are a treat regardless …
The National Day of Canada will be celebrated in true red and white Canadian fashion at the Avenue! Themed in everything that reminds you of home, The Avenue becomes your home away from home. Toasting to Canada with authentic Caesars using real clamato juice served along with yummy Poutine. Live …
Surfers Paradise Festival is proud to announce the addition of the Shorts in Paradise Film Festival (SIPfest) to the 2012 festival program.
Filmmakers from around Australia are invited to submit their short films to the festival judges, who are looking for cinematic masterpieces under 10 minu…
Australian Street Entertainment Championships is an international street performance festival in the heart of Surfers Paradise. As a major event within the 2012 Surfers Paradise Festival program, the 2nd annual Australian Street Entertainment Championships will see performers from around the glob…
The streets of Surfers Paradise will come alive as a sea of soft lights bob within paper lanterns during the Surfers Paradise Festival Official Opening Ceremony procession from Neal Shannon Park to Surfers Paradise Beach.
A feature of the 2012 procession will be the addition of large light sc…
Leading the procession at the 2012 Official Opening Ceremony will be The Samba-Blisstas, a 20 to 45 piece musical extravaganza modelled on the exciting street percussion and carnivals of Brazil.
Thundering through the streets in their wild wacky costumes and riotous red rhythms, this silly sy…
The Australian Street Entertainment Championships kicks off on Friday 29 June across 4 stages in Surfers Paradise, 3 beachfront locations and 1 performance zone within The High Street.
Some of Australia’s leading street performers will showcase at ASEC, with jugglers, acrobats, magicians, pupp…
