Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham (The Waifs)
Felicity Urquhart is one of the best-loved and most decorated country singer-songwriters in Australia while Josh is renowned as a member of the beloved and multi award-winning folk-rock trio The Waifs. Both have enjoyed lengthy, successful and enduring musical careers. In January 2020, Felicity and Josh were invited to join Song Club – a creative collective that tasked members with writing one song per week. This challenge gave the pair a lifeline to creativity and community as well as an abundance of new material, enough in fact to make a whole album.
Where: Imperial Hotel Eumundi, 1 Etheridge Street Eumundi
When: Friday May 28, 7:30pm
Tickets: $39.80 via imperialhoteleumundi.com.au/whats-on
Sunshine Coast Fashion Market by HER WARDROBE
Get the girls together for a fabulous afternoon out. You’re guaranteed to find some awesome deals and savings with 10,000+ clothes, shoes and accessories up for grabs. You will meet the women behind the wardrobes and get access to the best collection of new and pre-loved clothes, shoes and accessories. Do your part to help stop the growing problem of fast fashion, with thousands of tons of clothing thrown away each year.
When: Sunday May 23, 12pm-4pm
Where: NightQuarter, 8 The Avenue Birtinya
Tickets: $5 sold at the door
Paint and Sip by RepairLab
Come along for an afternoon of Arts, Crafts and Wine workshop. Enjoy a mocktail while you create your own artistic creation. You will be provided with your own canvas and all the tools needed along with an atmosphere that will bring out your creative flow. No experience required as a local artist will help you along the way. ‘Photo transfers and Expressive Portraits’ is the theme for this Paint and Sip. Each participant will be provided a stretched canvas with a photo transfer of a face in black and white.
When: Sunday May 23, 4pm
Where: NightQuarter, 8 The Avenue Birtinya
Tickets: $50 via tix.nightquarter.com.au/Events/Paint-Sip-23rd-may
Leaving Jackson Johnny Cash June Carter
Take a step back in time to when country music told a story of life, love and heartache. From the famous Walk The Line and Folsom Prison Blues to the iconic Ring of Fire, for more than 40 years Johnny Cash and June Carter enthralled audiences around the world with their songs of life, love and heartache. Now Jeff Carter together with Brooke McMullen bring to life a captivating and unforgettable musical concert. These two talented performers share a very special onstage rapport, perfectly recreating the dynamic Johnny and June shared.
When: Friday May 21, 7:30pm
Where: The Events Centre Caloundra, 20 Minchinton Street Caloundra
Tickets: $59 via theeventscentre.com.au/product/leaving-jackson-johnny-cash-june-carter/
Diesel Tailored Set – Solo by Request
Following the release of his ARIA Top 10 album Sunset Suburbia and also a greatest hits package 30: The Greatest Hits’, Diesel is stripping back into solo mode and heading around the country to tour. A show where the audience plays the main part in forming the set list for the night. The audience makes the song selections from a list of songs posted on Diesel’s website (dieselmusic.com.au). The idea of letting the audience ‘hand pick’ the songs makes for a spontaneous night of select music.
When: Thursday May 27, 7pm
Where: Kings Beach Tavern, 43 Burgess Street Caloundra
Tickets: $40 via bit.ly/diesel-27may21
Ray White Nambour Rodeo
Pull out your cowboy hats, strap up your boots and get your crew together. Ray White Nambour is proud to present the first annual Ray White Nambour Rodeo in conjunction with Honky-Tonk Rodeo Promotions and the National Rodeo Association to benefit Reimagine Nambour a local community program. Reimagine Nambour Inc. is a community association formed to bring to life the Nambour Economic Transition Strategy. The strategy contains an action plan to transform the local economy while retaining and capitalising on Nambour’s unique cultural identity.
When: Friday May 21, 5:30pm
Where: Nambour Showgrounds
Tickets: Adults 13+, $25. Under 12, $15 via stickytickets.com.au/rlbjx/ray_white_nambour_rodeo.aspx
 The Veronicas – GODZILLA V HUMAN
Multi-platinum selling The Veronicas (Jess and Lisa Origliasso) have announced their first national tour in six years, GODZILLA V HUMAN. The long-awaited GODZILLA V HUMAN tour from Australia’s most successful musical duo will treat audiences to a unique experience as they’re taken aboard a flight simulation on Veronicas Airlines before the concert splits into two parts, providing a special performance that showcases the two very different sides of the sisters. GODZILLA will be a high energy introduction into the alter ego of the pop stars, The Veronicas, and HUMAN will see Lisa and Jess strip it all back to their more vulnerable singer/songwriter roots.
When: Saturday June 5, 7pm
Where: The Events Centre Caloundra, 20 Minchinton Street Caloundra
Tickets: $85.90 via theeventscentre.com.au/product/the-veronicas-godzilla-v-human/
Ed Kuepper With Jim White
Ed Kuepper, the co-founder of ’70’s proto-punks The Saints, chief architect of the uncompromising Laughing Clowns and The Aints! and master songsmith over some 15 plus solo albums partners with Jim White, the brilliant drummer of renowned instrumentalists Dirty Three in the genre-defying Xylouris White and disciple of all things Ed. Together they will tackle 45 years worth of Kuepper catalogue with a twist that only these two game-changers could apply. The show will coincide with a trio of retrospective releases from Kuepper covering his solo years.
When: Saturday June 5, 7:30pm
Where: Imperial Hotel Eumundi, 1 Etheridge Street Eumundi
Tickets: $45 via imperialhoteleumundi.com.au/whats-on-listing/ed-kuepper-jim-white
Walking While Drawing – Sensory Walk with Libby Derham
Join watercolour artist Libby Derham as she takes you on an immersive sensory drawing walk through Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. Learn to slow down and soak up the sights, sounds and scents of the reserve rainforest while creating a personal record of your journey on a mark-making scroll. After the walk, Libby will share how she turns these scrolls into contemporary watercolour works of art. Libby will supply paper rolls (for mark-making scrolls), pencils and clipboards for participants.
When: Saturday June 5, 10am-11:30am
Where: Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, 148 Mountain View Road Maleny
Tickets: $11.64 via sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Experience-Sunshine-Coast/Events/Whats-On/3924
Trail Run Australia – Sunshine Coast
Run some of the most scenic and challenging trails of anywhere in Australia including a half marathon, 11K and 5K events plus the free kids mud rats run. The Sunshine Coast Trail Run Festival is hosted in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast MTB Festival in an action packed weekend of off-road events for the entire family. The course takes you in and around Beerwah State Forest on the shores of Ewen Maddock Dam with the majority of the running on winding single track through ferny rainforest.
When: Saturday May 29, 6:30am
Where: Camp Koongamoon Environment and Rec Acc, Landsborough
Tickets: For individual event info and prices visit lrunaustralia.com.au/event/sunshine-coast
The Beach Film Screening
Come along for a free afternoon screening of The Beach. This film looks at the relationship Australians have with the beach. It explores how the beach has been depicted by our painters, writers, poets, filmmakers, choreographers and composers. It is an examination of what the beach means both to Australians and those who come from other countries to enjoy it. The film won the 2001 Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Electronic Cinema Festival, Chiba, Japan. The film was directed and produced by Don Featherstone and David Woodgate.
When: Saturday May 22, 2:30pm-4pm
Where: Sunshine Coast Regional Gallery, 22 Omrah Ave, Caloundra
Tickets: Free event, register via gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Adult-Programs/Film-Screening
