Hollow Coves’ Moments Clip Highlights Gorgeous Gold Coast Arts & Culture, Lifestyle, Music The Hollow Coves new song Moments connects listeners to the soul of Gold Coast nature. With bare feet in the creek and on the sand, and the sound of the forest and rolling ocean behind their music, their YouTube clip received around 200,000 plays in June. Read more
Creative Quarantine Arts & Culture Gold Coast electronic musician Jamie Lee Wilson used her return from LA, enforced quarantine and HOTA’s Rage Against the Virus grant to record a new album in isolation. Read more
Gold Coast film industry emerges from lockdown to make “Magical Things” Arts & Culture, Business & Invest Queensland’s screen production industry restarted this week after months idle due to the COVID-19 lockdown, with the Gold Coast-shot fantasy series The Bureau of Magical Things leading the charge. Read more
The Gold Coast’s signature contemporary arts festival announces brand new dates for 2020! Arts & Culture In the wake of COVID-19 event cancellations, Placemakers* Gold Coast - the city’s leading independent arts organisation - has just announced new dates for their signature Bleach* Festival. Read more
What is the future of live music? Arts & Culture The latest Music Industry Mingle will address the Number 1 question on everyone’s lips: What do live music audiences look like in a post-pandemic world? Read more
Gold Coast rapper Siala Robson steals spotlight on The Voice Arts & Culture As a kid, Siala Robson made their own homemade cover versions of Biggie Smalls tracks. Today, they’re tagged in videos of kids singing over their original song Other Than You, the powerhouse rap that branded them a breakout star of Nine’s new season of The Voice. Robson’s song hasn’t even been commercially released, but fans … Read more
Gold Coast teenager Lucy Griffiths to record with pop icon Boy George Arts & Culture The Voice coach Boy George sat stunned during Lucy's blind audition and made an on-the-spot commitment to record music with the Ormeau teenager after the hit TV show wraps. Read more
RADF supports new Gold Coast music, international showcases and live storytelling Arts & Culture Gold Coast’s artists regularly benefit from an injection of financial support through the city’s Regional Arts Development Fund. The Fund is delivered by City of Gold Coast in partnership with Arts Queensland and its goal is very simple: to promote the value of arts and culture in regional communities. Read more
Jonathan Shiff; a mind of magical things Arts & Culture Fantasy, action and adventure; Gold Coast is ready for its close-up. Mermaids, tri-lings, fairies, aliens, pirates, elephants, and secret agents are all in a day's work for children's tv producer Jonathan Shiff. Read more