sunshine coast
Big lineup for brand new Sunshine Coast LGBTIQ festival Out ‘n’ Proud
Australian DJ Tigerlily and other local talents are joining Jack Vidgen and Sheldon Riley on the lineup of the Out ‘n’ Proud festival, launching on the Sunshine Coast. The brand new festival will take over Caloundra’s Kings Beach, 90 minutes north of Brisbane, on June 19, 2021. “I’m super excited to be coming up to …
Gender-neutral golf tees – cue outrage in four, three, two…
Maleny Golf Club in Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast hinterland recently announced the introduction of gender-neutral golf tees. Cue outrage. The troglodytes who spend their days turning over rocks in search of wokeness, cancel culture or any other eensy tweaking of the presumed status quo came screaming out of their caves. They first took to the …
Brand new pride festival set to launch on the Sunshine Coast
Singer Jack Vidgen is headlining the inaugural Out ‘n’ Proud Festival, a new pride event set for Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in June. The new festival will take over Caloundra’s Kings Beach, 90 minutes north of Brisbane, on June 19, 2021. Vidgen will lead the entertainment lineup, joined by singer Sheldon Riley as well …
Noosa’s Rainbow River Festival to celebrate Mardi Gras weekend
The annual Rainbow River Festival is returning to Noosa, with three days of events planned for the first weekend of March coinciding with Mardi Gras. Organiser Kirsty Patten said the Rainbow River festivities will run in Noosa from March 5 to 7. “The 2020 Rainbow River Festival was one of the last times Queenslanders gathered …
Noosa Satanists slam ‘hypocrisy’ of threats targeting Black Mass ceremony
Members of the Noosa Temple of Satan say they’ve received death threats from “hypocritical” people of faith ahead of their Satanic “Black Mass” this Halloween. The Sunshine Coast Satanists are planning the Black Mass ceremony for Friday, October 30 at The J Theatre. The Temple was formed last year in the wake of the Morrison …
The Poets Cafe Montville: the two sides of the street
Last week QNews reported on an incident at the Poets Cafe, Montville. During Pride month, as marchers joined Black Lives Matter protests worldwide, and in the midst of the greatest global health crisis for a century, a lesbian couple — both health workers, one black — found themselves rudely ordered out of a cafe in …
Lesbian couple told to leave cafe and ‘never come back’
Last Sunday, at the end of Pride month, during the worst health crisis in a century and as the world grapples with racial discrimination through the Black Lives Matter movement, the owner of Poets Cafe in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, chose the moment to demand an inter-racial pair of lesbian health workers leave his cafe …
Sunshine Coast to celebrate at Noosa Rainbow River Festival
Noosa’s Rainbow River Festival will once again put the “queens” in Queensland this Mardi Gras weekend. The festival is celebrating its fifth birthday this year. It all kicks off with welcome cocktails at the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club from 5pm on Friday (February 28). Then the action moves down the road for bingo at …
Rainbow Beach with the famous Coloured Sands
Rainbow Beach, home of the famous coloured sands, is the perfect beach destination. With a stunning coastline, it also offers easy access to K’gari Fraser Island. The warm water allows year-round swimming and there’s an array of adventure experiences. And all only 2 ½ hours’ drive from Brisbane. Located in the Gympie region, Rainbow Beach …
‘A Girl’s Guide to World War’ opening in Caloundra
The new Australian musical A Girl’s Guide to World War opens in Caloundra this weekend. The musical tells the story of Brisbane’s ‘first lady doctor’ and her life partner Miss Josephine Bedford. It focuses on the eventful year of 1916 when the Brisbane women worked in a women-operated field hospital on the front lines of …