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16 September 2025
Laneway Festival Turns 21 And Moves South To The Gold Coast
One of Australia’s most influential contemporary music festivals is set to make waves on the Gold Coast. Laneway Festival will mark its 21st year by moving south to debut at Southport Sharks on Saturday 7 February 2026. In 2025 Laneway Festival celebrated a record-breaking, sold-out tour across six ...
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12 September 2025
From Reef Dreams To Private Paradise Ken Done: No Rules Opens At Hota
The Gold Coast is awash with colour as HOTA, Home of the Arts’s next major exhibition, Ken Done: No Rules opens tomorrow. The landmark exhibition celebrates one of Australia’s most iconic and beloved artists, spanning more than four decades of his practice and draws largely from Done’s personal coll...
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11 September 2025
Broadway Smash Hit In The Heights Arrives On The Gold Coast
HOTA, Home of the Arts is set to open its theatre doors for the Queensland exclusive season of the four-time Tony Award® winning musical sensation, In The Heights. Created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the mastermind behind Hamilton and Moana and set in the dynamic neighbourhood of Washington Heights in Ne...
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04 September 2025
Applications Open For 2026 Arts Fund Following $1.5m Investment In Gold Coast Creatives
Building on the successful rollout of the inaugural Experience Gold Coast (EGC) Arts Fund in 2025, Expressions of Interest are now open for 2026. Gold Coast based artists, collectives, and organisations are invited to apply for support to bring their creative projects to life, with a total of $1.5 m...
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27 August 2025
New National Tourism Campaign Invites Australians To Get Up And Gold Coast
The Gold Coast is challenging the rest of the country to tap into the city’s energy and love of life, with an invitation to Get Up and Gold Coast. Unveiled today by Experience Gold Coast, the new destination attraction campaign is the first for the city in almost five years and invites visitors to e...
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12 August 2025
Second Wave of Artist Announcements for Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025
Casey Barnes, Nikki Lane, And Amy Sheppard lead second wave of artist announcements for Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025 From double sets and country evolutions to genre-defining international talent, the Gold Coast based festival is doubling down on its commitment to bring the best of countr...
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16 June 2025
Queensland Ballet and HOTA Forge Bold New Partnership With Exclusive World Premiere of Elastic Hearts
In a powerful alignment of artistic ambition and cultural leadership, Queensland Ballet and HOTA, Home of the Arts have today announced a landmark three-year partnership that will see the creation of three music-led world premieres exclusive to the Gold Coast. The partnership launches with the debut...
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20 May 2025
Bleach* Festival Returns in 2025 With a Bold New Vision, National Talent and World Premieres
BLEACH* FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2025 WITH A BOLD NEW VISION, NATIONAL TALENT AND WORLD PREMIERES One of Australia’s most unique contemporary arts and culture festivals BLEACH* is back on the Gold Coast for 2025 with a revitalised direction under a guest Artistic Director and a powerful lineup of 100+ e...
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01 May 2025
First Lineup Now Revealed For Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025
Chart-toppers, homegrown heroes and first-time internationals saddle up for Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025 Country’s biggest names — and brightest rising stars — are heading to the Gold Coast this October, with the first lineup now revealed for Groundwater Country Music Festival (CMF) 2025....
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24 April 2025
The Godfather of Modern Cooking Returns to Hota for a Three-day Takeover
THE GODFATHER OF MODERN COOKING RETURNS TO HOTA FOR A THREE-DAY TAKEOVER The world-renowned and original rockstar chef Marco Pierre White is set to return to the Gold Coast’s cultural precinct, HOTA, Home of the Arts, this winter for an exclusive three-day culinary residency. Following the overwhelm...
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15 April 2025
Art, Light and Spectacle – Wonder Returns With Bold Artwork Suspended High Above HOTA
ART, LIGHT AND SPECTACLE – WONDER RETURNS WITH BOLD ARTWORK SUSPENDED HIGH ABOVE HOTA The Gold Coast’s much loved outdoor art experience is back! WONDER returns to HOTA, Home of the Arts for a winter spectacle set to transform the precinct into a shimmering playground of light, art, and imagination....
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11 April 2025
Rare Literary Treasures Make Australian Exclusive Debut at HOTA
In a world-first exhibition, some of the most treasured manuscripts and iconic portraits of British literary giants have arrived on the Gold Coast as Writers Revealed: Treasures from the British Library and National Portrait Gallery, London prepares to open at HOTA, Home of the Arts. Opening this Sa...
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26 March 2025
Gold Coast Hits Record with $8.1 Billion in Visitor Spending in 2024
The Gold Coast continues to set new records, with the latest National and International Visitor Survey results from Tourism Research Australia revealing visitor spending has soared to $8.1 billion for the calendar year ending December 2024. This marks an impressive 37% increase from 2019 and a 5.2% ...
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24 March 2025
Fifteen Local Creatives to Share in $1.5M EGC Arts Grants Funding
A total of fifteen new arts and cultural projects will share in $1.5 million in funding through the recently launched Experience Gold Coast (EGC) Arts Fund. The new works across all artforms will be showcased at EGC’s signature festivals and events including Wonder, BLEACH*, Cooly Rocks On, Groundwa...
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19 March 2025
The Gold Coast is Back in Business as It Gets Ready to Welcome 6,000 Delegates
THE GOLD COAST IS BACK IN BUSINESS AS IT GETS READY TO WELCOME 6000 DELEGATES Around 6,000 business event delegates will arrive on the Gold Coast this week as the city prepares to welcome the 2025 Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP2025), the largest pharmacy confe...
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18 March 2025
Vika & Linda Lead Second Lineup Announcement For Blues on Broadbeach 2025
VIKA & LINDA LEAD SECOND LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BLUES ON BROADBEACH 2025 15 – 18 MAY 2025 | GOLD COAST “Everywhere you looked, people were smiling, dancing, and embracing the joy of live music. The sense of community was palpable, with strangers becoming friends as they bonded over their shared lov...
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Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.