Sunshine Coast Events

Due to the recent weather, the Nambour Showgrounds have been significantly impacted, making the grounds unsafe and unusable. As a result, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2025 Suncoast Outdoor...

The Horizon Festival on the Sunshine Coast is a 10-day event that promotes all areas of culture and art in Australia. Come and check out the many talks, sculptures, designs, workshops and competitions; there is so much...

The Sunshine Coast MTB Festival is an adventure-packed mountain bike race every year. Operated by the Sunshine Coast Trail Run Festival and Trail Run Australia, the organisers have designed a weekend full of exciting...

Australia’s toughest team endurance event, The Kokoda Challenge, calls on Sunshine Coast locals to participate in the Sunshine Coast Kokoda Challenge to raise much-needed funds for Australian youth programs run by the...

The annual Gympie Show is a community event that is a wonderful place for families to enjoy sideshow alleys, agricultural displays, cooking displays, competitions, and rodeo action. This year’s theme of Sunshine Through...

The Goomeri Pumpkin Festival is a fantastic family event held each year on the last Sunday in May. Free for all to attend, several fun events are scheduled throughout the festival, including competitions, a parade, live...

Kenilworth ArtsFest (formerly Kenilworth Celebrates!) is a major arts festival held annually in Kenilworth, a regional town on the Sunshine Coast located in the Upper Mary Valley. At this fun art festival, you will find...

The Noosa Winter Hill Climb is one of two thrilling hill climbs on the picturesque Gyndier Drive of Tewantin. This is a unique opportunity for classic car owners to test the endurance of their motors while in a stunning...

The Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show is a massive three-day event for over 100 years. To promote the iconic agricultural industries in southeast Queensland, the Agricultural Show hosts many exhibitions, demonstrations...

The Noosa Electric Vehicle Expo is a one-day annual event designed to educate and promote awareness of sustainable transport. It was founded by Zero Emissions Noosa, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping...

The Sunshine Coast Winter Carnival is a popular two-week-long lawn bowling event held yearly in various regional destinations. Each year, thousands of seasoned and avid lawn bowlers, locally and from abroad, compete in...

In 2025, the iconic Noosa Enduro returns with five courses over two days! Don’t miss the Sunshine Coast’s premier gravel and mountain biking festival showcasing the stunning Noosa Hinterland. Participants take...

The Queensland Garden Expo is one of Australia’s largest expos, attracting over 34,000 visitors and over 360 exhibitors each year. The expo boasts different varieties of plants and gardening experts who will give...

The Mary River Festival aims to increase awareness of the unique Mary River environment through recreation and celebration. With the yearly festival usually held in July, the organisers put on a massive event with an...

Coastrek is Australia’s most iconic hiking challenge, and our Sunshine Coast location is our most loved. Created as the ideal weekend away, the Sunshine Coast route journeys along some of the most picture-perfect...

The NOOSA alive! Festival is a 10-day arts and cultural festival which offers a massive selection of music, theatre, dance, film, food, forms, literature, visual arts, and workshops. Come to this fabulous event in the...

The annual Sunshine Coast Careers Expo is ideal for anyone interested in education and training or those seeking professional career development and employment opportunities. With exhibitors including Universities...

The Mary Valley Art Festival is an annual grassroots art show that allows artists to showcase their work and compete for excellent prizes. With all the incredibly talented people that live in the local communities...

The All Schools Tournament is Oztag Queensland’s iconic school event. Involving over 59 schools sending more than 180 teams to play in the non-tackling game, it’s one of the most exciting school matches in the calendar...

The Maximum Adventure Race Series events are all about exhilarating adventure races that are short and fast. They are designed to be completed in pairs, with the ultimate objective being for each team to learn how to...

The Cooloola Farmers Trail celebrates slow food and the farmers who grow what we eat. Visitors will learn interesting and valuable information from farm owners during two days of delicious locally-made food and exciting...

The Sunshine Coast Marathon & Community Run Festival is one of Australia’s most well-loved running events. The festival is not-for-profit, and since its founding in 2012, they have raised more than $1.8 million for...

The Yandina Street Fair is a family-friendly event that is free for all to attend. There’s no better way to experience this lovely town’s rich culture, beautiful people, and excellent food than attending this...

The Gympie Music Muster has entertained locals and visitors to the Sunshine Coast for over 40 years and hosts some of the best entertainers in Australian country music. The festival runs over four days and is held in...

Apart from its natural scenic attractions, Noosa also boasts an array of festivals and community events, with the popular Noosa Jazz Party considered the premier cultural event in this region. The Noosa Jazz Party will...

The Jungle Love Festival is a unique boutique music and arts festival held for three days in a stunning environment in Jimna. What sets this music festival apart is that the founders and organisers have committed to...

The Noosa Classic Car Show is the ultimate car lover’s dream event. Each year, vehicle collectors from all over Queensland and the country come together to show off their cars. Noosa Classic Car Show, 2025 Dates, Street...

The Mary Valley Scarecrow Festival is an exciting opportunity to celebrate the arrival of spring with the local community. This is the only time of year when you’ll see scarecrows fashioned in unique and creative...

The Ironman 70.3 is a triathlon event that will be held at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. This exciting event welcomes participants worldwide and all age groups to compete for the ultimate prize. Ideally located...

An Australian Premier Music Festival hosted on a private 100-acre property in Noosa Hinterland’s beautiful Mary Valley in Queensland’s amazing Sunshine Coast region. Escape to the bushland for an adventure...

The Kenilworth Show and Rodeo is a fantastic and historic family-friendly event celebrating everything horse, rodeo, and fair dink-um. The Kenilworth district is famous for hosting several spectacular shows throughout...

The Sunshine Coast Expo is a weekend-long trade event showcasing all the latest adventure vehicles. These include caravans, camper vans, 4x4s, boats, hybrids, and much more that any adventure enthusiast would love...

Cowgirls Gathering is a unique event celebrating everything it means to be a horsewoman. It takes place over three days in the Kilkivan Showgrounds, providing cowgirls with a fun space where everyone can gather to be...

The Noosa Open Studios is where talented artists open their doors to their usually hidden studios, and visitors can get a sneak peek into the creative process. Visitors can appreciate art through various mediums with...

The Nambour Gemfest is a spectacular annual event that welcomes miners, traders, jewellers, fossickers, and gem-loving folk under one roof. It’s one of the biggest gem trade shows in the country. Nambour Gemfest, 2025...

Every year in October, as the sun-kissed landscapes of Buderim burst forth with a Springtime kaleidoscope of colours, scents, and textures, the Buderim Garden Festival emerges as a testament to the region’s rich...

The Blackall 100 is an adventure-packed ultra-marathon that takes runners traversing along the breathtaking Great Walk of the Sunshine Coast. It also serves as the Western States Endurance Run’s qualifying race...

Welcome to Pop-Up Polo, a lifestyle event combining sport, entertainment, fashion and premium hospitality. Pop-Up Polo is part of the Urban Polo circuit, the largest national polo series in the world. Pop-Up Polo...

The Sunshine Coast Relay For Life is a fulfilling and fun relay event in Sippy Downs that celebrates cancer survivors. With its primary goal of raising funds to help the Cancer Council for research, information...

The Wishlist Fun Run is an annual event that encourages people to join and walk, run, skip or even jump to fundraise while supporting patients from the Sunshine Coast. The event started in 2019 and continues to grow...