Excitement is building for the inaugural Sunshine Sounds Festival, taking place at the Eumundi Showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2.
A two-day all-ages music festival, it boasts a line-up featuring Kate Miller-Heidke, Busby Marou, Miiesha, Katie Noonan, Asha Jefferies, Sahara Beck and a host of amazing local artists, including Andrea Kirwin and the Yama-Nui Social Club, The Dreggs, Band of Frequencies and more.
The boutique festival is being presented by Kin Music, a production company run by superwoman songstress Katie Noonan, who calls Eumundi home.
“This is the culmination of a vision to create an event to bring people together with music and is giving an awesome line-up of Queensland artists the chance to play live again,” Katie said.
She said the festival programming was 100% Queensland, 50% First Nations, 50% Sunshine Coast and 75% female artists.
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A special element of the festival will be the Sunshine Sounds Community Choir, where festival-goers get to join in a group singsong for all ages and abilities to Sounds of Then (This is Australia).
There will be music from 11am-10pm each day (gates open 10am), with plenty of wonderful local food and drinks available.
Daily tickets via oztix.com.au – just $80 for adults, $40 for kids (under 18 yrs) or $200 for a family pass.
Sunshine Sounds is a glass-free and plastic-free event, so please BYO bottle for complimentary water refills thanks to Unity Water.
Supporting the event is The Imperial Hotel and Eumundi Brewery, who’ll be serving up fresh brews and locally crafted Folktale Gin over the weekend.
Sunshine Sounds Festival has been supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland with an ‘Open Air Grant’. These grants support the activation of outdoor productions and the engagement of local communities in arts and cultural experiences.
The festival has also been supported by the Eumundi Community and District Association (EDCA) and Experience Eumundi.
It is a COVID Safe Event, and it is a condition of entry that guests maintain social distancing at all times.
For more festival info, visit www.sunshinesoundsfestival.com
