Vivid Hinterland Paint and Sip
Paint and Sip events are a great way to explore your creative side while having fun in a relaxed, encouraging environment. A resident local artist will show you step by step how to create the featured painting. All art materials are supplied including a 40cm x 50cm canvas for you to take home. No experience necessary. Come along for a great social afternoon of painting and creating while sipping on your favourite drink. This is an 18+ event and all drinks and nibbles are BYO.
When: Friday May 28, 2pm-4pm
Where: The Art Hub Sunshine Coast, 19b/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra.
Tickets: $50 via thearthubsc.com.au/event-details/vivid-hinterland-paint-sip-9
Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) World Environment Day
Be part of #GenerationRestoration and join the Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) in launching the World Environment Day Festival 2021. This year’s theme is ecosystem restoration, and they are taking people on a journey throughout ecosystems across the Sunshine Coast. The launch at the Doonan Creek Environmental Reserve will occur on the United Nations’ World Environment Day. This is a family friendly event and you will have the opportunity to contribute to restoring an ecosystem by planting trees and learning about the conservation practices of the area.
When: Friday May 28, 10am-12pm
Where: Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, 5 Wallace Drive, Noosaville
Tickets: $5 via bit.ly/3bvkWdV
Melony’s Drag Queen Bingo Paw Patrol Cambodia Fundraiser
Welcome back the Bingo Queen of the Sunshine Coast, Melony Brests, and her right hand gal Sall Monalla, as they bring the original, Melony’s Drag Queen Bingo back to Lazy River Noosaville. With some not-so-normal bingo games full of cheeky innuendo and hysterical call outs, plus fabulous spot drag shows and crazy prizes, it’s a ball-dropping good time.
And it’s for a great cause too; all proceeds from the bingo book and raffle ticket sales are going to help Paw Patrol Cambodia. If you haven’t yet seen a Melony’s Drag Queen Bingo show, you shouldn’t miss this.
When: Friday May 28, 6pm-10pm
Where: Lazy River Bar and Bistro, 271 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville
Tickets: $20 via ticketebo.com.au/melonysbingo
Bluebone Live at Whispers
Bluebone is a one-man band loop artist project. Heavily inspired by Jeff Buckley and the Red Hot Chili Peppers he went on to discover the art of looping after being introduced to the brilliant Tash Sultana. Live shows consist of funky blues loop-driven originals and cover interpretations ranging from Nina Simone to Sublime. Hosted by Whispers Cocktail and Lounge Bar, a modern-day spin of a golden era, offering fine cuisine and gourmet meals, lavish late night desserts, exotic cocktails and 120+ bourbons. You don’t want to miss this great night of music.
When: Friday May 28, 7:30pm-11pm
Where: Whispers Cocktail Bar and Lounge, 25 Bulcock Street Caloundra
Tickets: Free event
Children Collide – UH OH Tour
Following a sold-out tour through Victoria in February and an electric set at Yours and Owls Festival, Children Collide head to Queensland for a run of intimate regional shows and hometown club plays. A live phenomenon, Children Collide has performed sets at SXSW, The Great Escape, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Groovin The Moo and the Big Day Out and countless sold-out headline shows across the nation in addition to dates in London, Paris, LA, New York and Tokyo.
When: Friday May 28, 7pm
Where: Sol Bar, Ocean Street Maroochydore
Tickets: $22.95 via bit.ly/3v1sqNf
Food Preserving and Pasta Making
No need to panic buy in the next emergency. If you are establishing a lifestyle of self-sufficiency, living off-grid or just insulating yourself against the next emergency or pandemic lockdown, then you will need to have a food preserving system. The perfect solution is the simple Australian method of Fowlers Vacola bottling used since 1915. Storing food to use months or years later was common practise in the past to safeguard against lean times.
When: Saturday May 29, 9am-1:30pm
Where: Palmwoods (location made available after purchase)
Tickets: via kookaburraorganics.com
Ash Grunwald at KBT
Heralded as one of Australia’s great Blues and Roots performers Ash Grunwald will be hitting the road performing songs from his nine studio albums, three live albums, and his newly released Push The Blues Away with Josh Teskey. Ash Grunwald is an advocate of the earth and his music is an eddy of influences, collaborations and mediums. His voice through his lyrics, podcast and broadcasting asks for the protection of land, sea, river, self and resources.
When: Saturday May 29, 8:30pm
Where: Kings Beach Tavern, 43 Burgess Street Caloundra
Tickets: $49.90 via bit.ly/3fuNB3M
The Gladiator trailrunning event
Celebrate National Italian Day and embrace your inner Gladiator. The beautiful trails have proved very popular so this year we’ve made it even better with three distances to choose from. The 8km, 15km and 21km are suitable for those new to trails, as well as the seasoned runner. Test your strength tackling Goliath (Wild Horse Mountain) and see if you know your Roman numerals. Come dressed as an inspired Gladiator and get the opportunity to lead the peasants through the Colosseum and out onto the trail. Afterwards enjoy some yummy Italian treats and coffee.
When: Sunday 30 May, from 7am
Where: HQ Plantations, Red Road Beerburrum
Entries: http://www.runqld.com.au/thegladiator
No More Fake Smiles Comedy Night
No More Fake Smiles in conjunction with The Wharf Mooloolaba are hosting a night of fun and laughter to give a voice to child victims of sexual abuse and raise much-needed funds for their therapy. Enjoy a fabulous three-course Italian dining experience and drink upon arrival, including cheese wheel pasta made before your very eyes by talented chefs of Il Vento. Live entertainment and surprises, including the hilarious Christian Lutz who featured at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, will entertain guests throughout the evening in a warehouse-style atmosphere upstairs at The Wharf Mooloolaba.
When: Saturday June 5, 6pm-10:30pm
Where: Il Vento, The Wharf Mooloolaba
Tickets: $155pp or $1500 for table of ten via nomorefakesmiles.com.au
Wetlands ClimateWatch Walk – record the change
Join guides from the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary and contribute to a global citizen science project to track key plants and animals. The Sanctuary is the site of a ClimateWatch trail. ClimateWatch is a citizen science project that aims to record how changes in temperature and rainfall are affecting the seasonal behaviour of Australia’s plants and animals. The guides will assist you to identify indicator species and to use the ClimateWatch App so you can contribute to this important project. Internet connection at the Wetland Sanctuary is poor so be sure to download the free app prior to arrival.
When: Sunday June 6, 9am-11am
Where: Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary, Sports Road Bli Bli
Tickets: Tickets are free, registration essential via sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Experience-Sunshine-Coast/Events/Whats-On/3925
Jazz and Blues Collective presents All You Need is Love
The Jazz and Blues Collective’s next special guest will be Queensland’s award-winning jazz vocalist, Ingrid James, who has been described as an artist who can move gracefully between traditional jazz and soulful blues with a powerful, yet sultry, vocal resonance. She is also described as “someone who does not appear to follow the style or phrasing of any of the jazz divas – she is a one off in her own right” (Folkestone Jazz Club, UK). Celebrate the incredible melodies from the 30s to the 60s/70s – from Cole Porter and Carlos Jobim to The Beatles and Beach Boys. These timeless melodies will be given the Jazz and Blues Collective magical mystery jazz treatment.
When: Sunday June 6, 1:30pm-4pm (doors open 1pm)
Where: Millwell Road Community Centre, 11 Millwell Rd East, Maroochydore
Tickets: $25 via ticketebo.com.au/jazz-blues-collective/
