Craft Beer Sunshine Coast Festival 2018

The Sunshine Coast’s Craft Beer & Cider Festival is back and bigger than ever after last years sell out event!

With local Australian and New Zealand brewers and cideries joining the lineup, the 2018 festival bill will see over 50 hand-picked local Australian and New Zealand brewers and cideries come together to showcase some of their most rare and sought after creations to the Sunshine Coast regions craft audience.

Grab your tickets and get ready to brew with a stellar lineup of street food stalls and local produce; over 200 varieties of craft beer and cider; live music and roving entertainers; sideshow alley in all it’s glory catering for the young and young at heart PLUS the opportunity to win craft beer for one year! 

Trans Tasman Gubbi Gubbi Waka Ama

The Trans Tasman Gubbi Gubbi Waka Ama Championships (TTGGWA) is the only international outrigger championship series held exclusively for junior paddlers in Australia.

This trans-Tasman showdown of the Australian and Oceania junior outrigging calendar attracts hundreds of young paddlers aged between eight and 19 years of age. Hailing from Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands; teams, doubles and individuals race over a three day (29 Sep - 1 Oct) period on the Sunshine Coast’s Lake Kawana. 

Fun, colour, friendships and vibrancy are what defines this event as a must do for young paddlers. A spectacular experience!

Sunshine Coast Photography Festival

Canon Collective Team will travel to Queensland for the Sunshine Coast Photography Festival 13 - 15 July 2018! With the best local tour operators running their experiences and Canon Collective Ambassadors from across the nation on-hand to help with your photography along the way? Setting up camp in Mooloolaba, they will cover, over 3 days more than 20 individual experiences and workshops spread across the beautiful Sunshine Coast from Caloundra to Noosa. Join them at some or all of the activities over the three-day festival, it's set to be the biggest one yet.

Sea N Sound Festival 2018

The Sunshine Coast will once again be celebrating the region, its culture and its diversity as artists including Paul Kelly, Kingswood, Harts and the Pierce Brothers come together for this year's Sea N Sound Festival to celebrate the local coastal lifestyle.

With not only the country’s hottest musicians but a huge selection of craft beer, cider, food and of course Mooloolaba’s famous seafood offerings, the June event will be the hottest ticket of 2018 and again held at The Wharf Tavern's outdoor precinct.

Sea N Sound will undoubtedly give not only Sunshine Coasters, but beach culture lovers Australia-wide, no choice but to come and revel in everything that makes Mooloolaba one of Australia's most loved destinations.

Sunshine Coast Anywhere Theatre Festival

Over 18 days experience comedy in alleys, drama in backyards, poetry in bowling clubs, music in basements and much more with Sunshine Coast Anywhere Theatre Festival. 

Grab the program, grab some friends and family and explore a real festival of everything Sunshine Coast has to offer in what has been described as one of the "Top Nine Fine International Festivals You Must See!". 

Kenilworth Cheese, Wine and Food Fest 2018

Come and enjoy the Cheese, Wine and Food Fest, showcasing the unique range of the Mary Valley's finest foods, liqueurs and wines. 

There will be a great variety of food stalls, gourmet cooking demonstrations, wine and cheese tastings all day. 

For entertainment, see Queensland's only Cheese Rolling Contest. For children, there is the Great Cheester Egg Hunt. 

When: 31 March 2018
Entry: FREE

Mooloolaba Triathlon 2018

Experience Mooloolaba Tri and Swim, Bike, Run, Party 9 - 1 March!

Located in the heart of the Sunshine Coast, the Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival remains been a standout event on the Australian Triathlon Calendar. 

There is something for the whole family including the ASICS Mooloolaba Twilight five kilometre run, Mooloolaba one kilometre Ocean Swim, Mooloolaba Superkidz Triathlon and the Special Tri. 

AOCRA 2018 National Outrigger Sprint Titles

The Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association’s (AOCRA) National Sprint Titles are a flat water outrigger canoe regatta held for paddlers from all states of Australia. As a pinnacle event in the Australian outrigging calendar, the National Sprint Titles hosts hundreds of competitors and encourages paddlers to compete in all disciplines, which include V1, OC1, OC6 and V12 races. 

This is an action-packed three days held on Lake Kawana, Sunshine Coast from 2 - 4 February.

Ginger Flower and Food Festival

From Friday 19th to Sunday 21st January 2018 the Ginger Factory will burst with colour, showcasing an exquisite range of ornamental gingers and heliconia’s, which thrive in the Sunshine Coast’s sub-tropical conditions. A stunning array of over 3000 plants will be available for sale to festival goers.

The festival will pay a special homage to the long Australian history of Buderim Ginger, spanning 75 years. Today’s booming business started off as a small farming community and ginger growers’ cooperative, expanding over time to one of the world’s largest suppliers of ginger products and beverages.

The 2018 Ginger Flower & Food Festival is a FREE all-weather event that all ages will enjoy!