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Yonder Festival

Yonder Festival is a new multi-day music and art event on the lush rolling hills of the Mary Valley. It was founded in 2019 by a team of creative...

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Sunshine Coast Events

The number of upcoming Sunshine Coast events continues to grow rapidly, with magnificent year-round warm weather making outdoor events, shows, exhibitions and festivals accessible all year.

With a diverse range of activities, entertainment and touring options, the Sunshine Coast offers plenty of choices for every visitor. Each town boasts many events, from the beaches to the hinterland.

2024/2025 Sunshine Coast Events, Festivals & Things to See & Do




In Caloundra and Mooloolaba, you will find triathlon and other sporting and water events during the year. In Noosa, you will find the Jazz and Long Weekend Festivals and in Maleny, you will find the annual Wood Expo.

Gympie has several huge events, including the Gympie Music Muster, the Gympie Show and the Gympie Gold Rush Festival.

For foodies and wine lovers, check out the Sunshine Coast Real Food Festival in Maleny, the Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival and the Noosa International Food and Wine.

There are art shows, community festivals, golf tournaments, concerts, sporting events, and more on the Sunshine Coast. Check the links below for a current list of events on the Sunshine Coast.



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Kenilworth Show and Rodeo

Kenilworth Showgrounds, Kenilworth, QLD
21 September 2024

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...

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Sunshine Coast Expo

Kawana Sports Precinct, Bokarina, QLD
27 September 2024 to 29 September 2024

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...

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Nambour Gemfest

Nambour Showgrounds, Nambour, QLD
12 October 2024

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, 2024...

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Pop-Up Polo

Kawana Sports Precinct, Bokarina, QLD
12 October 2024

Welcome to Pop-Up Polo, a series of lifestyle events that combines 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...

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Buderim Garden Festival

Buderim Garden Festival

Multiple Locations, Buderim, QLD
18 October 2024 to 20 October 2024

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...

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Noosa Spring Hill Climb

Along Gyndier Drive, Tewantin, QLD
18 October 2024 to 20 October 2024

The Noosa Spring Hill Climb is an exciting race involving 140 vehicles that weave through 1500 metres of bitumen and sweeping corners on the picturesque Gyndier Drive in Tewantin. This is an excellent way for classic...

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Blackall 100

QCCC, Mapleton, Qld
19 October 2024

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...

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Sunshine Coast Relay For Life

University of the Sunshine Coast Athletics Track, Sippy Downs, QLD
19 October 2024

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...

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Trail Run Australia

Trail Run Australia

Ewen Maddock Dam, Landsborough, QLD
27 October 2024

Trail Run Australia is an iconic event that takes runners to Australia’s most beautiful destinations. This series has a challenge available for runners of all abilities and ages, and considering the scenery you’ll be...

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Wishlist Fun Run

Lake Kawana, Bokarina, QLD
20 October 2024

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...

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Sunshine Coast Multisport Festival

Ewen Maddock Dam, Landsborough, QLD
26 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

The Sunshine Coast Multisport Festival is an exciting mountain bike and trail run adventure through the Glass House Mountains. Athletes are encouraged to join this exciting opportunity to bike or walk through the most...

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Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival

Noosa Triathlon

Main Beach, Noosa Heads, QLD
30 October 2024 to 03 November 2024

The Noosa Triathlon is a huge sporting event held at Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. This exciting event welcomes participants from all over Australia and age groups to compete to win. Ideally located, Noosa provides the...

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Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade

The Wharf Mooloolaba, Mooloolaba, QLD
14 December 2024

The Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade is an exciting holiday tradition on the Sunshine Coast. Occurring on just one day each year, it stands out among all the other holiday parties because you enjoy a unique Christmas...

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Mooloolaba New Years Eve

Mooloolaba New Years Eve

Multiple Venues, Mooloolaba, QLD
31 December 2024 to 01 January 2025

New Year’s Eve is one of the most popular festivals celebrated by almost all nations worldwide. The beautiful coastal area of the Sunshine Coast celebrates this fantastic event with bright lights, entertainment and, of...

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Noosa Summer Swim

Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club, Noosa Heads, QLD
22 February 2025 to 23 February 2025

The Noosa Summer Swim is an exciting yearly swim event that every ocean swimmer will love. It will be a day full of fun, sun, and surf, with distances catering to swimmers of all abilities. Noosa Summer Swim, 2025...

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Conscious Life Holistic Wellbeing Festival

Conscious Life Holistic Wellbeing Festival

Venue 114, Bokarina, QLD
01 March 2025 to 02 March 2025

The Conscious Life Holistic Wellness Festival is one of Queensland’s largest, most successful, and most effective Health and well-being events. Since its founding in 2011, the Festival has been recognised nationwide as...

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Noosa Festival of Surfing

First Point Noosa, Noosa Heads, QLD
TBA - March 2025

The Noosa Festival of Surfing is an iconic event that celebrates surf culture and is the largest event of its kind in Australia. The festival, which has been taking place in a world surfing reserve, Noosa Heads, for...

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Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival

Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival

Foreshore, Mooloolaba, QLD
08 March 2025 to 09 March 2025

The Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival has been a feature event on the Australian Triathlon Calendar for over 20 years. Mooloolaba Tri returns with more fun and action than ever. Set in the home of the Australian triathlon...

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Vetshopaustralia Surfing Dog Championships

VetShopAustralia Surfing Dog Championships

First Point, Noosa Heads Main Beach, Noosa, QLD
TBA - March 2025

Arguably the most entertaining event on the Queensland events calendar, if not Australia. The VetShopAustralia Surfing Dog Championships are hosted at the Noosa Festival of Surfing and co-presented by Simparica Trio...

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Nambour Expo

Nambour Showgrounds, Nambour, QLD
04 April 2025 to 06 April 2025

The Nambour Expo is a huge yearly outdoor event at the Nambour Showgrounds. This expo will feature the latest products and services, including caravans, trailers, motorhomes, 4×4 vehicles, and accessories. Nambour...

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Sunshine Coast Chilli Festival

Aussie World, Palmview, QLD
TBA - April 2025

Expect the most spectacular day at the Sunshine Coast Chilli Festival & The annual Great Australian Dunny Race. Gather the people who help you laugh, eat, sweat, race, shop and smile for this sizzling day...

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Australian Body Art Festival

Eumundi Amphitheatre, Eumundi, QLD
TBA - April 2025

The Australian Body Art Festival is an incredible celebration of everything body painting. Its history dates to 2007 when Australian body painter Ria Clauss travelled to Austria’s World Body Art Festival...

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Sunshine Coast Kokoda Challenge

Sunshine Coast Kokoda Challenge

Kenilworth State Community College, Kenilworth, QLD
TBA - April 2025

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...

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Sunshine Coast MTB Festival

Ewen Maddock Dam, Landsborough, QLD
TBA - April 2025

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...

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Horizon Festival Sunshine Coast

Horizon Festival Sunshine Coast

Various Locations, Maroochydore, QLD
02 May 2025 to 11 May 2025

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...

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Maleny Wood Expo

Maleny Wood Expo

Maleny Showgrounds, Maleny, QLD
03 May 2025 to 05 May 2025

The Maleny Wood Expo is a massive three-day woodwork exhibition held on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. This expo aims to promote the sustainable use of native wood and provide a fun country event suitable for the...

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Noosa Classic

Sir Thomas Riley Park, Tewantin, QLD
03 May 2025 to 04 May 2025

The Noosa Classic is an exciting cycling event that integrates gourmet and visual pleasures for all participants. This one-day event, which takes place in August each year, attracts riders from all over the country and...

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Gympie Show

Gympie Show

Gympie Showgrounds, Southside, QLD
15 May 2025 to 17 May 2025

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...

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Kenilworth Artsfest

Kenilworth ArtsFest

Kenilworth Hall, Kenilworth, QLD
TBA - May 2025

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...

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Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

Goomeri Pumpkin Festival

Goomeri Town Centre, Goomeri, QLD
TBA - May 2025

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...

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Noosa Winter Hill Climb

Gyndier Drive, Tewantin, QLD
TBA - June 2025

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...

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Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show

Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show

Nambour Showgrounds, Nambour, QLD
13 June 2025 to 15 June 2025

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...

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Super Series Oztag

Super Series

Sunshine Coast Stadium, Bokarina, QLD
TBA - June 2025

The Super Series by Oztag Queensland is an exciting Oztag event following the Junior and Senior State Cups. Those who participate in the games have been chosen as the winners of the Queensland State Cups. It’s a...

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Noosa Electric Vehicle Expo

Noosa Transit Centre, Noosa Junction, QLD
TBA - June 2025

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...

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Noosa Enduro

Noosa District Sports Complex, Tewantin, QLD
05 July 2025 to 06 July 2025

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...

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Sunshine Coast Winter Carnival

Multiple Venues, All Around the Sunshine Coast, QLD
TBA - July 2025

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...

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Queensland Garden Expo

Queensland Garden Expo

Nambour Showgrounds, Nambour, QLD
10 July 2025 to 13 July 2025

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...

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Mary River Festival

Mary River Festival

Kandanga Community Reserve, Kandanga, QLD
TBA - July 2025

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...

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Coastrek

Multiple Starting Points, Noosa, QLD
TBA - July 2025

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...

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What are the most popular annual events in the Sunshine Coast?
Where are the most popular annual events in the Sunshine Coast held?
The most popular annual events in the Sunshine Coast are held at:
  • Mooloolaba Beach
  • Kenilworth Showgrounds
  • Nambour Showgrounds
  • Caloundra Events Centre
  • Gympie Showgrounds
Check out the whole list of annual events in the Sunshine Coast.
What areas are the most popular annual events in the Sunshine Coast located?
The most popular areas for annual events in the Sunshine Coast are located in:Check out the whole list of annual events in the Sunshine Coast.

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