Your Event Line Up
Some say we like to see ourselves as the main event, but really, we do it all for you! High-energy stage show sound good? How about beach cinema or symphony under the stars? If sport's more your thing, why not check out a NRL or AFL game? Or for lovers of low-key, get into one of the many grassroots arts and food festivals. Check out the latest events on Gold Coast below.
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06 Sep 2024
Kate Miller-Heidke | Catching Diamonds Tour
Kate Miller-Heidke | Catching Diamonds TourKate Miller-Heidke is an award-winning singer-songwriter who traverses the worlds of folk, pop, opera and musical theatre. She’s performed on stages as varied as the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Coachella, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Eurovision Song Contest, the Sydney Opera House, and the Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome. After long months locked away writing songs, she’s hitting the road! Join us for this special opportunity to see Kate in intimate, stripped-back mode, accompanied by her long-term collaborator Keir Nuttall on guitar. Kate will be playing her greatest hits and most beloved pop songs, as well as performing tracks from her original musicals ‘Muriel’s Wedding the Musical’ and the new ‘Bananaland’, some unexpected covers, taking requests, and telling stories from across her varied career. Excitingly, she’ll also be debuting new material from her forthcoming sixth studio album, which will dive deep into the genre of ‘gothic folk’. (The bendy poles from Eurovision will be there emotionally, but not physically). Like all Kate Miller-Heidke shows, the Catching Diamonds tour will be a celebration of voice, storytelling, emotion, humour and music that transports and transcends, of discovering anew each night the transformative connection between the performer and the audience.
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07 Sep 2024 - 08 Sep 2024
2024 Spartan APAC Championship Trifecta Weekend
Welcome to the 2024 APAC Championship Weekend on the beautiful Gold Coast! Experienced Spartan racers have long loved the previous races held at this location in QLD, thanks to the diversity Spartan are able to create with the courses. Spartans will be challenged with hill climbs and elevation, trawl through meandering creeks, across open paddocks, technical rocky terrain, and some great sections through the forest like settings.
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07 Sep 2024
The Best of Arj Barker
The Best of Arj BarkerBack by popular demand: The Best of Arj Barker: Power Hour. What do you get when you take your very best jokes from over the last 30 years, lovingly restore, refine and remaster each one, jam them all into a single hour, and finally, sprinkle in some brand-new material with a hint of improv? You get the best of Arj Barker. Also known as Power Hour. Having spent more time in our country than his own, Australia’s funniest adopted Californian has come to understand our culture perhaps even better than we do ourselves. He bloody well better, mate! This funny bugger has appeared all over Aussie TV, including the original Hey Hey It’s Saturday (yep, he’s been coming here for a while). Presented by Mary Tobin Presents
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10 Sep 2024
Whalebone
WhaleboneNominated for the Green Room Awards, Best Set and Costume Design Welcome to the ‘Depository’, a mysterious bureau that’s seen better days. The last, rather whimsical worker continues with a wondrous task. With the help of some odd and amazing machinery, he extracts the stories that live in old, discarded objects and safeguards these memories in the magical ‘mother of stories’, the place where all stories are kept. This strange and vulnerable world starts to fall apart when the place is under attack by a rogue A.I. who tries to install malware…. and only two unlikely buddies can save the ‘Depository’ and its stories. Storytelling versus data-management, human versus machine: a gripping and humorous clash between the analog and the digital, told through dazzling video and computer animations, quirky contraptions, robotics, clunky inventions and flying objects. Physical reality turns virtual and back in this family show about what makes us human, the stories we tell, and the artificial intelligence knocking at our doors. Telling a tale full of magic and action, WHALEBONE is funny, intriguing and touching. It opens the door to a fantastical world where the future of humanity is under scrutiny. Performed by the imaginative mind of clown, tinkerer, inventor and comedian Jens Altheimer, winner of the Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Production for Children with Squaring the Wheel and nominated for the same award with Loose Ends. ’This is the kind of show your kids will love. It is full of junk, fantastical objects, artificial intelligence, drama, thrills and puzzle solving.’ Samsara Dunston ★ ★ ★ ★ Links to Curriculum: Design and Technologies 3-4:Examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community need.Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions Science 1-6:Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions. Digital Technology 1-6:Explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors including sustainability in the design of products, services and environments.Define problems with given or co-developed design criteria and by creating user stories. Media 1-6:Develop media production skills to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning through manipulation of media languages, including images, sounds, texts and/or interactive elements, and media technologies. Visual Art 1-6:Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts. General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Literacy, Numeracy, Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability. Recommended for ages 6+.
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12 Sep 2024
Yesterday's Gone | The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
Yesterday's Gone | The Fleetwood Mac LegacyJoin some of Australia’s finest artists; Kav Temperley, Fanny Lumsden, Charlie Collins and Karen Lee Andrews - as they perform the incredible hits of Fleetwood Mac including Dreams, Landslide, Don’t Stop, Rhiannon, Go Your Own Way, Everywhere and more! Don’t miss Yesterday’s Gone - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy at HOTA.
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13 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024
Robbie's All Terrain Rumble and Ride
COST: FreeRobbie’s Rumble is a chance to get on your bike, get dirty and rub shoulders with a cycling legend. It features on and off road running and cycling opportunities.
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13 Sep 2024 - 14 Sep 2024
Redemption - An evening of Burlesque
Redemption - An evening of BurlesqueJoin Sass and Soul Dance as they take you on the ultimate hypnotic escape at their 2024 annual show - Redemption! Immerse yourself in a breathtaking evening of Burlesque, featuring tasteful but tantalising costumes dances, comedy, and more! Joining for his second year is host, the sensational Terry Daktyl, Gold Coast's Gender Flipping Drag Artist, who'll have you mesmerised with his infinite world of drag. Perfect for ladies night, an evening with a loved one or a group night out like no other. Indulge your senses and get ready to immerse yourself in the hypnotic world of Burlesque Cabaret, with access to an evening of unrivalled indulgence in this one-of-a-kind experience that is Redemption.
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14 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024
Turf Games Gold Coast Summer Festival
A team-based functional fitness competition that sees athletes from local to interstate to international taking part in a 2 day fitness festival with great music, food and other brand activations.
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From now until 15 Sep 2024
Crafted Beer Festival
Crafted Beer Festival is the Gold Coast's premier craft beer festival, held annually beachside in Broadbeach. Get up close and personal with brewers and try some of the 400 plus new and exciting brews on offer, including festival exclusives that have been batched specifically for the festival and many of the seasonal small-batch releases. Beer won’t be the only thing cracking at Crafted. It'll be Happy Hour all weekend long as some of Australia's most renowned acts hit the stage. Unleash your inner foodie as you chomp your way through the huge selection of gourmet delights from South East Queensland's tastiest food trucks. From low and slow barbeque to gooey arancini, saucy hot wings and charcuterie tasting plates - you'll be drooling from beer to beer with the delectable delights on offer at Crafted! Still in pursuit of hoppy-ness? There'll be a slew of sippin' good activties like beer yoga, a ping pong competition and hot wing eating competition. Stay tuned for the announcement of all of the details, and head to craftedfestival.com.au for more info.
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19 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
2025 AusCycling State BMX Racing Championships - Queensland
The Queensland BMX Championships are the largest State Championships of any state. Thousands of participants from around Australia come to the host club with hopes of becoming the State Champion.
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19 Sep 2024 - 21 Sep 2024
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant PeachFrom the company that brought us the smash-hit, adored seasons of Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits and George’s Marvellous Medicine comes this bold new theatrical adaption of one of the most loved children’s classic books. Join James and his collection of curious critters on an enchanting, great escape direct from his backyard, soaring high across the world, from Dover to New York and back again. Bursting with magic, mischief, and mayhem at every turn, James discovers that the best friendships arise from the most unexpected encounters and a little courage can take you a long way. You’ve read the book and seen the movie - now it’s time to experience this Dahlicious tale - from the wacky mind of the world’s No. 1 Storyteller - live on stage. AUSLAN INTERPRETATION: The performance at 10.30am on Sat 21 Sept will be Auslan Interpreted, select the Auslan reserved seats when purchasing your tickets. If you require assistant, please contact Box Office on (07) 5588 4000 or email boxoffice@hota.com.au. Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts
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19 Sep 2024 - 22 Sep 2024
2024 AusCycling State BMX Racing Championships - Queensland
The Queensland BMX Championships are the largest State Championships of any state. Thousands of participants from around Australia come to the host club with hopes of becoming the State Champion.
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20 Sep 2024 - 29 Sep 2024
Premier Invitational 2024
The Premier Invitational is Australia's biggest football (soccer tournament). Teams from all over Australia and New Zealand to come to the Gold Coast for a football festival. The unique way the tournament is delivered sees all teams compete in the same number of games. Games are placed in blocks so visiting teams can play competitive games and then set aside to explore the Gold Coast. Games are played over three days. The tournament was set up in 2012 and attracts over 337 teams. Teams have previously travelled from the USA, New Zealand and Asia to compete. The tournament is open to both boys and girls from U8 to U16's.
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From now until 22 Sep 2024
Kooralbyn Bike Festival
This 2 day event will include: Gravity Enduro Downhill Dual Slalom Australian Slopestyle competition Whip off Comp Schedule: TBA They look forward to seeing you there.
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02 Oct 2024 - 07 Oct 2024
2024 Australian Pickleball Championships
The Australian Pickleball Championships is the largest gathering of pickleball players in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2023 over 700 competitors competed in Blacktown at the Australian Pickleball Championships. In 2024, we hope to eclipse 1000. The Australian Pickleball Championships brings together players of all ages and skills and offers inclusive opportunities for able-bodied and players with disabilities, physical or intellectual, to compete alongside and with some of the best homegrown and international talent. The event has a real festival vibe and is the culmination of State Championship events offered in the year leading up to. The event offers maximum participation with players competing in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team formats.
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04 Oct 2024 - 06 Oct 2024
2024 Australian Championships
A massive Event from October 4-6 housing teams from all over Australia. 100 teams will compete in this prestigious event to see who will be crowed Australia's best TRL region across Men's, Mixed, Women's, Men's 30s and Mixed 30s divisions.
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