Epic live music, a live art feature (to be raffled off for charity), surf flicks and market stalls, Hey Sunshine – the Gold Coast’s newest music festival – is coming to the Burleigh Brewing Taphouse on Saturday October 14. The festival’s organisers are passionate about helping nurture the local music scene and providing a platform for young Gold Coast creatives.

Hey Sunshine will boast the talents of revered local and interstate outfits including The Belligerents, Bootleg Rascal, Galaxy Girls, The Cinema Wristys, Peach Fur, Borneo and Thunder Fox as well as pop-up arts collective The Wonky Queenslander, who’ll be keeping the tunes flowing in-between live acts.

Kicking off at 3pm, the event will set off a broad array of entertainment in service of lifting the Gold Coast’s musical culture while giving punters an amazing day in an amazing venue. Festival director Anthea Bennet: “Live music events are so enriching to a community’s vigour and vibrancy, and I’m really excited to be adding Hey Sunshine to the flourishing Gold Coast music space.”

Tickets for the festival are available now via the Hey Sunshine website. Early-bird passes are only $40, with limited general release tickets set to walk out the door at $50. You best get your tickets before Hey Sunshine is completely sold out, it’s stacking up to be one memorable day.