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06 June 2023
Cooly Rocks On welcomes 2023 Sponsor Family
Cooly Rocks On has kicked into gear with Australia's much-loved nostalgia festival set to take Coolangatta back in time from Wednesday 7 June. Last year the festival welcomed record crowds who had made the pilgrimage to the Gold Coast to enjoy the motors, music and lifestyle of yesteryear over five ...
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06 June 2023
June is the month of nationals on the Gold Coast
The country's sporting elite descend on the Gold Coast in June for a month of nationals. One of the legacies of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is the city's list of world-class venues and facilities, in June some of those venues will spring into action again hosting three premier national ch...
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31 May 2023
Groundwater CMF celebrates ten years of country music on the Gold Coast
Celebrating unmatched artistry, unique beachside stages and a commitment to the heart and soul of country music, Groundwater Country Music Festival (CMF) is thrilled to announce yet another world-class lineup for its 10th anniversary this October. Since its inception a decade ago, the Gold Coast’s G...
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24 May 2023
Bustling crowds enjoy the best of rhythm and blues under blue skies
Blues lovers from around the globe can hang up their fedoras and relish in the music and memories made during the 22nd annual Blues on Broadbeach. Record numbers of fans, new and old, made the pilgrimage to the Gold Coast for the much-loved festival. Across four epic days, tens of thousands weaved t...
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09 February 2023
Global superstar joins a list of renowned music acts on the Gold Coast for music month
The summer vibes are sticking around all through February on the Gold Coast with a month of huge live music events that will see fans from across the country flock to the beachside destination. Tickets are sold out for the Gold Coast stop of Harry Styles' Love on Tour with out-of-region visitors mak...
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13 December 2022
Cooly Rocks On welcomes the artist voted the 'World's Greatest Elvis' to the stage in 2023
Australia's award-winning nostalgia festival, Cooly Rocks On, is preparing to bring something very special to its Gold Coast stages from 7-11 June, that will leave Elvis fans all shook up. Widely-considered the best Elvis Tribute Artist in the world, the USA's Shawn Klush will be Taking Care of Busi...
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21 November 2022
Rock royalty and an Olympic Qualifier World Cup top off a huge year
The big events just keep coming to the Gold Coast in 2022 with arguably the world's greatest rock band set to light up Metricon Stadium, followed by the world's best BMX freestyle riders to descend on the city for an Australian-first BMX Freestyle World Cup. And that’s just two of the exciting major...
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07 November 2022
Cooly Rocks On awarded top honour at Queensland Tourism Awards
Australia's favourite nostalgia festival Cooly Rocks On has been awarded Gold in the Major Festivals and Events category at the prestigious Queensland Tourism Awards on the Gold Coast in front of industry leaders and peers. Held this year at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Queen...
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12 October 2022
Excitement builds for Pacific Airshow Gold Coast as sister event wows crowds in the USA
Earlier this year the Gold Coast announced that one of the world's largest and most spectacular air shows would be hosted in the city from August 2023, recently its sister event in Huntington Beach showed exactly why Australians should be getting excited. With millions of people in attendance over t...
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21 August 2022
The Gold Coast - The home of surfing this May
The eyes of the world will be on the Gold Coast's iconic waves this May as some of the world's best, and up and coming, surfers search for the ultimate ride. With not one but two huge surfing events and a new festival celebrating the best of our surf films and photography, the Gold Coast will be tra...
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01 July 2022
MEGC celebrates two years of securing major new events for the city
An international airshow, a global superstar, a BMX Freestyle World Cup and an English Premier League team - in the past two years Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC) has secured some of the world's biggest international events for the city. July marks MEGC's second birthday and there are plenty of reaso...
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27 April 2022
The Gold Coast looks skywards to secure major international event
In a huge coup for the Gold Coast, Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC) with the support of the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland, has secured one of the world's biggest and most spectacular airshows. Renowned for its heart-pumping aerobic displays, awe-inspiring aviation feats, ...
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20 July 2021
Major Events Gold Coast secures long-term Aussies surf deal for Queensland recovery
The largest event of its kind in Australia, The Aussies brings together thousands of Surf Life Saving competitors representing their Surf Club for the chance to be deemed Australia’s best. The partnership marks the first time Major Events Gold Coast has secured a joint council approach, collaboratin...
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02 July 2021
Proof age is just a number - Major Events Gold Coast has a reason to celebrate
After being in operation for less than a year, the new kids on the block, Major Events Gold Coast are quickly making a name for themselves. Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC), funded by City of Gold Coast was formed to drive a whole-of-city strategic approach to major event acquisition, management and d...
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25 June 2021
Behind the scene with Blues on Broadbeach Festival Director
A year after Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival was cancelled due to COVID-19, Australia’s largest non-ticketed music festival returned in May without missing a beat! With the 20th edition of Blues on Broadbeach done and dusted for another year we sat down with Festival Director, Mark Duckworth (Duc...
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05 March 2021
Gold Coast secures Wheelchair Rugby National Championship for the first time
The 2021 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship will take the stage on the Gold Coast for the first time, this May. Major Events Gold Coast is pleased to announce its newly formed partnership with Wheelchair Rugby Australia, bringing the 2021 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship to the Gol...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.