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22 November 2024
Experience Gold Coast Celebrates Excellence as Winners of the 2024 Student Excellence Awards Are Announced
A student who voices a beloved character in Bluey and another who empowers non-verbal Australians with innovative communication solutions are among the remarkable winners of this years’ Student Excellence Awards. The awards aim to shine a light on the outstanding contributions by students of the Go...
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12 November 2024
Gold Coast Airport is the Gateway to Experience Gold Coast
Experience Gold Coast and Gold Coast Airport (GCA) have partnered to drive tourism and enhance travel experiences for all visitors to the Gold Coast. The partnership highlights both Experience Gold Coast and Gold Coast Airport’s commitment to promoting the city as a premier tourism destination whil...
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12 November 2024
Journey to the Middle-Earth: The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale to Make Queensland Exclusive Debut at HOTA
HOTA, Home of the Arts is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated stage production The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale is coming to the Gold Coast, the only Queensland stop in the 2025 Australian tour. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, the production will come to life on the HOTA stage...
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08 November 2024
Memories to Be Made This Summer as HOTA Unveils New Children’s Gallery Exhibition
HOTA, Home of the Arts, is proud to announce the next iteration of the Children’s Gallery exhibition, Magic + Memory: make me a home, opening to the public for free this weekend. Featuring acclaimed Australian artist Anna Carey, the engaging exhibition will delight and captivate young minds. Famil...
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06 November 2024
World Famous La Clique to Bring Its 20th Anniversary Spectacular to the Gold Coast
In a South East Queensland exclusive, HOTA, Home of the Arts will be the home of La Clique for a limited season in 2025 under The Famous Spiegeltent. Producers of the world-renowned La Clique have announced the one-of-a-kind fusion of risqué cabaret, circus, and comedy is set to make an exclusive s...
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15 October 2024
Bleach Festival Welcomes New Artistic Director for 2025
Experience Gold Coast has today announced the Gold Coast’s flagship contemporary arts festival Bleach is set to enter an exciting new chapter with the announcement of Guest Artistic Director, highly acclaimed Australian artist, Michael Zavros, to lead the festival for 2025. Michael Zavros is excited...
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27 September 2024
Gold Coast Artists to Shine Bright at HOTA
The second edition of the landmark contemporary art exhibition will celebrate the creative talent of artists living and working on the Gold Coast with the works inspired by their personal histories, career experiences and spanning generations in a thought-provoking atmosphere. Held every three year...
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25 September 2024
Gold Coast Visitor Economy Continues to Hold Strong
Latest National and International Visitor Survey results from Tourism Research Australia for the year ending June 2024 reveal the Gold Coast’s sustained recovery in the post-pandemic landscape. Experience Gold Coast CEO John Warn said Gold Coast's visitor economy continues to demonstrate its resili...
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10 September 2024
Sweet Meets Savoury as Dessert King Joins Palette for One Night Only
HOTA, Home of the Arts has announced its next celebrity chef collaboration featuring dessert mastermind Adriano Zumbo for one night only. Gold Coast food lovers are in for an unforgettable evening as the acclaimed pastry chef joins forces with the talented culinary team at Palette for a sensational...
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27 June 2024
Answer The Call For The Best Getaway Of All
Brisbanites can take an exciting call inside an intriguing phone booth with the Holiday Hotline arriving in the city’s CBD for four-days only. It’s a call that will make their day… or more specifically, their holiday! As participants step inside this immersive audio-visual experience, which brings t...
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26 June 2024
Gold Coast Bucks National Trend As Domestic Holiday Haven
Latest National and International Visitor Survey results released by Tourism Research Australia for the year ending March 2024 reveal the Gold Coast’s sustained post-pandemic return. Experience Gold Coast CEO John Warn said the new figures show that the city’s visitor economy continued to rebound in...
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28 May 2024
Iconic Australian artists head up star-studded 2024 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup
With more than a decade under its belt, the award-winning Groundwater Country Music Festival returns this October bringing some of Australian country music’s most iconic artists to the Gold Coast. Announced on the festival’s first lineup is none other than the Queen of Country, legendary songstress ...
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14 May 2024
Experience Gold Coast welcomes festival community partners
Experience Gold Coast is excited to announce partnerships with three key community organisations for its upcoming festivals Blues on Broadbeach (16-19 May) and Cooly Rocks On (5-9 June), and later this year, for Groundwater Country Music Festival (18-20 October). University: Official University Part...
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09 May 2024
The countdown is on to Cooly Rocks On
Fans of the cars, music and lifestyle of yesteryear are counting down to the annual must-do on the calendar with less than a month to go until crowds make the pilgrimage to the Gold Coast for Australia’s largest nostalgia festival, Cooly Rocks On. Festival organisers have unveiled the 2024 program a...
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26 April 2024
The world's most elite surfing series returns to the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast has secured the rights to host a World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour event at Snapper Rocks for the next four years. The World Surf League has announced the iconic point break will return to the Championship Tour schedule from 2025-2028, after a five-year hiatus. The sand-bottom...
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08 April 2024
Next Monday Open This Outlook Instead: Gold Coast Beckons a Mid-Week Escape
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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.