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27 March 2024
New Figures Signal Growth in Gold Coast Visitor Economy
Latest National and International Visitor Survey results released by Tourism Research Australia for the year ending December 2023 reveal the Gold Coast’s post-pandemic continued growth trajectory. Experience Gold Coast CEO John Warn said the new figures show that the city’s visitor economy continued...
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05 March 2024
Acclaimed Bluesman Jon Cleary and Memphis' Hi Rhythm Section to play iconic Blues festival
New Orleans based Grammy Award-winning musician Jon Cleary will be gracing the Blues on Broadbeach stage this May, announced as part of a stacked second lineup that will also feature the revered Hi Rhythm Section, considered by some as the best musicians Memphis has ever produced. They’ll be joined ...
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22 February 2024
Look What You Made Me Do: Gold Coast To Host Screenings of Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour
The Gold Coast is bringing the blockbuster Taylor Swift experience to 1,500 fans with exclusive screenings of The Eras Tour at HOTA, Home of the Arts for one weekend only. Despite it being a Cruel Summer for those who couldn’t secure concert tickets, fans are invited to Shake It Off and revel in the...
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22 February 2024
International reggae-soul act headlines expanded Blues on Broadbeach program
Blues on Broadbeach (16-19 May) just got bigger, revealing yet another reason for music fans to make the pilgrimage to the festival on the Gold Coast in 2024. On Sunday 19 May, Kurrawa Park will play host to a special lineup exclusive to ticket holders, featuring New Zealand genre-bending powerhouse...
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15 February 2024
Pearl Jam to kick off Australian tour on the Gold Coast
Iconic American rock band Pearl Jam will heat up Heritage Bank Stadium this November, the first Australian stop on the band's Dark Matter World Tour 2024 announced today. It has been a decade since Pearl Jam last performed in the country in 2014, and promoters are expecting more than 40,000 fans to ...
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15 February 2024
Cooly Rocks On revs up with tickets now on sale
Australia’s largest nostalgia festival, Cooly Rocks On, returns to Coolangatta on the Gold Coast from 5-9 June ready to celebrate the motors, music and lifestyle of yesteryear with organisers gearing up for huge crowds. Ticketed shows at the award-winning festival are now on sale including the highl...
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22 January 2024
GC Summer FUNds Injects 7.2 Million in Stimulus For Visitor Economy
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15 January 2024
South East Queenslanders to Snap Up GC Summer FUNds and Drive Economic Recovery
Experience Gold Coast CEO John Warn said GC Summer FUNds was welcomed news for tourism operators at a perfect time. “This offer runs right up to the end of March with 50,000 vouchers on offer and we’re encouraging everyone across South East Queensland to come down and experience the best of the Gold...
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11 December 2023
Three huge international Elvis Tribute Artists head to Cooly Rocks On 2024
Considered one of the best Elvis Tribute Artists in the world, with five world-championships under his lavish belt, the USA’s Dwight Icenhower will be Taking Care of Business as one of three international headline Elvis acts at Cooly Rocks On this June. The highly acclaimed performer will be joined ...
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05 December 2023
Blues-rock female icons lead the charge in huge Blues on Broadbeach first lineup announce for 2024
One of Australia’s largest music festivals, Blues on Broadbeach, returns from 16-19 May 2024 with an electrifying first lineup set to transform the Gold Coast into a rhythm and blues mecca for four days. Blues-rock genre benders Melissa Etheridge (USA), Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton (USA), Ana Popovi...
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22 November 2023
The Gold Coast capitalises on new sporting craze
The Gold Coast community has already embraced one of the country's fasting growing sports with pickleball clubs springing up all over the coast, and now the city has secured the right to host the sports' biggest competition, the Australian Pickleball Championships. The four-year deal secured by Expe...
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20 November 2023
Cultural training day with Community Partner YRACA
At Experience Gold Coast (EGC), we aim to continually grow and expand our knowledge of First Nations people and culture. On 16th November 2023, our events team embarked on a transformative cultural training day at HOTA, Home of the Arts, delivered by our Community Partner, Yugambeh Regional Aborigin...
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07 November 2023
Major Events Gold Coast recognised as Outstanding Industry Partner of the Year
Griffith University's Business School has awarded Major Events Gold Coast (MEGC) the 2023 Outstanding Industry Partner of the Year. The award recognises the ongoing support MEGC has provided to Griffith Business School staff and students, in particular, through its work-integrated learning internshi...
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03 November 2023
The Gold Coast gets ready to welcome music icon Paul McCartney
On Saturday 4 November, iconic singer-songwriter and performer Paul McCartney will perform for the first time on the Gold Coast, and the city is more than ready to welcome the music legend. Paul McCartney's performance at Heritage Bank Stadium will be the final show on the Australian leg of his accl...
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27 October 2023
Gold Coast local Casey Barnes takes out the P&O People's Choice Award for the second time
Over 135 live shows from close to 60 artists lit up Broadbeach as Groundwater Country Music Festival (CMF) celebrated ten years of country music on the Gold Coast. The award-winning festival saw tens of thousands of music fans coming together to watch their favourite artists and share a love of coun...
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23 October 2023
Groundwater Country Music Festival stamps a decade of success
With 1300 songs, 135 live shows and close to 60 homegrown and international artists across 15 stages, Groundwater Country Music Festival 2023 was a party to remember. Tens of thousands of music fans flocked to the Gold Coast to help with the ten-year celebrations. The crowds and atmosphere over the ...
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.