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17 December 2025
Gold Coast Rides Strong Visitation Wave into Peak Holiday Season
The Gold Coast has retained its position as Queensland’s largest holiday market, welcoming $5.6 billion in domestic visitor expenditure from 10 million visitors in the nine months from January to September 2025, according to the latest data from Tourism Research Australia. International visitation ...
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15 December 2025
Nicole Slater Captures Equine Majesty at HOTA
This summer HOTA, Home of the Arts will present Nicole Slater: Rose Gold, the debut solo exhibition from Australian equine artist and Magic Millions ambassador Nicole Slater. The exhibition has opened ahead of the highly anticipated 2026 TAB Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival and will celebrate the...
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09 December 2025
Experience Gold Coast Launches New International Incentive Campaign
Experience Gold Coast (EGC) has unveiled a new international incentive campaign targeting the lucrative incentive event market across South East Asia, India and the broader Asia Pacific region. The program aims to attract small to medium-sized incentive groups looking to connect, inspire and celebr...
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09 December 2025
La Clique Returns to HOTA in 2026 After Spectacular Sold-Out Season
Following an extraordinary sold-out season at HOTA, Home of the Arts in 2025, the internationally acclaimed cabaret sensation La Clique will return to the precinct in 2026 for an encore season of high-octane circus, comedy, music, and jaw-dropping spectacle. A global phenomenon born at the Edinburg...
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02 December 2025
Gold Coast Set to Shake, Rattle and Roll as Cooly Rocks On Unveils 2026 Headline Elvis Acts
The King is preparing to return to Coolangatta for Australia’s largest nostalgia festival, as Cooly Rocks On reveals its headline Elvis Tribute Artists which, alongside the release of the highly sought-after VIP Legends Passes, will leave fans all shook up. The 2026 Cooly Rocks On lineup features s...
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01 December 2025
Blues On Broadbeach Strikes Gold as it Celebrates 25 Years
Blues on Broadbeach will celebrate 25 years of rhythm, soul, and good times on the Gold Coast from May 14–17, 2026. Fresh off winning Gold in the Major Festivals and Events category at the prestigious Queensland Tourism Awards, Australia’s much-loved rhythm and blues festival is gearing up for its b...
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28 November 2025
HOTA Welcomes Search for Birthday Twins with Happy Birthday 2u2
This weekend HOTA, Home of the Arts will open an interactive installation connecting visitors through the simple joy of giving and receiving hand drawn birthday cards. Born from a treasured family tradition, Happy Birthday 2U2 by Japanese artist Hikoko Ito invites visitors to rediscover the tactile...
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21 November 2025
Gold Coast's Top Students Crowned In 2025 Student Excellence Awards
A cancer research pioneer, a world decathlon champion and a mature-age student who's spent his life helping disadvantaged adults, are among the outstanding Gold Coast students recognised in the 2025 Student Excellence Awards. More than 180 students and supporters filled HOTA's Lakeside Room on Thur...
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11 November 2025
HOTA Forecasts Family Fun Inside New Children’s Gallery Exhibition
This summer the sky is the limit for curious minds inside the next iteration of HOTA’s Children’s Gallery as Cloudy with a Chance of Art opens to the public. In a first for the dedicated children’s space, the exhibition will feature a curated display of cloud-inspired artworks that invites visitors...
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20 October 2025
Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025 Wraps Up With A Celebration Of Country And Community
The Gold Coast was alive with country spirit over the weekend as tens of thousands of fans flocked to Broadbeach for the 12th Groundwater Country Music Festival 2025, celebrating three unforgettable days of live music, dancing, and connection. Live performances, beachside line dancing, and family fu...
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01 October 2025
BLEACH* Festival Set to Spring Into 2026 With New Artistic Director
The Gold Coast’s annual flagship celebration of contemporary arts and culture, BLEACH* Festival, has revealed its highly anticipated 2026 dates and will welcome a new Artistic Director. For the first time, BLEACH* will take place in October, running from 1 – 11 October 2026 inclusive, moving from i...
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24 September 2025
Record Year For International Visitor Expenditure On The Gold Coast
The Gold Coast has set a new record for international visitor expenditure, welcoming $1.5 billion from 636,000 visitors for the year ending June 2025, according to new tourism research. International tourists are also staying longer and spending more than ever before, Tourism Research Australia’s la...
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18 September 2025
Locals Called to Have Their Say on City’s Top Student Innovators
The Gold Coast community is being invited to cast its vote on the next generation’s bold ideas for the city’s future, with public voting now open for the People’s Choice Award in the 2025 Mayor’s Technology & Innovation Awards. Vaping, flooding, ocean health and driver safety are among the main iss...
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16 September 2025
Laneway Festival Turns 21 And Moves South To The Gold Coast
One of Australia’s most influential contemporary music festivals is set to make waves on the Gold Coast. Laneway Festival will mark its 21st year by moving south to debut at Southport Sharks on Saturday 7 February 2026. In 2025 Laneway Festival celebrated a record-breaking, sold-out tour across six ...
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15 September 2025
250 On-the-spot Jobs Up for Grabs in Local Student Recruitment Drive
Gold Coast students will have the chance to land a job on-the-spot when the Student Jobs Recruitment Event brings more than 250 job opportunities to the employment frontline. Taking place on Tuesday 16 September at HOTA, Home of the Arts, the Experience Gold Coast event will give more than 200 stud...
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12 September 2025
From Reef Dreams To Private Paradise Ken Done: No Rules Opens At Hota
The Gold Coast is awash with colour as HOTA, Home of the Arts’s next major exhibition, Ken Done: No Rules opens tomorrow. The landmark exhibition celebrates one of Australia’s most iconic and beloved artists, spanning more than four decades of his practice and draws largely from Done’s personal coll...
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.