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15/02/2025

⏰ Last Chance to Vote for ⏰

Undertone Festival is still in the running for People's Choice Festival of the Year at the —and we need your vote to make it as a finalist!

Voting closes tomorrow 👉 Vote now https://www.qmusic.com.au/pca/vote

13/02/2025

Did we mention that is in the running for Festival of the Year at the QMAs! 🚀

Undertone Festival isn’t just a festival—it’s an all-ages movement shining a spotlight on women and gender-diverse artists in music. Being recognised as a finalist would help us amplify our mission, and we need your vote to make it happen!

Vote now (link in bio) & go in the draw to WIN a BIGSOUND Festival pass for you & a mate! 🎟️🎶

And while you're voting, show some love to the incredible Gold Coast venues & albums also up for People's Choice! 🏆

🎶 Regional Venue of the Year: .broadbeach

🎵 Album of the Year:

So many legends—how will you choose?! 😱

💛 Vote now & let’s take the Gold Coast to the QMAs!

https://www.qmusic.com.au/pca/vote

05/02/2025

🚨 Undertone Festival is in the running for 2025 People’s Choice Award - Festival of the Year! 🚨

Undertone Festival isn’t just a festival—it’s a movement. We’re here to amplify women and gender-diverse voices in music, and this recognition would help us push our message even further.

💛 If you believe in what we’re doing, vote for us as the best QLD festival! It’s quick, easy AND your vote puts you in the draw to WIN a Festival pass for you & a mate! 🎟️🎶

👉 Hit the link to vote now! Let’s do this! 💥

is proudly presented by and supported by Live Music Australia – an Australian Government initiative, and the legends at .official



qmusic.com.au/pca/vote

12/08/2024

We're just 3 weeks away from celebrating the 10th annual Gold Coast Music Awards, coming to you live from HOTA on Thursday 29 August! 🎶🎉🏆

Check out the full lineup of Gold Coast artists hitting the stage at the 2024 Gold Coast Music Awards! Give it up for Black Vatican Death Squad, Chutney, Felicity Lawless, H***y Hicks (with an 'All Star' jam), JK-47, Music By Lyric and Sunny Luwe! 🌟

Join us on Thursday 29 August as we celebrate our 10th birthday with an unbeatable night of red carpet arrivals, live performances, the highly-anticipated Awards Ceremony where this year’s winners will be announced, and an epic afterparty to kick-on into the evening. This is one party you don’t want to miss!

Tickets are selling fast! Book now at https://hota.com.au/whats-on/live/gigs/gold-coast-music-awards-1

🎥 Video by The Edit Suite
🎵 Music by Music By Lyric
💀 Artwork by Dion Parker

25/07/2024

The wait is over! Today, we announced the finalists in the running to be crowned a winner at the 2024 Gold Coast Music Awards next month! 🏆 🎶 Congratulations to this year’s finalists!

Read the announcement: https://www.gcmusicnetwork.com.au/news/2024-finalists-announced/

You’d think after 10 years of judging, the job would get easier - but this year was the hardest for judges yet! After hundreds of hours of listening, watching and reading nominations, the judging panel selected an impressive 62 finalists across 11 categories.

The calibre of nominations demonstrates the depth and diversity of talent here on the Gold Coast and this year’s finalist lineup truly encapsulates the best of the best in a city full of rising stars and exceptional talent.

The countdown is on! ⏰ Winners will be announced on Thursday 29 August, live at HOTA with an unbeatable evening of red carpet arrivals, the highly-anticipated Awards ceremony with a stellar lineup of live performances, and an epic afterparty to kick-on into the evening!

This is one event you don’t want to miss! Book your tickets now!

📅 Thursday 29 August, from 5pm – HOTA, Home of the Arts
🎵 All-ages event!
🎟️ https://hota.com.au/whats-on/live/gigs/gold-coast-music-awards-1

Gold Coast Music Awards is produced by Gold Coast Music Network and proudly supported by City of Gold Coast, Experience Gold Coast and Home of the Arts.

Gold Coast’s premier music industry event, the Gold Coast Music Awards (GCMAs), reveal their 2024 finalists with winners crowned at a star-studded red-carpet gala event and live concert on Thursday August 29 at HOTA Home of the Arts. Back for its tenth year in 2024, the depth of the GCMAs finalist...

23/07/2024

Have you missed us? Because we've missed you! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

With the Gold Coast Music Awards celebrating its 10th anniversary in less than 6 weeks, we've emerged from hibernation to bring you all the juicy details in the lead-up to the 2024 GCMAs 🏆️

Brought to you by the Blank Street Press x Gold Coast Music Network team, who delivered the much-loved Blank street mag for 10 years, the 2024 GCMAs are set to be the biggest year yet - and you're invited!

Save the date for the Gold Coast Music Awards on Thursday 29 August, 2024, coming to you live from HOTA! 📅

Expect peak party vibes with an unbeatable night of red carpet arrivals, live performances from Black Vatican Death Squad, Felicity Lawless, Lyric, Sunny Luwe and more, an epic after party, and of course, the Awards Ceremony where we'll announce this year's winners! This is one party you don't want to miss!

Early bird tickets are available right now for just $50 - but get in quick, discounted pricing ends Thursday! 🎫

Buy tix: hota.com.au/whats-on/live/gigs/gold-coast-music-awards-1
RSVP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/930096145335290

If you're a local band or artist, a fan of local music, or just enjoy a good gig, make sure you're following the Gold Coast Music Network to stay connected with what's happening in the Gold Coast music scene - and save the date as we get ready to ramp things up for the 2024 GCMAs!

Presented by Gold Coast Music Network

02/11/2023

NEW MUSIC // OCTOBER + NOVEMBER ❤️‍🔥 ⁠
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This month, we bring you a mind-blowing double edition of New Music, covering all the latest tunes from local artists released in October and November. ⁠🎶
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The new music column will live on! With Blank calling it a day, the New Music column will now call the Gold Coast Music Network home, with the much-loved column published each month over at www.gcmusicnetwork.com.au.

Sign up to the Gold Coast Music Network email list: https://mailchi.mp/gcmusicnetwork/subscribe

Follow them on Spotify: https://shorturl.at/jtFJK

https://www.gcmusicnetwork.com.au/news/new-music-oct-nov-23/

A new album from Cheap Fakes frontman Hayden Andrews has dropped this month: a lucky-dip collection of experimental, genre-bending tracks that somehow fit together seamlessly in this 32-minute, 9-track package of sunshiney, coastal sounds. With a mix of country-folk (complete with fiddle), reggae (c...

31/10/2023

After 10 incredible years of publishing Blank Street Press, we’re calling it a day.

We’re so proud that for a decade, Blank Street Press has been at the forefront of this city’s cultural transformation. When we launched in 2013 there was nothing like Blank on the Gold Coast. And we had a very straightforward goal: to be the city’s independent cultural voice. We achieved that goal and we’re going out on a high.

Over those ten years we have profiled thousands of grassroots and emerging artists, helped venues and events find their audiences and proudly shared stories about people and places that would never have otherwise been in the media. With a dedicated core team of paid staff and hundreds of volunteer writers, photographers and reviewers, we’ve left a huge legacy.

We hope Blank Street Press will be remembered for its fierce independence, its ethical business practices and for its unwavering support of art and community.

We cannot thank you enough for your support. If you’d like to stay up to date with local music industry news you can follow us at Gold Coast Music Network

It’s been a blast, thanks again - Chloe Popa and Samantha Morris, Founders Blank Street Press 🤘

31/10/2023

Come and celebrate the Dreamers among us at the new exhibition from popular Burleigh arts collective Mint Art House, kicking off on 10 November.

Your local street press - free and independent

30/10/2023

Woot!!

6 DAYS TO GO! Only 6 more days until we will catch you in the pit! 🔥
Grab your tickets now 🎟️ https://avc.live/kd25