MUSIC PLAYS ON

LAST week it was announced Bon Jovi and the two-day SandTunes music festival would be coming to the Gold Coast.

Today, Opera Australia is pledging a long-term commitment to the city by saying it wants to build on the success of Aida on Coolangatta beach.

The opera further illustrates the hard work by the city to diversify the entertainment platform to make it a robust tourism mecca.