MAKING THE MOST OF THE GAMES
In part one of a six-part series the Bulletin shows how our biggest event will affect those people living in the northern suburbs
FESTIVAL 2018
Multi-arts celebration Festival 2018 will see more than 1000 performances across music, theatre, circus, dance, ideas, visual arts and film by artists from across the Commonwealth at venues throughout the Coast.
If you live in and around Coomera, some of the most anticipated events on the program are a short train and or tram ride away.
Festival 2018 venue NightQuarter, at Helensvale, will serve up a bumper range of music and food events for adults and children from midday to 9pm daily from April 5-14.
The festival of flavours will also showcase some of our best live acts to Games guests and locals including Baker Boy, Hot Potato Band, Emily Murramara, Felicity Lawless, Elska and The Mojo Webb Band.
Coomera residents can catch the train to Helensvale and take the light rail into the heart of the festival’s two main hubs — in Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach — to see a range of events including free live concerts by Amy Shark and Cat Empire in Broadbeach.
There’s also plenty to enjoy at Southport, including the Museum of the Moon, a 7m-wide floating moon sculpture detailed with NASA imagery, in Chinatown, and a CBD street party.
Gold Coast City Council will also present Commonwealth Games events (TBC) at Country Paradise Parklands, on Beaudesert Nerang Rd at Nerang, from April 13- 16.
Visit gc2018.com/festival2018 for the full list of festival events.
FESTIVAL 2018
IF you live in and around Oxenford but aren’t regular train or tram users, Festival 2018’s diverse program could be the ticket to get you on board.
The multi-arts celebration’s festival within a festival at Helensvale hotspot NightQuarter means you won’t have to go far to soak up the sounds and flavours of a host of Commonwealth nations.
NightQuarter’s foodie events for kids and adults cover everything from food science to permaculture and urban gardening, indigenous tradition and unexpected local flavours — from Aboriginal Kupmurri to botanical cocktails made with local micro-herbs and fruit spaghetti made by a Queensland physicist using molecular gastronomy!
Parents eager to keep school holiday tribes entertained can also take a short tram trip into Southport, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach to enjoy a huge array of family-friendly activities by day and after dark thanks to Festival 2018. Best of all — they’re free!
Standout events include a live concert by Yothu Yindi and The Treaty Project in Surfers Paradise on April 5 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the group’s groundbreaking anthemic human rights hit Treaty.
The program is a great chance for audiences to take a free look at a host of new dance and theatre works including the world premiere season of Brisbane physical theatre company Circa’s latest creation Rite, in Broadbeach from April 4-8.
Visit gc2018.com/festival2018 for the full list of festival events.