Markets: Visit markets right around Noosa this weekend.
Original Eumundi Markets, Wed and Sat morning; Noosa Farmers Market, Sun 6am-noon, AFL grounds, Weyba Rd, Noosaville; Noosa Marina Markets, Sun 8am-2pm, Parkyn Crt, Tewantin; Cooroy Community Markets, Thurs 8am-1pm, RSL Hall, Maple St; Peregian Markets, Sun 7am-12.30pm, Kingfisher Park, Peregian Beach Foreshore; Cooroy Grass Roots Markets, Sat 7am-noon, Memorial Hall, Maple St; Kin Kin Creations Market, Sun 9am-1pm, Kin Kin Oval; Eumundi Square Markets, Wed, Fri, Sat; Apollonian Hotel Twilight Markets, Boreen Point, Fri 5 June 4-8pm
CUISINE
Flava Feast: Mediterranean Nights kicks off Noosa Junction’s new Flava Feasts on Wed 10 June with 3 courses, 3 restaurants, 1 night … the walking progressive dinner from 6.30pm takes you from Artisan Bakery for entree to Ipazzi Ristorante for main and Gelato Classico for dessert – $50+BF. Book at Junction Flava
Cocktail Queen: It’s a right royal celebration at Miss Moneypenny’s (with Hastings St’s only open fire) this Queen’s birthday long weekend as they join more than 1000 bars worldwide with cocktails for a cause – $1 from every Negroni cocktail until this Sun 7 June will be donated to the RSPCA. There’s breakfast Sat, Sun and Mon, a la carte lunch and dinner, and bar snacks and pizzas served till late. Also DJ Keiko at Sat night’s Supper Club, on Sun from 9pm and at the public holiday Ibiza Monday session from 1.30pm
Embassy Pop-Up: $2 pork sandwiches in the lounge bar at Embassy XO, Sunshine Beach for the Pop Up special this Fri 5 June, 3-6pm
Ladies Lunch: Sirocco’s Ladies Lunch on Gympie Tce, Noosaville this Fri 5 June has 3 courses, a glass of sparkling wine and coffee or tea for $40 per person – entrée of Roast red capsicum soup, spanner crab crème fraiche, Turkish croutons and lemon oil; main of Yoghurt baked chicken, baby gem salad, pickled radish, fresh dill and flat bread or Poached ocean trout, pearl barley, green olives and parsley salad; and for dessert, Almond sponge, poached pears and cinnamon anglaise. Must book on 5455 6688 Sirocco Noosa
ENTERTAINMENT
Job’s Right: Great comedy theatre with Job’s Right – The Second Coat at The J, Noosa Heads this Wed 3, Thurs 4 and Sat 6 June, 7.30pm. $40/$35. Ph 5329 6560 or see The J
Rhapsody and Romance: Bohemian Rhapsody, a Dreaming Big concert with Brisbane’s Collusion Chamber Orchestra is at Eudlo Hall, Rosebed St this Sun 7 June, 3-5pm, all ages. Beautiful classical music on a winter’s afternoon. Tickets $45/$35/$20 – see Cello Dreaming for bookings
Of Mice and Men: Noosa Arts Theatre presents a screening of a National Theatre Live production, Of Mice and Men, with James Franco and Chris O’Dowd, Sun 7 June at 6.30pm and Mon 8 June at 10am, Weyba Rd, Noosaville, $25/$15. Book at Noosa Arts Theatre
Live Music: Check out great live music in Noosa from 5-11 June
See Late For Woodstock on the deck at Sunshine Beach Surf Club, this Sun 7 June, 3-6pm
Noosa Beach House, Hastings St has Andrew Lawson this Fri 5 June 8-11pm; Jazz Coogan on Sun 2.30-5.30pm; and Gabor on Wed 10 June 6.30-8.30pm
Late-night grooves Sat from 9pm at the Supper Club, Miss Moneypenny’s, Hastings St
Crimson are at Tewantin-Noosa RSL on Fri 5 June, 8pm, $10; In the Mood are free on Sat, 8pm; and Annie Jeffs is free on Thurs 11 June, 7pm
At the Noosa Reef Hotel, Noosa Heads see James Sinclair from 8pm and LMNOP from 11pm this Fri 5 June; on Sat, Three Kings DJ event with Hydraulix, DJ Butcher andSpenda C, 9pm, $15; on Sun see RG3 from 4pm
Plan B Jazz are free at Harbour Wine Bar, Noosa Marina, Tewantin Fri 5 June, 5.30pm
Café Le Monde has DJs this Fri and Sat from 8.30pm; see Jason Daniels on Sun from 3pm; and on Thur 11 June see Asher Chapman, Alan Kelly, Jason Daniels andLanderz-I from 6.30pm
The Vibe are free at Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club on Sun 7 June, 2pm
Bohemian Bungalow in Eumundi has Sue-Anne Stewart this Sat 6 June, noon-2pm; and on Sun see Caroline Trengrove and Sian Evans, 12.30-2.30pm
Luke Houselander is free at KB’s at Nomads Noosa on Sun 7 June, 6-9pm, and see Dubarray on Wed 10 June, 8-11pm
Live music at Shades Wine Bar, Noosa Junction on Wednesday and Saturday
Coolum Surf Club has live music this Fri 5 June
WHY NOT…
Sunset time: Did you catch the spectacular sunset earlier this week? Best spots are anywhere along Noosa River – sunset tours from Noosa Marina, pack a picnic or enjoy fish and chips on the foreshore; sunset drinks or early dinner at a restaurant along Gympie Tce, Noosaville; Noosa lookout, Noosa Heads or Mt Tinbeerwah lookout (about 15 mins from Noosa Heads); Noosa beach – or discover a new favourite
Market Characters: See photos of the Eumundi Markets’ Market Characters at a portrait exhibition by Alain Bouvier in the new Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre gallery, Memorial Dve, Eumundi, Mon-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 9am-2pm, Sun 10am-noon – they make it, bake it, sew it, grow it! Open to 24 July.
PopUp Art: The 2nd exhibition in the PopUp Art Series at Butter Factory Arts Centre, 10 Maple St, Cooroy, has new artwork, demonstrations and workshops. The official opening by ceramicist and arts educator Ellen Appleby is this Sat 6 June at 2pm with wine, nibbles and live music. Open until 30 Aug, Tues-Friday, 10am-4pm; Sat 10am-noon
For more about what to do in Noosa, call into the Noosa Visitor Information Centres at Hastings Street or Noosa Marina in Tewantin. Phone +61 7 5430 5000 or 1 3000 NOOSA (1 3000 66672).
