26 Feb – 3 Mar 2016
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UPCOMING EVENTS Pride Festival: From 26-28 Feb, celebrate the LGBTIQ community at Sunshine Coast Pride Festival with Pride Party Night this Fri at The Reef Hotel, Noosa Heads, 8pm-3am, with drag shows, DJ and the Queen’s Ball Awards, $10 entry; Pride Fair Day and Paw Parade, Eumundi Markets, Sat morning with music, markets, street entertainment, kids’ fun zone and dog parade. Also rugby union match at Noosa Dolphins Rugby Union Club, Sunshine Beach against Brisbane Hustlers from 1.30pm. See facebook.com/SCPrideQld
River festival: Street food, Stone & Wood beer, wine and live music with Sean Fitzgerald and Carl Wockner at the Summer River Festival on the Noosa Boathouse lawn on the shores of Noosa River, Gympie Tce, Noosaville, this Sun 28 Feb, 3pm. Free entry. See noosaboathouse.com.au
CUISINE
Summer Wine Lunch: The Noosa Boathouse Summer Wine Lunch, Fri 26 Feb from noon has 4 courses with matching Dal Zotto Wines, $68pp. Must book at noosaboathouse.com.au/events or ph 5440 5070
ENTERTAINMENT
Bowie drive-in tribute: Starry Nights Outdoor Movies presents David Bowie Tribute Night, Eumundi Drive-in, Eumundi Showgrounds, Black Stump Rd, Sat 27 Feb with Bowie music videos and Labyrinth (G). $20 per car, $10pp walk-in. Book at ticketebo.com.au/starrynights. Gates 5.30pm, movie 7pm. Candy bar open
Holding On: Bodyboarding movie Holding On screens at Noosa 5 Event Cinemas, Noosa Junction, Sat 27 Feb with a Q and A with Adam ‘Wingnut’ Smith, Michael ‘Eppo’ Eppelstun, writer/director Simon Bruncke. Doors open 6.30pm, movie from 7pm. Tickets $20 + BF at moshtix.com.au or at the door if available
Spray Paint Beijing: The Generator Gallery and Starry Nights Outdoor Movies present Spray Paint Beijing, a doco on graffiti in the Chinese capital, at Imperial Hotel Bunker, Eumundi, Thurs 3 Mar, 7.30pm, $5
Live music: Check out great live music in Noosa from 26 Feb – 3 Mar
 Russell Morris & Band at Sunshine Beach Surf Club, Sun 28 Feb, 3.45pm, $25. Book on 5447 5491  At Cooroy Originals this Sun 28 Feb see Steele (7-piece reggae), The Unknowns, Andrea Kirwin Trio and Tay Oskee – and a drum circle, 1-5pm. Apex Park, Maple St, Cooroy, free entry  Rob Longstaff at Peregian Beach Hotel, Fri 26 Feb, 7pm; Tailor Birds on Sat 2pm; and Sunday Songfest, 28 Feb with Shannon Sol Carrol, Tailor Birds, Ryan Giles, Felicity Burdett, 1pm, free. $10 pizza all day  Asa Broomhall plays in the beer garden at Imperial Hotel Eumundi this Fri 26 Feb, 7-10pm; The Dennis Sisters with The Balance and Marnie Purssell are on Sat from 6pm; and see Hayden Hack on Sun 2pm
 At Crawdaddy’s, Hastings St, see Dave Flower this Fri 26 Feb from 7pm; The Barleyshakes (Irish band) on Say from 7pm; and Lara Tatiana on Sun from 8pm
 Sound Feast at The J, Noosa Junction, Fri 26 Feb, 6-11pm, open chalkboard stage with Jay Bishoff, free  Bohemian Bungalow in Eumundi has Raychel Stone this Sat 27 Feb from noon-2pm. On Sun, see Rachel Ritzau and Mal, 12.30-2.30pm  Vodville play at Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club on Sun 28 Feb, 2-5pm  Noosa Beach House, Hastings St has Andrew Lawson this Fri 26 Feb, 8-11pm; Soul Temptation on Sun 2.30-5.30pm; and Gabor on Wed 2 Mar, 6.30-8.30pm
 At Noosa Reef Hotel, Noosa Heads on Sun 28 Feb, see Taylor Moss, 4-7pm; live music Thurs 3 Mar, 7pm
 At Noosa Heads Surf Club see Todd Keightley this Fri and Sat from 8.30pm and on Sun at 2pm  Café Le Monde, Hastings St has DJs on Fri. On Sat 27 Feb, see We Out Here 3, Jimmy 2 Sox, Tim Fuchs and Lachness. See Andrea Kirwin on Sun afternoon, and live music on Thurs night 3 Mar  At Harbour Wine Bar, Noosa Marina, Tewantin, see Dodgy Rog this Fri 26 Feb, 6-8pm  Retrospect are at Tewantin-Noosa RSL this Fri 26 Feb, 8pm, $10; The Beach Boyz are free on Sat, 8pm; and The Vibe are free on Thurs 3 Mar, 7pm  Afternoons in Havana with chilled Latin house this Sun, 1-6pm at Miss Moneypenny’s, Hastings St  Live music at Club Cooroy RSL this Fri night 26 Feb  Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club, 65 Hilton Tce, Tewantin has live music this Fri night 26 Feb
 The Little Fox Café and Bar at Noosa Blue Resort, Noosa Heads has live acoustic sets, Sat 1-5pm
WHY NOT….
Surf’s up: With the promise of some of the best waves in years, head to Noosa Beach and lookouts along the Noosa National Park coastal walking track to see great big-wave surfing
Youth arts: The Cooroy Youth Arts Extravaganza this Sat 27 Feb at Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Maple St, is a celebration of young creatives, 4-7pm, with live music and art
See more at visitnoosa.com.au/thisweek or visitnoosa.com.au/events

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