major events

Each year Noosa hosts single and multi-day events that attract audiences and participants from far and wide. Watch the best or compete yourself in events ranging from ocean swims and triathlons to mountain bike endurance rides or a half marathon, to name a few. Join the crowds for popular music and international jazz performances, inspiring cultural festivals or experience the best of local cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs at food and wine celebrations.

Check our calendar to find out about these events and more.

events calendar 2011

events in september


18 aug -03 sep	2011 Spring Wildflower Festival See amazing displays of colour as only nature can do it at the 2011 Sunshine Coast Spring Wildflower Festival. Enjoy free guided walks, talks, exhibits and workshops through beautiful natural landscapes.

01 -04 sep	Noosa Jazz Festival Join the party at one of Australia’s most enduring jazz festivals, with some of our best-loved musicians treating audiences to traditional jazz, swing, modern, funk and blues in intimate surroundings. After the Welcome Night in the tradition of the Noosa Jazz Party, enjoy Tastings on Hastings, Legends Lunch, Youth Jazz, Jazz in the Woods and a Fringe Music program. Click to read more.

02 sep	Tastings on Hastings Dine at your favourite restaurant, right in the middle of Hastings Street, with hot food and cool jazz at Tastings on Hastings as part of this year's Noosa Jazz Festival.

04 sep	Jazz in the Woods The Noosa Jazz Festival's Jazz in the Woods event is a great day out for the family, with free top-line entertainment and a great way to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday September 4.

09 -10 sep	Noosa Country Show The annual Noosa Country Show is held at Pomona Showgrounds and is a community run and organised event. It focuses on family fun, with plenty of activities showcasing rural life.

10 sep	Full Moon Party Howl at the moon and dance on the beach at the Full Moon Party on Fraser Island with Trailblazer Tours on Saturday September 10.

16 sep	Baroque Brilliance Concert Experience the musical brilliance of Baroque classical composers with a student cello concert presented by Cello Dreaming in Eudlo, in the Noosa hinterland, on Friday September 16, 6-7.30pm.

16 -17 sep	Noosa District Orchid & Foliage Society Spring Orchid Show The event promises to be a spectacular showcase of the finest species and hybrids of orchids and foliage plants from the region and beyond.

18 sep	Noosa Biosphere Day Celebrate the 'birthday' of the Noosa Biosphere with this free community event, featuring children's activities, live music, food stalls, education forums and much more.

21 -29 sep	Children's art exhibition and holiday workshops Noosa Regional Gallery hosts a new exhibition, Surrealism for Kids, and has plenty of fun art workshops planned these school holidays.

24 sep	Coolum Flicks: Movies in the Park Head to Coolum Flicks outdoor cinema for a screening of the hit musical Mamma Mia! The Movie, featuring some of Abba’s greatest hits.

25 sep	Tickle Rocks Tickle Rocks is a free community event in Coolum, with live entertainment and plenty of outdoor fun.

25 sep	The Noosa Beach Classic Car Show From humble beginnings, the Noosa Beach Classic Car Show has grown to be recognised as the most prestigious classic car shows in Queensland.

02 -03 dec	Christmas in Cooroy Christmas in Cooroy is a free family event in the Noosa hinterland on December 2 and 3, with free rides and entertainment, a street parade, Santa race, Christmas lights and live band. Click here to read more.

09 -10 dec	Ladies Night Ladies Night is the rags to riches tale of how five Aussie destitutes rise to the heights of male stripperdom and their own understanding of what the opposite gender want.

09 -11 dec	Baroque Christmas concerts Alchemy invites audiences to celebrate Christmas with a series of concerts featuring the best of Baroque music. Patrons will enjoy a dazzling assortment of festive music by Corelli, Handel, Telemann, Marini, Biber and Purcell.