WHAT’S ON?

running 10am-4pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 2-30 July. Events include a panel discussion on what is Aboriginal art and a market stall on closing day. More than 20 local artists from a range of disciplines will participate in the program, some exhibiting for the first time. Sonder supports under-represented artists. Visit: sondergallery.com.

Hinterland Craft Beer Festival

It’s here at last! The Hinterland Craft Beer Festival will be held from 12pm-8pm on 22-24 June at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi. Nothing brings people together like craft beer and live music and both will be on offer with 10 local breweries participating and a great line-up of entertainment.

This is your chance to meet brewers from Heads of Noosa, Copperhead, Boiling Pot, Moffat Beach, Sunshine Brewery, Your Mates, Noosa Hinterland, Matso’s, Terella Brewing and of course Eumundi Brewery. Bud Rokesky will kickoff the music followed by Benny O and Kurilpa Reach. Free entry. Visit: imperialhoteleumundi. com.au.

The Butter Factory in Cooroy will host the exhibition Vessels, featuring ceramics made by First Nations youth and First Nations women from the Dhakkan/Mundagudda Vessels Workshop Project. The exhibition will open with a performance by Gubbi Gubbi traditional custodians and other First Nations songwriters and dancers. Visit: butterfactoryartscentre.com. au.

NAIDOC exhibitions

NAIDOC week from 2-9 July celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Among the many events to be held across Australia, two hinterland galleries are hosting exhibitions.

Sonder Gallery in Cooroy will host a month of events with an exhibition by Indigenous artists

The Rangebow Festival

The Rangebow Festival returns for its second year in the hinterland from 10-13 August with a theme of Dream. Love. Live. There will be something for everyone with Indigenous culture, film, theatre, cabaret, opera, food, nature, drag, live music and creative workshops.

Festival Director Wayne Parcell said they have listened to feedback from last year and curated an even stronger program with more than 30 events including some free or affordable. Events are held across Maleny, Montville, Flaxton and Mapleton.

Highlights include two world theatre premieres – IAGO by Douglass Hackett and Kennedy Fox’s new play In Situ – and the Brisbane Pride Choir. Return events include Forage Fire Feast and the Sunshine Coast Symphony Orchestra’s Sparkling Symphony. Visit: therangebowfestival.org.