Blimey, what a couple of weeks it's been for the Sunny Coast Rude Boys. First up was Reggae By The River at Distillery Road Market (Beenleigh, QLD) on Saturday 30 May. What a cracking day that was. We shared the bill with Black Bird Hum, Kulripa Reach, The Strides and Sub Tribe, with around a thousand people soaking up the sunshine, tunes and good vibes. Now, we've played a few gigs over the years. We've seen stages held together by hope and extension cords. We've seen sound systems that...

SUNNY COAST RUDE BOYS – WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO! Crikey… a few big gigs since the last blog! First up — two absolutely cracking nights with the mighty CHEAP FAKES at Miami Marketta (Gold Coast) and The Triffid (Brisbane). Proper good fun those gigs. You know the sort… sweaty dancefloors, people skankin’ with drinks flying everywhere, someone losing a shoe by song three. Standard cultural exchange. Sunny Coast Rude Boys gigs at Miami Marketta has always got that vibe of “this will become a...

The other day the Sunny Coast Rude Boys packed the van and trundled down to a (quite posh) Brisbane school to deliver a music workshop & performance. Not the usual gig environment for us. Normally it’s sticky pub floors, someone shouting for “One Step Beyond”, and a bloke called Darren dancing like he’s trying to put out a fire with his knees. This was different. They were running a wind symphony music camp . Proper stuff. Rows of teenagers with shiny instruments, reading actual sheet music…...