RUN TO PARADISE
ARIA winners Sneaky Sound System and rock icons Hoodoo Gurus will headline the 2012 Surfers Paradise Festival. The event, presented by Centro Surfers Paradise, stretches across four action-packed weeks from June 20 to July 15, and will also feature bands like Wolf & Cub, Oceanics, Bleeding Knees Club and more. Visit surfersparadise.com for more info.

PROJECT PIGEON
Having just finished off 12 headline dates down the east coast, the boys from Pigeon are leaving their bags packed and heading back out on the road, supporting GC collective Tijuana Cartel on their ‘Offer Yourself’ tour. Pigeon’s energetic live show will open for the hometown heroes at Currumbin RSL’s Soundlounge on Friday May 18.

THE GREEN ALBUM
The GC’s inaugural Green Week & Wildlife Expo gets underway from June 2-10 and celebrates all the great environmental and conservation activities that go on here. For a full rundown of the celebrations (and to find out how you can contribute) visit goldcoastgreenweek.com

OCEANS APART
Just weeks after their ‘Bright People’ EP hit the official iTunes store, the GC’s own Oceanics have made waves in America (we’ll see ourselves out). They’ve been featured on MTV, Virgin Music Live and AOL.com; visit facebook.com/Oceanics.music for your next chance to see them before their heads swell up real big.