Noosa Alive!

Overview

Any time is a good time to head to Noosa; however anyone needing an additional excuse will find plenty between July 21 to 30. That's when Noosa Alive! takes over the Sunshine Coast hotspot for ten days of artistic entertainment, delicious meals and all-round enjoyment — and if heading north for a spot of fun at this time of year sounds familiar, that's because the event in question was previously known as the Noosa Long Weekend Festival.

Whether it's theatre, literature, music, dance, film, visual arts or cuisine that you're after, you'll find it here in the fest's first year under its new moniker, and 16th in total. And while it might seem like a tease to Brisbanites to offer up so much entertainment on the coast, we choose to take it another way: as a friendly suggestion to take a couple of days off for an extended trip.

Highlights include the latest iteration of the international One-Act Play Festival, a full-scale staging of Opera Australia's The Marriage of Figaro, Queensland Ballet doing their best and Lior playing with a string quartet. There's also cabaret aplenty, a roaming seafood lunch, surfers discussing the life-changing wonders of their chosen water sport, salsa by the sea and a huge beach closing party. In other words, it's just the kind of program you'd expect at a vacation destination.

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