This year's festival was an exuberant and joyful success, with audiences and participants having waited five long years since the last gathering.

February's Love Exhibition at One Flower One Leaf Gallery was a delightful feast for the soul and senses, with contributions from 12 local artists, as well as interactive experiences, meditations, and activities.

For our small but mighty community of performers, and their coaches and teachers, the festival is a chance to set goals and prepare for the rigours of adjudication, competition, and performance in front of an audience.

When artists of a similar high calibre and with diverse techniques and materials band together, the result can be a joy for all concerned.

These “crafty” works have a real dignity. They show laborious detail, restraint, an assured sense of composition, and a painstaking approach to colour.

“The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts has been a significant part of the lives of amateur musicians, their families, and teachers for 49 years."

As pandemic restrictions relax, Coast events are making a fun comeback!