Plans revealed to develop Sunshine Coast’s largest music venue

Hospitality firm The Comiskey Group has revealed plans for a new $35 million music venue, capable of holding up to 2,500 people, on the Sunshine Coast.

The development, which will be a focal point of the master planned green-star rated Stockland Aura estate, would make it the largest music venue in the region.

Set to open in 2024, the new venue will also include indoor and outdoor dining, six bars, gaming room or function spaces.

The hub is proposed to include a regional shopping centre, cinemas, restaurants, cafes, medical facilities, an urban university campus, private schools, transit centre and public spaces.

It will back onto an 11-hectare area of parkland.

In a statement, The Comiskey Group called the planned venue “the crowning jewel of Aura’s premium entertainment hub in the city centre”.

The statement adds “equipped with first-rate entertainment facilities currently unseen in the region, the venue will boast a world-class PA and lighting system, band room, mezzanine level and the capacity to host over 2,500 patrons.

“Intent on further cementing the Sunshine Coast’s reputation as a live music hub, the new venue presents the unique opportunity for local, interstate and international artists to bring their tours to the bustling community.”

Planned to open in 2024, the venue is close to Coochin Fields, which The Comiskey Group is developing as a new 150-hectare outdoor festival site that it will hire out to promoters.

The Comiskey Group are responsible for two other venues in Queensland - the Eatons Hill Hotel, on the outskirts of Brisbane, and the Sandstone Point Hotel in Moreton Bay.

The Comiskey Group Director Rob Comiskey noted that the Sunshine Coast felt like a natural extension to the business’ series of venues, given that south-east Queensland is where he and his family were “born and raised”, noting “we are passionate about bringing premium experiences to locations rich with opportunity in this thriving state.

“We have the largest entertainment offering in the Moreton Bay region, and felt it only natural to expand into the neighbouring Sunshine Coast.”

The Comiskey Group owns a portfolio of venues which have played host to numerous international performers over the years and is responsible for two other hotels in South East Queensland - the Eatons Hill Hotel, on the outskirts of Brisbane, and the Sandstone Point Hotel in Moreton Bay.

Images: Concepts for the exterior of the new venue. Credit: The Comiskey Group.