This year marks 10 years of The Point Music News delivering all the Sunshine Coast music news, gigs, upcoming artists, new releases, and incoming tours. It’s been a hard slog, but we’ve been privileged to see amazing acts grow and take on the national stage.

To celebrate this achievement, we threw the mother of all Point Parties on July 5 at Solbar - home to many a gig witnessed by The Point - and we invited some of our friends, old and new, along to kick it up a notch, with Bearfoot, In2nation, Gypsy Rumble, Forrest Run, Dear Willow, Not To Regret, Muules, The Sundowners, and Scrappy Coco bringing a healthy mix of genres for the night.

With one of the biggest turn-outs we’ve seen to a Point Party in some time, this event wasn’t only just to celebrate our 10th birthday (and to raise some coin to keep The Point ticking over for another year), but we also teamed up with Support Act, and with help, managed to raise just under $1,000 for this music industry-focused charity.

A big mention, also, to the legends at Your Mates Brewing, local brewers (who we’ve been a fan of for some time) who donated the beer for the artists backstage.

To capture this mini-festival of sorts, we invited some of our favourite photographers to capture the night, s0 a big shout out to Cynthia Lee, Chris Clow and Rob Sharkey.

A great success in all, and a massive thank you to those that came, witnessed some bands they may have not seen before, and danced their butts off.

Bearfoot
Photos by Cynthia Lee