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Long Listen, Sunshine Coast (2026)

26/02/2026

🎶 Meet Our Artists Louise King & Janice Preece 🪉

On Sunday 1st March, we are thrilled to bring you our first Long Lunch Garden Concert at Bahche .hinterland, Peachester, featuring an extraordinary cello + harp duo, Louise King (cello, Artistic Director Long Listen Festival and ) and Janice Preece (harp, Brisbane).

💫 A musical collaboration 20+ years in the making

Louise and Janice first met over two decades ago and have since recorded on three albums, including a Christmas Carol album for ABC Classics with Carisma. Their music is a blend of classical, folk, cinematic, and contemporary music.

Our Garden Concert Program 🎶
FIRST HALF Roots, Reflection & Romance
Promenade à l’Automne – Marcel Tournier
Benedictus – Karl Jenkins David of the White Rock – Traditional Welsh Tra Bo Dau – Traditional Welsh The Swan – Saint-Saëns Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone

SECOND HALF Folk, Migration & Melodies
O’Carolan’s Concerto – Turlough O’Carolan
Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady – Turlough O’Carolan
Shenandoah – Traditional American Folk Song
Cinema Paradiso – Cinematic
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma
Golden Hour – JVKE

📆 Sunday 1 March 2026 | ⏰ 1–4:30pm
🎟️ Tickets $145pp Limited Seats Left! (Link 🔗 in bio)

Join us for an afternoon filled with food and music and support our fundraising for the 2026 Long Listen Festival program.

12/02/2026

📣 Exciting news! Long Listen 🎧 is launching a new series of intimate micro-fundraising events to support our 2026 festival program.

From boutique house concerts to garden gatherings and long lunches, we’re connecting artists and audiences in stunning spaces across the Sunshine Coast, from Peachester, Buderim, Palmwoods, Eudlo, Mapleton, Tewantin, and Sunshine Beach.

Introducing our new festival venue partner Bahche .hinterland a farm-stay in Peachester with lush gardens, permaculture, exquisite Turkish food, and live music.

First event is our Long Lunch & Garden Concert 🎶 🎻🪉
📆 Sunday 1 March
⏰ 1–4:30pm (arrive from 12:30pm)
📍 Bahche, 151 Commissioners Flat Rd, Peachester
🎟️ $145pp – limited tickets [in bio] or here 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/long-lunch-garden-concert
Artists: Louise King & Janice Preece (harp)

Concert Program highlights are Benedictus (Karl Jenkins), The Swan, O Mio Babbino Caro, Welsh & Celtic folk, Gabriel’s Oboe, Cinema Paradiso

Bahche Signature Long Table Menu
🥂 Welcome glass with entrées
🍽️ Five-course long lunch with matched wines
🍨 Pistachio baklava & gelato to finish

Be part of this boutique festival experience, connecting extraordinary music, food, and spaces, seats are strictly limited!

08/12/2025

🎉 SOLD OUT! Long Listen Private House Concert at Buderim, Sunshine Coast.

Our first-ever fundraising private house concert has officially sold out!

Huge thanks to everyone supporting this festive fundraiser for Long Listen Festival 2026.

Artists: Festival String Quartet 🎻 Courtenay Cleary · Samuel Andrews · Simon Oswell · Louise King

Program Sneak Peek: Mozart • Borodin • Elgar • Gershwin • Sia • Radiohead plus Nordic folk tunes by Danish String Quartet + festive carols! 🎄

I mean who wouldn’t want to experience a LIVE concert, artist chat & mingle with sunset drinks, cheese and charcuterie!

Missed out on tickets 🎟️? There are more mini-fundraisers at private homes in the pipeline!

AND you can be a host and help us bring world-class music and artists right into your home! Get in touch via DM if you’re interested.

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01/12/2025

📣 Just Announced! 30 tickets 🎟️ only. Long Listen House Concert - A Festive Fundraiser 🎶🎄

Step inside a private home for an intimate, one-of-a-kind musical afternoon featuring our Festival String Quartet, Courtenay Cleary Samuel Andrews Simon Oswell Louise King

🎟️Limited to 30 guests only.
📍Private residence Buderim (address revealed on ticketing link).
Please secure your place via the link in bio 🔗

What to Expect:
🎼A stunning afternoon intimate live string quartet concert
🎶 Classical favourites, modern hits & festive carols (Mozart, Borodin, Elgar, Gershwin, Sia, Radiohead + more!
🎄Communal carols with song sheets provided
🥂Pre- and post-concert mingling with the artists
A welcome drink 🍸 + cheese 🧀board included.

This is a brand-new initiative by our founder and Artistic Director, Louise King to bring world-class music directly into private homes while raising vital support for the Long Listen Festival 2026 program and our new music commissioning fund.

Don’t miss this bold, beautiful, and brave experience!

Ticket 🎟️ link 🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/long-listen-festive-fundraiser-private-house-concert so book your tickets before they’re gone!

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11/11/2025

🎥✨Woohoo! Our festival highlights video just dropped 💥

Long Listen Festival 2025 lit up the Sunshine Coast Hinterland with bold music, deep listening, and extraordinary artistry.

From world premieres and small hall concert magic to festival conversations and morning meditations, this festival was one for the culture seekers and music lovers.

One of our festival’s core aims is to support and celebrate young talent both on stage and behind the scenes. This year we were thrilled to have Lara Lawson from Lens & Launch on our crew.

At just nineteen, she’s already making creative waves with her videography, and she captured so many incredible moments across Long Listen 2025 both at Palmwoods and at our closing Blues On The Range concert at .pub 🎥✨

Here’s a taste of what she’s created… and you’ll need to wait just a little longer before we drop her full-length festival wrap-up!

09/11/2025

Sunday morning brunch party! 🎉 We love gathering our team for our post-festival celebration - now an annual event, acknowledging the dedication and hard work of our team, volunteers, artists, and festival crew 🌺

Thanks to 's amazing community of volunteers and AD Louise King for the brunch gathering 🍹at Tallowwood Shelter it might have been a little rainy 🌧️ but we were cozy at our fave spot 🌴🦎🍄

Our menu featured fresh orange 🍊 juice, champagne 🥂 and delish pastries 🥐 from plus homemade middle eastern dips, Tunisian meatballs and marinated chicken wings, and Egyptian eggs made by Lyn Pointer.

Louise King made dips, fruit 🍉 platters, stewed spiced peaches 🍑 tabbouleh and a middle eastern mess with pomegranate, rose 🌹 water cream and strawberry 🍓 coulis with Turkish delight and dates. Yum 😋

Thanks to everyone who made this so special and delicious!

06/11/2025

📣 Save the Date 2-5 October Long Listen Festival 2026 🎪

Spaces, places and sounds 🎶to surprise. Mark your calendars and join us next year for our fourth curated program by Louise King

🎧Long Listen Festival
📍2 - 5 October 2026
🎪small halls & local places Palmwoods, Mapleton and surrounds, Hinterland Sunshine Coast

Bold 💜 Brave 🩷 Beautiful 🧡

Stay in the loop ➰ for early program announcements, artist reveals, and special fundraising events coming soon.

Please subscribe now to our festival enews https://mailchi.mp/cellodreaming.com.au/longlistenfestival (link 🔗 in bio)

28/10/2025

🍴🌿✨ What a night! 🎧 Check out our full event album 📸 Barry John Alsop

We’re still glowing from our Long Listen Festival 2025 Welcome Dinner at Homegrown Cafe Palmwoods, a beautiful evening celebrating good food, great company, music, and connection💛

Guests gathered in the café’s garden at sunset to enjoy a four-course Spring Harvest feast, lovingly curated by Sarah and her team, featuring the region’s finest local ingredients, from Fraser Isle spanner crab crostini to silky lemon posset with fennel shortbread thins 🌸

Between courses, our festival artists shared exquisite musical cameos, weaving sound and spirit through the evening:
🎧 Welcome by Louise King Cello Dreaming (Reclaiming the Spirit by Sarah Hopkins)
🎧 Grounding Song by Nienke & David (voice and guitar)
🎧 Solo Bach by Abigail Lui (violin)
🎧 Mozart Duo by Abigail Lui (violin) & Simon Oswell (viola)
🎧 Improvised Acoustic Piece by Tunji Beier (percussion) & Linsey Pollak (wind)

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us, and to our generous partners and supporters who help make Long Listen possible, Arts Queensland through the Queensland Arts Showcase Program, Sunshine Coast Council through the Regional Arts Development Fund, the Australian Cultural Fund, and the Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation and our generous community of donors and supporters.

📸 Photography ©️by Barry Alsop Eyes Wide Open Images

24/10/2025

Morning everyone! Woohoo 🥳 we have reached $3,017 in our campaign 🙌

An early start, a last minute call for your support before midnight tonight, and a wee cup of tea 🫖 before our AD jumps on a flight ✈️ to Sydney to concert 🎶 with who also successfully raised over $6K to commission and record .lui.music for their 2026 season 🎵🎻 🎉

Thanks for all your support! Congratulations to all the incredible artists and orgs who fundraised their pants 👖 off yesterday! What a wonderful way to celebrate and support Australian creativity 🧡

23/10/2025

🎺 Let’s toot that trumpet! What an incredible response! 🙏🏻

🚀 We’ve raised $3,017 for our Listen Forward // Tune In campaign. We’re so close to reaching our $5,000 goal!

A heartfelt thank you to every legend who’s donated, shared, and supported our one day fundraising. Your generosity is powering the future of new music on the Sunshine Coast for our 2026 program 💛

Thanks to you, we can commission a brilliant new work from Queensland-based Ukrainian composer Catherine Likhuta, so that part is in the bag! 💼🎼 🙌

But we’re not done yet…

We still need your help to rehearse, record, and share this music with our community and make it to the stage for our 2026 program - a legacy piece for future audiences far and wide.

Here’s what your donation makes possible:
💛 Under $50 Be part of our Commission Donor Circle
🎵 $100 Fund one rehearsal hour for a festival musician
🎻 $250 Support a 3-hour rehearsal call, where the magic takes shape
🌿 $500 Deliver a community or aged care workshop, bringing live music to local audiences
✨ $750 Empower emerging artists in a creative workshop or school performance
🎙️ $3,000 Fund a professional studio recording of our new commission
🌟 $5,000 Enjoy an exclusive preview event with the composer and festival artists

Every gift, BIG or small, helps us bring bold, beautiful, and brilliant music to life and strengthens our community through creativity and connection.

⏰ There’s still time so jump to it and donate before midnight tonight (24 October) and help us reach our target 🎯

👉 Donate now and be part of our Grand Finale:
https://long-listen-global-sounds-local-heart.raiselysite.com/

Let’s do this together — for new music, for artists, and for the Sunshine Coast 🎶

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