PRESENTED BY QMF
+Queensland Music Trails is hitting the road again — and we want to feature local legends like you.
With 400+ trail travellers starting in Charleville and joining us for the 1,100+ km journey to Mount Isa, the Outback Trail showcases the very best of the Outback while helping stimulate economic development in regional and remote communities.
Our mission is to provide our travellers with the most unforgettable experience possible — and that includes the towns, people, and businesses they meet along the way.
We’re calling on local cafés, pubs, accommodation providers, galleries, tourism operators, and small businesses to get involved. Whether you pour the perfect pint, run a boutique stay, or craft something unique—we want to feature you along the trail.
Let’s work together to get your business in front of our trail travellers, visitors, and online community.
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We kicked things off in 2021 with The Outback Music Trail – a 1,300km pilgrimage from Jimbour to Birdsville with pop, rock, opera and puppetry along the way. In 2022, we shifted gears, swapping the red desert for the lush green fields of the Scenic Rim to present The Long Sunset. This unforgettable one-day festival brought rapture to 5,000 joyous punters as Angus and Julia Stone, Ball Park Music and many more strew musical gold through the valley floor. In 2023, we brought the party to Queensland’s capital with Sweet Relief!—a nostalgia-fuelled day-to-night celebration headlined by Groove Armada and The Avalanches. Then, in 2024, we turned up the heat in the Tropics with Dream Aloud—a deadly First Nations-led festival featuring a powerhouse lineup of talent, including Baker Boy, King Stingray, Bumpy, and more.
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Turn up the tunes, word-up your crew and set your compass for fun. Come with us as we blaze trails into the great wide-open.
Since its inception in 1999, Queensland Music Festival (QMF) has delivered events to over 1 million people across 106 metropolitan, regional, and remote communities. QMF is internationally known for bringing leading artists and communities together to create ambitious events that authentically celebrate the cultural identity of Queensland.
In 2020, Queensland Music Festival evolved beyond its biennial festival model to become QMF: a strategic music agency helping Queensland communities by designing unique solutions to social, cultural and economic challenges.