Palm Beach sits at the quieter end of the Gold Coast, with Coolangatta and Kirra five kilometres to the south and Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise and Southport an easy drive north. Princess Palm puts you right in the middle of it all, giving you a relaxed base to enjoy some of the Gold Coast’s biggest events through spring and beyond.
Upcoming events near Palm Beach
Gold Coast Show
29–31 August 2026 | Broadwater Parklands, Southport
Now in its 119th year, the Gold Coast Show is a beloved end-of-August tradition bringing showbags, rides, livestock events, entertainment and a genuine fair-ground atmosphere to Broadwater Parklands in Southport. A natural fit for families and a Gold Coast institution, it runs across the long weekend around 22 kilometres north of Palm Beach.
Crafted Beer and Cider Festival
Saturday 12 September 2026 | Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach
Celebrating a decade of beachside sessions, the Crafted Beer and Cider Festival returns to Kurrawa Park in Broadbeach for its 10-year milestone. Expect cold pours in the sunshine, live music from headliners including Beddy Rays, local food vendors and a community-festival atmosphere set against the Broadbeach foreshore, approximately 12 kilometres north of Palm Beach.
Swell Sculpture Festival
11–20 September 2026 | Currumbin Beachfront
For ten days each September the Currumbin beachfront becomes a free open-air gallery, with more than 80 large-scale contemporary sculptures set against the sand and sea. Now in its 24th year, Swell is one of the Gold Coast’s most loved traditions, and it is only a few minutes south of Palm Beach.
BLEACH* Festival
1–11 October 2026 | HOTA, Home of the Arts
The Gold Coast’s flagship arts festival returns with eleven days of live performances, large-scale installations and community works celebrating the city’s natural environment. Plenty of the programme is free, with ticketed headline shows alongside, all at HOTA’s lakeside precinct around 20 kilometres north of Palm Beach.
Groundwater Country Music Festival
16–18 October 2026 | Broadbeach
Three days of free live country, folk and roots music take over the heart of Broadbeach, with outdoor stages within easy walking distance of each other and a packed line-up across the weekend. One of Australia’s biggest free country music festivals, approximately 12 kilometres north of Palm Beach.
Coolangatta Gold
17–18 October 2026 | Coolangatta Beach
One of surf lifesaving’s most famous endurance events returns to the southern Gold Coast, with elite ironmen and ironwomen alongside everyday athletes tackling swim, ski, board and beach-run legs. The beachfront course makes for brilliant free spectating, five kilometres south of Palm Beach.
Pan Pacific Masters Games
6–15 November 2026 | Venues across the Gold Coast
Thousands of masters athletes from around the world arrive for the 14th Pan Pacific Masters Games, competing across dozens of sports by day and enjoying live entertainment by night. The city hums with a friendly sporting buzz for ten days, and Palm Beach is an easy base for it all.
Stay nearby
Palm Beach is your ideal base for a packed Gold Coast events calendar. At Princess Palm, you are five minutes from Coolangatta and Kirra and within easy reach of everything the coast has on offer. Book direct and start planning your Gold Coast adventure.
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