Flotsam Festival

Flotsam Festival

Festivals and Celebrations
  • Art & Culture
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  • General

Highlights

  • Experience vibrant surf culture through free and ticketed events at the Flotsam Festival on the Gold Coast.
  • Explore stunning photography exhibitions staged indoors and outdoors from Burleigh to Coolangatta during May.
  • Enjoy beachside surf cinema nights that bring the thrill of the ocean to life under the stars.
  • Join the Flotsam Festival's lively atmosphere with live music and community spirit along the beautiful Esplanade.
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Catch the Flotsam Festival as it rolls across the Gold Coast with surf film and photo pop up events spanning beachside towns from Burleigh to Coolangatta.

Flotsam’s two week pixel party hosts free and ticketed events including photo exhibitions staged indoor and out, beachside surf cinema nights, live music and more.

Don’t miss the Flotsam Festival party wave – only on the Gold Coast, only in May.

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Dates & times

  • Next occurrence: 1 May 2026 reoccurring

Features

Tags

  • Art & Culture
Accessibility

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

General access

  • Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
  • Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.

Communication

  • Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)

  • Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)

Physical – Wheelchair

  • Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

  • Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
  • A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
  • An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.

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