Editing Gold Coast, Queensland (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, 2023, 04.jpg|thumb|[[Home of the Arts, Gold Coast|Home of the Arts]]]]
The Gold Coast's culture has been affected by rapid development and traditional marketing programs orbiting around 'sun, sand, surf and sex.'<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carson|first1=Susan Jane|title=Inside the pleasure dome : cultural tourism on Australia's Gold Coast|url=http://eprints.qut.edu.au/57580/|publisher=Queensland University of Technology|access-date=30 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030144508/http://eprints.qut.edu.au/57580/|archive-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

Despite rapid socio-economic changes and a tourist-centred image, there is evidence of local resident-driven culture (such as [[Surf culture#Surf gangs|surf gangs]]) in geographical pockets and a broader 'Gold Coaster' identity drawn from [[Globalization#Cultural globalization|globalised]] resort and real estate marketing material.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Baker|first1=S.|last2=Bennett|first2=A.|last3=Wise|first3=P.|title='Living 'the Strip': negotiating neighbourhood, community and identities on Australia's Gold Coast'|journal=Habitus of the Hood.|date=2012|page=96}}</ref> The Gold Coast hosts cultural activities that attract tourists and residents alike.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

===Music===
Music groups in this region include the [[Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Operator Please]]. Musicians [[Cody Simpson]] and [[Ricki-Lee Coulter]] are from the Gold Coast. Music events include [[Big Day Out]], [[Good Vibrations Festival]], Summafieldayze, the Blues on Broadbeach Festival and [[V Festival (Australia)|V Festival]] (2007–2009).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

===Arts===
[[Home of the Arts, Gold Coast|Home of the Arts]] (HOTA) is the Gold Coast's premier cultural facility for visual and performing arts with a performance theatre, two cinemas and an underground venue. The theatre has hosted performance by the [[Imperial Russian Ballet]], [[The Australian Ballet]] and the [[Queensland Ballet]]. Musicals, plays and a variety of performances are regularly scheduled. The city is also home to the [[Gold Coast City Art Gallery]]. Film festivals and the Comedy Club host international artists.{{clarify|date=February 2019|reason=This sentence doesn't make sense.}} A redeveloped Gold Coast cultural precinct opened before the city hosted the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>[http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gold-coast-cultural-precinct-13122.html City of Gold Coast | Gold Coast Cultural Precinct<!-- Bot generated title -->] Gold Coast City Council {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221014/http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/gold-coast-cultural-precinct-13122.html |date=4 October 2013 }}</ref>