Winter Sanctuary Eat Sip Listen

Welcome to our first Winter Sanctuary Eat Sip & Listen presented by Long Listen Festival.

Join us for a cosy Saturday evening of live music, good food, conversation and connection at Roads, Peregian Beach, a retail café by day and wine bar by night on the Sunshine Coast.

Launching our new venue partnership with Roads, this special winter gathering brings together live chamber music, shared tables, and a relaxed wine bar atmosphere, while helping support the future of Long Listen Festival.

Across the evening, violinist Courtenay Cleary and cellist Louise King will perform a series of intimate live music sets woven throughout the event, sharing stories, inspiration and glimpses into the creative vision for the 2026 festival program.

Set in the cosy setting of Roads, Winter Sanctuary is designed as a slow listening experience. This is a chance to eat, sip and listen to beautiful live classical music, up close.

Event Details

What: Winter Sanctuary – a wine bar concert | Eat Sip Listen

When: Saturday 4 July

Time: 5-7pm (arrive from 4:30pm)

Where: Roads Cafe, 6 Kingfisher Dr, Peregian Beach QLD 4573 LINK

Tickets: $35pp Early Bird $25 limited to 20 and closes 30 June

Presented by: Long Listen Festival in partnership with Cello Dreaming and Roads, Peregian.

Optional tax-deductible donations in support of the 2026 festival program will be available at checkout and during the event.

Arrival & Parking

• Guests are welcome to arrive from 4:30pm
• Please allow time to park, settle in, and enjoy a welcome drink
• An event reminder will be sent to ticket holders closer to the event

About the Experience

This eat, sip and listen wine bar concert celebrates Sunshine Coast flavours, generous hospitality, and slow dining, designed to be enjoyed alongside live classical music, conversation, in the cosy cafe atmosphere of Roads, Peregian. This event unfolds in three short live concert sets across the evening, framed by your choice of relaxed food and drinks from Roads menu and time to connect with the artists. This is a festival fundraiser and a gathering of food and music lovers who care about keeping our boutique festival alive.

Roads Menu can be found on their socials. 

Our Concert Program 

Our program features Vivaldi’s iconic Winter concerto reimagined for violin and cello duo, alongside music by leading Australian composers Elena Kats-Chernin, Stephen Chin, Betty Beath, Anne Cawrse, Ross Edwards and Katherine Rawlings. Woven throughout our program are haunting renaissance tunes by Hildegard von Bingen, Nordic and Scandinavian folk melodies, alongside the fiery rhythms of Piazzolla and the dramatic virtuosity of Saint-Saëns ‘Danse Macabre’ to close.

About Our Artists

Louise King – cello

Artistic Director of Long Listen Festival and founder of Cello Dreaming, Louise is an award-winning English cellist whose career spans Europe, Asia and Australia. She has recorded 17 albums with labels including ABC Classics, and has performed everywhere from the Royal Albert Hall to regional halls and private homes. Louise is passionate about building community, mentoring creatives and connecting audiences to artists through thoughtful programming, and creating meaningful musical experiences beyond traditional city concert halls.

Courtenay Cleary – violin 

Violinist Courtenay is a graduate of The Juilliard School (MMus) and the Royal Academy of Music, London (BMus Hons I). She has performed as soloist for HM Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, and at major venues including Wigmore Hall, St James’ Piccadilly, and QPAC Concert Hall. Recent highlights include concertos with the Canberra Symphony, Willoughby Symphony, Brisbane Philharmonic, and Corda Spiritus, plus the Australian premiere of David Lang’s Mystery Sonatas. A recipient of numerous awards including the Dame Joan Sutherland Award, Courtenay was named one of Queensland’s 40 Under 40 (2024) and teaches at Griffith University’s Young Conservatorium.

Why This Event Matters

This is part of a new micro-fundraising initiative designed to support the future of Long Listen Festival. These events are relationship builders, intimate, generous, and grounded in shared values around music, place, and community.

• The annual festival costs over $150,000 to deliver to the region
• Our goal is to raise $10,000 through fundraising events
• Every contribution, from $25 to major gifts, makes a difference
• Donations are tax deductible via Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation and Australian Cultural Fund

This project is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Queensland Arts Showcase Program, and the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council supporting local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

This project is supported by the generosity of individual donors who support our donor campaigns. Our fundraising partners are Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation and the Australian Cultural Fund.