Doonan is acreage, not a town: big blocks along the road between Eumundi and Noosa, and a lot of them host weddings. A country band lives here, and after that the list is Noosa's, seen from the hill: a duo and a singer at Noosaville, a singer at Tewantin, the jug band back at Eumundi, then a run of Noosa Heads singers plus an acrobat, all inside a quarter of an hour. Open it as Noosa's list with a hill on it and you'll read it right.
That's a better position than most hinterland pages get, because the river acts play Doonan properties every spring weekend and treat it as home ground. The catch is the same as everywhere behind Noosa: the weddings here are outdoors, on grass, with a generator or a long lead for power, and the good dates go early. October is the one to worry about.
Top picks are the nearby performers with the most visible reviews, then rating, then the closest; further afield the closest come first, and premium listings break remaining ties. Distances are straight-line from Doonan. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
On a property the musician is quoting for the afternoon, not the twenty minutes of vows, and for most Doonan weddings that means the ceremony, the photos hour and drinks on the lawn from the same guitarist or duo. Battery-powered sound is the extra to ask about, because the ceremony spot is rarely near a power point. The from-prices on this page are what the Noosa river singers and duos are currently quoting.
Rarely; Doonan is a short run up the Eumundi road from the river and the Noosa Heads acts drive it constantly. What adds a line is a finish after midnight or a driveway the van struggles with. Say both in the enquiry and the quote will be right.
The acrobat at Noosa Heads is the one act in the closest ten that isn't music, and an acrobatic set on a big lawn suits a family party or a school-holiday gathering. For a face painter or a magician, the Sunshine Coast page has them, about half an hour away. Ask about the ground; a tumbling act wants flat, dry grass.
Everything else in Doonan's ten is a singer, a duo or a novelty act. For a property reception that wants a band with a fiddle in it, ring the local first; for pop covers, the Noosa Heads and Sunshine Coast pages.
Acreage weddings at Doonan back onto other acreage, and the council's limits on amplified sound late at night apply to private land as much as to venues. Agree a finish time with the act before you agree a setlist.
Doonan's roads wind and the driveways are long. An act that's played the road before will know it; one that hasn't will want the address to price the run and plan the load-in.