Taylor Miller
With five weeks to go, the Byron Bay Surf Festival (BBSF) organisers are busy planning to extend the event from Main beach to north of the Surf Club and into Apex Park (opposite the Beach Hotel), as well as into Bay Lane (behind the Beach Hotel).
The expansion of the site is due to new festival undertakings such as an additional foreshore music stage and green zones allocated to a number of charity organisations and recycled threads initiatives.
In this allocated zone, there will be a newfangled kids’ artshow and a hangout spot for teaching recycled art and crafts. Right next door will be healthy-food vendors and an outdoor historical board gallery/chronological timeline of surfing history.
Most events are free, outdoors and nestled by the ocean with some key appearances and special events inside at the Byron Community Centre.
The festival runs for three days, October 24–26, and its full program is online at www.byronbaysurffestival.com.
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