Welcome to Mullum Music Festival – a four day genre gumbo combining the wild flavours of jazz, reggae, folk, alt-country, electronic, world, indie-rock, blues, singer/songwriter, flamenco, bluegrass, gypsy, Columbian…..and choirs, lots and lots of choirs – from faux Russian to Community to Ukulele and beyond. An Eclectic Festival in an eclectic town for an eclectic community of eclectic music lovers who whose passion won’t be fenced in by genre boundaries!
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 21 April, 2021
Check out entertainment listings for the week, with music, dance, cinema and all sorts events happening in and around the Byron Shire
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Mullum Music Festival kicked off Thursday, with its opening gala night packing out the Civic Hall, full of happy punters and top shelf musical acts.
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The beautiful weather held for Mother’s Day tree planting with a big crowd, lots of great music an a record number of trees put in the gournd.
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The ninth Mullum Music Festival native tree planting is planned for Mothers Day, May 12, at the Teak Tree Farm in Myocum and will feature music by Bethany Jolly, Blindmouth, Loose Content, and Mullumgrad’s very own Dustyesky Russian choirmusic.
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