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April 26, 2024

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A fond farewell to Mungo’s crosswords

This week we sadly publish the last of Mungo MacCallum’s puzzles. Before he died in 2020 Mungo compiled a large archive of crosswords for The Echo.

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Heavy music with a bang!

Heavy music is back at The Northern this week, with a bang! Regular Backroom legends Dead Crow and Mudwagon are joined by Dipodium and Northern Rivers locals Liminal and Puff – the plan is to raise the roof on Thursday at The Northern. This is definitely a night, and a mosh, not to miss. Entry is free!

Cape Byron Distillery release world-first macadamia cask whisky

S Haslam The parents of Cape Byron Distillery CEO Eddie Brook established the original macadamia farm that you can see...

Man dies in hospital following an E-bike crash – Byron Bay

A man has died in hospital following an E bike crash in Byron Bay earlier this month.

Gabriella Cohen in Bruns

Gabriella Cohen, Australia’s folk darling, is coming to Brunswick Picture House to perform a one-off intimate solo show on Saturday. Known for her magnetic performances, off-hand charm and pop sensibilities, Gabriella plays music that is all-at-once laid-back, tongue-in-cheek, and peppered with the sweet sounds of ‘60s girl groups.

Byron Comedy Fest 2024 Laughs

The legendary Northern Hotel’s Backroom opens its doors to laughter when it welcomes The Byron Comedy Fest with eight big headline shows. With audiences packing out shows every year, Festival Directors Mel Coppin and Zara Noruzi have decided a new venue with increased capacity was in order. It also means the festival is an all-weather event – expect all your favourites!

It’s MardiGrass!

This year is Nimbins 32nd annual MardiGrass and you’d reckon by now ‘weed’ be left alone. The same helicopter raids, the disgusting, and completely unfair, saliva testing of drivers, and we’re still not allowed to grow our own plants. We can all access legal buds via a doctor, most of it imported from Canada, but we can’t grow our own. There’s something very wrong there.

Wiggle It, just a little bit

Spring Wiggle – Equinox Tribe Connect is on this Friday and Saturday at the Durrumbul Hall.

A top-shelf Crystal Grid production, the Spring Wiggle has next-level lighting, vision, and sound as well as wood-fired pizza from King Catering, chai, cakes, and elixirs from Hari Har Chai, live art from Raddy J Blackcrab.

The dress-up theme is spring, spring, spring – flowers, birds, and bees.

On Friday the DJs will be LoQi, Miles Jackson, Halo, and Nick Taylor; the Saturday DJs are Bhakti the Nectar Cow, Gez, Pob, and Avaxer.

Limited tickets are available @ Humanitix $45 + booking fee each night or $70 + booking fee for both nights. https://events.humanitix.com/spring-wiggle-equinox-tribe-connect.


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Tugun tunnel work at Tweed Heads – road diversion

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Driver charged following Coffs Harbour fatal crash

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Families and children left struggling after government fails flood recovery commitments

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Appeal to locate missing man – Tweed Heads

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