One of Australia’s hardest working bands, Gold Coast outfit, The Mason Rack Band are blues rock legends, having played shows all over Australia and toured internationally to Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Vanuatu, Japan and this weekend, Brunswick Heads.
Saturday from 4.30pm at the Hotel Brunswick. Free show.
Tim Stokes is a coastal folk and blues singer-songwriter who took root in the North Coast NSW town of Byron Bay, a fertile region for similar Australian artists, many years ago after experiencing almost catastrophic car engine trouble – he’s still here.
Friday at the Ballina RSL, 6.30pm. Free show.
Pink Zinc is a collective of musicians based in Byron Bay and is usually a four-piece, playing a mixture of rock, pop, funk and soul music – whatever they have on the musical menu, this band is sure to get you up and dancing.
Saturday from 7pm at Club Lennox. Free show.
The featured artists for this Sunday’s Tintenbar Up Front are Ash Bell and Luke Vassella – Vassella has been song weaving since 1998, bringing his signature atmosphere wherever he plays. Bell has been weaving a musical spell over the region since forever – if you haven’t heard of these two awesome musos then you don’t really live on the Far North Coast – that is all!
Sunday at the Tintenbar Hall from 3.30pm. Tickets $15 on the door.
Guinness lives at the Eltham Pub all year and so do their beaut’ Irish folk friends – on the second Wednesday each month a bunch of local musicians gather round a few tables near the fireplace for an evening of traditional folk music. Naturally the pints flow and the pub’s abuzz with the sound of Ireland.
All welcome, as audience, or to join the jigs.
Wednesday at the Eltham Hotel from 5pm. Free show.
Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie is a songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. Since the band’s final Resist world tour in 2022, Jim has been busy launching his solo guitar album Murmurations as well as his stunning memoir The Silver River. Moginie has released a new album called Everything’s Gonna Be Fine and he is playing in Byron Bay on the weekend.
Sunday at the Byron Theatre at 7pm. Tickets: byroncentre.com.au.
Dive into the soulful melodies of Akova, the multi-instrumentalist whose music flows like a river of emotion. Experience the raw talent and heartfelt lyrics as Akova takes you on a musical journey unlike any other, from the strum of his guitar to the beat of his drum. Every note resonates with passion and authenticity.
Akova is at the Beach Hotel from 6pm on Monday. Free show.
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