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Nudge Nudge 2026

The Shed is calling!

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink returns to the Billinudgel Hotel on Saturday for seven hours of exceptional music, connection, unexpected delights and the unmistakable feeling of The Shed in full flight.

Since 2015, Cunning Stunts has donated more than $460,352 to 42 local charities, continuing its long-standing ethos as a true ‘party with a conscience’.

October brings a killer mix of international experience, fresh local talent and Nudge favourites. Coming up from Sydney, DJ Goodwill brings more than three decades behind the decks, and a career spanning iconic clubs, festivals and international stages.

With a string of hugely successful Ministry of Sound mix compilations, more than a million CD sales, and a national Saturday night radio show behind him, Goodwill knows exactly how to move a room. ‘We cannot wait to welcome him to The Shed!’ say Cunning Stunts.

Nudge favourite Snow Monkey has loved house music since he was a cub. After building his vinyl collection in England and playing London gigs including Ministry of Sound, he moved to Australia, where his career took off from Canberra to Sydney and Byron Bay.

Making her Shed debut, Northern Rivers DJ, singer, songwriter, and producer Lila Swain brings fresh local energy to the line-up along with Cunning Stunts’ resident DJ Lord Sut who know every curve of this dancefloor. As co-founder and resident from the beginning, he knows when to tease it, when to stretch it out and when to let The Shed fly. His genre-roaming set creates the musical thread that makes a Nudge night unmistakable.

Brunswick Picture House bring their signature ‘Surprises and Delights’ to the evening, adding colour, theatrical flair, playfulness and unexpected joy. Delights await.

Proceeds from the event will support The Returning, an Aboriginal and women-led charity founded by Ella Noah Bancroft on Bundjalung Country in the Northern Rivers.

This event is expected to sell out and there are limited tickets remaining. If so, you can still support The Returning by making a donation via www.eventbrite.com.au.

Saturday from 4pm at The Shed behind the The Billinudgel Hotel.

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The next event will be on Saturday, 7 November. For updates subscribe at www.cunningstunts.com.au/subscribe.



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Interview with Genevieve Clay-Smith, director of Boss Cat showing at the Byron Bay Film Festival

When Sonja (Olivia Hargroder) loses her mother without warning, the only steady presence left in her life is her grandmother, Doris. But Doris’s idea of stability means dismantling everything Sonja has built. For Sonja, who lives with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and has spent her life fighting to be underestimated by no one, Doris’ plan feels less like protection and more like erasure. Directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith, Boss Cat is a vibrant, big-hearted Australian dramedy about independence, family and self-determination, anchored by a fearless lead performance.

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