Echo

Saturday is the day for you to arrive early and stay late! Cunning Stunts’ Nudge Nudge Wink Wink: The Ultimate Party with a Conscience is turning 8!   Eight performances will dazzle on this date, filled with bangers all day long for you to dance and gyrate to fromt their magical birthday line up – we can’t wait!  Guest DJs: Iain Yes, James Scott, Rahel, Lady S, and Miss L, join the awesome resident DJs, Lord Sut and Dale Stephen + live performances by The Hoodlum Ballet, all curated for you to celebrate.

Byron Writers Festival is thrilled to present Robyn Davidson, author of the international bestseller Tracks, for an intimate conversation with Zacharey Jane about her memoir Unfinished Woman.

Susie Forsters’ film about palliative care is showing again at the Mullumbimby Drill Hall on Thursday, November 30 at 7pm.

Playground is a well-established event that’s held every two months at the scenic Club Burringbar. For the last two years, three long-term local DJs, Pob, Curly Si and Halo have been curating this amazing, rhythmic event.

A Message from Tasmania: ‘If you care about what you eat, be careful what you buy.’ A campaign to protect some of Australia’s most pristine waterways from industrial destruction is being launched nationally at the Brunswick Picture House on Friday evening at a live music and video event.

A solo exhibition of works by international and local artist Judi Reynolds-Baxter will be held at the Byron Bay Service Club this Saturday to raise funds for the Middle Earth Gardens Animal Sanctuary at Ewingsdale. There will be art for sale, monster raffles and a performance by percussion vocal group, Agapanthus.

Surfrider Foundation Australia – the not-for-profit agency dedicated to the protection of Australia’s oceans – has launched a series of film events across Australia’s east coast to raise support for their campaign to Save The Southern Sea from fossil fuel exploration. Their 12th stop will be at Byron Community Theatre on 30 November.

Harvest is thrilled to present an evening of pure auditory bliss on the Harvest Village Green, featuring none other than the extraordinary Sylvie (US) and home-grown virtuoso Tex Crick (AUS)!

Get ‘Lost in Time’ on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at the Beach Hotel! As the year draws to a close, the Beach Hotel invites you to bid farewell to 2023 in style at the ‘Lost in Time’ New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events.

Linking ecocide to religion, Dr John Wilson brings psychedelics, psychology and ecology together in his latest book Ecocide. Regarding our ecological crisis as more urgent than the urban distress he was attending, Dr Wilson left his medical practice as a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Timbarra campaign, opposing cyanide gold mining at the source of our Clarence River. Then with the New Zealand Peace Flotilla, he sailed the Pacific, opposing French nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll. 

It’s fair to say that Byron Community College is a bit of an institution and a much-loved asset for the local folks of the Byron Shire. With over three decades dedicated to education, creating opportunities and fostering resilience in the Northern Rivers, it’s a collaborative achievement made possible with the support and generosity of the wonderful local community.

The newest show from John Waters, featuring Stewart D’Arrietta and the Chartbusters, presents a phenomenal walk through nostalgia and an era of music that remains in the cellular memory of fans over several generations.

ARIA award winner Gyan, sang her hit Wait from the cliffs of Kiama on Countdown then followed an international career trajectory, working with the likes of Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin and LeAnn Rimes. Returning to Byron as part of The Museagency, she scooped a Sydney Theatre Award for her collaboration with Leunig at Sydney Opera House, runner-up/shortlist awards for her album Superfragilistically (Sydney Morning Herald) , and children’s book, How Weird is That? (Children’s Book Council of Australia) .

Byron School of Art’s (BSA) third-year students will be holding the opening for their graduate exhibition, Exit 9, on Friday from 6pm to 8pm.

Local filmmaker Susie Forster’s extraordinarily candid documentary draws back the blinds to reveal the last two weeks of Victorian artist Lee Stephenson’s life, as she chooses to die at home with the support of her family. The gentle message of the film is dying at home can ultimately be a healing experience for the family, and that state-funded palliative care is available to us all, for free. 

Metin Yilmaz (kaval) and Damian Wright (flamenco guitar) present a meeting of two distinct yet strongly rooted cultural and musical traditions. Kurdish Dengbej influences improvised with the meditative sounds of the kaval will dance with the sounds of captivating flamenco guitar.

John Cena, Alison Brie and Juan Pablo Raba play a game of cat and mouse in this action/comedy about a freelance journalist and her protector in a mythical Paldonia, and a coup to remove the even more mythical dictator Juan Venegas.

Byron Youth Theatre and Umbrella Theatrical Productions have joined forces to develop a fascinating new production called Trigger with a mixed-aged cast. Unlike traditional theatrical...

One of the world’s most famous artworks – Meules, milieu du jour (Haystacks, midday), 1890 by Claude Monet – is now on display at the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre as part of the National Gallery of Australia’s Sharing the National Collection initiative. 

Spaghetti Circus is on a very special tour. As part of the company’s outreach program, their Junior Performance Troupe are performing in five pre-schools and four aged care facilities across the Byron Shire to foster connection and joy across generations.

Oliver Martin was a son, a brother, and a beloved friend. Oli was taken too soon in a tragic car accident in 2021, and to honour of his life and to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service everyone is invited to join a stellar lineup of sports legends and comedians for this year’s heartfelt CAR612 fundraiser