Twice a year Big Voice Choirs from Brunswick Heads and Murwillumbah join together to present an epic fundraising concert. So far, in the last year, they have supported Northern Rivers for Refugees and Murwillumbah Community Centre’s youth music program.
There’s something timeless about folk music – the way it carries the stories of people and place, woven through generations. On Saturday, 21 June, that tradition comes alive at Brunswick Picture House, as two seasoned performers bring their deep love of Celtic and British folk to the Northern Rivers stage.
Spaghetti Circus brings high-energy fun to Mullumbimby, so get ready for a whirlwind weekend of flips, fun, and family entertainment as Spaghetti Circus presents its much-loved Annual Show from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 June at the Mullumbimby Showground.
The 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival will be bringing the fiesta to Byron Bay this June with a curated selection of 30 films from Spain and Latin America, showing at Palace Cinemas.
Tim Freedman’s Moonlit Deck tour rolls into the Brunswick Picture House on Saturday, July 5, and owing to popular demand, a second show has been added on Sunday, July 6.
Byron Bay’s beloved Festival of the Stone is back this Saturday, promising a stellar night of live music, fresh local brews, and community spirit in the heart of the Arts & Industry Estate.
Things of Stone and Wood bring the heart of ’90s folk-rock to the Ballina RSL on Friday, July 25 and if the opening chords of ‘Happy Birthday Helen’ still tug at your heartstrings – or if you ever shouted ‘Wildflowers’ from the back seat of a car – this one’s for you.
The Old Mervs have only one New South Wales show at Stone & Wood’s 11th instalment of Festival of the Stone before heading to Victoria, Tasmania and the US.
Taking place between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4, this film highlights the efforts of Eve Macarro, a ballerina-assassin, (yikes!) as she begins to train in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma and sets out to exact revenge for her father’s death.
Byron Youth Service launch ‘Micro COSMOS’, a vibrant new youth-led exhibition set to open at Mullumbimby’s newest contemporary art space, The Garage Gallery, with a public launch on Thursday.
On Saturday,28 June, the club’s auditorium will host Tania Kernaghan and Jason Owen, two celebrated voices in Australian country music, as they bring their Let Your Love Flow national tour to town.
Australian guitarist-songwriter-vocalist-producer, Jeff Lang has built a reputation for making startling music that is accomplished, intricate, gutsy, melodic and loaded with soul. Often taking unexpected turns, he has consistently inspired his audiences by creating a stylistically diverse catalog of over 25 albums. Headlining the Mullum Ex-Services stage on Sunday, 13 July as part of the Mullum Roots Festival, Seven had a chat with Jeff last week in the leadup to his Mullum show.
Cunning Stunts are getting ready to say goodbye to Season 9 with a dancefloor explosion of joy, rhythm, and purpose. On Saturday, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink returns for its iconic season finalé – one last chance to lose yourself in the music before the winter break begins.
he Mullum Roots Festival will open its inaugural weekend with a celebratory Gala Opening Night at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall on Friday, 11 July – a feel-good evening of music, community and dancing that sets the tone for the weekend ahead.
Renowned Irish singer-songweaver and truth-teller, Áine Tyrrell is releasing a moving live video performance of her new single ‘Singing Our Way Home’ featuring the soul-stirring vocals of Leah Manaema Avene, Hussy Hicks, Lisa Mitchell and more. Filmed with the intention of creating a sonic circle of song and belonging, the video honours the heart of the song to bring people home through music, connection, and collective remembering.
A new iteration of Mullumbimby’s beloved music festival is set to debut on July 12 and 13 as a vibrant celebration of live music, community, and creativity.
The phenomenal Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) and François Civil (The Three Musketeers) – arguably French cinema’s brightest young talents – devour the screen in Gilles Lellouche’s vibrant, genre-spanning romantic epic that follows a written-in-the-stars infatuation tested by social boundaries, betrayal and circumstances beyond all control.
Though the Northern Rivers Women and Children’s Services (NORWACS) had to cancel the Lismore Women’s Festival owing to a cyclone named Alfred, the planned keynote speaker and song event for the day have been rescheduled for June 26.
Bradamon Band is a dynamic nine-piece reggae ensemble based in South East Queensland known for their vibrant fusion of traditional Māori music, Pacific rhythms, and deep roots reggae.
Byron Shire locals and visitors are invited to dust off their dancing shoes for a family-friendly Bush Dance at the Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 31.
Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul returns to the Beach Hotel on Sunday, June 1, and you need to get ready to ride the soul train – Lisa Hunt’s Forever Soul is rolling back into town for an evening of powerhouse vocals, feel-good funk, and the kind of energy only Lisa can deliver.
Held each year, Stone Brew Day pays homage to a brewing tradition that dates back to 2008, when Stone & Wood’s founder, Brad Rogers, brought volcanic stones home from Fiji and began what has now become a winter ritual.
As part of the German Film Festival, screening across all Palace Cinemas in May, comes the story of Hildegard Knef – a global star, style icon and grand dame of chanson.
Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week. (May 21-28, 2025)
The Northern Rivers music scene was on show to a crowd of adoring fans Saturday night at Bay FM’s inaugural Airwaves live and local gig celebration in Bangalow.
All legends, all classic rock hits – the Filthy Animals are back with another all-star line up, this time featuring the larger than life Skenie from The Poor! The Filthys like to mix it up, but you’ll always get a stage full of legends and you’ll always get the best rock songs of all time – done right!
Conscious Light – The Divine Life and Revelation of Avatar Adi Da Samraj is an award-winning documentary that offers a penetrating glimpse into the remarkable life and enlightened teachings of Avatar Adi Da Samraj and his work to establish a way of ultimate spiritual realisation for everyone.
Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week. (May 14-20, 2025)
The last time I saw Reg Mombassa, we were on the Condamine River – he was sketching Ash Grunwald while he surfed the frack bubbling water, as neighbouring farmers fired threats, and a shot or two, over our heads. Ahhh those were the days…
Palace Cinemas, in collaboration with German Films, is delighted to unveil the 2025 program of the HSBC German Film Festival which will take place from May 8 to 28 at Palace Byron Bay and Ballina Fair Cinemas.
Embark on a mystical journey with filmmaker Dean Jefferys, as he explores the secrets of the universe through the use of the most powerful psychedelic known to man, 5-MeO-DMT from the Sonoran desert toad in Mexico.
As part of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI), the owners of The Channon Tavern were recently awarded a grant to plant 2,500 trees on the banks of the creek below the venue.
Locals say that the approval of the latest modifications of the flood prone, zombie development application (DA) for a 37-lot industrial subdivision at 60...
The Northern Rivers has been active in settling refugees here and since August 2022 has seen 42 refugees from Syria and Venezuela settled across the region.
