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Byron Shire
January 26, 2025

The meeting of art and dance

‘Hinterland + Dance’ is a solo exhibition by Jan...

The Loveys farewell tour

The Loveys – Jennifer Parenteau, Janet Swain, Pamelah Freeman...

Mandy Nolan

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The Power of Brow

I’ve always loved raising eyebrows. In surprise, or shock, or...

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week

The Mother of them all, Cheeky Cabaret, is back...

Sensory Blender delivers Aroop Roy

Prepare for an unforgettable event as Sensory Blender presents Aroop Roy, an acclaimed producer, musician, and DJ. Renowned for blending house, techno, and garage with jazz, disco, and global rhythms, Aroop is celebrated as one of today’s most versatile artists.

Come Alive

Alive In The 70s will bring the unforgettable sounds and distinctive style of the 1970s back to life at a show at Byron Theatre on Saturday, January 18.

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week

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.

Interview with Nick Garbett from The Vampires

Vampires coming to the Northern Rivers With their latest, seventh,...

Learn great songs and have a blast doing it!

After a fabulous first year, Big Voice Community Gospel...

Talking Heads and David Bowie – KAPOW!

Get ready for an afternoon of timeless music as...

Cinema

Cinema: This film is A Real Pain

Sometimes you see a trailer that is so fascinating, and so alluring, that you just know you are going to have to watch the film at the cinema – on the day it comes out – even if that day is Boxing Day!

Movie Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin

Who doesn’t adore Winnie the Pooh? The mere utterance of the teddybear’s name, along with Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore, is enough to transport so many people of a certain age to a happier world of uncomplicated intimacies and honey-soaked innocence. The history behind Pooh is considerably more layered, however.

Trilogy: New Wave

More than a decade has passed since the original Trilogy (2007), a classic surf film directed by one-time Suffolk Park resident and legendary surf filmmaker Taylor Steele was released. Since then, surfing has transitioned from a countercultural pastime to a mainstream sport. Trilogy: New Wave examines this evolution with a new lens, offering an unexpected perspective of surfing’s present.

Cinema: Jumanji: The Next Level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBxcF-r9Ibs If you walk into the cinema thinking ‘I’m not expecting much from this film,...

Seven in print

Byron Shire Echo issue 39.33 – January 22, 2025

Everyone reads The Echo

The Echo loves your letters and is proud to provide a community forum on the issues that matter most to our readers and the people of the NSW north coast. So don’t be a passive reader, send us your epistles.

Interviews

Interview with four the co-founders of Cunning Stunts

The Cunning Stunts are pretty chuffed to be celebrating nine years and their 80th event this weekend, having raised over $421k for dozens of very good causes and raised the fun levels of everyone at their gigs. We had a chat with the four co-founders of Cunning Stunts ahead of their show this Saturday at The Billi.

The Spirit of Falls

Over the past twenty years, Andrew Kidman has earned a dedicated following as a...

SAE and the world

SAE Byron Bay students are making their mark locally and internationally, the University College has been delivering industry-focused education since 1976.

Bluedollfly, Dragonfly – creating awareness

This exhibition is a look at family, childhood, single mothering, with particular focus on the effect of alcohol on babies during pregnancy, i.e. foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FAS

Interview with four the co-founders of Cunning Stunts

The Cunning Stunts are pretty chuffed to be celebrating nine years and their 80th event this weekend, having raised over $421k for dozens of very good causes and raised the fun levels of everyone at their gigs. We had a chat with the four co-founders of Cunning Stunts ahead of their show this Saturday at The Billi.

Growing, changing, making: SAE Byron Bay

SAE Byron Bay students are kicking goals across the world, making waves at home and abroad, from winning international awards, to building thriving businesses and supporting local artists.

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week

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.

Sonic journeys and transformative soundscapes

This year’s Starlight Festival lineup offers a diversity of sound healing and musical artistry, with two extraordinary performers Daniele and Atman bringing their unique approaches to transformative sound.

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remembering the good times

Robert Drewe releases new novel, Whipbird

Bangalow local Robert Drewe is an Australian literary legend...

Falls through the lens of Jeff (fallen) Dawson

The first Falls Festival in Byron went off without a hitch, with organisers, punters and even many neighbours surprised at the largely incident-free event.

Famous children’s author drops in on Byron school

Byron Bay Public School students yesterday had a visit from author Jesse Blackadder, as part of the Byron Writers Festival’s mobile creative writing program, to talk about how she writes books for children.