In a last minute scramble to get shows in the region, Brandin Farrant, father of music prodigy Taj Farrant, says that the cancellation of Bluesfest has been rough on a lot of levels.

I first met Jenny Dowell OAM when she was the mayor of Lismore, and I was sent by The Echo to take photos, of...

Steve Poltz has fun on stage. Steve Poltz has fun off stage. Every show has its own vibe. Raucous, joyous, improvisational and always strange. Stellar guitar work and songs that will have you smiling one minute and crying the next.

The day before Greg Mcqueen died in Brunswick Heads, the funeral director arrived at Greg’s home to organise his services.

When you think about it, musical theatre is probably the oldest form of entertainment. Back in the day when Ugg and Grok were sitting around the fire putting on a show for the other Neanderthals, they didn’t isolate the ballet from the opera, or the softshoe shuffle from Greek chorus and the drama and the jokes.

2025 captured – Echo’s photographers had a busy year

Matthew Rankin’s genre-defying, absurdist comedy, Universal Language co-written by Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi, is set in a dream-like Winnipeg that feels as much like Tehran as it does Canada.

This year, the Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF) will be screening an extraordinary film, Journey Home, David Gulpili– an intimate and deeply reflective film, that walks alongside family and community as they honour ceremony, memory, and culture, offering the audience and a rare, moving insight in the meaning of returning home to country.

VIDEO: A short interview with Associate Professor John Stevens discussing Lifestyle Medicine and shared medical appointments.

VIDEO: A short interview with Dr Joel Hissink discussing bowel cancer and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – it's important do your poop test!