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Turning eight at the Nudge
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.
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Hope for whistleblowers?
It's been a strange time recently for whistleblowers, and those who value their contribution to Australian society.
Dangerously Poetic launches ‘Paper People’
Dangerously Poetic Press is launching their 16th publication, Paper People, by Kathryn Boorman.
Tweed under biosecurity exclusion zone after fire ants found
The NSW government has introduced an emergency biosecurity exclusion zone in the Tweed Shire after the discovery of fire ants in NSW for the first time last week.
Man taken into custody after residents told to stay indoors – Wollongbar
A man was taken into custody as part of a police operation in Wollongbar at around 2pm today.
Mullum REDinc art show this Friday
Tomorrow night participants at REDinc in Mullumbimby will be putting on their ‘one night only’ Art Expo that is open to the public from 6-8pm at 22 Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby.
Meet the new Byron chamber pres
Matt Williamson took the reins from Jason Bentley, as the new Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce president, at the last AGM a few weeks ago.
Stories about "Festival":
Two dead and 70 charged at Sydney music festivals
After two deaths – both confirmed to have been at the Knockout festival – NSW police say that there were more than 70 people charged with drug offences at two Sydney music events held on Saturday.
There’s festivals and there’s festivals…
The finishing touches are being put on to the Splendour site as they get ready to rock!
Law & Order: Special Nimbin Unit
One could have been mistaken for thinking the speakers at last night's Lismore Council meeting were in a court of law after the clearly hostile grilling they received from certain councillors in the chamber.
World Environment Day festival in Knox Park
The Caldera Environment Centre is hosting a World Environment Day festival event in Knox Park, Murwillumbah in July.
Time to dream your dreams of the future…
The Aquarius Festival was born out of the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s and as Graeme Dunstan, director of the Aquarius Festival said, ‘We were cooking the counterculture of the time’.
Stone & Wood DA seeks to hold two festivals a year
Local brewing company, Stone & Wood, is looking to expand the festival activities at its facility in the Byron Arts & Industry Estate.
Dunoon’s got a little bit of the blues
Post-COVID and floods, music is slowly creepy crawling back out of the woodwork and the Dunoon Village Blues Festival is the latest event making a day of it.
Byron High’s Winter Fest, June 23
To celebrate the creative and artistic talents of students, Byron Bay High School is holding its annual Winter Arts Festival Showcase Evening (aka the WAF) on Thursday June 23.
Live and Local Tweed program hosts micro festival
May will be music month for Murwillumbah when the Live and Local Tweed program swings into action.
Far North Coast dancers head to Lennox
With so many eisteddfods having been cancelled in the last 12 months, it's a source of excitement that the North Coast Dance Festival will kick off at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre today.
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Interview with Robyn Davidson, author of the international bestseller Tracks
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.
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Screening: The last two weeks at Longlee
Susie Forsters’ film about palliative care is showing again at the Mullumbimby Drill Hall on Thursday, November 30 at 7pm.
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Too much fun in the Playground
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.
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From the Deep South to the Far North
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.
