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Splendour 2024 cancelled
It's official, Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled.
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Bruns-Billinudgel RSL marches on
Though recently the membership of the Brunswick Heads–Billinudgel RSL sub-Branch has grown, the numbers are still very low and if there is not a continual increase, this chapter faces closing.
Coveted Wollumbin Art Award open for young and old
Are you an artist in the Northern Rivers? Now is the time to get your art ready and submitted to the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre’s coveted biennial Wollumbin Art Award.
Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival
Caper Byron Bay Food & Culture Festival returns to Byron Bay in May, and this year ‘locals favourite’ pub...
Laid-back but lively
Ooz is an acoustic roots reggae artist with a large, eclectic repertoire of crowd favourites. His unique, laid-back but lively style creates a relaxed atmosphere and his song choices have you remembering many of those forgotten classics.
Could the future of the Richmond River be a clean and healthy one?
Imagine a drinkable, swimmable, fishable Richmond River? That is the aim of the Richmond Riverkeepers Association.
Cinema: Wicked Little Letters
Based on a true scandal that stunned 1920s England, Wicked Little Letters centres on neighbours Edith Swan and Rose Gooding in the seaside town of Littlehampton.
Stories about "Festival":
It’s a biggest little town festival!
Supporters, performers, and volunteers gathered to launch the Mullum Laneways Festival 2024 last Friday.
Major cinema and televisual arts festival is coming to the Gold Coast
The Australian Academy presents the inaugural AACTA Festival. With more than 70
film, television, music, gaming, pop culture and family events coming to the Gold
Coast.
The...
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.
Byron Echo
We just love him!
If you’re over 50 you might not be a fan of Tom Jones, but you can bet your mum is. If you’re under 40 you might not even know who he is, but your grandmother probably wet her pants at the mere mention of his name.
Byron Echo
Peter Garrett gives Bluesfest the nod
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If I say the words ‘US Forces give the nod’, I can pretty much guarantee that you will hear the unmistakable voice of Peter Garrett ringing in your ears. Your head may even start to bob up and down a bit.
Local News
Save Wallum finalist in NSW 2024 environment awards
The Save Wallum campaign has been named as a finalist in the Nature Conservation Council of NSW Environment Awards 2024. The award ceremony will be held in Sydney tonight, and Save Wallum spokesperson and ecologist James Barrie will be attending with Tegan Kitt, another founding member of the group.
National News
New report highlights gaps in rural and remote health
The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report has just been released. Presenting the latest data on the health of rural and remote Australians and evidence on service gaps, it identifies issues in urgent need of attention from service providers, funders, partners and policy makers.