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THURSDAY 18
Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, GAVIN DONIGER Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, HARRY NICHOLS Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM SIMON MEOLA, 8PM BOHEMIAN COWBOYS Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM MARK CHAPMAN Q NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 8PM DR FREUDELSTIEN
FRIDAY 19
WRITERS FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR 2021! The Byron Writers Festival returns with a live event 6–8 August 2021. Festival director Edwina Johnson has been steering the ship at half mast during COVID to keep operational, and she’s thrilled that the spinnaker is full and the wind is behind them for August. ‘We will present more than 100 of Australia’s most inspiring writers, thinkers, and storytellers across Festival week, including numerous satellite events throughout the region. We can’t wait to gather again as a community to celebrate Australian writers and stories,’ she said. Full program to be announced and all tickets go on sale 23 June. Tix and programs on byronwritersfestival.com.au.
KOALA HARD QUIZ The NSW Libs have rammed a new koala SEPP (state environmental planning policy) through parliament but it’s designed by their dummy-spitting coalition partner The Nats. Under this policy, our iconic furry friend will be wiped out. Join your local Greens, plus state MP Tamara Smith and Cate Faehrmann MLC, when they go head to head on a Koala Hard Quiz, hosted by Greens candidate for Richmond, Mandy Nolan. How much do you know about koalas?
Like why do they hug trees? What was the name of the plush 1984 Aussie Olympic Mascot? What year did the last koala SEPP end? Opening with some hard facts from Cate Faehrmann about what our koalas are facing, this is a fundraiser for the local council campaign to be held on 1 April in Mullumbimby.
DRUMMING UP WORKSHOPS Son of Drum Musical Instruments in Mullumbimby is amped up to be presenting West African Drum and Dance legend Epizo Bangoura for a series of daytime drumming and dance workshops in Burringbar on Sunday! Born in Guinea, Epizo quickly became one of Africa’s leading percussionists and musicians and was commissioned by the president of Guinea and his wife to perform and tour the world in Guinea’s premier musical and cultural performance group. He went on to live as a performer and teacher of music and dance in Ivory Coast and France before moving to New York, where he formed the band Africa Express, which was nominated for the 2001 ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album. In New York Epizo also formed Fareta Drum and Dance School before moving to Australia, where he has continued to share his cultural knowledge of dance, and blow audiences away with next-level dexterity on traditional African drums, balafon (xylophone), and kora (double-harp). The sessions will conclude with a special twilight performance by Epizo himself and local Afrobeat funksters Timbuktu! Tickets are just $40 and available from Eventbrite. com.au. Workshops start from 10am. Son of Drum are so amped up, actually too amped up! They’re clearing out their amplifiers so swing by the shop soon to score yourself a bargain.
WHAT’S ON LOVE, IS IT JUST OUR IMAGINATION FORUM PRESENTED BY NATALIE JOY
Friday 19 March & Friday 9 April, 7.30 pm $200
THE WORM IS TURNING FILM SCREENING + Q&A
Wednesday 24 March, 6pm $25
FANTASTIC FUNGI: SCREENING + Q&A MIND MEDICINE AUSTRALIA: SOLD OUT Thursday 25 March, 6.30pm General Admission $35 | Conc $25
QUEERSTORIES: BYRON PRESENTED BY QUEER FAMILY Friday 26 March, 7pm
SOLD OUT
Saturday 27 March, 11.30am Full $28 | Conc $25 | U18 $20 | Group of 4-10 $22.50
Arrive early and enjoy a drink at the Theatre Bar Byron Theatre & Community Centre 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay byroncentre.com.au @byrontheatre
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Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, PRICEY, GOONS OF DOOM & MUGHEAD Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SOUL FISH Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 3PM TIM STOKES, 6PM JEROME WILLIAMS, 9PM BEN JANSZ Q BYRON THEATRE 7.30PM FORUM: LOVE, IS IT JUST OUR IMAGINATION? PRESENTED BY NATALIE JOY Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM BRETT GANNON Q SUFFOLK PARK COMMUNITY HALL 7PM BHAKTIATSU KIRTAN – TJ DASS AND THE MONKEY BUSINESS Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4.30PM DJ MONSIEUR DIOP Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 6PM CADENCE Q DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM SHIT Q ST JOHN’S SCHOOL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM ECSTATIC DANCE – DJ WILD HONEY Q BALLINA RSL BOARDWALK 6PM HARRY NICHOLS Q BALLINA PLAYERS 8PM GIRLS’ WEEKEND Q LENNOX HOTEL HOTEL STAGE BEN PURNELL DUO Q NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 8PM DR FREUDELSTIEN Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 7.30PM PHIL GUEST Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH, 8PM ADAM HOLE BAND Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5.30PM GREG SULLIVAN Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM KARNIVOOL Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM ANDREW TAYLOR
SATURDAY 20 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, BEN WALSH TRIO Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, HAYLEY GRACE AND THE BAY COLLECTIVE Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 1PM LEIGH JAMES, 4PM JOE CONROY, 6.30PM ALIVAN BLU, 9PM ANIMAL VENTURA Q FOXY LUU’S, BYRON BAY, 4.30PM GROOVE & BAO – NOY BEN AMI Q KIKI ON BYRON 7PM THE MOSESE PARKER JAZZ TRIO Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM BIGGY P Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 6PM OOZ Q MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY MARKET 9.30AM TRIBUTE TO JAZZ Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM DJ TAZ, 6.15PM DJ OREN SELECTA Q DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY, 7.30PM SHIT Q BALLINA PLAYERS 8PM GIRLS’ WEEKEND Q LENNOX HOTEL HOTEL STAGE ISAAC FRANKHAM DUO Q DUNOON SPORTS CLUB 7PM OPEN SEASON BAND Q MARY G’S, LISMORE, 8PM HARRY NICHOLS Q NIMBIN BUSH THEATRE 8PM DR FREUDELSTIEN
Q MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM FABIAN Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 7.30PM A TRIBUTE TO ELLA FITZGERALD FEATURING SHARNY RUSSELL AND MARTHA BAARTZ Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS 5.30PM JAMIE ASHFORTH Q KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 7PM MARSHALL OKELL Q SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD, 7PM THE MAGNIFICENCE Q TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, THE SHOWROOM 8PM BRIAN CADD & RUSSELL MORRIS Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 5PM JASON SHEPARD, 9.30PM STEVEN GREEN
SUNDAY 21 Q HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BAY, BEN CAMDEN Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, RAGGA JUMP Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 1PM JESA, 5PM 3 PLAY, 9PM DU EAST Q BYRON BAY GOLF CLUB 4PM CAPE BYRON CELTIC DANCERS Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM MARK CHAPMAN Q MULLUMBIMBY CIVIC HALL 3PM HARP AND VOICE Q WANDANA BREWING CO., MULLUMBIMBY, 4PM ALEX TILLY Q HOTEL BRUNSWICK 5PM THE LYRICAL Q MEVLANA HALL, MYOCUM, 3PM HARMONIUM CHOIR & SHRINE RIVER KIRTAN Q DRILL HALL THEATRE, MULLUMBIMBY, 5PM SHIT Q BURRINGBAR HALL, EPIZO AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOP WITH TIMBUKTU Q UKI MARKETS, 9AM TWEED OLD TIME MUSIC GROUP, WATERFALL AND LEASH Q BALLINA PLAYERS 2PM GIRLS’ WEEKEND Q BEEF AND BEACH, LENNOX HEAD, 3PM TIM STOKES Q RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH, 2.30PM BILL JACOBI Q REGENT CINEMA, MURWILLUMBAH, 3PM LOUISE KING – INTO THE DREAMING WITH SUPPORT BY CHARLIE PRIEST AND HAYDEN MEARS Q COOLANGATTA HOTEL 4PM LISA HUNT
MONDAY 22 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, OOZ Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM WALKING FRANCIS, 8PM GUY KACHEL Q THE ITALIAN, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM VINCE SORRENTI Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM MATT BUGGY
TUESDAY 23 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, SUNSTONE Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM PHIL HOWELL, 8PM CHELSEA SKYEATER Q THE ITALIAN, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM VINCE SORRENTI Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM BRETT GANNON
WEDNESDAY 24 Q RAILWAY HOTEL, BYRON BAY, CHRIS FISHER DUO Q BEACH HOTEL, BYRON BAY, 5PM BEN WHITING, 8PM JAMES DKHAN Q THE ITALIAN, BYRON BAY, 6.30PM VINCE SORRENTI Q SALTWATER SOCIAL CLUB, BYRON BAY, 8.30PM MARK CHAPMAN
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