In December 1977 I fell in love with live music. I was seven years old when Keven and Karen Oxford and their business partners promoted Richard Clapton to play a gig at what was my Grandparents place, The Everglades, now The Byron at Byron. They… Read More »Splendour in the grass – 2016
Preparations for Bello Winter Music (7-10 July) are in full swing in the little NSW mid north coast town of Bellingen. The town’s clubs, cafes and halls will host over 80 international and national acts including Willie Watson (US), L-FRESH The LION, Mojo Juju, Sahara Beck, Kylie Auldist (also of The Bamboos) and Tijuana… Read More »All go for Bello!
In a few short weeks Bluesfest is on again, this year Boomerang Festival returns as a festival within Bluesfest. WE thought we would publish the review written by Tommy Leitch after the last Boomerang Festival so you can see what a treat Boomerang Festival is… Read More »Boomerang Festival – Slight Return
It could be said that, for the greater part, this year’s Splendour in the Grass was blessed with fine weather and the best a Byron winter can offer – clear, blue skies, warm days and mostly dry nights. But a wet preceding week and a… Read More »WHAT MUD? THERE’S NO STOPPING SPLENDOUR
There is something a little voyeuristic in watching movies. We gain an insight into the lives of others, empathise with strangers, peek through the curtains of our closeted lives into a world that is not ours. Whether it is dreaming of gaining superpowers, finding that… Read More »BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL: VOYEURISTIC PURSUITS
The next guest teacher that we have selected to introduce who will be offering her teachings at the Byron Spirit Festival in March is HarJiwan. Local to the Byron area, HarJiwan is a pioneer, teacher, healer & role model of the massive shift of consciousness… Read More »BYRON SPIRIT FESTIVAL: HARJIWAN’S KUNDALIN YOGA
Back in the 1920’s Joseph Moncure penned The Wild Party – a robust streetwise beat poem that told the story of bootlegging, flappers, social change, gangsters, jazz and love…all captured in one decadent all night party: The Wild Party. This perfectly themes night of nights… Read More »Mullum Music’s Wild Party!
Splendour – a single word, a précised title, so conducive of… well, what did Splendour mean to you? For some, it was shared moments with absent friends, interstate liaisons and a weekend of hugs and smiles. For some it was three days of sensory gluttony,… Read More »SPLENDOUR ’14: THE WEEKEND THAT WAS
As I have recently written, Bali, in the sense of a picture-postcard, tropical paradise, has had its time. Murky waters, trash like confetti on streets and beaches and more traffic year-round than Byron Bay on Boxing Day has left the little island a less-than-idyllic holiday… Read More »BALI SPIRIT FESTIVAL: A GREATER PURPOSE
As I have recently written, Bali, in the sense of a picture-postcard, tropical paradise, has had its time. Murky waters, trash like confetti on streets and beaches and more traffic year-round than Byron Bay on Boxing Day has left the little island a less-than-idyllic holiday… Read More »BALI SPIRIT FESTIVAL: A GREATER PURPOSE
