May 22, 2025
MusicNSW launches Outset, a new opportunity for young musicians Youth band Blind Pretty at Pacific Palms Rec Club for MusicNSW Regional Tours. Photo: Lens Head.
Entertainment

MusicNSW launches Outset, a new opportunity for young musicians

OUTSET is a new and free opportunity created by MusicNSW to help young people on the Mid North Coast build live music careers. Guided by inspirational music industry professionals, up to 10 young people in the region will be selected to work together as a Youth Committee to create their own live music event. Applications […]

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June at the Jetty: Dance, drama and big laughs Guts Dance returns to the Jetty Theatre with ‘SUB’.
Entertainment

June at the Jetty: Dance, drama and big laughs

THE Jetty Memorial Theatre is bursting with bold, unforgettable performances in June, from boundary-breaking contemporary dance to hilarious theatrical comedy and world-class stand-up. Kicking off on Tuesday 5 June, New Zealand’s anarchic troupe A Slightly Isolated Dog unleashes “The Trojan War”. Five flamboyant “French” performers guide the audience through a chaotic retelling of Homer’s Iliad, […]

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Citizen science arts exhibition celebrates the reclaimed wetlands of Yuurrun.ga Birdlife on Yurruun.ga’s wetlands.
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Citizen science arts exhibition celebrates the reclaimed wetlands of Yuurrun.ga

Musician and citizen scientist John Laidler. Poet and photographer John Bennett. Birdlife on Yurruun.ga’s wetlands. Yurruun.ga’s wetlands. AN exhibition of artworks celebrating the reclaimed wetland at Yuurrun.ga (Urunga) is showing at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) between 17 May and 22 June. Created by John Bennett and John Laidley, it is described as a story […]

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Coffs City Mayor to join national simultaneous Storytime
Entertainment, Event

Coffs City Mayor to join national simultaneous Storytime

CITY of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams, will lead the local contribution to National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday, 21 May. Cr Williams will read “The Truck Cat” between 10.30-11.30am at the Harry Bailey Memorial Library at Yarrila Place, Coffs Harbour. National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). […]

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Tea Time with Breast Cancer Buddies Support Group
Community, Entertainment, Event

Tea Time with Breast Cancer Buddies Support Group

THE Breast Cancer Buddies Support Group in Coffs Harbour is hosting a “Tea, Treats and Togetherness” event at the Botanic Gardens, in support of Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser. Everyone is invited to this gathering on Wednesday, 21 May from 10am to 12pm, which will bring the community together to celebrate and support the […]

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Botanic Gardens Week celebrates safeguarding plants and connecting with nature The endangered Swamp Orchid is protected at the Botanic Garden.
Event, Regional

Botanic Gardens Week celebrates safeguarding plants and connecting with nature

The Powerful Owl, a threatened species living in the Botanic Gardens. The endangered Swamp Orchid is protected at the Botanic Garden. THE Friends of the Botanic Gardens in Coffs Harbour are embracing the theme of Botanic Gardens Week, 19–25 May, with a series of free visitor activities in line with the powerful message, “Guardians of […]

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Sharing the woodblocking art of Hiroshige at ArtsNational Dr Olive with ArstNational Coffs Coast’s secretary, Natacha Borecky.
Entertainment, Event

Sharing the woodblocking art of Hiroshige at ArtsNational

Dr Olive with ArstNational Coffs Coast’s secretary, Natacha Borecky. The ‘silence of snow’ as Dr Olive described Hiroshige’s technical brilliance. Snow at Akashi by Hiroshige. ARTSNATIONAL Coffs Coast’s April arts talk featured the work of Japanese woodblock master and innovator, Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Titled “Hiroshige’s Woodblock Masterpieces and the Japanese Sensibility for Snow”, it was […]

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