Pianist Glenn Amer. Bass-baritone Warwick-Fyfe. Alan Gee presents a free pre-concert poetry reading. COFFS Harbour Music Society’s upcoming concert, The Great Aussie Songbook and the Empire, presents a unique blend of Australian history and patriotism with a little opera thrown in. It is a compilation of widely appealing music that the Society’s president, Dr Leigh […]
Coffs Coast Pipes and Drums Life Members: Dale Rogers, Robert Partridge and Cathy Suley.
COFFS Coast Pipes and Drums have awarded Life Membership to three long-serving band members. Dale Rogers, Robert Partridge and Cathy Suley were honoured at the band’s Annual General Meeting on 22 July. Dale Rogers has been part of the band family since 1996, when her daughter took up tenor drumming and her husband, Geoff, joined […]
‘Mountains in the Sky’ by Leonie Harrison. ‘Garland of ribbons’ by Leonie Harrison. EXHIBITING her own art for the first time, Nambucca resident Leonie Harrison, aged in her seventies, presents Painting with Papers at Nexus Gallery in Bellingen. Ms Harrison will host a free ‘meet the artist’ event with wine and nibbles between 12-noon – […]
Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed music coordinator Vern McAlpine.
COFFS Harbour Men’s Shed music coordinator Vern McAlpine has been conducting an audit on the Shed’s numerous bands. While he has found most of the members happily pumping out their music, one of the bands is in keen need of a keyboard or saxophone player. They are confident of finding the required member and until […]
FOURTEEN years after first capturing Australia’s attention on Australia’s Got Talent, The Wolfe Brothers remain one of the nation’s most successful country rock acts. After finishing runners-up in 2012, the Tasmanian brothers secured management and a recording contract before joining Lee Kernaghan on the road, opening his shows and performing in his band for a […]
Joe Chindamo. Photo: Olivia Chindamo. 2MBS Sydney Jazz presenter Deborah Evans. IN a musical coup, Coffs Harbour Music Society is hosting one of the best jazz pianists in the world, as Joe Chindamo performs at John Paul College Theatre on Saturday 11 July. “Our jazz-loving audiences will flock to this concert,” the music mociety’s president, […]
Students at Coffs Christian Community School with members of the Poetry in Action team.
Students at Coffs Christian Community School with members of the Poetry in Action team. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. POETRY in Action (PiA), the travelling, educational theatre company, brought its interactive live poetry […]
It would not be the Winter Solstice festival without a bonfire. Fire twirling at the Winter Solstice celebration. THE Boambee East Community Centre’s free Winter Solstice family festival returns on Saturday 20 June 2026. The festival, which celebrates the shortest day and longest night of the year, is now in its 10th year. Throughout the […]
Women heading off on the walk. Photo: Leeboo Photography.
Women heading off on the walk. Photo: Leeboo Photography. The walk marked the 40th anniversary of the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre. Photo: Leeboo Photography. Participants enjoying the early start at Coffs Jetty Foreshore. Photo: Leeboo Photography. WOMEN have turned out in droves to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centr […]
NORTH Coast students from 73 public schools came together on 25 and 26 May for the area’s fifth Compass Music Festival – a major NSW public schools music event celebrating young performers in Years 3 to 12. Presented by the NSW Department of Education’s The Arts Unit, the Compass Music Festival took place over two […]
