The OSIC NSW State Final venue, University of NSW (Kensington Campus), Sydney.
Photos provided by OSIC.
A 2024 junior strings finalist performs her piece, placing 1st in her age category. A 2024 drums finalist represents his regional town on the big stage. The OSIC NSW State Final venue, University of NSW (Kensington Campus), Sydney. Photos provided by OSIC. YOUNG instrumentalists from the Coffs Coast region are being invited to audition for […]
Nambucca Heads’ Mick Birtles uses his podcast to highlight grassroots people doing extraordinary things.
Titled ‘Life Worth Listening’, the podcast features heartfelt, insightful, and often surprising conversations with locals who are living with passion, purpose, and a dash of adventure. Nambucca Heads’ Mick Birtles uses his podcast to highlight grassroots people doing extraordinary things. MICK Birtles, a regular reporter for News Of The Area and a familiar voice on […]
Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival is back in November.
Woolgoolga’s Blues and Berries Festival is back in November. The famous pie eating contest. Live music is a big feature of the festival. WOOLGOOLGA’S much-loved Blues and Berries Festival has secured key funding through the NSW Government’s 2025 Regional Event Fund, and is set to return to Woolgoolga Beach Reserve on Sunday 2 November. The […]
Coffs Harbour City Orchestra performing at Bellingen Memorial Hall.
Violin virtuoso Nicholas Fairbanks performs with Coffs Harbour City Orchestra. Coffs Harbour City Orchestra performing at Bellingen Memorial Hall. THE Coffs Harbour City Orchestra’s upcoming concert featuring violin virtuoso Nicholas Fairbanks is a homecoming for the accomplished musician who grew up in Bellingen Shire. An evening performance on Saturday 19 July and a matinee on […]
Artist Helen Goldsmith and Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh. Photo: Andrew Vivian.
Cindy Dodd from Blooms The Chemist, sponsor of Section 6 Drawing, with winner Willie Berkof-Ober. Photo: Jasmine Winter. Artist Helen Goldsmith and Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh. Photo: Andrew Vivian. The art show’s opening night was well attended. Photo: Jasmine Winter. The art show’s opening night was well attended. Photo: Jasmine Winter. The art […]
Ava at the Ballet Preljocaj in QPAC Brisbane. Tahlia at the Sydney Opera House to see the Australian Ballet perform ‘Nijinsky’. Angus at Sydney Opera House for the performance of ‘Nijinsky’. Musical student Zoey at Annie the Musical in Coffs Harbour. FIVE outstanding ballet students at Harbour Performing Arts Centre (HPAC) have received awards based […]
President Donna Baldwin with exhibition visitors from Red Rock, Kate and Ian Shaw.
President Donna Baldwin with exhibition visitors from Red Rock, Kate and Ian Shaw. Secretary Annette Brauer with club member and prize contributor Sharron Sykes. Exhibition visitor Terry Watson. ‘Frames of Coffs’ photography exhibition at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden. ‘Frames of Coffs’ photography exhibition at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden. The club’s joint […]
Daniel Hellier at the Gala Concert performing ‘How to Train Your Dragon’.
Daniel Hellier at the Gala Concert performing ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. Dance Round 1 scholarship winners Angus Bryant, Amelia Carpenter, Ella-Grace Chowdhury and Pearl Pisk. Vocal Round 1 scholarship winner Violet Hyland with Eisteddfod President Debbie Waters. Eisteddfod secretary Anne Chittick with Instrumental Round 1 scholarship winners Camble Scott, Eido Roques, Olivia Hoare and […]
Troy Rogers in Upside Down Fantasyland. Photo: Troy Rogers FB.
HAVING recently appeared at Sydney, Adelaide and Newcastle fringe festivals, Troy Rogers brings “Upside Down Fantasyland” to the Mid North Coast for a limited run of intimate shows. Following a sold out show in April, Troy returns for two nights in Bellingen this month, before taking the stage in Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga in August. […]
Katie Sibio with husband Vince (centre) and their musician friends, outside Coffs Harbour Hospital.
Katie Sibio with husband Vince (centre) and their musician friends, outside Coffs Harbour Hospital. The uplifting gig. The uplifting gig. THE power of love in healing was witnessed on Sunday 22 June when Ulong resident Katie Sibio pulled off an uplifting jamming session in the grounds of Coffs Harbour Hospital for her husband Vince, who […]
