May 2, 2026
New report on strengthening regional music communities The report provides insights into the unique challenges and opportunities for those involved in music outside metropolitan areas. Photo: MusicNSW.
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New report on strengthening regional music communities

MUSICNSW has released a new report detailing how to strengthen regional and remote music, setting a map for action for government, industry and communities across NSW. The report gathers insights from 80-plus representatives from across the NSW music sector. The contributors participated in a NSW Roundtable held at the 2025 Regional & Remote Music Summit […]

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Blazing, beautiful and breathtaking stormy sights over Coffs Harbour The kaleidoscopic dramatic colours of the silent storm over Coffs Harbour Jetty.
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Blazing, beautiful and breathtaking stormy sights over Coffs Harbour

The kaleidoscopic dramatic colours of the silent storm over Coffs Harbour Jetty. The kaleidoscopic dramatic colours of the silent storm over Coffs Harbour Jetty. The kaleidoscopic dramatic colours of the silent storm over Coffs Harbour Jetty. STORM season is in full swing on the Coffs Coast, and for Jetty resident Harvey Ward it provides an […]

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Summer Time art show opens at Coffs Showground Gallery CHCAG Members Jocelyn Challis, Mary Abbott and President Ivinnie Brown.
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Summer Time art show opens at Coffs Showground Gallery

CHCAG Members Jocelyn Challis, Mary Abbott and President Ivinnie Brown. Christmas Hats competitors. President Sue Roberts with People’s Choice Winner Annie Houston. Christmas Hat winners Yvonne Smith and Ken Pay. People’s Choice from the 30 x 30 exhibition, ‘The Forest’ by Annie Houston. “SUMMER Time”, the last exhibition of the year for the Coffs Harbour […]

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Australian/French artist exhibition opens at Coffs Central before touring to France
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Australian/French artist exhibition opens at Coffs Central before touring to France

Artist Janet Besançon. Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’) exhibition at Coffs Central Gallery. LIVING in Coffs Harbour, Australian/French artist Janet Besançon invites audiences into a world of colour, fragility, and reflection with her new exhibition Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’), presented at Coffs Central Gallery from 10 – 23 December 2025. Ms Besançon […]

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Myths, Monsters and Martians at the National Cartoon Gallery ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition.
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Myths, Monsters and Martians at the National Cartoon Gallery

‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. ‘Myths, Monsters and Martians’ is the Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition. THE National Cartoon Gallery’s new exhibition “Myths, Monsters and Martians” opened this week in time […]

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ArtsNational hosts ‘Aboriginal Art: from Rock Art to Today’ Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula.
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ArtsNational hosts ‘Aboriginal Art: from Rock Art to Today’

Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula. Associate Professor Sally Butler spoke about ‘one of the greatest art movements’. The ArtsNational Coffs Coast Committee is celebrating a stellar year of arts talks. ARTSNATIONAL Coffs Coast recently hosted a talk by Associate Professor Sally Butler on […]

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Mate pens poem in memory of Lieutenant Michael Fussell
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Mate pens poem in memory of Lieutenant Michael Fussell

DEFENCE Force veteran Brett Sprague never forgets the passing of his mate Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan on 27 November 2008. Lieutenant Fussell, aged 25, was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action by an improvised explosive device (EID) detonation while conducting a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan province. Born […]

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Coffs artist Seabastion Toast wins first stage of TV’s Portrait Artist of the Year Portrait Artist of the Year judge Robert Wellington chats with Coffs artist Seabastion Toast.
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Coffs artist Seabastion Toast wins first stage of TV’s Portrait Artist of the Year

Portrait Artist of the Year judge Robert Wellington chats with Coffs artist Seabastion Toast. Courtney Act. The moment Courtney Act announced Seabastion Toast’s portrait as her favourite. COFFS Harbour artist Seabastion Toast has won the first stage of the new Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) series. Aired on the ABC on 9 November (series […]

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Australian/French artist exhibition opens at Coffs Central before touring to France
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Australian/French artist exhibition opens at Coffs Central before touring to France

Artist Janet Besançon. Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’) exhibition at Coffs Central Gallery. LIVING in Coffs Harbour, Australian/French artist Janet Besançon invites audiences into a world of colour, fragility, and reflection with her new exhibition Je bulle librement (‘I bubble freely’), presented at Coffs Central Gallery from 10 – 23 December 2025. Ms Besançon […]

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Cinema Under the Stars is back in Coffs Harbour A previous Cinema Under the Stars event.
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Cinema Under the Stars is back in Coffs Harbour

A previous Cinema Under the Stars event. Pre-film fun for the kids. The feature film shows at sundown. NEWCASTLE Permanent’s Cinema Under the Stars is back in Coffs Harbour for its 17th season. Taking place on Saturday 29 November at Coffs Harbour Showground, this year’s film is the Oscar-nominated animation The Wild Robot (PG, 2024) […]

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