Rod Emerson accepts the winner’s trophy for ‘Pied Piper’, Cartoon of the Year. Cartoonists included Mark Guthrie, David Rowe, Tony Lopes, Jock Brodie, Michael Breen, Mark Lynch, Rod Emmerson, Cathy Wilcox (President, Australian Cartoonists Association), and Dave Keen. Admiring the award winners and entries. A TRUMP-inspired artwork has won Cartoon of the Year at the […]

PURPLE Disturbance, a young four-piece teen band from Coffs Harbour, has been signed by New World Artists. The band’s drummer Jessica Franklin told News Of The Area that it was a huge milestone for the band to step into the music industry they have always dreamed about. “What makes it surreal is not just the […]

‘Flourish’ performance at the Coffs Eisteddfod Gala. Photo: BPW Studios. Everly Baker in the Vocal performance at the Coffs Eisteddfod Gala. Photo CHDES. THE Coffs Harbour and District Eisteddfod Society (CHDES) is calling on community members to join its ranks, to maintain its tradition of providing outstanding performing arts opportunities. The society’s Annual General Meeting […]

A CRITICALLY acclaimed Australian musical headlines the Spring line-up of entertainment at City of Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Memorial Theatre (JMT). “Waltzing the Wilarra” is set in a mixed-race dance club in post-World War II Perth and is HIT Productions’ third First Nations musical production after the phenomenally successful “The Sapphires” and Wesley Enoch’s “The Sunshine […]

CORAMBA Hall was packed to the rafters on Saturday night as Friends of Mount Coramba hosted the sold-out “Bush Dance for the Forests”. Around 100 people enjoyed the joyful and powerful community event to raise awareness and funds to protect the forests of Mount Coramba. Supporters from across the Coffs Coast joined locals in traditional […]