Entertainment Archives - Nambucca Valley News Of The Area

Rachel Burns brings Nambucca Valley history to festival audience

THE rich history of the Nambucca Valley was shared with a new audience when author Rachel Burns was selected to present her work at an opening event at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival. The festival commenced with a local author showcase at Alternatives Bookshop in Bellingen, bringing together writers from across the region to […]

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Nambucca Valley Country Music Club supports next generation of lifesavers

THE Nambucca Valley Country Music Club has made a donation to Nambucca Heads Surf Life Saving Club’s nippers program to help ensure young people can continue to learn vital surf safety and lifesaving skills. The music club has built a strong reputation for raising funds and donating them to a wide range of worthy organisations […]

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Biggest Compass Music Festival yet features 1100 performers

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 […]

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Something for everyone on Youth Week program

NAMBUCCA Valley Council has supported local youth organisations to help deliver a program of free events for NSW Youth Week, which runs from 16-26 April. “Youth Week is about celebrating our local youth and the great contribution young people make to the Nambucca Valley,” General Manager Bede Spannagle said. “We’re especially proud that this year’s […]

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Call out to artists for upcoming Women in Art exhibition

LOCAL female artists have an opportunity to exhibit their artwork at the Nambucca Valley Women’s Business Network’s (NVWBN) ‘Women in Art’ exhibition, opening at Macksville’s Matilda Street Gallery on Saturday 16 May. Last year’s event saw 95 artworks from 44 artists from the Nambucca, Macleay, Hastings and Bellinger valleys, with more than 100 attendees at […]

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Samantha’s lifetime of creativity leads to ‘Collide’ exhibition

SAMANTHA Hanna, a contributor to the “Collide” art exhibition showing at Sawtell Art Gallery until 14 March, was mistakenly described as a fledgling artist in NOTA’s recent report. In fact Samantha has enjoyed a 27-year career in the design industry. “I moved from Sydney to Sawtell in April 2023, built a studio and have been […]

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Violette’s in bloom for Open Streets Festival

IN the lead-up to this weekend’s Open Streets Festival, one of its youngest performers, Violette Hyland, and her puppy Muse, met with News Of The Area to talk about her achievements and plans. Despite being just 15-years-old, the down-to-earth Nambucca High School student already has an impressive string of achievements and memorable performances under her […]

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Open Streets Festival returns to Macksville’s riverside

The Open Streets Festival in Macksville will culminate in a fireworks display along the Nambucca River. The wildly popular Open Streets Festival of 2024 drew huge crowds to Macksville. Folk singer Billie-Jo Porter and retro-soul group Mastersonics will headline the program. MACKSVILLE’S riverside precinct will once again host the sounds of locally produced live music […]

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Showing why ‘Laughing Matters’ at Bowraville’s Phoenix

Thirty original cartoons feature in the exhibition at the Phoenix Art Gallery in Bowraville. Local artist Dan Boermans has created a space to laugh. AN EXHIBITION of humorous cartoons, created by local artist and business owner Dan Boermans, is currently on view at the Phoenix Art Gallery in Bowraville. The free exhibition is called “Laughing […]

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Macksville Music Muster 2026 returns in February

Macksville Music Muster is back. Line Dancing at Macksville Music Muster. THE Macksville Music Muster is set to take over Macksville Showground again with the annual Country Music festival taking place on 16-23 February 2026. This five-day event presents 10 artists: Ricki Wood, Owen Blundell, Kiara Rodrigues, Kathy Carver, Vanessa Sanger, Larry Cann, Pete Smith, […]