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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 […]

Entertainment

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 […]

Event

Wearable art workshops ahead of Nambucca Valley parade

NAMBUCCA Valley residents are being invited to take part in a series of free Creative Recovery workshops in the lead up to the Open Streets Festival Parade on 14 February. Delivered by Arts Mid North Coast, the wearable art workshops are designed to bring people together through shared creativity, storytelling and community connection. The workshops […]

Event

Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed exhibition showcases crafty blokes’ work

Preparing for the inaugural Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed 2026 Exhibition are Urunga Art Space volunteer Rachael Naylor, Men’s Shed president Robert Houston and local sculptor Mick Maley. Men’s Shed president Robert Houston, with one of woodworker Alan Larkin’s handmade ‘heirloom toys’. COFFS Harbour Men’s Shed will present its 2026 Exhibition, opening on Friday 31 January […]

Event

Stig Family Charity Day draws record crowd and nears $500,000 milestone

Best Fancy Dress winners, Pink Watermelons: James Weimer, Jack Ireland, Sam Welsh and Tannah Bradshaw. Winners, Debbie Baxter, Mark Baxter, Donna Gaddes and Scott Gaddes. The Crayons, Hudson Garzoli, Kade Scarth, Barney Garzoli and Kai Garzoli. THE Stig Family Charity Day golf event on Sunday 4 January, attracted a record 245 supporters to the fairways […]

Entertainment, Event

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, […]

Entertainment

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 […]

Food

Channelling my mother’s festive spirit through her Christmas cake

The recipe written in Mum’s hand in 1958. Photos: Pauline Cain. Ladies in black: Jean Ball, Ann Cain and Duna Miranda with Miss McGregor in her shop in 1958. Soaking the fruit in Grandma Cain’s bowl. Mum wrote the recipe in the back of this well worn Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union cookbook, which I suspect […]

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Through young eyes, student art pops at Coffs Harbour

A NEW art exhibition displaying the creations of talented senior high school students from across the region is showing in Gallery 4 of Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM). It’s called “Yearbook ’25: Visual Art Students from the Coffs Coast.” “It’s fantastic to see our gallery giving young people the chance to showcase their creativity and […]

Entertainment, Event

Back to Bowra Festival on track for bumper day

Gearing up for Back to Bowra are Nambucca Valley Deputy Mayor James Angel and Mayor Gary Lee, with their billy carts freshly scrutineered and deemed safe to race on Saturday 15 November. Back to Bowra Committee President Gav McKinnon test drives one of the billy carts created for Back to Bowra by Nambucca Valley Rotary. […]