Calendar of Events, Festivals and Shows in the Byron Bay, Tweed Valley, Gold Coast Region of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia |
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The Unity Festival Celebrates our colourful cultural diversity through world music, exotic dance, delicious cuisine and an international marketplace. A high quality line up from the creative rich Tweed and Byron Bay Shire includes Bollywood, Indonesian, Indigenous Australian and classical Indian dancers, the spectacular carnival-style Samba Blisstas, Middle Eastern dance dynamos Ali Baba, high energy African drumming with Hello Africa, folk music by Loren, Celtic music plus so much more. Free kids entertainment and activities. Don't miss it. Tickets are limited. |
Saturday 22 October | Murwillumbah Showground | (02) 6672 3003 - Kerry Turner |
Integral Yoga lifestyle holiday retreats Revitalise & Integrate Body, Mind & Spirit with a Restorative Yoga Prana & Detox retreat. An integrated Restorative Yoga Prana & Detox retreat in an oasis of dynamic healing energies and practices where Holistic Western Medicine meets with traditional Eastern arts with Filomena and 2 other leading Byron Bay practitioners. Regular retreats held in Byron Bay, Bali and Thailand. |
Check web site for details | Byron Bay, Bali, Chiang Mai Thailand. | (02) 6685 4039 |
The Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra (NRSO) is a non-profit organisation offering a wide variety of high quality, affordable musical productions to local communities. Originally an eighteen-member chamber ensemble founded by Barry Singh in 1993 in Murwillumbah, the Orchestra now draws as many as 60 players from as far afield as Lismore, Brisbane and Toowoomba. |
Current schedule | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Northern Rivers | Contact Details |
Tyalgum Diggers Rodeo and Sports Day Tyalgum Diggers is a local instituation. A great family day out something for everyone. Rodeo, gymkhana, woodchop event, competitions, raffles, market stalls, displays, live music, rides, arts and crafts, barrel racing, rural bush fire brigade display and more! |
tba. Check web site for updates. | Tyalgum | - |
Seminars for Eyesight Education Natural VISION Improvement two day (12 hour) weekend workshops. Learn techniques to help relieve and prevent eyesight deterioration like shortsightedness, farsightedness, old-age reading blur, and close work visual stress; and discover how to rest, exercise, nourish and cleanse your eyes, visual brain and body to acheive optimum health and maximum visual capacity. |
See web site for more information | Sydney, NSW | (02) 6672 4748 |
Speed on Tweed Held in Murwillumbah each year since 2002, "Speed on Tweed" features street circuit speed trials, and attracts more than 150 racing, sports and touring car enthusiasts for a weekend of social events and competition. Parades, street parties, photo opps and autograph signings with Australian car racing legends like Sir Jack Brabham and Dick Johnson are part of the programme. |
September | Murwillumbah | (02) 6672 6130 |
Lismore Symphony Orchestra. Formed in the latter half of 2003, the Orchestra is relatively small, with 40 players. Totally self funded, it receives its money from ticket sales, members fees and donations, it is committed to providing affordable, top quality performances to a wide audience. |
tba | tba | (02) 6628 5361 |
| Whale watching | June - October | coastal headlands | |
| Lismore Gig Guide | Updated weekly on Friday | Lismore | - |
| Caldera Kin Folk Club | 1pm, 3rd Sunday of month | tba | (02) 6679 5432 |
| Tweed Valley Jazz Club | 6pm, last Friday of month | tba | (02) 6672 4778 |
| Starlight Wellbeing Expo | January | Bangalow | - |
| NPWS Ranger Discovery Tours | January Holidays | various National Parks | (02) 6628 1177 |
| Annual Blues Harp Blowout Competition | late March | Byron Bay, Bangalow | (02) 6677 1819 |
| Kites & Bikes Festival | late March every second year | Brusnwick Heads | - |
| Malfunction Surf Festival | late March | Kingscliff | - |
| Annual Rathdowney Heritage Festival | April | Rathdowney | (07) 5544 1222 |
| East Coast Blues & Roots Festival | Easter | Byron Bay | (02) 6685 8310 |
| Byron Underwater Festival | April | Byron Bay | (02) 6680 9134 |
| Tweed Harbour Fireworks Spectacular | May | Jack Evans Boat Harbour | - |
| Greenback Tailor Fishing Competition | June Queens Birthday Weekend | Cabarita Beach | 0400 042 192 |
| Tamborine Mountain Christmas in July - Yulefest on the Mountain | July - August | Tamborine Mountain | |
| Byron Bay Writers Festival | Last week July/first week August | Byron Bay | (02) 6685 5115 |
| Lismore Herb Festival | August | Lismore | - |
| Casino Gold Cup | August | Casino Racecourse | (02) 6662 1729 |
| Northern Rivers Vintage Car Club | August | Lismore | (02) 6628 1207 |
| Lismore Music Festival | August | Lismore | (02) 6621 6015 |
| Tweed Valley Banana Festival and Harvest Week | Last week in August | Murwillumbah | (02) 6672 6186 |
| Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music | 1st weekend September | Tyalgum | (02) 6672 6100 |
| Rainforest Rescue Big Scrub Rainforest Day | September | Rocky Creek Dam | (02) 6627 0114 |
| Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show | September to January | Ballina | (02) 6686 7273 |
| Lismore Garden Week | September | Lismore | (02) 6624 3855 |
| Farmarama Expo | September | Lismore | (02) 6624 2611 |
| Byron Peace Carnival | September | Byron Bay | (02) 6672 3152 |
| Speed on Tweed | September | Murwillumbah | (02) 6672 6130 |
| Nimbin Agricultural Show | September | Nimbin | (02) 6689 0373 |
| Bundjalung Light Gathering | September | Nimbin Rocks | - |
| The Unity Festival | September/October | Murwillumbah | (02) 6672 3003 - Kerry Turner |
| Thursday Plantation Jazz in the Rainforest | October | Ballina | (02) 6686 7273 |
| Casino Agricultural Show | October | Casino | (02) 6662 5991 |
| River City Music Festival | October | Lismore | (02) 6621 7573 |
| North Coast National Show | October | Lismore | (02) 6621 5916 |
| Annual Uki Eco Expo | November | Uki Public School | - |
| Murwillumbah Show | November | Murwillumbah | (02) 6672 5507 |
| Lismore Country Music Festival | November | Lismore | (07) 5527 8688 |
| Tweed River Festival | late November | Tweed River | (02) 6670 2577 |
| Mullum Music Festival | Last weekend in November | Mullumbimby | (02) 6684 6195 |
| Carols by Candlelight | December | Lismore | (02) 6620 0505 |
| Nimbin Youth Festival | December | Nimbin | (02) 6689 1966 |
| NPWS Ranger Discovery Tours | December - January Holidays | various National Parks | (02) 6628 1177 |
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