Byron Bay

“….the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is an amazing line-up and the type of outstanding performances that have become the festival’s trademark. The two best days in any music lover’s calendar year… Splendour in the Grass!” - Faster Louder
A veritable feast of musical treasures from around the globe awaits when SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS returns to warm up your winter this Saturday 2nd and Sunday August 3rd at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay. From Akron, Ohio and Bristol, UK to Reykjavik, Iceland and the sunny Gold Coast, here’s a taste of the first acts lined up to thrill at SPLENDOUR 2008.
DEVO, WOLFMOTHER, SIGUR ROS, THE LIVING END, THE PRESETS, TRICKY, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, BEN LEE, COLD WAR [...]

THE Byron Bay Writers Festival is in jeopardy because of controversial plans by the State Government to cut funding to regional writers’ centres. Arts NSW has announced that funds of $55,000 per year to the Northern Rivers Writers Centre is under review and may cease. Festival director Jeni Caffin said Northern Rivers Writers Centre members were alarmed by the news, which would not only affect programs run by the centre, but could result in the 2009 Byron Bay Writers Festival being savagely scaled back.
“It means fewer writers, substantially fewer writers and higher costs to audience members,” Ms Caffin said.
The festival, which has grown to become one of the highlights of the Northern Rivers cultural calendar, will this year [...]

Please be careful surfing in byron and broken head.
A NEWRYBAR surfer died after being dragged unconscious from the surf at Broken Head late yesterday. It is believed two off-duty lifeguards who were also surfing at the time, brought the 42-year-old man to shore and began performing CPR on him. However, despite their efforts, and the efforts of NSW ambulance paramedics who arrived by road from Byron Bay and Ballina and by air with the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter, the man never regained consciousness.
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