Byron Bay

Retrospect Galleries in conjunction with Stupidkrap are hosting an radical group show “Where Mighty Giants Dwell” in Byron Bay starting the weekend of August 1st to 3rd to coincide with the annual Splendour in the Grass music festival. Bands such as DEVO, The Presets, Vampire Weekend, and PNAU will now be joined by the relative A-Z of urban artists, allowing a truly mixed media experience for those in Byron Bay this August.
The exhibition will open at Retrospect Galleries on Friday 1st August from 6- 10pm and will be running until August 17th. With works from over 40 artists, the show offers serious art collectors the ability to acquire original paintings, sculptures and fine art prints from a carefully selected group [...]

The Land and Environment Court will now decide if a trial Splendour in the Grass event will go ahead next year at the festival-owned North Byron Shire Parklands at Yelgun, a decision that has led to a sharp response from Byron Shire Council’s general manager Graeme Faulkner.
Splendour promoters said that with the council unable to say when a decision would be made on the development application (DA) for the trial event, they had reluctantly decided to lodge an appeal with the court.
Mat Morris, the general manager of North Byron Shire Parklands, said the decision had to be made because time was running out to undertake the necessary site works to allow the event to be staged.
Mr Morris said promoters believed [...]

It is a privilege to live here in the Byronshire amongst such a creative community that year after year says, YES, to poetry.Â
A dozen local identities, students, teachers, professional actors, the mayor and musicians, Mich, Dylan and Allegro Gone Troppo— all said yes, to performing at our Dangerously Poetic Annual Poetry Day Lunch last Saturday. Richard Vinycomb said yes, to being the MC and an audience of about one hundred receptive listeners turned up to make it another resounding success.
We want to thank the local businesses - the Becton Beach Resort for giving us the beautiful Lakehouse as a venue, NRWC, Byron Stunning Stay, Ecosilk Bags,Lois Buckett Real Estate and Howard Storage World for contributing towards the [...]