Byron Bay

There are less than 600 tickets left and are expected to sell out so get in quick!!! Tickets can be purchased online plus a few selected outlets around Australia thru Moshtix. There will beno walk up tickets available on the day.
For outlets list please go to:
http://www.reggaefest.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62
For tickets purchase on-line please go to:
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=38175
The full line up will be released on Wednesday September 8, so be sure to check the website or facebook page.
In the mean time check this little youtube advertisement for the festival…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRmmFzbQI0M
Byron Bay Reggaefest.
www.reggaefest.com.au

This year Reggae music will have been circulating all over the world for 50 years. By the beginning of summer it will have set up a new home at The Brewery, for Byron Bay’s first Annual Reggae Festival.
‘Reggaefest’ is inspired by Byron Bay’s ever growing appreciation for evolutionary and authentic forms of the genre. Conscious reggae and dancehall artists from all over the world and within Australia will come together on December 4.
The line up will feature Midnite (St Croix), Turbulance (Jamaica), Sud Soundsystem (Italy), Deadly Hunta (UK) and emerging Australian acts such as Kingfisha, Darky Roots, Paua and more.
12 hours straight of pure vibes will be spread over 3 stages while the Reggae Lounge Cinema will be [...]

Katie Underwood is set to enchant audiences and transport them to the glamour of a 1920s late night Jazz club with her Beautiful Jazz Tour in August. Katie and her band will be playing shows in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney where Katie proves she has talent and grace undeniably suited to the elegant and seductive jazz world.
Katie’s debut album ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Baby’ highlights her sultry vocals which exquisitely deliver a selection of jazz standards and original songs penned by Katie herself, plus an exclusive jazz-infused recording of her classic dance hit ‘Beautiful’. This album utilises Katie’s versatility as a singer and also a songwriter creating music that no doubt inspires as well as excites.
CHECK OUT KATIE’S BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR [...]

This Monday night, the 12th of July we are proud to present for one peformance only, The New Jamie Oehlers Quartet. Jamie is a Highly awarded and internationally acclaimed Tenor saxophonist touring Australia with his brand new group featuring some of Australia’s finest young musicians . The group will be performing at the Buddha Bar, Skinners Shoot Rd, Byron Bay at 7.00pm . The cost is $15.00 or $10.00 concession. Below is some more info on Jamie
The New Jamie Oehlers Quartet – Australian Tour
Having been living back in Perth now for two and half years, Jamie Oehlers returns with his new quartet made up of Perth’s finest young musicians. The past two years have been busy for Jamie. On [...]

ARE modern-day pirates heroes or villains? When it comes to Stalkbook and MyFace, does anyone really give a tweet about privacy? Which songs do Paul Kelly and Clare Bowditch wish they’d written themselves? And what would each of them say if they were to pen an open letter to that song? Do you care enough about live music in your home town to take to the streets like 20,000 Victorian protesters did recently? Were yesterday’s punks and hippies cooler than today’s goths, emos and ravers? Got any questions you’d like to put personally to Splendour’s promoters?
These are some of the thought-provoking questions and hot issues that will be explored, pondered and debated by an eclectic array of outspoken and entertaining [...]

Bay FM Backroom BOOM dance party featuring Bay FM djs, plus VJs and local perfomance artists. Saturday 29th may at the Backroom. 9pm-3am
Decor by B-A-S-E
Visuals by Horned Melon
DJ:s
Dan Jupiter
Fabwah
Inchie
Si Clone
Slinky
Spyda
Teesha
HAPPY HOUR drink specials: 9-10pm $2.50 Beers(Middys) and $3 House Wine and Sparkling.
Entry: $15/$12(Bay Fm Subscribers)

LISMORE’S inaugural Sonic Festival is ready to take off this weekend with more than 40 DJs and bands strutting their stuff on three stages.
After 18 months’ planning,co-organiser Malcolm Fine is happy to see everything coming to fruition and was confident yesterday that the planets were aligning for an awesome weekend of music, arts and culture.
“All is ready,” he said.
“The bands are coming, the DJs are coming, and the artists are coming.
“We have an extraordinary line-up of DJs and bands, and there also has been a huge response from Northern Rivers professionals wanting to contribute.”
While the weekend forecast is for mostly fine weather, fears of rain have not perturbed organisers as much of the festival is under cover.
“That’s the reason we [...]

Metalcore: Parkway Drive drummer Ben Gordon (left), guitarist Luke Kilpatrick, vocalist Winston McCall, bass guitarist Jia O’Connor and guitarist Jeff Ling are releasing their third album.

TWO examples of the region’s musical expertise have left home territory to seek international praise and inspiration for up-and-coming projects.
Local hardcore band Parkway Drive has risen from a garage in Byron Bay on to the international rock scene, while Lismore-born-and-bred composer Colin Black is continuing to ride his wave of success all the way to Europe.
Mr Black, who is a Southern Cross University contemporary music graduate, recently completed working on his new sound composition, Kilian’s Antipodean Dream, which will be premiered in two parts on a German national radio broadcaster on May 21 and May [...]

THE BYRON BAY BREWERY BLACK TIE BALL in support of local artists will now be held on Saturday the 10th of July 2010 !!!
This inaugural event offers our colourful community the opportunity to dress up and get down to raise funds for our local artists and entertainers and we invite our funky friends from all over the world to join us !!!
Each corner of THE BYRON BAY BREWERY will offer local Amazing Artists the opportunity to paint and perform live on the night with silent auctions offering works of art for sale there and then !!!
STEVE SAX’S Byron Big Band SOUL’D will headline the event in the ballroom with a 10 piece musical masterpiece and special guests !!!
Local latin dance [...]

NIMBIN is a hive of industry as the village gears up for its premier annual event – the 18th MardiGrass, which is set to kick off this weekend.
Hemp Embassy president Michael Balderstone said the cannabis law reform rally was as relevant as ever due to more than a decade of government prohibition and criminalisation policies.
“Eighteen years ago, outraged Nimbin residents led by the legendry Bob Hopkins organised a May Day rally in response to heavy-handed helicopter raids and excessive force on peaceful hippies,” he said.
“It attracted 700 people that year and we vowed to do it every year until the laws were changed and we were no longer deemed criminals.
“Recent law changes in the United States since Obama was elected [...]