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DR SKETCHYS BURLESQUE LIFE-DRAWING is back for another epic night of Exotic glamour, sexy figure-sketching, sultry performances, music, prizes, food and foolishness on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. This month DrSketchys theme is STARS , ICONS AND LEGENDS, so get in character ,gather your entourage and flounce along to the BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDAH BAR. Glittering in [...]
WITH SPECIAL GUEST MIKE NOGA Mullum Civic Hall Thursday 8th September These two talented men will be performing songs from Sunset Studies to Glimjack Glenn Richards and Dan Luscombe have been great friends and collaborators for many years, ever since meeting backstage at the first of The Church’s famed “Last Ever” gigs having supported in [...]
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& Special Guest Paul Greene Friday 26 August Bangalow A&I Hall Grammy Award & W.C Handy Award Winner is doing a Solo Austraia Tour this year ! The Cosmic American Love Child Of Howlin’ Wolf and Link Wray!!! Known as a “musician’s musician”, Alvin Youngblood Hart’s praises have been sung by everyone from legendary songsmith [...]
Monkey Mountain Road Tour Aug/Sept 2011 Friday 19 August – Great Northern, w- Dolphins + Pirates Alive Celebrating the release of their new studio album, ‘Monkey Mountain Road’, produced by Burke Reid and out now thru MAKEyourself Records, The Bungalows are ready to let the good times flow on a 14 date east coast tour [...]
This is a ‘Shout Out’ post thanking the regions active websites who have helped distribute our latest video. It can be difficult for overlapping to businesses to work together (impossible for some) — so please show your support to the following (thanks guys); www.byronbay.org www.byron-bay.net.au www.byronstyle.com.au summerland-nsw.com www.therealbyronbay.com.au
Thanks David – have a look at Fridays images : 2011 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival : Friday Bob Carr Rhonda Ayliffe Two more days of the Writers’ Festival to enjoy, visit www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au for further information.
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Byron Bay Writers’ Festival As you would all know the festival starts Friday. I’ve got a couple early meetings — then I’ll be there. PLUS Local photographer David Young, who shot some great images of the 2010 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival will be sending us images of this years festival daily! Also, Friday night at [...]
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival Artist in Residence Rhonda Ayliffe is undertaking an ambitious multi-faceted project that encompasses ephemeral installation, bookbinding, photography, conversation and real time mobile publishing of her work and words at the dedicated blog: i-feel-the-passion.blogspot.com. Festival Director Candida Baker says Ayliffe’s work is not limited to the festival site, as some surprised residents [...]
Ground was broken this week for the creation of the World Peace Stupa at Crystal Castle. A stupa is a sacred monument built by Tibetan Buddhists to represent universal divinity. Intricate and beautiful, every part of the design is endowed with special significance. Inside is a treasury filled with sacred objects and at the heart [...]
GPY&R Sydney has created what is believed to be a digital first: links written in prose. http://www.wordslikehangoutincreepyplaces.be/ware_You_can-findthem_skulking_around_ancient_maya_temples/the_belltower_ofNotreDame/orthebelly_ofGIANTsandworms/you’llcatch_them-ina-VictorianOrphanage-filled_with-dirtyclothes+crackedsmiles/Onwild-horses+wilderwomen/WordsLOVEthe-smell-of-napalm+thetasteof-sweat-that_trickles_down-yourback_whenyou’re_kneedeep_inENEMY-territory/They’re-passionateabout-grime-slime+theSTENCHofa-thousandDEADrats/Words-haunt_the_nastiest_places/Just-like-this.html The concept, developed for the Byron Bay Writers Festival, reflects the festival’s commitment to the new digital age of literature – proving that a passion for words can live anywhere – even in an html link – which [...]
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