Cynthia Miller – Morning Walk. Photo: Supplied. Gail Cardow. Photo: Supplied. Leslie Oliver – Arts Guide. Photo: Supplied. Handmade – Tania Angeli. Photo: Supplied. THE creative heart of the Mid North Coast is again throwing open its doors as the Bellingen Shire Arts Trail Weekend returns on 7–8 November 2026. A diverse network of 40 […]
Tacking Point Lions Club president Max Carrick, Make a Difference representative Kristy, CWA vice president Christa Lobb, and Mayor Adam Roberts. Photo: Supplied.
AROUND 100 pieces of artwork found new homes during the inaugural Tacking Point Lions Club Second Chance Art Sale, raising more than $2000 for local charity Make A Difference (MAD). The event brought together several local organisations, with donated artworks sold to raise funds for MAD’s work providing emergency assistance to people in need across […]
LIVE music, local brewers, food trucks and family entertainment will take over the heart of Port Macquarie when the Hideaway Festival returns with a two-day program of entertainment, beginning on Saturday 3 October 2026 from 3.00pm till 8.30pm. The free event is being delivered by Port Macquarie Hastings Council through funding from Transport for NSW’s […]
The finale, ‘Sunday Morning’, with leads and chorus. Photo: Pauline Cain.
The finale, ‘Sunday Morning’, with leads and chorus. Photo: Pauline Cain. Kiarra Torres and Olivia Clark. Photo: Supplied. SCHOOL musicals have the potential to pull their community together and Hastings Secondary College’s ‘Marooned Hearts’ certainly did that. The musical was staged last week at the Port Macquarie Campus with three matinees and three evening performances. […]
Musicians, cast, choir and immersive projections create full-scale concert performance. Photo: Supplied.
SYDNEY Musical and Opera Society is bringing its concert production, ‘An Evening with Rodgers & Hammerstein’, to The Glasshouse Port Macquarie for one performance only on Sunday, 13 September at 2pm. The performance will feature a live orchestra of more than 20 musicians, a cast of 16, a choir, and immersive projections. Sydney Musical and […]
Samantha, Evan and Jeff Barnsley are performing together in the concert. Photo: Pauline Cain.
EIGHTY choristers and a small orchestra will gather this weekend in Port Macquarie to rehearse and perform Karl Jenkins’ work ‘The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.’ The concert will take place in St Agnes’ Catholic Church at 2pm on Sunday 9 August. Led by local musician Robyn Ryan, OAM, the work is a stirring […]
Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. Lunchtime music concert with SAPSS student musicians. Photos: Pauline Cain. LUNCHTIME crowds in Port Macquarie stopped to listen to school bands on The Glasshouse steps on Friday 26 June. St Agnes’ Parish Secondary Schools (SAPSS) […]
“Here Comes the Sun” launches ArtWalk with a mass community choir gathered for The Big Sing. Photo: Pauline Cain
“Here Comes the Sun” launches ArtWalk with a mass community choir gathered for The Big Sing. Photo: Pauline Cain Blokes Notes entertaining crowds on the corner of Clarence and Murray Streets. Photo: Pauline Cain ARTWALK started with a blast of sound in a flash sing from local choirs. More than 100 singers […]
Rusty Muscle Collective performing in the Glasshouse forecourt.
Cherie and Scott Raynor from Sunset Gallery with their projections on Murray Street Got Ya Back’s ‘Piano Party’ under the fig tree on Town Green Tortuga’s Phoebe Ayla and her fire show on Clarence Street Stage. Tortuga’s Joel Salom entertaining crowds with his comedy and juggling act on Clarence Street Stage. Rusty Muscle Collective performing […]
Crowds enjoying a sunny Sunday morning in the gardens at Roto House
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Anne de Nooijer (left) and Brad Collins (right) chatting about art with Port Macquarie locals Robyn Cornale and Debbie Sommers. The Bootleggers playing Blues on the verandah Hastings Art Trail exhibition – Anne de Nooijer and Brad Collins Hastings Art Trail exhibition – Anne de Nooijer and Brad Collins Crowds enjoying a sunny Sunday morning […]
