Flutist Aarohi Deshmark. Drummer Harrison Eglon. Trumpet players Sarah Butler and Alex Eglon with trombone player Amanda Eglon. Sarah Butler is the former lead trumpet of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Photos: supplied. NOW a leading figure in the much-loved Hastings Koalas Orchestra, conductor Sarah Butler’s musical talents have taken her across the globe. She spent […]

The Greater Good team behind Good Intent. Photo: Billy Zammit. Past Greater Good winner Fool Nelson, performing in Coffs Harbour recently. Past Greater Good winner Fool Nelson, performing in Coffs Harbour recently. GREATER Good, a massive multi-discipline support package worth $30k for independent music artists, is back for a fifth year, with applications open now […]

WALKING the aisles of his local supermarket, Mark Lizotte, or Diesel as he’s more widely known, still gets the tingles when he hears his songs playing on the speakers. “It’s a really strange thing”, he told News Of The Area. “It’s like, I made the song here, and then I go over there, and I […]

OUR entertainment industry is lucky to have many acts who specialise as tribute artists or bands. Here in Australia, it is not often you see the real performer. Many of these shows are also paying tribute to performers who are “up there” in Rock n Roll heaven. Shane Peters is one of those artists who […]

“ONE. Two. Three. Sleep.” They were the four magic words that had a Port Macquarie audience in stitches on Sunday as Chinese Hypnotist Haiming Jiang hit the stage at the Glasshouse. With a theatre full of giggle-hungry patrons of all ages, it was the professionally trained clinical and stage hypnotist’s first time visiting the region. […]

ARTS Mid North Coast has launched MAKE/SPACE, a new creative initiative designed to bring art to life in unexpected places. The program offers two distinct opportunities for the region’s artists. MAKE/SPACE is a series of two-week shopfront activations in which artists create, exhibit, or host workshops in public-facing spaces, while COMPACT is for small works […]

Judy Campbell, Bill Harrow, Wendy Bourne MP and adjudicator Tim Wynn. Photo: supplied. BILL Harrow and Judy Campbell of the Harry and Pearl Ensemble have taken out second place for best comedy at the recent Ipswich One Act Play festival. It was for their original play “Edmund and June”. Fresh from their first place in […]