Lismore Tourism - Monthly Events

Windows - Exhibition

Date: December 4th 2011- February 5th 2012
Venue: Blue Knob Hall Gallery & Cafe
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Blue Knob Hall Gallery & Cafe 719 Blue Knob Rd Lillian Rock NSW 2480 Ph: (02) 66897449 Email: bkhgallery@aapt.net.au www.blueknobgallery.com

Blue Knob Hall Gallery's final exhibition for 2011 is titled "Windows". Up to 20 local artists are exhibiting with a variety of both 2D and 3D works. "There are moments when I yearn to dwell amidst Life vibrant, in other moments though solitude becomes my greatest companion". Quote from artwork by Linnie Lambrechtsen. The exhibition runs till February 5th 2012 and reflects the artists" interpretation on the theme of windows" whether that be looking inward or looking out.

Gallery Hours: Thursday to Synday from 10am to 4pm.

Lismore Cafe Exhibitions
Date: December January February
Venue: Various Lismore Cafes
Contact Details:
For more information please call the Lismore Visitor Information Centre on 1300 369 795

Lismore Cafe Exhibitions is a project run by Lismore Tourism in conjuction with Armistead's Gallery and members of Lismore's Cafe and Culture Trail. The project showcases the work of talented local artists in participating cafes throughout the Lismore CBD. The following exhibitions are on in December, January & February.

Henry's - Viv Martin

Luv a Coffee - Philippa Leader

Invercauld House - Corinne Batt - Rawden

Fire in the Belly - Birgit Hensdorf

Loose Threads - Embroidery Exhibition
Date: Friday 27 Jan - Sunday 26 Feb
Venue: Crawford House Museum, 10 Wardell Rd, Alstonville
Contact Details:
For more information please call 6628 1829

Loose Threads is a group of embroiderers who expand their skills by using a creative approach. This exhibition of their craft incorporates a number of themes which they interpret by using a variety of stitches and colours, manipulating, painting and stamping fabrics, and working from photos and pictures. The result is an array of very innovative pieces of work.

Magnifying the Fine Print of Recent Histories
Date: 2nd February to 26th February
Venue: The Channon Gallery
Contact Details:
For more information please visit http://thechannongallery.com/exhibitions or call 02 6688 6322

The gallery's February exhibition presents the work of Ross McMaster, a Lismore artist with a background in graphic design and a lifetime exploring his personal beliefs. Ross's work in print, painting and montage provides layer upon layer of his findings in the context of historical events, making apparent errors and hypocrisy associated with past actions of the Church as Institution. Ross's work questions the validity of organised religion within contemporary society as well as its political agenda. It does not question spirituality or faith - only the actions conducted in its name by the Institution. Please be advised that there is a strong language warning associated with some the work in this exhibition. This may offend some viewers.

Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.

Share the Love
Date: 3-14 February
Venue: Lismore Shopping Square
Contact Details:
Lindy Cooke Marketing Manager Lismore Shopping Square Cnr Brewster & Uralba Streets Lismore NSW 2480 Ph: (02) 6621-7461 Email: lindy.cooke@mcconaghyproperties.com

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and this year Lismore Shopping Square is offering a beautiful gift with purchase for 600 lucky customers. The 'Share the Love' promotion runs from Friday 3rd to Tuesday 14th February inclusive. Customers simply need to spend $30 or more at one or more Specialty store/s or $50 or more at one or more Major store/s during the above dates and then take their receipt to Loot Homewares to redeem their free gift. The first 50 customers per day to come to the store and present their receipt/s during the 12 days of the campaign will score a beautiful candle in a frosted glass presented in a red chiffon bag. Terms and conditions apply. See in Centre for details. NSW Permit Number: LTPS/12/12649.

"Place" exhibition opening - Lismore's Serpentine gallery
Date: 3 - 27 February
Venue: Serpentine Community Gallery 17a Bridge Street, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please visit www.serpentinearts.org or call 02 6621 6845

3rd February 2012: Opening of the group exhibition "Place" on Friday at 7pm. The Serpentine Community Gallery presents a group exhibition by artists of the Northern Rivers, exploring the idea of 'Place'...... Emotional, intellectual, physical, psychic and purely imaginary places.. Different places mean different things to all of us. You are invited to share and enjoy a night of good company and refreshments in Lismore's home of community art. Exhibition runs until 27th February 2012. The Serpentine is located at 17a Bridge Street, North Lismore.

Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 10am - 5.30pm.

Light Sensative Material: Works from the Verghis Collection
Date: 3 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore, in Galleries 1, 2, 3 and Screen Gallery
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection is a vibrant selection of photographic, light and digital media works from the private collection of Rachel Verghis, one of Australia's youngest art collectors.

Curated by Richard Perram, Director, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, the exhibition brings together 21 works from 14 emerging and mid-career Australian artists whose use of light is integral to their work, presenting a fascinating snapshot of contemporary art from the last decade.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Shoufay Derz, Hayden Fowler, Shaun Gladwell, Newell Harry, Petrina Hicks, Jonathan Jones, David Knight, Rosemary Laing and Stephen Birch, Vanila Netto, Michael Riley, Julie Rrap, Grant Stevens, and Hossein Valamanesh.

A Bathurst Regional Art Gallery exhibition in comjunction with Rachel Verghis, toured by Museums & Galleries NSW

Image: Petrina Hicks, Shenae and Jade, 2005, lightjet print, 142 x 134cm, edition AP. Image courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery. Collection Rachel Verghis.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sunday 10am - 2pm Thursday 10am - 6pm

Cath Simes Band
Date: Saturday, 4th February
Venue: Mary G's Corner Woodlark & Keen Streets, Lismore, NSW
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6622 2924 or email info@marygs.com.au or visit www.marygs.com.au

Live music by the Cath Simes Band at Mary G's from 9.30pm till late. No entry fee!

The Drawing Group: Rembrandt in the Bolten Paradigm
Date: 4 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: 24:7 Window The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

The Drawing Group is made up of 5 Northern Rivers based artists and friends who get together for fortnightly drawing sessions to enjoy another way of working outside their more solitary practices. With Rembrandt in the Bolten Paradigm the group apply a drawing game of happenstance that sees an existing image gridded and recomposed into a larger pattern by their collective hand.

Participants: Hilary Hermann, Rene Bolten, Kellie O’Dempsey, Michelle Dawson and James Cruickshank.

Personal Geometry: Oksana Waterfall
Date: 4 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: The Lismore Gallery Upstairs, Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
The gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

By keeping my images small, I hope to draw the viewer in to see the details of my private universe."

This exhibition is a glimpse at the people the artist comes across in her everyday life. Finely crafted and of an intimate scale, the drawings are from a timeline of everyone she talked to in a random two week period. They represent clusters of similarity and commonality (the teenagers and friends, their fathers, the mothers) but also those particular idiosyncrasies which make us individuals.

Oksana Waterfall is a visual artist based on the North Coast of NSW. She is currently studying for her postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts.

image: Oksana Waterfall, Tapestry 2011 (detail), 57 x 77cm, image courtesy the artist.

Lismore Nissan & Kia modified Production Sedan Series
Date: 4th February
Venue: Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au website: www.lismorespeedway.com.au phone: 0266212733

Lismore Nissan & Kia Modified Production Sedan Series, AMCA Nationals, Litre Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday 4 February from 11am - 3pm
Venue: The Conservatorium, Corner of Keen & Magellan Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday 4 February (Held on the First Saturday of Each Month) from 11am
Venue: The Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

Carmelia MacWilliams will start with the E major Sonata by JS Bach, followed by a lesser-known solo Fantasy #2 by Anton Stamitz. She will be rejoined by pianist Nicholas Routley for the familiar Fantasy by Faur (Opus 79) and a 'Ballade' by the Swiss composer Franck Martin. To conclude we'll be playing a beautiful piece called 'Nura' by the Australian composer Ross Edwards.

Chanting in Lismore with Anjali Kirtan
Date: Sunday 5th February
Venue: Dynamic Yoga studio 142 Keen St Lismore
Contact Details:
142 Keen st Lismore phone Michal 0421 831 748

Chanting in Lismore with Anjali Kirtan

Film at the Star Court Theatre: George Harrison Living in the Material World.
Date: Sunday the 5th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre, Star Court Arcade, Molesworth St Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

Inter cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.

Starts 5.30 pm. $13 Adult, $11 concession, members $9. Tickets at the door.

Film at the Star Court Theatre: Waste Land
Date: Thursday the 9th and Sunday the 19th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre, Star Court Arcade, Molesworth St Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

An uplifting documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom.

Start time: Thursday 9th Feb 6.30pm. Sunday 19th Feb 5.30pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Film: Women on the 6th Floor
Date: Friday 10th February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A colourful gaggle of Spanish maids, each of whom spends the working day running the households of the snooty Parisian elite who live in the apartments underneath.

Starts 7pm. Adults $13, $11 concession, $9 members. Tickets at the door.

Adam Brown - The Dirty Channel
Date:
Venue: Mary G's
Contact Details:
For more information please contact info@marygs.com.au or phone 66222924

The Dirty Channel live at Mary G's from 9.30pm - no entry fee!

QLD Under 23 National Baseball Championships
Date: 10 - 12 February
Venue: Albert Park, Keen Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Leanne Clark on (02) 6621 3413

Cinema Under the Stars - free outdoor movie showing
Date: 10 February
Venue: Hepburn Sporting Fields - Goonellabah

Rio - The animated film from the makers of Ice Age.

QLD Under 23 National Baseball Championships
Date: 10 - 12 February
Venue: Albert Park, Keen Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Leanne Clark on (02) 6621 3413

Friends of the Koala Basic Training Day
Date: 11 February
Venue: Southern Cross University
Contact Details:
For further information phone Friends of the Koala on 66221233, email: info@friendsofthekoala.org or go to the website: www.friendsofthekoala.org

Basic training includes rescue techniques, basic koala assessment and handling, transportation, koala food collection and tree identification and the care of koalas in the Friends of the Koala Care Centre. $5 covers morning tea

Lismore local grunge-rock band SubStation with ex Hoodoo Gurus - The Painkillers!
Date:
Venue: Lismore City Bowls Club
Contact Details:
For more information about SubStation visit http://www.facebook.com/Sub.Station.the.band or email substation@live.com.au or call Monique on 0450 088 096

The Legendary James Baker strolls into Lismore from sunny Perth for The Painkillers only North Coast Show , supporting are Gravel Samwidge (longtime slow and heavy rock stalwarts from Brisso ) and Lismores own Substation ,

Tickets are $15/$12 on the door from 7:30 pm , get along to this and show Jim and the boys that Lismore knows how to rock!

Lismore Kart Club Meet - State Cup Round 1
Date: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12th February
Venue: Lismore Kart Club
Contact Details:
For more information please call 0413 312 537, or email liskartclub@hotmail.com , or visit www.lismorekartclub.com

Valentine's Masked Ball and Auction
Date: 11 February
Venue: Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to book a ticket phone The Lismore Workers Club on (02) 6621 7401 before Wednesday, 8 February or if you would like to donate something for the auction phone Ann Spillane on (02) 6627 9340.

Supporters of St Vincent's Private Hospital have organised a special Valentine's weekend Masked Ball and Auction to raise money for the hospital's oncology unit. The Ball starts at 6pm. Cost is $48 which includes a sit down 2 course meal, dancing to band Check 2, lucky spots, giveaways and prizes for the Belle and Beau of the Ball as well as for best masks.

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 11 February
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Starting February, Miss Peggy Pop Art will be commencing her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

Sky Daddy
Date: Saturday, 11th February
Venue: Mary G's Corner Woodlark & Keen Streets, Lismore, NSW
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6622 2924 or email info@marygs.com.au or visit www.marygs.com.au

Live music by Sky Daddy from 9.30pm till late. No entry fee!

Jamie Sullivan
Date: Sunday, 12th February
Venue: Mary G's Corner of Woodlark & Keen Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6622 2924 or email info@marygs.com.au or visit www.marygs.com.au

Live music by Jamie Sullivan from 4.30pm. No entry fee!

Film at the Star Court Theatre: 'From Time to Time'.
Date: Sunday the 12th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Star Court Arcade, Molesworth St Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

'From Time to Time' is based on the 1954 classic novel 'The Chimneys of Green Knowe' by Lucy M. Boston. Directed by Julian Fellowes who won an Oscar for writing 'Gosford Park'. Starring Maggie Smith, it also stars Timothy Spall and Dominic West.

Tickets available at the door, $7 for kids and parents, $20 per family. Starts at 3pm. Rated G.

Film
Date: Sunday the 12th and Friday the 17th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A witty period drama in 19th Century Ireland, about the lives of staff at one of Dublin's most luxurious hotels 'Morrison's', and the hotel's butler, Albert Nobbs ...... a woman who disguises herself as a man to survive.

Starts: Sunday 12th Feb 5.30pm. Friday 17th Feb 7pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Chamber Philharmonia Chamber, Cologne, Germany
Date: Monday 13th February at 8pm
Venue: St Andrews Anglican Church Lismore
Contact Details:
Tickets available at Planet music 25 Molesworth Street Lismore PH: 6621 7784 and at The Church 1 hour prior to the concert from 7pm

VIVALDI The Four Seasons 4 Concertos for Violin, Strings and basso continuo

J.S. BACH Concerto in D Minor for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra BWV 1060

TCHAIKOWSKY Elegie in remembrance of I.W.Samarin for String Orchestra

MOZART Diverimento in D Major for String Orchestra KV I36 "Salzburg Symphony"

Carter Edwards
Date: 15 February
Venue: Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information go to www.lismoreworkers.com.au or email info@lismoreworkers.com.au

Tickets $15 includes refreshments after the show. Years ago Carter decided that he didn't want to be "just another singer". Carter holds his audience with a raucous and typically Australian humour that involves the audience all the way, with songs, funny stories, and original gimmicks. Carters onstage magic is his ability to entertain and have fun with an audience, just to "make 'em feel good!"

Wilton Cake Decorating at Pepper Tree Kitchen
Date: Thursday 16 & Friday 17 February
Venue: Pepper tree Kitchen Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information or to make abooking please call 6622 0180, or email peppertreekitchen@bigpond.com .

This course runs over 2 days, 4 hours each day. You will be learning how to decorate with butter cream icing. Price is $299 which covers the 8 hours & you receive a starter kit. Bookings are essential.

Film: Weekend
Date: Thursday 16th & Friday 24th February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A one night stand that becomes something more. An unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives.

Starts Thursday 16th 6.30 pm. Friday 24th 7pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Film: Albert Nobbs
Date: Friday 17th February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A witty period drama in 19th Century Ireland, about the lives of staff at one of Dublin's most luxurious hotels 'Morrison's', and the hotel's butler, Albert Nobbs ...... a woman who disguises herself as a man to survive.

Starts: Sunday 12th Feb 5.30pm. Friday 17th Feb 7pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Pink Zinc
Date: Saturday, 18th Febraury
Venue: Mary G's Corner Woodlark & Keen Streets, Lismore, NSW
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6622 2924 or email info@marygs.com.au or visit www.marygs.com.au

Live music by Pinc Zinc from 9..30pm till late. No entry fee!

Lucas Oil V8 Dirt Modified
Date: 18th February
Venue: Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information PO Box 675, Lismore NSW 2480 phone/fax: 02 6621 2733 email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

V8 Dirt Modifieds, Dwarf Cars, Wingless Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

Chanting in Lismore with Anjali Kirtan
Date: Sunday 19th February
Venue: Dynamic Yoga Studio Keen St Lismore
Contact Details:
Phone Michal on 0421 831 748

Chanting in Lismore with Anjali Kirtan

Film: Waste Land
Date: Sunday the 19th February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

An uplifting documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom.

Start time: 5.30pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Film: Melancholia
Date: Thursday the 23rd of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A stunning and compelling movie about the end of the world where a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards earth.

Starts 6.30 pm

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Lismore Jazz Club presents The George Washingmachine Quartet
Date: Thursday 23 February from 7pm til 10pm
Venue: Lismore Bowling Club
Contact Details:
For more information please call Margaret Teggins on 6629 5106, email enquiries@lismorejazz.org, or visit http://www.lismorejazz.org

Our first gig for 2012. Note this will be at the Lismore City Bowling Club on Thursday evening, not Sunday. Feeling all strung out? Life in a spin? Let the George Washingmachine Quartet's gypsy-swing jazz wash away the dust of everyday life.George (violin/vocal), with his delightful sense of humour and superb musicality, is performing with son Arthur (guitar), Stan Valacos (bass) & Claire O'Meara (accordion/vocal). George is a long time member of the Australian jazz scene, up there with James Morrison, Bob Barnard, Ian Date, Dan Barnett and Monica Trapaga. He has supported international performing stars including Sarah Vaughan, Al Jarreau, Leo Kottke, Leon Redbone and Lenny Henry. Join us for a great evening of jazz. 7 pm 'till 10 pm

Film: Weekend
Date: Friday the 24th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website: www.starcourttheatre.com.au or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

A one night stand that becomes something more. An unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives.

Starts 7pm.

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

Centurion Soldier
Date: Saturday, 25th February
Venue: Mary G's Corner Woodlark & Keen Streets, Lismore, NSW
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6622 2924 or email info@marygs.com.au or visit www.marygs.com.au

Live music Centurion Soldier by from 9.30pm till late. No entry fee!

Film at the Star Court Theatre: A Cat in Paris
Date: Sunday the 26th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre, Star Court Arcade, Molesworth St Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website http://www.starcourttheatre.com.au/movies, or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

Dino is a cat that leads a double life. French with sub titles, (very little dialogue).

Tickets available at the door, $7 for kids and parents, $20 per family. Starts at 3pm.

Film: The Eye of the Storm
Date: Sunday the 26th of February
Venue: Star Court Theatre Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information see the website http://www.starcourttheatre.com.au/movies, or phone Venue Manager Heather Rose: 02 66 225 005, or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

Based on the novel by Patrick White, The Eye of the Storm is a savage exploration of family relationships.

Starts 5.30pm

$13 adult, $11 Concession, $9 Members. Tickets available at the door.

LEAP INTO COLLECTING
Date: Wednesday, 29 February from 5.30 pm for 6pm
Venue: Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth St, Lismore
Contact Details:
Bookings are essential as numbers are limited. Contact the gallery on 02 6622 2209 or email LRGfriends@gmail.com

Collecting art can be lucrative and every great collection began with just one piece.

It's leap year so on February 29 2012 why not join the Friends of Lismore Regional Gallery for a superb dinner and an opportunity to pick the brains of a panel of art professionals and collectors.

Perry Hill who headed up two award winning restaurants in Sydney picking up several Chef's Hats along the way will be our chef for the evening serving us in his new gallery cafe, Palate. Our art experts will include Bruce Fleming who initiated a 'group collection' for a number of local people and David Corraza from The Channon Gallery. They will cover a range of ideas around the notion of developing a personal collection.

As an extra delight we will have a private viewing of a superb exhibition from a personal collection, that of Rachel Verghis. The exhibition Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection, includes works by Shaun Gladwell, Petrina Hicks, Jonathon Jones, Rosemary Laing, Michael Riley and many others.

This first Friends' event of the year has the added aim of raising money for the Gallery's own collection so we invite you to make up a table, join the fun and leap into collecting.

Cost including two course meal and complimentary glass of wine $50 (Friends price).

The Drawing Group: Rembrandt in the Bolten Paradigm
Date: 4 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: 24:7 Window The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

The Drawing Group is made up of 5 Northern Rivers based artists and friends who get together for fortnightly drawing sessions to enjoy another way of working outside their more solitary practices. With Rembrandt in the Bolten Paradigm the group apply a drawing game of happenstance that sees an existing image gridded and recomposed into a larger pattern by their collective hand.

Participants: Hilary Hermann, Rene Bolten, Kellie O’Dempsey, Michelle Dawson and James Cruickshank.

Light Sensative Material: Works from the Verghis Collection
Date: 3 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore, in Galleries 1, 2, 3 and Screen Gallery
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection is a vibrant selection of photographic, light and digital media works from the private collection of Rachel Verghis, one of Australia's youngest art collectors.

Curated by Richard Perram, Director, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, the exhibition brings together 21 works from 14 emerging and mid-career Australian artists whose use of light is integral to their work, presenting a fascinating snapshot of contemporary art from the last decade.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Shoufay Derz, Hayden Fowler, Shaun Gladwell, Newell Harry, Petrina Hicks, Jonathan Jones, David Knight, Rosemary Laing and Stephen Birch, Vanila Netto, Michael Riley, Julie Rrap, Grant Stevens, and Hossein Valamanesh.

A Bathurst Regional Art Gallery exhibition in comjunction with Rachel Verghis, toured by Museums & Galleries NSW

Image: Petrina Hicks, Shenae and Jade, 2005, lightjet print, 142 x 134cm, edition AP. Image courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery. Collection Rachel Verghis.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sunday 10am - 2pm Thursday 10am - 6pm

Personal Geometry: Oksana Waterfall
Date: 4 February - 18 March 2012
Venue: The Lismore Gallery Upstairs, Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
The gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

By keeping my images small, I hope to draw the viewer in to see the details of my private universe."

This exhibition is a glimpse at the people the artist comes across in her everyday life. Finely crafted and of an intimate scale, the drawings are from a timeline of everyone she talked to in a random two week period. They represent clusters of similarity and commonality (the teenagers and friends, their fathers, the mothers) but also those particular idiosyncrasies which make us individuals.

Oksana Waterfall is a visual artist based on the North Coast of NSW. She is currently studying for her postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts.

image: Oksana Waterfall, Tapestry 2011 (detail), 57 x 77cm, image courtesy the artist.

Byron Bay Film Festival
Date: Friday 2 - Sunday 11 March
Venue: Byron Bay Community Centre, Byron Bay
Contact Details:
www.bbff.com.au

Over 10 day the BBFF will screen a range of diverse and dynamic films. We are passionate about supporting independent filmmakers in all stages of their careers and showcasing the amazing works of talented creatives to an open, intelligent audience as well as some well connected, highly respected Judges. The festival features over 100 films, numerous workshops and free seminars all in the beautiful creative hub of Byron Bay. Cost: various.

Eris Bibb in concert
Date: Saturday 3 March from 7pm
Venue: Star Court Theatre
Contact Details:

For more information please call: 6623 1355 or visit www.starcourttheatre.com.au or email: info@starcourttheatre.com.au

Eric was born In New York into a musical family. Eric's father, Leon Bibb, is a trained singer who sang in musical theatre and made a name for himself as part of the 1960's New York folk scene. His uncle was the world famous jazz pianist and composer John Lewis, of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Family friends included Pete Seeger, Odetta and actor/singer/activist Paul Robeson, Eric's godfather …Starts 7pm

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 3 March
Venue: The Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 3 March (Held on the first Saturday of each month)
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

LIBERTY FUEL 50 Lap Wingless Sprints
Date: 3rd March
Venue: Lucas Oil Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information PO Box 675, Lismore NSW 2480 phone/fax: 02 6621 2733 email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

LIBERTY FUEL 50 Lap Wingless Sprints, NSW Formula 500 Series, Demo Derby, AMCA Nationals, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

Lismore Samson Fitness Challenge
Date: 4 March 8am to 4pm
Venue: Roder Field, Brewster Street, Lismore (Next to Mortimer Oval)
Contact Details:
For further information phone Our Kids on (02) 6620 2705 or visit http://lismoresamson.com/

The Samson Fitness challenge is back for round two. The day will be held on Sunday, 4th March, 2012 and promises to be bigger and tougher than last year. The Lismore Samson Challenge is a day for testing the fitness of competitors. The day is a team event where four people in each team are put through eight gruelling fitness challenges including sand bag carrying, a truck tyre flip and a swim and run finished with an obstacle course. The quickest and fittest team to complete all the challenges wins the Samson Title. With the proceeds from the day going to local charity Our Kids it is sure to be a great day for both spectators and competitors. If your looking to challenge yourself you can find more details on the website about this fun filled day.

Blue Moon Cabaret
Date: Saturday 10th March
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 1577

Poets, singers, musicians and performers all come out to play at the Blue Moon Cabaret. True to its name, once every “blue moon” the School of Arts Hall bursts to life with an eclectic and kooky program of talented local performers. The Blue Moon Cabaret puts together a program of colourful, polished and often times outrageous performances that will amaze and astound you. Tickets available from Perceptio, phone 6689 1766.

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 10 March
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Miss Peggy Pop Art will be conducting her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

Pieta Brown
Date: Saturday 17th March Start Time 7.30pm
Venue: The Star Court Theatre,The Star Court Arcade, Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information or to book tickets please visit www.starcourttheatre.com.au or Ph: 02 6622 5005 or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

"When Pieta sings you’re aware of something effortless and natural, like rain on earth."Mark Knopfler

"Pieta Brown is a great singer/songwriter who possesses major star power magnetism."Don Was

"The best poet I've heard in a long damn time." Iris DeMent

“If any one album had the glow of quiet greatness around it in 2011, this is it. Brown's voice is a warm revelation, one that can start as a whisper but turns into the spiritual... in a just universe this woman would be a household word. She can bring unbelievers to their knees in one verse, and show the path out of darkness. Keep hoping.” Bill Bentley, The Morton Report - “My Favorite Albums of 2011" - Pieta Brown's Mercury

New CD, Mercury. Recorded out in the country west of Nashville in just three days, Pieta's new album features Grammy-winning producer/player Richard Bennett (Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris), bassist Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler, Aaron Neville, Tammy Wynette), drummer Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Mark Knopfler), multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Johnny Cash), her long-time collaborator Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown) and an appearance by Mark Knopfler on electric guitar on the track "So Many Miles".

Featured on/in NPR (including Mountain Stage, E-town, Woodsongs, World Cafe Live and others), Paste, Harp, No Depression, American Songwriter and many more.

Concert pairings with Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, John Prine, Ani Difranco, Calexico, University of Northern Iowa Symphony, Brandi Carlile and more …

Price: $34

Kate Miller-Heidke
Date: Wed 21 March starts at 7.30pm
Venue: The Star Court Theatre, The Star Court Arcade, Molesworth Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information or to book tickets please visit www.starcourttheatre.com.au or Ph: 02 6622 5005 or email: admin@starcourttheatre.com.au

Throughout March and April Kate Miller-Heidke will be performing in some of Australia’s finest intimate venues and theatres, including performances at the Sydney Opera House, the Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne and the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

For this series of revealing and playful shows Kate will be joined by her guitarist and collaborator Keir Nuttall, for a preview of what is to be expected on her upcoming album, as well as classic Kate Miller-Heidke material off her previous albums.

Kate’s 3rd studio album is due for release in early 2012.

“Kate Miller-Heidke, an Australian songwriter who can be tenderly folky or sly and wry, has a warm voice with a secret extension: a high, operatic flutter, that had the crowd whooping every time she unleashed it”

Jon Pareles, New York Times

Tickets: $45

Kitty Flanagan - Comedian
Date: Thu 23 - Fri 24 March
Venue: Star Court Theatre
Contact Details:

For more information please call: 6623 1355 or visit www.starcourttheatre.com.au or email: info@starcourttheatre.com.au

"Effortlessly hilarious" "Sharp Topical and very funny" - The Melbourne Age.."Some of the funniest traditional, free-form standup."- The Observer

Lucas Oil V8 Dirt Modified
Date: 24th March
Venue: Lucas Oil Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information PO Box 675, Lismore NSW 2480 phone/fax: 02 6621 2733 email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

V8 Dirt Modifieds, Dwarf Cars, AMCA Nationals, Wingless Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

Railway Wonderland - Norpa Production
Date: 27 - 31 March
Venue: Lismore Railway Station, Union Street, South Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Railway stations are places of the heart, where life’s journeys begin and end, where hellos and goodbyes remain locked in time.

Four strangers take shelter in the fluorescent glare of a railway waiting room. They are waiting for a bus as the trains donít run any more. Their reasons for leaving are the stuff of melodramas, love, fame, to just run away, to go home one more time… The distant sound of a train whistle announces the arrival of a mysterious old woman who has come to catch the train. Is she an apparition, an angel, or mad or all three? The bus is delayed and the strangers are swept up into the old womanís tale of arrival as a young girl in a strange land and her search for belonging in a country town.

Take your seat under the stars as Railway Wonderland brings Lismore railway station back to life. Immerse yourself in a dreamy wonderland of strange encounters, wild stories, half-truths and bare-faced lies.

Featuring live music, a choir, laughter and romance – take a magical mystery ride across time and discover the extra in the ordinary.

Show Time: 8pm. Adult tickets: $37 / Concession: $30 / Child under 18: $16.50

Seafood Salad Cooking Class with Julie Ray
Date: Wednesday 28 March from 9am-1pm
Venue: Peppertree Kitchen Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information, or to make a booking, plase call 66220180, or email peppertreekitchen@bigpond.com

Learn some recipes for seafood salad just in time for Easter with Julie Ray from the Sydney Seafood School. The cost is $90 and bookings are essential.

Autumn Arts Extravaganza
Date: Saturday 31 March - Sunday 22 April
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 1444

Autumn Arts Extravaganza
Date: Saturday 31 March - Sunday 22 April
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 1444

Byron Bay Blues Festival
Date: Thursday 5 - Monday 9 April
Venue: Tyagarah TeaTree Farm
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.bluesfest.com.au

The annual Bluesfest 2012 event will take place over 5 days between April 5 and April 9, 2012, once again at the festival’s new permanent site at Tyagarah, 12 minutes north of Byron Bay. With the new site allowing 17,500 Festival visitors per day and 6,500 campers over the entire weekend it is the perfect new venue for this world renowned festival.

Byron Bay Blues Festival
Date: Thursday 5- Monday 9 April 2012
Venue: Tyagarah Teatree Farm
Contact Details:
For further information got to www.bluesfest.com.au

The annual Bluesfest 2012 event will take place over 5 days between April 5 and April 9, 2012, once again at the festival’s new permanent site at Tyagarah, 12 minutes north of Byron Bay. With the new site allowing 17,500 Festival visitors per day and 6,500 campers over the entire weekend it is the perfect new venue for this world renowned festival.

Lismore Tennis Easter Classic
Date: Friday 6 to Monday 9th April
Venue: Lismore Tennis Club (Ballina St-Elaine Blanch Courts)
Contact Details:
John Stoddart Tournament Director Lismore Tennis Club on 6621 3417 or 0404 569 759

Lismore Tennis Easter Classic
Date: Friday 6 to Monday 9th April
Venue: Lismore Tennis Club (Ballina St-Elaine Blanch Courts)
Contact Details:
John Stoddart Tournament Director Lismore Tennis Club on 6621 3417 or 0404 569 759

AZA Motel NSW V8 Dirt Modified Championship
Date: 7th & 8th April
Venue: Lucas Oil Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information PO Box 675, Lismore NSW 2480 phone/fax: 02 6621 2733 email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

Sat 7th April AZA Motel NSW V8 Dirt Modified Championship, Litre Sprints, Wingless Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans Sun 8th April AZA Motel NSW V8 Dirt Modified Championship, AMCA Nationals, Wingless Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 7th April
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 7th April
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

Woodcarving Weekend with Grant Vaughan
Date: 14th & 15th April 2012
Venue: Grant Vaughan Designs in Wood Studio Rock Valley
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Grant Vaughan Designs in Wood 191 Quilty Road Rock Valley via Lismore P: 0266293277 M: 0407800528 E: info@grantvaughan.com.au www.grantvaughan.com.au

Enjoy a weekend learning woodcarving from Grant Vaughan, an internationally recognized wood artist, with over 30 years experience. Grant's personal tuition and well prepared projects will ensure you enjoy a memorable and unique creative experience. All skill levels catered for. Minimum age 16 years. All tools & materials supplied. Grant's studio is situated on 85 acres of tranquil bushland in the foothills of the Border Ranges. Lismore, 15kms away, offers a great range of accommodation & dining options.

Image: Split Form, Red Cedar. Boston Museum of Fine Art. USA. Grant Vaughan (Photo: David Young)

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 14 April
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Miss Peggy Pop Art will be conducting her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

Trevan Ford Grenville Anderson Super Sedan East Coast National
Date: 21st April
Venue: Lucas Oil Lismore Speedway Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information PO Box 675, Lismore NSW 2480 phone/fax: 02 6621 2733 email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

Trevan Ford Grenville Anderson Super Sedan East Coast National, Wingless Sprints, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans

Zombatland - The Suitcase Royale (A Norpa Production)
Date: 21 April
Venue: Lismore City Hall, Bounty Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

The hilariously inventive Suitcase Royale are back bringing you another masterfully-mad tale from the dusty-plains of the Australian outback.

Welcome to the Blue Lagoon Caravan Park, an idyllic paradise some-where in the dead heart of Australia. Wombats are the main attraction, loved by all, until something goes wrong, something goes very wrong! A mysterious disease has turned the Wombats into blood-thirsty demons.

Packed with smokin’ live music, junkyard sets and a caravan-full of The Suitcase Royale’s famous brand of twisted humour.

“Visionary, emancipated and transformational…A work of theatre achingly undiluted joins the soul of madcap anarchy found in the best of the Marx brothers to the self-sufficient purity found in travelling tent shows”.
Pittsburgh City Paper

“Like an inspired collaboration between Nick Cave and the League of Gentleman”
Time Out London
Show Time: 7.30pm. Adult tickets: $30 / Concession: $25 / Child under 18: $16.50

Lismore and Villages Relay for Life
Date: 28 - 29 April
Contact Details:
For futher information phone Don Campbell on (02) 6621 2332 or email donaldcampbell3@bigpond.com

Details to be advised closer to the date.

V8 Dirt Modified Season Finale Showdown at the Showgrounds
Date: 28th April
Venue: Lismore Speedway
Contact Details:
PO Box 675 Phone/Fax: 0266212733 Email: office@lismorespeedway.com.au Web: www.lismorespeedway.com.au

V8 dirt Modified Season Finale Showdown at the Showground, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinder Sedans, Junior Sedans, Caravandalism - Caravan, Boat & Dunny Derby.

Woodcarving with Grant Vaughan
Date: 30th April - 4th May 2012
Venue: Grant Vaughan Designs in Wood Studio Rock Valley v
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Grant Vaughan Designs in Wood 191 Quilty Road Rock Valley via Lismore NSW 0266293277 Mob 0407800528 Full Details & Registration on website www.grantvaughan.com.au info@grantvaughan.com.au

Learn the skills of woodcarving and scultpure from Grant Vaughan, an internationally recognized wood artist with over 30 years experience. As well as this 5 day workshop Grant offers weekend & one day per week courses. Grant's personal tuition in small classes and well prepared projects will ensure you enjoy a unique creative experience. All skill levels are catered for. Minimum age 16 years. The classes are held in Grant's studio which sits on 85 acres of tranquil bushland in the foothills of the Border Ranges. Lismore, only 15kms away, offers a great range of accommodation and dining options.

Image: "Carved Form" White Beech. Grant Vaughan (photographer David Young).

Darrel Chapman Fun Run
Date: Date TBC May
Venue: Southern Cross University, MIlitary Road, East Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information phone Our Kids on (02) 6620 2705.

Organised by Southern Cross University Sport Science Faculty in memory of Darrel Chapman. The students, in partnership with Our Kids and under guidance, will run the community event as part of their curriculum to learn about Event Management. A 3km and 6km run are organised with all proceeds to go to Our Kids.

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 5 May
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Magellan and Keen Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 5 May
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Magellan and Keen Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

The Bugalugs Bum Thief - Norpa Production
Date: 11 May
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

A fast-paced musical comedy that will make you laugh your bum off!

Based on the book by Tim Winton

Skeeta Anderson’s got a problem – he’s woken up without his bum. He soon realises that he’s not the only one without a behind! All 496 citizens of the town of Bugalugs are BUMLESS! Along with his best mates, Mick Misery and Billy Marbles, Skeeta sets out on a side-splitting adventure to track down the culprit of the crime.

Monkey Baa’s hilarious adaptation of Tim Winton’s book, has toured across five states and territories, playing to over 100,000 young people. A decade later, this hysterical adventure returns to the stage for a new generation of young people and their families.

“Fantastic! The children loved it. They have not stopped talking about it or singing the songs. The actors were top class.”
Teacher Benalla West P.S Victoria

“We loved it. The smiles on the faces and their focus on the performers was worth bottling.”
Teacher East Ulverstone PS TAS

Show Time: 10.00am and 12.30pm. All tickets $16.50

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 12 May
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Miss Peggy Pop Art will be conducting her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

Casino Village Disc Bowls Festival
Date: 14-19 May
Venue: Casino Village RV Resort
Contact Details:
For further information go to the website www.casinovillage.com.au

Come and stay at Casino Village RV Resort and join in the Disc Bowls Festival. Even if you haven't played before you are welcome. See website for more details.

Alstonville Rotary Antiques & Collectables Fair
Date: 19th & 20th May
Venue: Alstonville Leisure & Entertainment Centre
Contact Details:
Geoff Alexander 0411952356 email: geoff.a@aapt.net.au

The third annual Alstonville Rotary Antiques & Collectables Fair will be held on the third weekend in May 2012. There will be a vast array of quality antiques, books and collectables for sale from all over the world, brought to you by over 30 reputable dealers from all around Australia. Some of the items for sale will include: Antique furniture, books, oil lamps, toys, dolls, jewellery, coins and stamps, military memorabilia, plus fine china including: Moorcroft, Beswick and Royal Doulton. Food and refreshments will be available, plus lucky door prizes and displays of vintage, veteran, sports and classic cars. Admission will be just $5.00 and children under 14 years of age free when accompanied by an adult. All Procceds will go to local Rotary progects.

Alstonville Rotary Antiques & Collectables Fair
Date: 19th & 20th May
Venue: Alstonville Leisure & Entertainment Centre
Contact Details:
Geoff Alexander 0411952356 email: geoff.a@aapt.net.au

The third annual Alstonville Rotary Antiques & Collectables Fair will be held on the third weekend in May 2012. There will be a vast array of quality antiques, books and collectables for sale from all over the world, brought to you by over 30 reputable dealers from all around Australia. Some of the items for sale will include: Antique furniture, books, oil lamps, toys, dolls, jewellery, coins and stamps, military memorabilia, plus fine china including: Moorcroft, Beswick and Royal Doulton. Food and refreshments will be available, plus lucky door prizes and displays of vintage, veteran, sports and classic cars. Admission will be just $5.00 and children under 14 years of age free when accompanied by an adult. All Procceds will go to local Rotary progects.

Beef Week
Date: 19 - 29 May
Venue: Casino CBD
Contact Details:
For more information please PH: (02) 6662 8181 or email info@casinobeefweek.com.au or visit www.casinobeefweek.com.au

Casino Beef Week the famous festival where you can see cattle in the street, a live steer auction, fashion parade, street entertainment, great food, art exhibition, bush poets, breakfast with the butchers and lots more!

22nd Annual Gemfest
Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 May
Venue: Lismore Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Bruce Copper on 02 6688 8280 or email bcopper@bluemaxx.com.au Or for Tailgater enquiries phone Jan on (02) 6621 4703.

Since inception in 1990 the GEMFEST has become the largest gem, crystal, jewellery and fossil show in regional Australia. Beautiful hand-crafted jewellery, wonderful gemstones and minerals, rare fossils and Meteorites, Metaphysical and healing crystals. Great bargains for everyone. Displays and stalls undercover. Lapidary craft demonstrations. Children's activities. Food and drink stalls. Free onsite parking. Adults $5 and Children $1. Times: Saturday - 9.00am to 5.00pm and Sunday - 9.00am to 3.00pm. Location: Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore.

22nd Annual Lismore GEMFEST
Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 May 2012
Venue: Lismore Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Bruce Copper on 02 6688 8280 or email bcopper@bluemaxx.com.au Or for Tailgater enquiries phone Jan on (02) 6621 4703.

Since inception in 1990 the GEMFEST has become the largest gem, crystal, jewellery and fossil show in regional Australia. Beautiful hand-crafted jewellery, wonderful gemstones and minerals, rare fossils and Meteorites, Metaphysical and healing crystals. Great bargains for everyone. Displays and stalls undercover. Lapidary craft demonstrations. Children's activities. Food and drink stalls. Free onsite parking. Adults $5 and Children $1. Times: Saturday - 9.00am to 5.00pm and Sunday - 9.00am to 3.00pm. Location: Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore.

Casino Beef Week
Date: 19 - 29 May 2012
Venue: Casino CBD
Contact Details:
For more information please PH: (02) 6662 8181 or email info@casinobeefweek.com.au or visit www.casinobeefweek.com.au

Casino Beef Week the famous festival where you can see cattle in the street, a live steer auction, fashion parade, street entertainment, great food, art exhibition, bush poets, breakfast with the butchers and lots more!

Ballina to Byron Bay Charity Walk
Date: 20 May
Contact Details:
For more information email events@helirescue.com.au or go to www.ballinatobyronbaywalk.com.au

Regardless of fitness level, age or background people are encouraged to participate in the Ballina to Byron Bay Charity Walk to raise money for Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter, experience great personal achievement, enjoy the beautiful landscape and meet new friends.

Northern Rivers Euchre Tournament
Date: 19-20 May 2012
Venue: Lismore Workers Club
Contact Details:
For more information please email brendanseed@yahoo.com.au lismoreeuchretournament@hotmail.com

Lismore Euchre Club is holding their first professional Euchre Tournament over two days, 19th and 20th May 2012. Total Prize money over the weekend (subject to attendance) $3,000.00. Entry fee for Saturday: $10.00 per person Entry fee for Sunday: $20.00 per person Hundred Club, First Perfect Hand and Raffles for the weekend. An enjoyable weekend for all ages. Registration is required and limited to the first 200 players. For more information and registration forms please contact Mrs Doreen Vidler on the above contact.

Bindjareb Pinjarra - Created by The Pinjarra Project and Deckchair Theatre - Presented by NORPA
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Created by The Pinjarra Project and Deckchair Theatre. Kelso, Pell and four other actors travel back to one of the bloodiest days in Western Australian history – the 1834 Pinjarra Massacre. Along the way, they reveal the glaring gaps in our knowledge of indigenous history. Geoff Kelso grew up in the 1960s, when the history of WA was taught from a short book that failed to include an Aboriginal perspective. For Kelton Pell, the name of his old school – Whiteside – said it all about the attitudes of the time.

At turns confronting and comical, this largely improvised production is played out in front of a dramatic backdrop painted by Nyoongar artist Tjyllyungoo (Lance Chad). A masterful fusion of history, comedy and physical theatre. Created and performed by Nyoongar and Wadjella (whitefella) actors Isaac Drandic, Geoff Kelso, Sam Longley, Frank Nannup, Kelton Pell and Phil Thomson.

Show time 7.30pm. Adult Ticket $37, Concession Ticket $30 , Under 18 Ticket $16.50

Casino Village RV Resort Market Day
Date: 27th May
Venue: Casino Village RV Resort
Contact Details:
For further information go to the website www.casinovillage.com.au

A fantastic day out for the family. The market day will be run in conjunction with Beef Week and will have a lot of stalls and activities. COME ALONG AND HAVE SOME FUN!

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 2nd June
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 2 June
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

Bridal Fair of Lismore
Date: Sunday, 3rd June
Venue: Goonellabah Workers Sports Club
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Josephine Saunders 6683 4107 or Graham Meineke 6622 1749

Bridal Fair with fabulous exhibitors. Boutique style. Limited places left. Exhibitors range from Photography, Music, Venues, Events, Cars, Jewellery, Bridal Wear, Fashion Parade..the lot! Annual Event by Rotary Club of Summerland Sunrise.

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 9 June
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Miss Peggy Pop Art will be conducting her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

Primex
Date: 14 - 16 June 2012
Venue: Casino
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Bruce Wright on (07) 5531 4600 or 0411 740 372 or visit www.primex.net.au

Primex is Regional Australia’s premier primary industry exhibition, encompassing the largest agricultural, machinery and commercial sectors that cater for almost every aspect of primary industry in Australia. The exhibition is held annually at Casino on the Northern Rivers of NSW, which is considered one of the most diverse primary production areas in the country. The format of Primex encompasses 12 Exhibitions in ONE - and as one of Australia’s most diverse primary and associated industry trade exhibitions, the event hosts almost 1000 companies and attracts a intrastate, interstate and international audience of approximately 40-50,000 visitors.

Primex
Date: 14 - 16 June 2012
Venue: Casino
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Bruce Wright on (07) 5531 4600 or 0411 740 372 or visit www.primex.net.au

Primex is Regional Australia’s premier primary industry exhibition, encompassing the largest agricultural, machinery and commercial sectors that cater for almost every aspect of primary industry in Australia. The exhibition is held annually at Casino on the Northern Rivers of NSW, which is considered one of the most diverse primary production areas in the country. The format of Primex encompasses 12 Exhibitions in ONE - and as one of Australia’s most diverse primary and associated industry trade exhibitions, the event hosts almost 1000 companies and attracts a intrastate, interstate and international audience of approximately 40-50,000 visitors.

Biddies - A CDP Production presented by NORPA
Date: Friday 15 June
Venue: Lismore City Hall
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Five ordinarily marvellous women find themselves back in the school classroom of their youth, plying their needles in a good old-fashioned session of “stitch and bitch”. Their confessions are frank, their rivalries intense and their jokes outrageous. They discover a common frustration with the limitations of being female and mature in a world still largely defined by men. Accidentally locked in the classroom, with nothing but ingenuity, Adora Cream Wafers and a bucket to get them through the crisis, unknown reserves come to the fore. Released from their own constraints, they rediscover their capacity to love, forgive – and take control. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!

Men see their wives, adult children see their mothers, grandchildren see Nana, and the mature Australian woman sees herself, as some of our most beloved actresses bring this delightful new comedy to life and laughter on the stage. You’ll laugh till you cry. Vulnerable, feisty and in full bloom, these gals are everything… except old!

Show Time: 7.30pm. Adult Ticket $47.00, Concession Ticket $38.00, Under 18 Ticket $21.00

Lismore Lantern Parade
Date: Saturday 23 June
Venue: Lismore CBD and Riverside Park
Contact Details:

Jyllie Jackson on (02) 6622 6333 or email festival@nrg.com.au or visit www.lanternparade.com  http://www.facebook.com/LismoreLanternParade

The Lantern Parade brings together community groups, schools and artists throughout the Northern Rivers to present a spectacular parade of light sculptures through the city.Festival features are a spectacular parade, lanterns, street theatre, carnival dancers, live music and dancing, market stalls, regional cuisine, children’s art, illuminated puppets, pyrotechnics, the fabulous Fiery Finale and Great Street Party and much more! The Lantern Parade is family friendly so bring your Nana and your kids, rug up and don't forget your best dancin' shoes!

Lismore Lantern Parade
Date: Saturday 23 June 2012
Venue: Lismore CBD and Riverside Park
Contact Details:
Jyllie Jackson on (02) 6622 6333 or email festival@nrg.com.au or visit www.lanternparade.com http://www.facebook.com/LismoreLanternParade

The Lantern Parade brings together community groups, schools and artists throughout the Northern Rivers to present a spectacular parade of light sculptures through the city.Festival features are a spectacular parade, lanterns, street theatre, carnival dancers, live music and dancing, market stalls, regional cuisine, children’s art, illuminated puppets, pyrotechnics, the fabulous Fiery Finale and Great Street Party and much more! The Lantern Parade is family friendly so bring your Nana and your kids, rug up and don't forget your best dancin' shoes!

I, Bunyip - Presented by NORPA created by Erth Visual and Physical Inc.
Date: Monday 25 at 1.30pm & Tuesday 26 June at 10am & 1.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Do you know what a bunyip is? Would you like to meet one?

If you were mesmerised by the life-like puppets from Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo, you’ll love this new production. Developed in consultation with five Aboriginal communities, I, Bunyip portrays the mythical world of creatures from indigenous folklore.

Get ready to be taken on a journey through the mysterious heart of the Australian landscape. You will meet a host of charming creatures like nyols, yawk yawks and turongs, along with freshwater mermaids and mischievous tree-dwelling creatures.

Erth’s dinosaurs and dragons have transfixed children across the globe. Don’t miss this rare chance to meet I, Bunyip’s spirit creatures and embrace the stories that have been told since time began.

Scott Wright, Artistic Director of Erth says “These stories are part of people’s lives, the fabric of their communities and identity. We are privileged to have learnt and been given permission to share these special stories”.

Tickets: All Tickets $16.50 Family Ticket (2Ad+2Ch) $60 ($15 each) NORPA Friends discounts also apply

Northern University Games
Date: 1-5 July
Venue: Various sporting fields in Lismore

Managed by Australian University Sport (AUS), the Northern University Games is run simultaneously with two other AUS regional events, the Eastern University Games and the Southern University Games.

Sports on offer are likely to include basketball, football, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby union 7s, squash singles, tenpin bowling, tennis singles, touch and volleyball. Confirmation of sports to be contested at the 2012 NUG will be ammounced in early 2012.

Northern University Games
Date: 1 - 5 July
Venue: Various sporting fields in Lismore

Managed by Australian University Sport (AUS), the Northern University Games is run simultaneously with two other AUS regional events, the Eastern University Games and the Southern University Games.

Sports on offer are likely to include basketball, football, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby union 7s, squash singles, tenpin bowling, tennis singles, touch and volleyball. Confirmation of sports to be contested at the 2012 NUG will be ammounced in early 2012.

CIRCA - Created by Yaron Lifschitzand the Circa Ensemble & Presented by NORPA
Date: Wednesday 4 July at 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

CIRCA is a thoroughly new kind of circus: daring, breathtaking, and cheeky.

This extraordinary troupe has left the high top and drum roll behind and stripped circus bare and its bold new vision is taking the world by storm. Rapturously acclaimed around the globe, from London to Berlin, Mandurah to Moranbah, this is movement at its most adventurous, but with a cabaret twist.

Combining high energy sound and innovative projections, seven of the world’s best perform jaw-dropping acrobatic feats. It’s dangerous and skilful, immediate and powerful, but above all, it’s intimate and real.

In high demand, Australia’s Circa are back for a limited time only between international tours. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience what the rest of the world is raving about.

Tickets: Adult Ticket $37 Concession Ticket $30 Under 18 Ticket $16.50 Group 4+ $30 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Yellow Pages 4WD, Caravan, Camping & Marine Show 2012
Date: 6 to 8 July 2012
Venue: Lismore Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter T: (02) 6627 4444 E: events@helirescue.com.au W: www.lismore4wdshow.com.au

The Yellow Pages 4WD Caravan, Camping & Marine Show is on again at the Lismore Showground in July 2012. Now in its 15th year, the show is the largest outdoor leisure show in regional New South Wales, and GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR! Over three fabulous days you will be able to view hundreds of the very latest industry products all in the one place, while discovering all there is to know about caravanning, motor homing, camping, boating and four wheel driving in Australia. There's also an amazing range of daily entertainment that the whole family will love, making this event the best-value ticket in town.

Adults are just $12, and $10 for Aged Pensioners (government issued only). Children under 14 are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the gate on show days. And there is plenty of FREE parking available on site. So bring the whole family along for a fun-packed day. The event is also a fundraiser for Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter. For more info visit www.lismore4wdshow.com.au

Yellow Pages 4WD, Caravan, Camping & Marine Show
Date: 6 to 8 July
Venue: Lismore Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter T: (02) 6627 4444 E: events@helirescue.com.au W: www.lismore4wdshow.com.au

The Yellow Pages 4WD Caravan, Camping & Marine Show is on again at the Lismore Showground in July 2012. Now in its 15th year, the show is the largest outdoor leisure show in regional New South Wales, and GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR! Over three fabulous days you will be able to view hundreds of the very latest industry products all in the one place, while discovering all there is to know about caravanning, motor homing, camping, boating and four wheel driving in Australia. There's also an amazing range of daily entertainment that the whole family will love, making this event the best-value ticket in town.

Adults are just $12, and $10 for Aged Pensioners (government issued only). Children under 14 are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the gate on show days. And there is plenty of FREE parking available on site. So bring the whole family along for a fun-packed day. The event is also a fundraiser for Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter. For more info visit www.lismore4wdshow.com.au

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 7 July
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 7 July
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

Twilight Markets - Lismore City Centre
Date: Saturday, 28 July 2pm - 7pm
Venue: Corner Magellan and Carrington Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For more details please contact Candy Glover on 0411 829 066

The Lismore City Centre Twilight Market takes place on the 4th Saturday evenings each month in Magellan Street from 2pm-7pm and features retro, up-cycled and original handcrafted fashion items plus free entertainment and fantastic food and coffee. Image by: NATSKY

Peggy Popart's ChARTered Tours
Date: 10.30am Saturday 14 July
Venue: The Lismore Regional Gallery, 131 Molesworth Street, Lismore
Contact Details:
Please contact the gallery on (02) 6622 2209 or visit www.lismoregallery.org or http://www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery

Miss Peggy Pop Art will be conducting her kids’ art tours on the second Saturday of each month. Miss P is a 50s style tour guide with a slightly bossy disposition and a wonderfully silly imagination. Miss P will meet the kids outside the gallery and take them on a themed interactive tour of the exhibition, including an art activity. Bookings not required, but donations appreciated.

What a Man's Gotta Do - Written & performed by Andrew Horabin ASA Songwriter of the Year
Date: Saturday 21 July at 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

When Adam’s Bucks spill out of a strip joint and right into Lucy’s Hens, there’s trouble. She says he’s never gonna grow up. Adam protests. Lucy gives him 24 hours to prove he’s a man – or the wedding is off!

Muzza and Gazza are not much help. They tell him she’s just a sheila and sheilas change their minds. But she’s not changing it back. And the hour of the wedding is fast approaching, leaving Adam asking: “What’s a man gotta do to be a man?”

With no formal initiation or rites of passage, these three young blokes must forge their own path into manhood. How lost will they get on the journey? What risks do they take in trying to initiate themselves? And will they make it back in time?

Spend a night with comedian and award-winning songwriter Andrew Horabin, laughing about sex, work, marriage, mateship, booze, coming of age, being a Dad and getting old without necessarily growing up.

Find out what a man’s gotta do to be a man in Lismore!

“brilliant… a sharp, satirical, witty one-man musical aimed at adults… up-to-the-minute, relevant to each community and very, very funny… you’ll wind up happier, better informed about modern blokes’ thinking – and awed by a unique talent.” Entertainment Geelong

Tickets: Adult Ticket $30 Concession Ticket $24 Under 18 Ticket $16.50 Group 4+ $24 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Opera at The Channon
Date: 22 July 2012
Venue: Coronation Park, The Channon
Contact Details:
For more information or to purchase tickets phone Norpa on 1300 066772 or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, Bounty Street, Lismore or the website www.operaatthechannon.com.au

A very unique event, Opera at The Channon caters to a variety of different tastes – opera buffs and novices alike can choose to dress formally and enjoy a ‘silver service’ luncheon under a grand marquee or take their own picnic hampers and enjoy the picturesque country setting and lush green hills in Coronation Park. Following lunch guests are treated to an afternoon of fine music, with a stunning selection from famous operas and musicals. The grounds open at 11.00am for luncheon or picnic and the Opera commence from 1.00pm to dusk.Tickets to the popular event always sell quickly, so get in early to avoid disappointment! All proceeds go towards the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter and combined Rotary Charities.

Opera at the Channon
Date: 22 July
Venue: Coronation Park, The Channon
Contact Details:
For more information or to purchase tickets phone Norpa on 1300 066772 or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, Bounty Street, Lismore or the website www.operaatthechannon.com.au

A very unique event, Opera at The Channon caters to a variety of different tastes – opera buffs and novices alike can choose to dress formally and enjoy a ‘silver service’ luncheon under a grand marquee or take their own picnic hampers and enjoy the picturesque country setting and lush green hills in Coronation Park. Following lunch guests are treated to an afternoon of fine music, with a stunning selection from famous operas and musicals. The grounds open at 11.00am for luncheon or picnic and the Opera commence from 1.00pm to dusk.Tickets to the popular event always sell quickly, so get in early to avoid disappointment! All proceeds go towards the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter and combined Rotary Charities.

Summerland Sports and Classic Car Club 28th Annual Static Car & Motor Cycle Show
Date: Dates TCB August
Venue: Clyde Campbell Car Park, between Molesworth St & Keen Street, Lismore, adjacent to the old Lismore Police Station
Contact Details:
Contact Details: Ray Stevenson (02) 6628 3566, Barry Granatelli (02)6621 7835, carshowssccc@gmail.com

Enthusiasts from local clubs and from far a field – many travelling 200 to 300km will display their cars and bikes. More than 200 vehicles are expected to be on display.

Visitors can expect to see a huge variety of makes and models dating back to the early 1900’s with the popular eras from the 1930’s to the 1980’s well represented. Trophies will be awarded to ‘the Most Desirable Vehicle’ in a number of Classes. All entrants will be eligible for the “Most Desirable Car of the Day” trophy, which is judged by the entrants themselves. Trophies are awarded for “the longest distance travelled” by a competitor, to participate in the Show and for the “Best club Display”. Classic car and motorcycle enthusiasts and spectators are invited to Lismore’s premier car show of the year.

Byron Bay Writers Festival
Date: 3 - 5 August
Venue: Belongil Fields, Byron Bay
Contact Details:
For more information go to .au www.byronbaywritersfestival.com or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Byron-Bay-Writers-Festival/173128463061

This year's Festival offers a rich diversity of readings, conversations, panels, literary lunches, workshops, performances and a whole lot more from stellar names in the Australian literary firmament.

Bentley Art Prize
Date: 3, 4 & 5 August
Venue: Bentley Public Hall, Lismore Road, midway between Lismore and Kyogle
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Helen Trustum on (02) 6663 5283 or email helen-trustum@hotmail.com. www.bentleyartprize.com.au

The Bentley Art Prize has been held annually at the Bentley Public Hall since 1985. “The Bentley” is a vehicle for emerging artists to showcase their talent to the wider community and sponsored by many organisations including the major sponsors Tursa Employment and Training, Casino RSM Club and The Northern Star. All proceeds raised from the event go toward the upkeep of the Bentley Public Hall, a focal point for the Bentley Community.

The Bentley Art Prize is a community event that attracts all ages from surrounding districts, the attraction being the diversity of artwork created locally and from afar. The family orientated event has grown over the years into a great benefit for the Bentley Community.

Byron Bay Writers Festival
Date: 3 - 5 August
Venue: Belongil Fields, Byron Bay
Contact Details:
For more information go to .au www.byronbaywritersfestival.com or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Byron-Bay-Writers-Festival/173128463061

This year's Festival offers a rich diversity of readings, conversations, panels, literary lunches, workshops, performances and a whole lot more from stellar names in the Australian literary firmament.

Bentley Art Prize
Date: 3, 4 & 5 August
Venue: Bentley Public Hall, Lismore Road, midway between Lismore and Kyogle
Contact Details:
For more information please contact Helen Trustum on (02) 6663 5283 or email helen-trustum@hotmail.com. www.bentleyartprize.com.au

The Bentley Art Prize has been held annually at the Bentley Public Hall since 1985. “The Bentley” is a vehicle for emerging artists to showcase their talent to the wider community and sponsored by many organisations including the major sponsors Tursa Employment and Training, Casino RSM Club and The Northern Star. All proceeds raised from the event go toward the upkeep of the Bentley Public Hall, a focal point for the Bentley Community.

The Bentley Art Prize is a community event that attracts all ages from surrounding districts, the attraction being the diversity of artwork created locally and from afar. The family orientated event has grown over the years into a great benefit for the Bentley Community.

NIMBIN PERFORMANCE POETRY WORLD CUP
Date: Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 August
Venue: Cafe's of Nimbin & Town Hall
Contact Details:
For more information please call 0447 044 603 or 6689 7424 or email poetryworldcup@gmail.com Application forms; P.O.Box 227, Nimbin NSW 2480

The annual Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup is a community sponsored event that each year grows in popularity not only with the performers but the audience who attend. Performers travel from all over Australia to be part of this gruelling poetry marathon. Poets have eight minutes to perform one or more original poems throughout the weekend. Heats are run on the Saturday with up to poets vying for a position in the semi-finals, which are run on Sunday. The Grand Final is held on Sunday evening at the Nimbin School of Arts. Heats are held all day Saturday, semi-finals kick off from 12noon on Sunday and the Grand Final of 8 poets starts in the School of Arts Hall from 7.30pm. Dinner and supper will be available on the veranda from 6.30pm. Tickets available at the door . Check out last years performers on www.nimbinpoetry.com

NIMBIN PERFORMANCE POETRY WORLD CUP
Date: Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 August
Venue: Cafe's of Nimbin & Town Hall
Contact Details:
For more information please call 0447 044 603 or 6689 7424 or email poetryworldcup@gmail.com Application forms; P.O.Box 227, Nimbin NSW 2480

The annual Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup is a community sponsored event that each year grows in popularity not only with the performers but the audience who attend. Performers travel from all over Australia to be part of this gruelling poetry marathon. Poets have eight minutes to perform one or more original poems throughout the weekend. Heats are run on the Saturday with up to poets vying for a position in the semi-finals, which are run on Sunday. The Grand Final is held on Sunday evening at the Nimbin School of Arts. Heats are held all day Saturday, semi-finals kick off from 12noon on Sunday and the Grand Final of 8 poets starts in the School of Arts Hall from 7.30pm. Dinner and supper will be available on the veranda from 6.30pm. Tickets available at the door . Check out last years performers on www.nimbinpoetry.com

The Con Artists Handmade Makers Markets
Date: Saturday, 4 August
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.theconartistsmarket.blogspot.com or email conartistsmarket@gmail.com

Showcasing works from a broad range of local makers, the Con Artists handmade makers market is Lismore's monthly DIY art & craft market with an eco bent and something for everyone. Featuring over twenty five stalls, the markets are a treasure trove of quirky, original and inventive creations and a great source of unique locally made eco-friendly gifts. See you at the Con Artists Market on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-3pm for the markets and sounds from the Conservatorium's monthly live music ConCert.

Lismore City Centre CONcerts start at 11am
Date: Saturday, 4 August
Venue: Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Corner Keen and Magellan Streets, Lismore

Local artists will perform a varied mix of musical styles at the free outdoor ‘Cushion Concert’ at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium in Lismore, starting at 11am every 1st saturday of the month.Patrons are encouraged to bring a cushion –or a deck chair!-and enjoy ‘The Con’s recently-upgraded courtyard concert venue in Keen Street Lismore. The CONartists monthly markets are also a regular feature, where you can find unique hand crafted gifts.

The School For Wives - Bell Shakespeare
Date: Wednesday 8 August at 10.30am & 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Tied the knot with an older gentleman? Well start channelling your inner orphan. Think young, naïve – fresh from a nunnery. The more experienced man expects you to know your place – which, of course, is in the kitchen. Steer clear of trousers. He wears those. Instead opt for dresses and skirts in plain colours and keep hem and neck lines modest. A crisp apron adds a homely touch.

Falling in love is never easy. Take our hero for instance. Now here’s a guy who desperately wants to get married but is afraid that a smart woman will cheat on him. His ingenious solution? Enlist the help of a local convent to raise a girl so stupidly innocent that she won’t know the first thing about cheating – let alone the last. In his mind she will be ever-faithful. The perfect wife. But will she?

Following on from her success with Twelfth Night, Lee Lewis directs this fresh new translation of Molière’s comedic train-wreck of a love story, tangling innocence with arrogance – and the other way around.

Tickets: Adult Ticket $47 Concession Ticket $38 Under 18 Ticket $21 Group 4+ $38 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Bushman's Heritage and Camp Oven Festival
Date: 17th August
Venue: Casino Village RV Resort
Contact Details:
For further information go to the website www.casinovillage.com.au

Camp Oven Cooking Demonstrations, Competitions, Learn the Basics, Bush Poets & Yarn spinners, Breakfast and Camp Oven Dinner.

Blue Moon Cabaret
Date: Saturday 1 September
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone (02) 6689 1577

Poets, singers, musicians and performers all come out to play at the Blue Moon Cabaret. True to its name, once every “blue moon” the School of Arts Hall bursts to life with an eclectic and kooky program of talented local performers. The Blue Moon Cabaret puts together a program of colourful, polished and often times outrageous performances that will amaze and astound you.

14th Annual Big Scrub Rainforest Day
Date: TBC September
Venue: Rocky Creek Dam
Contact Details:
For more information email info@rainforestrescue.org.au or visit www.bigscrubrainforest.org.au

Big Scrub Rainforest Day is Australia’s largest annual Landcare Information and education event. With all major regional landcare groups, practitioners and businesses attending, Big Scrub Rainforest Day provides the opportunity to gain information about rainforests and their restoration from Australia’s leading experts. The day will feature rainforest restoration walks and workshops, a rainforest flora walk, weed ID workshop, a bird walk and talk. Gwen Harden will be discussing the new interactive DVD based on the iconic books 'Rainforest Trees and Shrubs' and 'Rainforest Climbing Plants'. There will be community organisation stalls and exhibits and children's activities.

The Yard - Presented by NORPA
Date: Monday 3 September at 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Drawing inspiration from William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies and its analysis of human behaviour, The Yard takes these themes and breathes new life into them by way of the Australian school yard, ultimately finding unity in the diversity of culture, gender and ethnicity that pulsate ‘in the yard’.

Taut with tension and humour of conflicts played out every day, the work celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary. The Yard fuses hard hitting contemporary dance with break dance, locking, shuffling, popping, tutting, krumping, and jerking; all new forms of dance found on the streets and school yards of Western Sydney.

Composer Nick Wales (Sarah Blasko, CODA, Bell Shakespeare) has created an arresting electro-acoustic score rich with an eclectic mix of strings, break beats, dub step and more!

‘‘As long as we have people like Shaun Parker creating shows, there is no need to fear for the future of arts in Australia. His work possesses a confidence and ingenuity that make him one of the most interesting artists in his field….’
The Daily Telegraph

Tickets: Adult Ticket $30 Concession Ticket $25 Under 18 Ticket $16.50 Group 4+ $25 each School Groups $15 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Caravan Burlesque - Created and Directed by Moira Finucane & Jackie Smith & Presented by NORPA
Date: Friday 14 September at 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

The globally acclaimed team of Finucane & Smith, creators of the smash hit, The Burlesque Hour, are bringing their seductive brand of cabaret to Lismore!

Caravan Burlesque fuses Parisian nightclub with jaw-dropping cabaret and seductive spectacle, tipping a velvet wink to Australia’s wild past of touring vaudeville & variety shows. Step into this sumptuous salon and be swept away by intoxicating Ethiopian dance, sultry songs, underdressed sirens and whip-cracking dames, Bollywood lovegods, backroom ballet and gothic divas.

Packed to the rafters with international stars, with critics raving and 70,000 audience members worldwide in raptures, Finucane & Smith’s road-train of the risqué will sashay into town bringing a night to rival the Nullarbor: hot hot hot and full of stars!

Grab your friends, dress to the nines, and swing on board the Caravan. We guarantee you won’t want it to leave…

“Jaw dropping, feisty, seductive, dynamic… Unmissable.”
Edinburgh Guide

Tickets: Adult Ticket $37 Concession Ticket $30 Under 18 Ticket $16.50 Group 4+ $30 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Weave and Mend Festival - Nimbin
Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September
Venue: Nimbin A & I Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please phone (02) 6689 7129 or visit www.nimbin-c.schools.nsw.edu/Weave&Mend.html

A Camp/Festival to bring together weavers and their families. Learn to keep ancient skills alive by practice and sharing Organised by the Nimbin’s Women Weavers and Women’s Hartquarters. Some well known fibres include Bangalow Palm Pods leaf & flower frond, lomandra leaves, red hot poker leaves, NZ Flax leaves and papyrus. We also use recycled materials such as old clothes and sheets. Continual weaving, workshops, Chai tent, Communal food/communal fire. Entry by donation including camping (for participants only). Needles for sale and weaving plants/palms for sale.

Nimbin Spring Arts Festival
Date: Saturday 22 September - Sunday 7 October
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please phone (02) 6689 1577.

As always, The Nimbin School of Arts Spring Arts Exhibition boasts a large, diverse collection of artworks for sale - of a quality and range that reflect the huge pool of artistic talent in the Nimbin area - many old favourites plus some new and exciting talents - something for everyone. The exhibition is open daily from 10.00AM to 4.00PM, and entry if FREE - though donations are very welcome.

Nimbin Annual Country Show
Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September
Venue: Nimbin A & I Showground
Contact Details:
For more information www.nimbinshowsociety.org.au email; nimbinshow2@y7mail.org.au

Nimbin country Show this year celebrated it's 92nd year and it will be bigger and better than ever. The usual cattle, horse and pavilion events will be there as well as many surprises. Reptile Awareness Display, Dale Formosa and his Duck and Dog Show will be back, great entertainment during the day. Sunday - kids games,Talent Quest and the popular Dog High Jump and horse events. Information on The Hemp Industry, Solar info and Lismore City Councils information bus helping you learn about living greener.

Weave and Mend Festival - Nimbin
Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September
Venue: Nimbin A & I Showground
Contact Details:
For more information please phone (02) 6689 7129 or visit www.nimbin-c.schools.nsw.edu/Weave&Mend.html

A Camp/Festival to bring together weavers and their families. Learn to keep ancient skills alive by practice and sharing Organised by the Nimbin’s Women Weavers and Women’s Hartquarters. Some well known fibres include Bangalow Palm Pods leaf & flower frond, lomandra leaves, red hot poker leaves, NZ Flax leaves and papyrus. We also use recycled materials such as old clothes and sheets. Continual weaving, workshops, Chai tent, Communal food/communal fire. Entry by donation including camping (for participants only). Needles for sale and weaving plants/palms for sale.

Nimbin Spring Arts Festival
Date: Saturday 22 September - Sunday 7 October
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please phone (02) 6689 1577

As always, The Nimbin School of Arts Spring Arts Exhibition boasts a large, diverse collection of artworks for sale - of a quality and range that reflect the huge pool of artistic talent in the Nimbin area - many old favourites plus some new and exciting talents - something for everyone. The exhibition is open daily from 10.00AM to 4.00PM, and entry if FREE - though donations are very welcome.

Nimbin Annual Country Show
Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September
Venue: Nimbin A & I Showground
Contact Details:
For more information www.nimbinshowsociety.org.au email; nimbinshow2@y7mail.org.au

Nimbin country Show this year celebrated it's 92nd year and it will be bigger and better than ever. The usual cattle, horse and pavilion events will be there as well as many surprises. Reptile Awareness Display, Dale Formosa and his Duck and Dog Show will be back, great entertainment during the day. Sunday - kids games,Talent Quest and the popular Dog High Jump and horse events. Information on The Hemp Industry, Solar info and Lismore City Councils information bus helping you learn about living greener.

XXXX Gold Lismore Cup
Date: 27 September
Venue: Lismore Turf Club
Contact Details:
For more information please call 0266 213176 or email info@lismoreturfclub.com or visit www.lismoreturfclub.com or http://www.facebook.com/lismoreturfclub?ref=nf

The Lismore Cup Carnival is one of the most popular carnivals in regional New South Wales. It is a unique racing experience that draws crowds of 10,000 and more to the picturesque Lismore Racecourse.

Special package deals are available including marquee packages. A free shuttle bus will be in operation on the day.

XXXX Gold Lismore Cup
Date: 27 September
Venue: Lismore Turf Club
Contact Details:
For more information please call 0266 213176 or email info@lismoreturfclub.com or visit www.lismoreturfclub.com or http://www.facebook.com/lismoreturfclub?ref=nf

The Lismore Cup Carnival is one of the most popular carnivals in regional New South Wales. It is a unique racing experience that draws crowds of 10,000 and more to the picturesque Lismore Racecourse.

Special package deals are available including marquee packages. A free shuttle bus will be in operation on the day.

Nimbin Spring Arts Festival
Date: Saturday 22 September - Sunday 7 October
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please phone (02) 6689 1577

As always, The Nimbin School of Arts Spring Arts Exhibition boasts a large, diverse collection of artworks for sale - of a quality and range that reflect the huge pool of artistic talent in the Nimbin area - many old favourites plus some new and exciting talents - something for everyone. The exhibition is open daily from 10.00AM to 4.00PM, and entry if FREE - though donations are very welcome.

Yellow Pages Hell on Wheels Cycle Tour
Date: 7 - 13 October
Contact Details:
For further information go to www.facebook.com/helionwheelscycletour

Covering 670kms over 8 days, the ride is a test of endurance for the riders many of whom return every year to ride. The riders all say how much they enjoy the challenge and camaraderie on the ride whilst they are also raising money for the community rescue helicopter.

Northern Rivers District Womens Bowling Association presents the 55th Annual Fours Carnival
Date: 9 10 & 11 October
Venue: Lismore Bowling Clubs
Contact Details:
For more information please contact District Secretary Mrs Val McKenzie 1/31 Crane St Ballina, phone 02 6681 3116, or District President, Mrs Merle Gollan 02 6681 3662

Northern Rivers District Womens Bowling Association presents the 55th Annual Fours Carnival
Date: 9 10 & 11 October
Venue: Lismore Bowling Clubs
Contact Details:
For more information please contact District Secretary Mrs Val McKenzie 1/31 Crane St Ballina, phone 02 6681 3116, or District President, Mrs Merle Gollan 02 6681 3662

Norco North Coast National Show
Date: 18 19 & 20 October
Venue: Lismore Showgrounds, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information phone Janelle Hancock 02 6621 3460 or email lisshow@bigpond.net.au or visit www.lismoreshow.org.au

For over 120 years farmers and families have been making the trip to the annual North Coast National in Lismore. Australia’s largest and most colourful regional show is held on each year in October. The North Coast National embraces visitors, exhibitors and the growing number of locals, showcasing the best produce, animals, arts and craft and entertainment the region has to offer. It celebrates our region blending old show traditions with more modern ideals in sustainable living and alternative lifestyles. In days of old the Agricultural Show Society brought the community together to experiment, share and learn how to move forward. The North Coast National keeps alive these values in a changing world.

Norco North Coast National Show
Date: 18 19 & 20 October
Venue: Lismore Showgrounds, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information phone Janelle Hancock 02 6621 3460 or email lisshow@bigpond.net.au or visit www.lismoreshow.org.au

For over 120 years farmers and families have been making the trip to the annual North Coast National in Lismore. Australia’s largest and most colourful regional show is held on each year in October. The North Coast National embraces visitors, exhibitors and the growing number of locals, showcasing the best produce, animals, arts and craft and entertainment the region has to offer. It celebrates our region blending old show traditions with more modern ideals in sustainable living and alternative lifestyles. In days of old the Agricultural Show Society brought the community together to experiment, share and learn how to move forward. The North Coast National keeps alive these values in a changing world.

Nimbin Youth film Competition
Date: Saturday 27 October
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 1577

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Corporate Charity Golf Day
Date: 16 November
Venue: Ballina Golf and Sports Club
Contact Details:
For further information email events@helirescue.com.au

Symphony - Presented by NORPA
Date: Friday 16 & Saturday 17 November at 7.30pm
Venue: Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty Street Lismore
Contact Details:
For further information or to make a booking phone Norpa on 1300 066 772, or go to the Norpa Ticket Office, Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Book online at www.norpa.org.au

Symphony is a spectacle. Stefan Gregory, one of Australia’s best guitarists, will play Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony as a live score for the latest creation from Legs On The Wall.

Tapping into the power of rock and roll and the majesty of Beethoven, Symphony celebrates the sensuous and sublime relationship of music with the moving body. Sometimes furious, sometimes tender, each of the four performers will feature in one of the four movements of a Symphony that is celebrated for its rhythmic and melodic brilliance.

Legs On The Wall is a gutsy theatre company that offers startling, sensuous and exciting physical performances. Their productions are renowned for taking risks, both physically and aesthetically; weaving music, video, acrobatics, dance, circus and aerial imagery into stories that offer audiences a theatrical experience like no other.

“The great thing about Legs On The Wall is the group’s determination to combine intelligence and imagination with fierce physicality”. Sydney Morning Herald

Tickets: Adult Ticket $37 Concession Ticket $30 Under 18 $16.50 Group 4+ $30 each NORPA Friends Discounts also apply

Blue Moon Cabaret
Date: Saturday 18 November
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 1577

Poets, singers, musicians and performers all come out to play at the Blue Moon Cabaret. True to its name, once every “blue moon” the School of Arts Hall bursts to life with an eclectic and kooky program of talented local performers. The Blue Moon Cabaret puts together a program of colourful, polished and often times outrageous performances that will amaze and astound you.

Nimbin Fashion Show
Date: Friday 23 & Saturday 24 November
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 6689 0205

2012 Softball NSW Under 15 State Championships
Date: 24-25 November
Venue: Albert Park, Keen Street, Lismore

2012 Softball NSW Under 15 State Championships
Date: 24 - 25 November
Venue: Albert Park, Keen Street, Lismore

Nimbins Women's Dinner
Date: Wednesday 28 November
Venue: Nimbin School of Arts
Contact Details:
For more information please call 02 66891577

Casino Lions Club Carols by Candlelight
Date: 2nd December
Venue: Casino Village RV Resort
Contact Details:
For further information go to the website www.casinovillage.com.au

Great night for the family. Come and see Santa and singing by locals. Bring a blanket and some candles and join in the singing.

Tropical Fruits New Years' Eve & Recovery Party
Date: 31 December
Venue: Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information phone (02) 6622 6440 or email fruits@tropicalfruits.org.au or visit www.tropicalfruits.org.au

The TROPICAL FRUITS New Year's Festival is a four day queer celebration held in the city of Lismore in sub-tropical northern NSW, an area known suitably as the Rainbow Region.

The NEW YEARS EVE PARTY and the New Years Day RECOVERY PARTY are held at the retro-chic Lismore Showgrounds, lovingly transformed by hundreds of VOLUNTEERS into a sumptuous smorgasbord of our own unique culture. Take in the whole experience with our on-site CAMPING facility, replete with themed areas to suit all your camp needs.

Party goers on New Year's Eve can sashay between two massive, proto-industrial dance spaces- INDUSTRIA and GOLD, featuring top Australian and International DJs.
For a more vibrant, youthful dance experience, head to the THE VAULT dance space.

Get a culture shot at our ART SHOW and CABARET. Our region has the highest concentration of artists, musicians and other creative types living in rural NSW, many of them gay or lesbian, and we're showcasing them for you! You can also catch some very queer viewing at the QUEER FRUITS FILM FESTIVAL in Lismore & District Workers Club (grand auditorium); Keen St., Lismore. The move to this larger venue will provide a VIP experience for all patrons with in-house access to a range of bistro, restaurant, cafe and bar facilities before and after sessions and a new official after-party on Friday 30th December at Platinum cocktail bar. Add the best queer films in the world...

And of course, at midnight, on New Year's Eve, you can oohh and ahh aloud with all your new-found family and friends at our totally amazing, over-the-top fireworks spectacular. Rejuvenate on New Year's Day at our sensational, slippery, sexy POOL PARTY- held in the post-deco ambience of Lismore Baths, booked exclusively for Tropical Fruits. Swim, shower, sun yourself- recharge your Vitamin D and get moist dancing by the pool with some delectable queer folk, this time seriously under-clad. Then back at the Showgrounds, as the sun starts to set on New Year's Day, enjoy a BBQ and a chat with the Volunteers as we kick back and get set to groove the night away at Recovery.

Tropical Fruits New Years' Eve & Recovery Party
Date: 31 December 2012
Venue: Lismore Showground, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore
Contact Details:
For more information phone (02) 6622 6440 or email fruits@tropicalfruits.org.au or visit www.tropicalfruits.org.au

The TROPICAL FRUITS New Year's Festival is a four day queer celebration held in the city of Lismore in sub-tropical northern NSW, an area known suitably as the Rainbow Region.

The NEW YEARS EVE PARTY and the New Years Day RECOVERY PARTY are held at the retro-chic Lismore Showgrounds, lovingly transformed by hundreds of VOLUNTEERS into a sumptuous smorgasbord of our own unique culture. Take in the whole experience with our on-site CAMPING facility, replete with themed areas to suit all your camp needs.

Party goers on New Year's Eve can sashay between two massive, proto-industrial dance spaces- INDUSTRIA and GOLD, featuring top Australian and International DJs.
For a more vibrant, youthful dance experience, head to the THE VAULT dance space.

Get a culture shot at our ART SHOW and CABARET. Our region has the highest concentration of artists, musicians and other creative types living in rural NSW, many of them gay or lesbian, and we're showcasing them for you! You can also catch some very queer viewing at the QUEER FRUITS FILM FESTIVAL in Lismore & District Workers Club (grand auditorium); Keen St., Lismore. The move to this larger venue will provide a VIP experience for all patrons with in-house access to a range of bistro, restaurant, cafe and bar facilities before and after sessions and a new official after-party on Friday 30th December at Platinum cocktail bar. Add the best queer films in the world...

And of course, at midnight, on New Year's Eve, you can oohh and ahh aloud with all your new-found family and friends at our totally amazing, over-the-top fireworks spectacular. Rejuvenate on New Year's Day at our sensational, slippery, sexy POOL PARTY- held in the post-deco ambience of Lismore Baths, booked exclusively for Tropical Fruits. Swim, shower, sun yourself- recharge your Vitamin D and get moist dancing by the pool with some delectable queer folk, this time seriously under-clad. Then back at the Showgrounds, as the sun starts to set on New Year's Day, enjoy a BBQ and a chat with the Volunteers as we kick back and get set to groove the night away at Recovery.

LIFE DRAWING - Silver Cloud Studios
Date: Every Tuesday 6.30pm to 8.45pm
Venue: Silver Cloud Studios, Foley's Lane, South Lismore
Contact Details:
Please contact Damien on 0425398743 for location details, bookings are essential as places are limited, or if you would like to model.

Lismore Life Drawing group takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm to 8.45pm and costs $15/$10. The venue has moved from the Serpentine Community Gallery to the Silver Cloud Studies in South Lismore.

Baby Bounce at the Library
Date: Mondays at Lismore Library & Fridays at Goonellabah Library
Venue: Lismore & Goonellabah Libraries
Contact Details:
For more information please call 6621 2464 or 6625 1235.

Baby Bounce is a free session at the library dedicated to babies and their parents or carers. There are songs, rhymes, music and books. Choose the session which suits your baby's age, come along and join in. 10am: 1-2 years old, 11am: 0-1 years old. Held at Lismore library on a Monday and Goonellabah Library on a Friday.

Free Sports at Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre
Date: Every Friday Afternoon
Venue: Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre
Contact Details:
For more information please call 1300 878 387

Sport in the Neighbourhood runs every Friday fro 4-6pm throughout the school year. It includes touch footy, futsal, basketball & indoor cricket.