COUNTRY music royalty pays a visit to the Macksville ex-Services Club on Friday 21 April with a performance of Travellin’ Still – the Songs of Slim Dusty. When Slim Dusty’s Travellin’ Country Band played their last full show with Slim…
MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp was last week notified of the NSW Electoral Commission’s distribution of preferences for the NSW State Election 2023. “The official distribution of preferences were called at 1pm in the NSWEC Oxley Electoral Office and I…
IAN Date, a master of the guitar, promises a “highly entertaining show” when he performs live and solo at Macksville Ex-Services Club on Sunday 30 April. “It’s a journey with the guitar,” Ian told News Of The Area. Advertise with…
RESIDENTS at Riverside Gardens Aged Care have been lucky enough to have some regular paw-some visitors. Choco, a Lab Kelpie and his lovely owner, Nicki Smith, who is a volunteer affiliated with Paws Pet Therapy, are visiting residents fortnightly. Advertise…
ON Monday 17 April visitors to the Stuarts Point Community Hall were confronted with a collection of wriggling kitchen scraps, though the free event was conducted for positive educational purposes, and there were no offensive sights or odours to endure.…
CANCER Council NSW is looking to recruit volunteers to work at the Mid North Coast Cancer Institute in Coffs Harbour. The volunteers are primarily based in the chemotherapy treatment room where they chat with patients, family and carers and offer…
YOUNG bands have a new competition which aims to elevate their exposure and support their emergence into the music industry. Boom Clash Rockstar is the brainchild of Brett Pattinson, frontman for Aussie ska band The Allniters, and music industry expert…
A TRIO of teens from the Nambucca Valley are making waves in the local music scene, cutting their first recordings at ValleySounds Studios in Nana Glen earlier this month. Ned Ambrose from Valla, Beau Hussell from Nambucca and Jesse Falzon…
REMOTE rural and regional communities across Australia can apply now for grants up to $20,000 for community-driven mental health and wellbeing projects, through FRRR’s In a Good Place (IAGP) program. Community groups are invited to apply for up to $20,000…
THREE years ago the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair was celebrated in the Nambucca Valley by recreating the vibe with a spectacular outdoor music event at the Macksville Showgrounds called Woodstock in the Valley. What was…