OPENING night looms for CHATS Productions and the Coast Comedy Players’ romantic comedy, ‘Companion Planting’. The excited cast are in final dress rehearsals and firing up their thespian guns to bring some top-notch comedic acting to the Jetty Memorial Theatre. “I can’t believe opening night is just days away,” said the show’s

ONE of the most popular days of the Coffs Harbour International Buskers & Comedy Festival is always ‘Kids Day’. Scheduled for Thursday 3 October organisers have a super program lined up, headlined by not one but two fabulous music tributes as well as a full program of buskers and unusual

CURRYFEST is about to celebrate its 18th year in Woolgoolga with crowd favourites and new experiences. On Saturday, 28 September, the south end of Ocean Street will come alive with colour, music and food. The Woolgoolga and Northern Beaches Chamber of Commerce, with the assistance of local event management company Another Tasty

BRISBANE-based funnyman and international touring act Lindsay Webb will headline this year’s lineup of comedians at the Buskers Unreal Comedy Gala. As well as holding the Guinness World Record for the longest standup comedy routine, Lindsay has just completed a TV comedy special with Jim Jeffries and is currently on tour

THE Jetty Foreshore is set to come alive on Saturday, 14 September, when Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour hosts a day of education and entertainment. The event will run from 8:30am to 3pm and promises a mix of rescue demonstrations and family-friendly activities. The day kicks off with a grand opening parade on

TWO of Australia’s most gifted and compelling crime fiction writers are coming to Coffs Harbour for bare-all author talks. Michael Robotham and Chris Hammer have forged fame worldwide for their best-selling and critically acclaimed works. Robotham and Hammer were born in 1960, progressed to storied careers as journalists, and in

A TRIO of mind-bending exhibitions are now showing at the City of Coffs Harbour’s Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM). The exhibitions - ‘Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness’, ‘Electric Dreams’ and ‘Serendipia’ all experiment with light. Critically acclaimed internationally, this is the first time Modern Guru has been

ON Saturday 7 September the Jetty Memorial Theatre presents ‘Whalebone’, a family performance exploring the role tech plays in our lives. Nestled in the mysterious ‘Depository’, meet a lone worker with a mission. In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) and machines are going rogue and making more and more

THE Coffs Harbour Orchid Society’s keenly anticipated Spring Show will be held in the Botanic Gardens Meeting Room on 7-9 September. “The Society has been in existence for over 50 years and during that time has implemented a number of initiatives to ensure that members are encouraged as much as

A CAVERN of intrigue and secrets where you can’t necessarily trust your eyes – a wonderland where creation and artificial intelligence collide. That’s the magical script for three ground-breaking mind-warping exhibitions set to star at the City of Coffs Harbour’s cutting edge Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM). “This is the