Bay gears up for Bluewater Country Music Festival Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) by News Of The Area - Modern Media - June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 PREPARATIONS are in full swing, and the excitement is building for the Bluewater Country Music Festival. The festival will take place over the long weekend, 9-12 June. This year, the festival has given the title of ‘Ambassador’ for the very first time to local beauty queen Emilie-rae Guihot. Ms Guihot is the current
Cole, Passfield and Brothers3 Return as popular favorites to Nelson Bay’s Blue Water Country Music Festival Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) Port Stephens LGA by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 31, 2017 THE Blue Water Country Music Festival is set to have feet tapping, with festival favourites galore returning for the event. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Beccy Cole, Steve Passfield and Brothers3 return to the Bay Festival this year. Beccy will perform on Sunday night of the festival at Soldiers Point Bowling Club and
Bluegrass Success in Karuah FEATURED Karuah, North Arm Cove by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 15, 2017 THE dust has settled and the music has faded but this year’s Lost Highway Bluegrass Music Festival will long be remembered as the best ever. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE “The Festival itself was an amazing success,” Organiser Sharon Wedd told News Of The Area. “Everybody loved it, from the wonderful venues, to
Port Stephens Bluewater Country Music Festival only weeks away Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 10, 2017 IN its 11th year, the Bluewater Country Music Festival has attracted the largest number of venues on record. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE With 28 venues, this year’s festival includes two country music cruises. Stretching across the entire Tomaree Peninsula, the festival will host Country Music Artists, Line Dancers and Bush Poets. This is
Bluegrass Music Festival in Karuah Karuah, North Arm Cove by News Of The Area - Modern Media - May 3, 2017 IF you want some foot tapping, knee slapping, hand clapping fun, then head to Karuah this weekend for the annual Lost Highway Bluegrass Music Festival. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE This will be the Festival’s ninth year and organiser Sharon Wedd has been there from the very beginning. “It started with the Chamber
Diggers and Drummers join to commemorate ANZAC Day Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) Port Stephens LGA by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 SCHOOL of Rock drummers and ANZAC Diggers may seem like an unlikely combination, but Craig “Rosie” Rosevear has once again led his music school charges in a drumming performance for the ANZAC Day march. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE In 2008, the Lambton/New Lambton RSL Sub-Branch faced the dilemma of not having
Beccy Cole comes to The Blue Water Country Music Festival FEATURED Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 25, 2017 THE Blue Water Country Music Festival will have more than 100 artists performing across 22 venues over five days this year and is recognised by the community as the largest festival in Port Stephens. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Bringing Country to the Coast is the point of difference that sets the
Step Back in Time: King Street Heritage Festival Saturday, May 20, 2017 Free event Raymond Terrace, Heatherbrae, Tomago by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 20, 2017 The colourful King Street Heritage Festival will descend on the historic street in the Port Stephens town of Raymond Terrace on Saturday, May 20, 2017, with locals dressing in period costumes to enjoy folk dancing, bonnet parades, live Celtic music and a ‘majestic beard’ competition. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE The ‘Step
Roley Manton, a Country Music Icon Nelson Bay (Tomaree Peninsula areas) by NOTA - December 1, 2016 Roley Manton is an Australian country music cultural icon and we are lucky enough to be able to call him one of the Bay ‘locals’. Playing alongside Australian Country Legends including Slim Dusty at the Denman Hall, has given him notoriety in the Country Music Scene. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT
Medowie Christian School’s Emily Legge pleased with HSC Music Exam FEATURED Medowie, Ferodale, Campvale Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 20, 2016September 21, 2016 PINDIMAR teen Emily Legge said she felt “pleased and relieved” after completing her HSC Music Practical Examination last week. Although Emily is only in Year 11, an innovative approach to Senior Studies at Medowie Christian School enabled her to complete the Preliminary and HSC Music Courses in just 12 months. Emily performed
