GET OUT AND PARTY
Songs of the Latin Skies with Katie Noonan
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp will journey through the great South American songbook of bossa nova, samba, salsa and tango, interpreting work by Heitor Villa-lobos, Luis Bonfa, Antonio Carlos Jobim and more.
The A&I Hall, Station St, Bangalow, on Friday, May 19, at 8pm.
TED2017: The Future You
You’ve seen TED Talks, the global phenomenon propelled by ideas that are transforming the world. Now this year you’ll have the opportunity to join the worldwide TED conversation when TED Cinema Experience brings TED’S flagship event, TED2017: The Future You, to cinemas across the country across three unique events.
Byron Theatre, 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay, on May 7.
Jimbo and Gary The Goat Comedy Show
Jimbo Bazoobi is a blue and bawdy stand-up comedian specialising in the lost art of Aussie vernacular. This show is one third Alby Mangels, one third Rodney Rude, one third Skippy.
Strictly 18+. R rated show.
Casino RSM Club on Thursday, May 11, from 8.30pm and Ballina RSL Club on Tuesday, May 16, from 7.30pm
Circus Oz:
Circus Oz explodes back onto stage, audaciously unpacking the myths of modern Australia with their latest high octane circus show Model Citizens.
Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore, as part of NORPA’S 2017 Season on Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13.
M.E. Baird in Tintenbar:
Bangalow’s M.E. Baird is a critically acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter and visual artist. Each song can be a cinematic vignette full of elegance, beauty, tragedy and longing. Tintenbar Hall on Saturday, May 27, from 7.30pm.
Troy Cassar-daley’s
Things I Carry Around Tour:
Cassar-daley’s latest album, Things I Carry Around, is like opening up a large suitcase and having memories and family pictures and sounds and scents and tears and laughter and heartbreak all tumble out.
Ballina RSL Club, 240 River St, Ballina, on Sunday, May 28, from 2.45pm.
Lismore’s Friendship Festival
This annual celebration of community spirit highlights the connection between Lismore and the city of Conegliano in northern Italy. The Piazza in the Park set for Spinks Park on Sunday, June 25, (10am- 3pm) allows residents and visitors to be Italian for a day with wine, food, games, dancing and more.
P.S. Romantics shouldn’t miss Lismore Wedding Fair on June 4 from 10am to 2pm at the Lismore Workers Sports Club in Goonellabah. Gold coin donation for entry. Info: Josephine on 0435 990 919.