Events
November 2025
Echo Locator Spring 'Hector the Crocodile' edition
The Echo Locator live music series presented by Holiday Maker Records brings interstate and regional artists to the Quad for a series of free and all ages concerts. Inspired by the process of echolocation, the four seasonal music events will investigate sonic and spatial orientations of the Quad, with each themed edition exploring a distinct local phenomenon and musical format. Upco...
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2025 NSW Rural Women's Gathering
Welcome function – Friday 24 October 2025 in the Quad 5:00pm – 6:30pm Rural Women’s Gathering day – Saturday 25 October 8:00am – 5:00pm This year’s gathering will be a wonderful weekend of connection, inspiration, and celebration – featuring keynote speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities with women from across rural and regional NSW. Dinner – Saturday 25th October 5:00 – 8:00pm...
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𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗞𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 - Country in Spring
Pull on your boots and join us for an evening of live BLAK Country music, in the heart of Lismore. Two incredible artists will bring their voices, stories, and songs to the stage for this special spring edition of BLAKyard Music. Uncle Billy Smith 6pm Bill Smith, also known as Black Man Dreaming, is a Musician often seen downtown Lismore playing his signature blend of country-roc...
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Marian Tubbs: And then plants are confused with stones. Rocks look like brains, stalactites like breasts, veins of iron like tapestries adorned with figures
On display 14 October - 14 January, each night from 5.00pm – 11.00pm And then plants are confused with stones. Rocks look like brains, stalactites like breasts, veins of iron like tapestries adorned with figures, is a new immersive video work by Marian Tubbs, developed through fieldwork across rainforest fragments (Booyong Nature Reserve, Bundjalung), everglades (Kabi Kabi) and a sandy ...
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Sound Lab 02
Sound Lab 02 features NIDALA, Myki Jay, and more. Enjoy live music and experience the exhibitions up late. Sound Lab is a new performance series centred on experimental contemporary music, presented within the context of the current exhibitions. This program aims to support the professional development of regional musicians while contributing to a dynamic and diverse sonic landscape of ...
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Our Backyard: Bella Frankie and Jesa
Bella Frankie performs original, unhinged Aussie folk yarns of love, flood, country and community. Michael Turner is (Wild Pumpkins at Midnight) on guitar, with the sweet vocals, Autoharp and uke of Ajita Cannings, Tash Kraemer (Australian Haydn Ensemble) on cello and Steve Gilbert (Shane Howard Band) on harmonica. They cut folk music with pop, blues, country, rock and sing in three part ...
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Sound Lab 01
Sound Lab is an exciting new performance series centred on experimental contemporary music, presented within the context of the current exhibitions. Designed to create vibrant cultural experiences, the program aims to support the professional development of regional musicians while contributing to a dynamic and diverse sonic landscape of the Northern Rivers. Featuring an eclectic mix of local...
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Echo Locator Winter Glowing Cross edition
The Echo Locator live music series presented by Holiday Maker Records brings interstate and regional artists to the Quad for a series of free and all ages concerts. Inspired by the process of echolocation, the four seasonal music events will investigate sonic and spatial orientations of the Quad, with each themed edition exploring a distinct local phenomenon and musical format. Upco...
Find out moreJuly 2025
Morning Movement: A Restorative Practice with Emma Ceolin
This offering is a meeting place between ancient wisdom and modern science with Yirrganydji and Wulgurukaba woman Emma Ceolin, where the Indigenous teaching of Dadirri (deep listening) meets the gentle, replenishing rhythms of restorative yoga and the evolving field of nervous system-informed psychology and embodied regulation. Through grounding postures, breathwork, and mindful rest, y...
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Our Backyard: Bobbu Alu and Blakboi
Bobby Alu Australian/Samoan singer, ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu's music makes you feel like you have your favorite drink in hand, sipping as the sun sets on a warm evening that’s laden with the promise of adventure. In an ideal world, he’d follow summer around the earth, in his endless quest to nail that feeling in his songs that ride the groove spectrum from Polynesian folk...
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