What’s on

Byron

 

Mullum Roots Festival 2026

Mullumbimby, 11-12 July

Mullum Roots Festival returns to Mullumbimby, bringing a multi-venue celebration of live music through the town. Headliners include Australian icons Mental As Anything, alongside Alex Lloyd, Busby Marou, Dave Graney, Marcia & Damian Howard (Homemade Jam), Jo Jo Smith and Bill Chambers. The festival also features emerging artists, local favourites and a Youth Battle of the Bands. Spread across pubs and intimate venues, the event is designed like an old-school musical pub crawl, allowing audiences to wander between stages and experience major Australian acts up close in a relaxed, community-focused setting across the weekend. Grab tickets via Trybooking.

Kirsty Webeck: Lost for Words

8 July, 7pm-8pm

After a huge 2025 Australian tour, Kirsty is back to show you that the words just keep flowing and that they’re always hilarious. As seen on Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee and Question Everything, and heard on ABC Radio’s Thank God It’s Friday with Charlie Pickering, she is Australia’s champion of cheerful comedy. Catch her at the Brunswick Picture House. Book tickets via Eventfinda.

 

Terrace Market

11 July, 8am-1pm

Haven Gallery’s Terrace Market returns to Byron Bay, bringing a mix of local stallholders to The Haven Gallery Terrace on Jonson Street. Held on the second Saturday of each month, the market brings together vintage, pre-loved, handmade and collected goods. Visitors can enjoy drinks and treats from Jimmy’s Cafe while DJs SAMBAM and MLC provide the beats throughout the morning. The event also encourages exploration of Haven Gallery’s immersive exhibition PLAY, featuring 19 international works across light, sound, digital and tactile installations. Secure a stall at the market via Humanitix.

Tweed

 

Screamfeeder

10 July, 7pm-11pm

Brisbane indie-rock lifers Screamfeeder bring their decade spanning show to the Northern Rivers. Their songs are imprinted into the DNA of every music-lover who came of age in the 90s and 00s. They are a band of eternally youthful fuzz-pop darlings who have continued to play together for 30 years and have somehow not only gotten better, but become even more loved. They combine loud with beautiful, intense with joyous, and chaotic with precise, pulling it all together in a way that very few acts ever manage. Come and enjoy Screamfeeder at Murwillumbah’s M-Arts Precinct. For tickets, visit Humanitix

Sunburn: Gerwyn Davies

3 July – 22 November

Sunburn: Gerwyn Davies is showing at the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. This exhibition brings together vibrant new textile and photographic works that reimagine the ephemera, icons and imagery of Australia’s Sunrise Strip. Drawing partly on the Tweed Regional Museum Collection, postcards, souvenirs and signage are transformed into sequins and spandex. Costumed figures dissolve beneath sculptural forms in photographic worlds evoking the landscape of coastal Australiana. Sunburn is a love letter to Tweed and the borderlands, celebrating the lurid, the leisurely and the lowbrow. For more information, visit gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

 

Curt Luxton

9 July, 5pm

Curt brings a dynamic acoustic rock ‘n’ roll show to the party that you will not forget. He plays tracks by greats including The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Dire Straits and Tom Petty, right through the decades to bands such as Foo Fighters, The Fray, Matchbox Twenty, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. This free gig will be held at Twin Towns. For more information, visit twintowns.com.au

Ballina

Sunday Lemonade

10 July, 9pm-12am

Named the ‘People’s Choice’ at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, infectious indie duo Sunday Lemonade have created a serious fizz across Australia. Hailing from the Sapphire Coast, the pair first broke through after winning the Emerging Artist award at the Nannup Music Festival. Since then, Sunday Lemonade have toured widely, supported quality acts and appeared at festivals across the country. With 11 singles and strong radio support, their versatility and high energy continues to win over crowds everywhere. This is a free gig at the Australian Hotel Ballina. For more information, visit australianhotelballina.com.au

 

Love letters | Amelia Reid

25 June – 16 August

Reid’s Love Letters is a painting collection celebrating our connection to the biosphere – the thin layer of minerals, gas and water that sustains all life on Earth. The biosphere spans just 7km, containing the breadth of life’s beauty and tragedy, held against the infinite vacuum of space. In paint, Reid presents odes of unconditional love and responsive expressions of place. This exhibition is on display at Northern Rivers Community Gallery. For more information, visit nrcgballina.com.au

 

Nathan Kaye

11 July, 6pm-9pm

Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Nathan Kaye will perform a free show at Ballina RSL. Having supported major acts including Wolfmother, Jason Mraz, Pete Murray and Birds of Tokyo, and played iconic venues from Glastonbury Festival to The Cavern Club in Liverpool, Kaye has built a reputation for captivating live performances. Catch this seasoned performer live for an unforgettable evening of music. For more information, visit ballinarsl.com.au

 

Lismore

 

Deadly Weavers

8 July-12 July, 12pm-4pm

Deadly Weavers is a NAIDOC Week exhibition and public program celebrating the creativity and cultural knowledge of Bundjalung weaving and contemporary Aboriginal fibre arts. Running at Lismore Regional Gallery and presented by the Gathering Space weavers, the exhibition showcases works developed through 18 months of gathering, learning, weaving and cultural knowledge-sharing. Alongside the exhibition, visitors can join an open weaving circle, offering opportunities for cultural exchange, connection and hands-on participation in a living cultural practice. For more information, visit lismoregallery.org

Big Deadly Day

8 July, 10am-2pm

Big Deadly Day is a NAIDOC Week celebration bringing community, culture and sport together on Bundjalung Country. Cheer on the jarjums in a friendly touch footy competition, enjoy cultural activities and live music and partake in a range of family-friendly fun. The event invites the whole community to gather and connect whilst celebrating the strength, history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This free event will be held at Oakes Oval. For more information visit caspa.org.au

 

Only Fans CLUNES: A Story Club Special with the one and ONLY Fanny Lumsden

11 July, 6:30pm- 9:30pm

Join Fanny Lumsden for her Solo Story club show at Clunes Coronation Hall, where she shares wholesome stories from the road. From growing up on a sheep farm to performing at Glastonbury Festival, Fanny sure has some stories to tell. The two-time ARIA, three-time AIR Award and 10-time CMAA Golden Guitar winning artist is touring this July and August with an intimate show full of stories and surprises. Book tickets at Humanitix.