Ballina Information Blog

This October long weekend the Sun Beach Family Music and Camping festival will be kicking off for its first year, with over 12 live music acts including major headliners like Old Man River and his band, The Boat People, Dan Parsons and the up-and-coming Firetree. The festival site is set in the pristine eco acres [...]

The sounds of jazz will chase away the winter blues when the Ballina Beach Village hosts a non-stop jazz music weekend. Festival director Steven Russell (who is head of keyboard studies at SCU) has put together an impressive line-up of quality jazz artists, featuring the sensational Willy Qua and the new Galapagos Duck with guest [...]

ASR is holding a marine wildlife rescue workshop on March 13, at their headquarters on North Creek Road. This is a great opportunity to learn very important skills to help our native marine wildlife, from such a great team. We’re all aware of the job that ASR does. The workshop runs from 8.30am – 4.30pm, [...]

Evans Head – Casino Surf Lifesaving Club is hosting it’s annual Christmas Carols by Candlelight 16 December. The night promises to be a great event with sausage sizzle and fundraising raffles. The Carols are being held at the club and ample parking is available in the adjoining car park. For more information visit their website [...]

After 12 weeks of hard rehearsal, it’s show-time for the Ballina Players’ production of the Boy From Oz. The actors, the singers, the dancers and Peter Allen (Paul Farrell) are rubbing down the bruises, feeling pumped and ready to hit the stage for Ballina Players’ Friday night, November 20, opening of The Boy From Oz. [...]

What’s in store tonight? Will it be flowers, chocolates, a wonderful meal with your favourite music playing, rose petals on the bed complete with scented candles and French champagne? If you forgot breakfast in bed this morning and it’s all too late to book the limo, make dinner reservations, write that love poem or “101 [...]