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Subscriber only Bundaberg is full of positive news and that is something to celebrate, which is why we are bringing you a weekly dose of good news stories from around the region. Here are just some of the things that happened recently that made us smile.
• Plenty of room in market for locally grown gourmet mushies Gourmet mushrooms have become a hit in Bundaberg and the surrounds, with a local grower turning a hobby into a new business venture. Mum-of-three Chantelle Johnson first started Gin Gin Mushrooms when her husband encouraged her to supply her locally grown products to the public.
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Fanny Lumsden and he band The Pack are set to bring live music back to the Paragon Theatre and Espresso Bar in Childers with their upcoming
Fallow tour.
Paragon owner Merissa Craft said it will have been 11 months between events when Fanny plays in February, due to Covid closure.
An ARIA Award-winning Australian artist Lumsden has just released her third studio album,
Fallow, on Cooking Vinyl Australia/Red Dirt Road Records, which recently took out Best Country Album at the 2020 ARIA Awards, was nominated for 7 CMAA Golden Guitar Awards leading the nominations for 2021 and was added to the Australian Music Prize nomination list.
A look back on 2020’s most chaotic and momentous music developments.
21 December 2020
Left to right: Ziggy Ramo, Village Sounds; Sampa the Great by Michaela Dutkova; The Kid LAROI, Sony Music
21 December 2020
The coronavirus pandemic made this year the worst for the Australian music industry in living memory. But it was
not the worst year for Australian music. In many respects, our peppy size, which has held us back in the international arena previously, gave us a resilience that the music meccas of the US and the UK could not have – we are the only country in the world to be