Philippa Clark
Eat Street Bangalow was a resounding success – so much so that if Lisa Hunt, who has been running SummerStage, had been organising it, the cops would have been down there handing out fines like confetti.
The food was great, but the double standard shown by the conspicuously silent Tweed-Byron police left a bad taste. Crowds at SummerStage earlier this month. Photo supplied .
Last week, the idea of a 500-person concert at Red Devil Park had the police throwing the book at organiser Lisa Hunt, delivering her a financial one-two punch. First she had to fork out for the User Pays policing service prior to the event, then she copped a $5,000 fine afterwards because police spotted concertgoers dancing in contravention of the COVID Safe plan.
Showing at the Showgrounds!
Film lovers will flock to the Bangalow Showgrounds, and the A&I Hall, from January 14, as the village lights up for eight exciting days of films and events. And tickets are on sale now!
Opening with the not-to-be-missed drive-in screening of Fellini’s 1960 masterpiece,
La Dolce Vita, the program is jam-packed with films for everyone:
High Ground, starring Jack Thompson, Simon Baker and Jacob Junior Nayinggul is a Northern Rivers’ premiere. Shot in Kakadu National Park by Andrew Commis (
Babyteeth) and directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson
(Yolngu Boy), this is a great opportunity to preview the film before it hits our local screens.