If you aren’t too busy chasing Justin Bieber around Byron Bay this weekend, here are some things to do in town!!

Local band The Badlands are launching their EP at the Northern on Friday – having supported Aussie bands such as Wolf and Cub, this should be a good one!

Also on Friday at the Byron Bay Brewery, is Brazilian Party night, from 7.30pm! With all-Brazilian bands and DJs and free entry!

If you fancy a quieter Friday night – Mullum Flicks in Mullumbimby are showing the brilliant Australian film ‘Mystery Road’ – starring Aaron Pederon, Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten. 7pm at the Drill Hall – tickets are $14 and dinner is served at 8pm

Good news if you’re under 26!! This Saturday there is a free youth BBQ at Brunswick Heads soundshell on the river. Featuring Ya Kulcha hip hop and salsa crew, who will be teaching salsa and reggaeton, and local band Three Little Sisters – learn some moves & enjoy the music and food!

Plenty of bands playing on Saturday in Byron Bay – ‘A Little Province’ at the Northern, DJ Taya at the Beach Hotel, ‘Dave Scott Band’ at the Rails, ‘Allensworth’ at the Byron Bay Brewery and ‘The New High’ at Treehouse!

And finally – on Sunday…Writers at the Rails are holding their fantastic poetry slam from 2pm, featuring Daevid Allen; Lisa Hunt is singing at the Brunswick Hotel and don’t miss the Byron markets!!

Have a good one!

The storm is over so get out this weekend in Byron Bay and celebrate!!

On Friday Fyah Walk are launching their new album, ‘Spirit Fire’, at the Northern. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 9pm! Come along for some deep roots reggae!!

Elsewhere on Friday Caravana Sun are playing at The Beach Hotel at 9.30pm – for, in their words, “gypsy fuelled ska surf rebellious barefoot rock”

On Saturday we have a few great live bands around town – Mescalito Blues at the Brunswick Hotel, Soren Carlberg Band at the Rails, Righteous Voodoo at the Treehouse and My Byron Riot at the Northern.

The Second Hand Saturday takes place this weekend – check http://www.mysecondhandsaturday.com.au/ for garage sales near you!! We also have the Byron Market this Sunday.

The ever popular Lisa Hunt is back at the Beachy on Sunday from 4.30pm – come along for some awesome motown and soul!

…..and finally….

The dancefloor is calling at Kulchajam on the Arts and Industry Estate on Sunday, for the Link – a night of ‘growling didge, psychedelic harp and a cooking afro-brazilian rhythm section.’ Doors open at 7pm, entry $10, true nature cuisine available.

Have fun!!!

If you’re craving a hit of relaxation and vibration of the room, body and mind after a busy week in class – The Dream Drone is coming to Bangalow A&I Hall on Friday. What is a Dream Drone, you might ask?! It’s a session of ‘re-balancing your vital energy’ by lying on the floor under your blanket whilst someone plays didgeridoo – ‘used in its capacity to create the primordial vibration, a sound that has no rhythm or melodic hook lines, that participants can feel as a vibration moving inside the room, the body and the mind’ Tickets are $35 at the door and the show starts at 8.30pm – bring a mat and a blanket!

The Mullumbimby Show runs over this weekend – Saturday and Sunday – entry is $10 per day. There will be reptile shows, sheep shearing demos (yes), Spaghetti Circus, tap dancers, a bee-keeping demo, a truck parade, fireworks, barbecues, a Demolition Derby and A PIE EATING COMPETITION!!!! I am devastated that I’m not there to shear sheep and eat pies.

The Relentless Tour in aid of Sea Shepherd Australia hits the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday – an all day event from 2pm featuring local bands and a presentation by Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the Sea Shepherd ship M/Y Bob Barker. Entry by gold coin donation!

Fancy learning to hula?! Kawika Foster of ‘Mana O Kahiko’, from Molokai in Hawaii is offering intensive hula training this Saturday and Sunday from 10am until 2pm on the Byron Arts and Industry Estate. You must book!! Call Kathryn Roberts on 0407 877 309, or email her on krobertsau@yahoo.com.au

And, if you’ve been watching Australia’s Got Talent instead of going out and having a life, head down to The Beach Hotel on Sunday for a screening of the Grand Final on the big screen and huge support party for Byron Bay local, Tommy Franklin!

Have a good one!!! x