Mid North Coast Arts Guide.

31/10/2025

||| Doco Film Festival - BELLINGEN ||| THIS WEEKEND!!!
Step into the shadows where stories are born, shaped, and sharpened: The Dark Room in Bellingen is set to host the inaugural Dark Arts of Documentary Film Festival, a weekend devoted to the seldom-seen magic of documentary editing.

Pick up a copy of the November Arts Guide to read more or click below.

Across November 1–2, six extraordinary films and Australia’s finest documentary editors will converge for screenings and illuminating Q&A sessions,

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||| WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND |||

LIVE MUSIC

FRI 31st Oct
Taranta Festival (30 Oct - 2 Nov), Jetty Theatre, Coffs Harbour + Bellingen Memorial Hall + Bellingen town, Tix tarantafestival.com.au
Marshall Okell + DJ Rexobeatz, Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour, 6pm, free
Rockface Duo, Coramba Hotel, 6pm, free
Dreams - fleetwood Mac Tribute, Finnians Hotel, Port Macquarie, free
Glen Price, Inverell Sporties Club 7pm, free
3 BAND SHOWCASE: SON OF JAGUAR, AD NOISEUM, AUTO PILOT, Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, 8.30pm, free
Hannah Harlen, Element Bar, Coffs Harbour Jetty, 7pm, free
Halloween Party, Stef & Co., Coffs Harbour, 7pm, free

SAT 1st Nov
Taranta Festival (30 Oct – 2 Nov), Bellingen Memorial Hall + Bellingen town, Tix tarantafestival.com.au
Spiderbait, w/ Purple Disturbance + Temperate, Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour, Tix$65 + Bf Pre-Sold, doors: 7pm + Dj Sim_oooh!
DJ Panda, Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, 8.30pm, free
Mick Bateman Duo, Corindi Beach Hotel, 8pm, free
Chris Grieve, Element Bar, Coffs Harbour Jetty, 7pm, free
Bad Sneakers, Crescent Head Country Club, 7.30pm, free
Gavin Bowles and the Distractions, Federal Hotel, Bellingen, 8.30pm, free
DJ Dave Basek, Stef & Co., Coffs Harbour, free
Diesel, By Request, Jetty Memorial Hall, Coffs Harbour, 7.30pm

SUN 2nd Nov
Taranta Festival (30 Oct – 2 Nov), Bellingen Memorial Hall + Bellingen town, Tix tarantafestival.com.au
Pennys Groove, Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour 5pm, free
Sam Dyball, Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, 1.30pm, free
Caitlin Drew, Coramba Hotel, 12pm, free
Geoff Littlemore & the Icebreakers, Jetty Foreshore Markets, Coffs Harbour, 10am, free
Alice Ember, Coffs Harbour Jetty, 5pm, free
Sunday Sounds on the back deck, Federal Hotel, Bellingen, 4pm, free
Glen Price, Aqua Kitchen and Bar, Angourie 1pm, free

ART EXHIBITIONS

STILL | National Still Life Award 2025 – until 9 November, Yarrila Arts and Museum, Coffs Harbour

Alexandra Byrne | Natural Capital: Carbon Webs, Energy and Me (us) – until 9 November, Yarrila Arts and Museum, Coffs Harbour

Tree-O Gallery, Group Exhibition, Raleigh, free, 1 Nov - 27 Feb

Ken Done is my Dolly Parton Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery, Now until 23 Nov

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This free, all-ages celebration of people, place, and shared experience brings together the incredible diversity of the Coffs Coast - from our Gumbaynggirr

31/10/2025

||| ON THE COVER |||All One Under the Sun Festival - The All One Under the Sun Festival returns in 2025 – bigger, brighter, and bursting into the night for the very first time!

This free, all-ages celebration of people, place, and shared experience brings together the incredible diversity of the Coffs Coast – from our Gumbaynggirr traditional custodians, to our most recently arrived residents and everyone in between – as together we celebrate everyone’s journey to calling the Coffs Coast home.

Pick up a copy of the November Arts Guide to read all about it or click the link below

This free, all-ages celebration of people, place, and shared experience brings together the incredible diversity of the Coffs Coast - from our Gumbaynggirr

29/10/2025

||| Nick Warfield |||
This month we caught up with local sculptor Nick Warfield on the eve of his upcoming exhibition at Tree-O Gallery in Raleigh. Pick up a copy of the November Arts Guide to read the full interview or online: www.midnorthcoastartsguide.com.au

29/10/2025

||| Nick Warfield |||
This month we caught up with local sculptor Nick Warfield on the eve of his upcoming exhibition at Tree-O Gallery in Raleigh. Pick up a copy of the November Arts Guide to read the full interview or click below.

How has living and working on Gumbaynggirr Country influenced the themes and materials of your current exhibition at Tree-O Gallery?

28/10/2025

Pick up a copy of the November Arts Guide and stay in the loop with all the great things happening this month!

22/10/2025

||| Gunda Loebau |||
Walking into Gunda Loebau’s latest exhibition at NEXUS Art Gallery is like stepping into a vivid world of botanical splendour. The celebrated artist, known for her hypnotic florals and luminous colours, sat down with us to share the inspirations and methods behind her remarkable journey. Pick up a copy of the October Arts Guide to read more or click the link.

Gunda traces her artistic beginnings to her youth. “As a young woman my vision of art expressed itself in photography on my extensive travels,” she recalls.

21/10/2025

||| Living Culture on Country |||
Jodie Reynolds brings stories of Country, community and colour to The Gallery Coffs Harbour. Pick up a copy of the October Arts Guide to read more or click the link

This spring, Kamilaroi artist Jodie Reynolds invites audiences into a vibrant and deeply personal celebration of Aboriginal culture in her solo exhibition,