From hula to Bollywood and visual art of many cultures the Multikulcha Festival and Art Exhibition will open on Friday, 23 ...

Mandy, ignore those bigoted crackpots who will never see the light, what is wrong and what is right. Sadly, ...

Thanks Jeff Rake for your reply to my letter. I don’t personally know Mandy, but I know she has been writing for the Echo a ...

The hitchhiker’s $50 has not been claimed. So I’m opening the opportunity to all Echo readers to write a letter to the editor saying in 50 words or less what I should do with the $50. Main Arm ...

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate an elderly woman reported missing from the Ballina area. Dear editor – Do you edit? I ask because of the ...

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week. Bangalow’s Byron Creek Bridge is to remain closed until at ...

Brad Turner was one of the many muscle men and women who showed off their ability to demolish logs... Byron Bay second-grade cricketers are still on the top of the table despite losing their fixture ...

The latest epic concert by the 100-voice, Big Voice Choir, was ‘Dream On – Where Imagination Meets Possibility’, and featured Bundjalung singer Benja Roberts – it wasn’t just a choir performance; it ...

Four potential ways forward for the Bangalow Bowlo to reopen have been put on the table by the Save Bangalow Bowlo Steering Committee (SBBSC), from challenging the breach of the memorandum of ...

Following yesterday’s multi-genre artist announcement for Byron Bay Bluesfest 2026, Festival Director Peter Noble OAM talks about why Bluesfest has never been, and will never be, limited by genre.

Sweetnam Park in Uki has been rebuilt with new facilities and is now flood‑resilient, welcoming and accessible, after being badly damaged in the February 2022 flood.

Home Soprano Katie Rutledge hitting high notes through pandemic Ballina soprano Katie Rutledge continues to hit high notes through pandemic ...