What's On - Events
March
2006
To 25 Mar
Masterpieces from the Hinton Collection
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Exhibition
Date Thursday 2nd February to Saturday 25th March 2006
Venue Coffs City Gallery
The 'cream' of NERAM's Howard Hinton Collection has been selected for this exhibition. Works selected include McMahon's Point Ferry, 1890, by Arthur Streeton, Christmas Bush, 1923, by Margaret Preston, Apollo's Vanguard, 1933 by Norman Lindsay and The Beach, 1918, by Elioth Gruner. Artwork by a number of other well known artists will also be on display as part of this travelling exhibition.
Contact Coffs City Gallery on (02) 6648 4861
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4 Mar
Live Jazz - The Northern Nighthawks
Area Bellingen
Type Concert/Music
Date Saturday 4th March 2006
Venue Bellingen Golf Club
Time From 8pm
Cost Adult $12. Children free.
Live Jazz featuring Brett Iggulden (cornet, saxaphones, vocals), Geoff Speed (clarinet, saxaphones, vocals), Don Nicoll (piano), Steve Buckley (bass) & Mauri Thomas (drums).
Contact Bellingen Jazz Society on (02) 6655 1053
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4-5 Mar
Glenreagh Mountain Railway
Area Glenreagh
Type Steam Train Rides
Date Saturday 4th March to Sunday 5th March 2006
Experience the thrill of a ride on 'Betty', fully restored 1950's steam train.
Contact Glenreagh Mountain Railway Inc. on (02) 6652 6998
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9-19 Mar
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Theatre Production
Date Thursday 9th March to Sunday 19th March 2006
Venue Jetty Memorial Theatre
This ever-popular play is based on the novel by Muriel Spark, and was a hugely successful film with Maggie Smith as Brodie. The play is set in a girl's private school in Edinburgh in the 1930s, the production has a strong Scottish flavour, while the play has its powerful serious themes, it also has hilarious comic overtones which audiences will enjoy immensely.
Bookings are available from Park Beach Music Hifi from February 16 ($1.00 booking fee applies). Tickets are $20.00 adults, $15.00 students/concession, group bookings (10+) and Seacrest Subscribers $13.00 each.
Contact Group Bookings: (02) 6658 7108
Subscribers: (02) 6658 3124
Enquiries: info_seacrest@yahoo.com.au
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10-12 Mar
A Taste of Jazz and Blues
Area Bellingen
Type Festival
Date Friday 10th March to Sunday 12th March 2006
Venue Federal Hotel
Time 9.30am to 12 midnight
Cost $15
3 days of great jazz and blues featuring Jim Conway's Big Wheel, Don Hopkins, Steve and Billy Lambert, the Peter Locke Trio with Ed Gaston, John Morrison, Roger Burke and Di Bird, the Northern Nighthawks and Brett Iggulden. On Friday night lovers of Blues can experience the fabulous sound of one of the most popular Blues performers in the business, Don Hopkins. Saturday night you can groove to the beat of Bill Conway's Big Wheel or revel in the sound of Brett Iggulden and friends playing the best in traditional jazz. On Saturday and Sunday a champagne brunch will be available from 9.30am, bring the family along and enjoy the great atmosphere of the newly renovated Federal Hotel Bellingen. The festival will be held rain or shine.
Contact Ted Greenwood, Festival Co-ordinator on (02) 6655 9345
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10-12 Mar
Nambucca Valley Spinners and Weavers 'Craft Gathering'
Area Grassy Head
Type Art & Craft Workshop
Date Friday 10th March to Sunday 12th March 2006
Venue Seventh Day Adventist Conference Centre, Grassy Head
Time 9am to 4pm
Cost Workshop - Adults $35. Admission - Adults $5 Concession $3. Includes morning tea
Craft workshops including spinning, weaving, Japanese braiding, chibori & discharge dyeing, basketry, beading, knitting, crazy patchwork, sisha glass and goldwork embroidery. All workshops conducted by well known tutors. Accommodation available on-site. Evening meals catered for.
Contact Marion Geering on (02) 6569 0603
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10-18 Mar
Australian Open Touch Titles
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Touch Football
Date Friday 10th March to Saturday 18th March 2006
Venue Coffs Coast International Stadium
Around 5,000 competitors from all over the nation will converge in Coffs for over a week of exciting touch football.
Contact Coffs Harbour Sports Unit on (02) 6648 4950
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17 Mar
St Patrick's Day Celebrations
Area Bowraville
Type Fair
Date Friday 17th March 2006
Cost Free
A memorable day for those of Irish ancestory - or a love of the Irish! Hours of jokes, music, songs, tall stories, Irish Stew, potatoes and plenty of Guinness Stout. Dress in costume or just in green.
Contact Bernie Lawler on (02) 6564 7041
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18-19 Mar
National Vintage Tractor Trek
Area Macksville
Type Exhibition/Parade
Date Saturday 18th March to Sunday 19th March 2006
Venue Macksville Showground to Taylors Arm and Valla
Time Saturday 8am - 5pm and Sunday 8am to 1pm
Participants from all over Australia and abroad parade a cavalcade of tractors, all over 30 years old.
Contact Mid North Coast Machinery Restoration Club, Mick Schuppe on (02) 6568 4099
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19 Mar
Sanctuary Refugee Foundation Inc Benifit Concert featuring David Helfgott
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Concert
Date Sunday 19th March 2006
Venue Helfgott residence, Gleniffer
Time 2pm
Classical pianist David Helfgott performs live to raise money for the Sanctuary Refugee Foundation.
Contact Peter Hallam on (02) 6652 2127
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24-26 Mar
State Oz-Tag Championships
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Sporting
Date Friday 24th March to Sunday 26th March 2006
Venue Coffs Coast International Stadium
A fast and furious weekend of Oz-Tag as an expected 1,500 participants converge on Coffs Coast to vie for the title.
Contact Coffs Harbour Sports Unit on (02) 6648 4950
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30 Mar - 6 May
Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Art Exhibition
Date Thursday 30th March to Saturday 6th May 2006
Venue Coffs City Gallery
A survey of paintings from the artists of Mount Leibig, Spinifex, Tiwi Islands, Maningrida, Papunya Tula and Warmun. Important museum quality works from the Steve Bush Collection.
Contact Coffs City Gallery on (02) 6648 4861
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31 Mar
Gala Concert - Sydney Symphony Brass Ensemble
Area Coffs Harbour
Type Concert
Date Friday 31st March 2006
Venue Jetty Memorial Theatre
Time 8pm
Cost Adult $50, Children (under 18 years) $25
Spectacular brass music from 14 of Australia's finest player. Program includes the Royal Fireworks by Handel and Italian masterpieces by Giovanni Gabrieli. All proceeds will be directed to the 2006 Helfgott Scholarships which support the development of talented young mucisians in the Coffs region.
Contact Carol Hellmers, Director of Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium on (02) 6652 1592
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