Category Archives: Gig Guide

What’s hot in Byron Bay – music, movies, markets and so much more. Check out the Gig Guide every Tuesday.

Mad Max’s Play

shifting-sands

 

 

Many of you know Max as the activities guy, the funny man, the table tennis champion, the bike man, the BBQ guy… Did you also know that Max is a thespian (adj. actor)?

“ON SHIFTING SANDSHOES” 

                                       A Comedy about Surviving the Great Australian holiday
 
 

On Shifting Sandshoes follows a group of friends as they try and survive a few days trapped on a camping trip due to cyclonic conditions.
‘This is the pre-mobile phone era. Being cut off was a bit more serious! It puts the relationships under stress, and the play turns from light comedy to dark comedy. When you are camping your existence is more fragile – the weather is like another character.’” (Byron Shire Echo 14 July 2009).

Who are Australians?
What do they really stand for?
How come they’re so obsessed with sports?
How rocky are many of their “committed relationships”?   And…
Why do so many love to go camping every summer in places where they know
some kind of natural disaster is almost certain to occur?
 

 If you would like to know the answers to these questions see Max in his amazingly Australian play, ask him about tickets and a student discount.

Splendour in the Grass

 

 images[1]It is that time of year again, when the party comes to Byron Bay. Splendour in the Grass is one of the best festivals in Australia. Now in its 9th year, Splendour returns on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July at Byron Bay’s Belongil Fields to present its yearly mid-winter music celebration. Tickets have already sold out but look in the Echo or ask Max. If you love music then this is a must see event. There will also be lots of other music playing around Byron Bay.

This year’s top picks are: MGMT, Janes Addiction, Flaming Lips and  Block Party. For the full line up go to  www.splendourinthegrass.com