Special alternative living documentary screening at ecovillage
The New Peasants, a documentary by Happen Films, will be screened at Narara Ecovillage at 6pm on Thursday, August 28. The film explores what happens when the values of the…
Out & About
Big Bike Film Night at Avoca
The Big Bike Film Night will screen at Avoca Beach Theatre on Friday, September 5, with a program celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms. Proclaimed as “a…
Diverse creative art projects win coveted commissions
Five local artists from diverse creative disciplines have been awarded commissions through Central Coast Council’s Creative Art Central program. The 2024-25 round of commissions offer collaborative opportunities for the community…
Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
BOOK REVIEW Ghost Cities is a dazzling, genre-defying novel by Chinese Malaysian Australian author Siang Lu. Published in April 2024 and awarded the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award in July 2025, it has…
Australian Bee Gees Show plays Laycock St
Fresh from celebrating 14 years and over 4,000 shows headlining on the Las Vegas strip, the Australian Bee Gees Show is headed for Laycock St Community Theatre on Sunday, August…
Fashion Thrift Society heads for Terrigal
The Central Coast is about to host a unique global event that’s being hailed as the world’s largest fashion market. Fashion Thrift Society (FTS) is bringing its touring extravaganza to…
Artists prepare for the Bouddi Arts Trail and Show
Local artists from across the Bouddi Peninsula are busy painting, sculpting, firing pottery and otherwise preparing for the 2025 Bouddi Arts Trail and Arts Show to be held on the…
Art Hall 25 exhibition opens next week
Anticipation is building as the Art Hall Group prepares for the installation of its collective show at Gosford Regional Gallery’s Community Gallery, set to open on Thursday, August 21. Organiser…
Ukulele festival a fiesta of fun
The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is set to take place at Diggers at The Entrance from September 12-13. Founder Liz Kitney said the Central Coast Ukulele Club has been hosting…
Free Zumba Gold classes
Dietitian Carin Clegg will hold free Zumba Gold classes in September at various venues on the Central Coast. “Despite the insane popularity of weight loss diets, pills, shakes and programs…
Fantastic night around the piano in Gosford
Gosford is about to be filled with music, magic, and community pride as the Fun Haus Factory unveils its newly gifted baby grand piano with a free community concert on…
National busking championship heat headed for Coast
Its nearly Spring and that means the Central Coast heat of the Australian National Busking Championship is on again. The heat will be held on Sunday, September 28, at Memorial…
Learn from experts to write grant applications
Central Coast Music & Arts (CCMA) is partnering with A New Way to present this month’s special Mix & Master event on August 19 at 16 Laycock St, Wyoming, at…
Our Natural World takes root at Art House
An inspiring new art exhibition has taken root at The Art House, Wyong and it’s turning heads for all the right reasons. Our Natural World – The Land is a…
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
BOOK REVIEW – The Compound, debuting in late June 2025, thrusts readers into a dystopian, reality TV–style experiment involving 10 women who awaken in a desert compound, cameras following their…
Brackets and Jam returns to the mountain
Brackets and Jam will return to Kincumba Mountain from noon-4pm on Saturday, August 9. The lineup will feature Huey Williams -The One Man Band, Beauty and the Beatz and the…
Colour a highlight for Bay Gallery’s featured artist
Bay Gallery’s featured artist for August is Carolyn Griffiths with her exhibition Through the Lens of Colour. “Colour is one characteristic of my paintings, my work being grounded in transformative…
Great Moscow Circus comes to Hamlyn Terrace
The Great Moscow Circus last played Hamlyn Terrace five years ago and had to cut the season short after two days due to COVID restrictions. And now they are set…
Classic comedy comes to Laycock St
Echo Theatre will bring its reimagined production of the classic play God of Carnage to Laycock Street Community Theatre on September 13. Written by Yasmina Reza, the whip-smart comedy was…
Piano performance gives insight into Chopin’s life
The Fun Haus Factory will launch its first ever piano performance at the New Gosford Arts Centre in Mann St on Friday, August 8. The performance of Chopin’s Last Tour,…