Words As Activism: Workshop With Penny Evans

Taking Richard Bell’s Embassy as a source of inspiration, local Gamilaroi artist Penny Evans is facilitating a placard-making workshop exploring the power of words. Penny Evans recently won the 2024 Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award for her powerful work ‘Elephant’. Created in the aftermath of the Voice referendum in 2023, she began making this major […]

Free Exhibition Tour

Weekly exhibition tour every Thursday from 11am. Join tour guide Julie Webb for an enjoyable and informative look at current exhibitions at the Lismore Regional Gallery. All welcome. Free – donations appreciated.

Blue Velvet – Cult Classic

Beneath the surface of small-town America lies something dark and mysterious. Join Cult Classic Lismore for a screening of visionary director David Lynch’s Blue Velvet at Lismore’s historic Star Court Theatre. When college student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) discovers a severed ear in a field, his curiosity leads him into a surreal and dangerous underworld […]

Lismore Eisteddfod

The 2025 Lismore Eisteddfod is set to take place from the end of August until mid-September. Welcoming more than 2000 amateur performing artists, aged from 4 to 50 years. The performances include: schools – choirs and bands, school dance and dramatic groups; vocalists – solo, duet and choral; instrumentalists – piano, woodwind, string and brass; […]

Flicks In The Field presents Peter Rabbit

Kick off the Easter School Holidays and hop on over for a magical movie experience in Lismore. Bring your blankets and comfy chairs for a night of free live entertainment from 5pm by the Lismore Youth Band, followed by Peter, Benjamin and the gang for a hilarious, family friendly movie at 6.30pm. Free face painting […]

Nedlands Studio Party

It’s time for Nedlands Studio Party! Come along for an afternoon of live music, beers and woodfired pizza by Il Caretto Pizza. Enjoy a huge line up of bands including Sword Fight, Lucy’s House, Raygun Mortlock, Cerberus, Thunder God of the Multiverse and Liminal. All ticket entries go in the draw to win a Fender […]

Sonic Bloom

The Nimbin Bush Theatre couldn’t be more excited to kick off another incredible year of music, dancing, and good vibes with this awesome event! This event is all about celebrating community, creativity, and connection, and there is an epic lineup planned: Hugo Peterson delivering top-notch sound on the Danley Sound System. Stunning visuals from Rubin […]

Proppanow – Occurrent Affair

Lismore Regional Gallery is pleased to present Occurrent Affair – a major exhibition featuring new and recent works by influential Aboriginal artist collective proppanow. Established in 2003, proppanow is one of Australia’s leading cultural collectives – members Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen explore the […]

Auslan Tours Led by Sigrid Macdonald

Auslan tours, led by Sigrid Macdonald, take place once per exhibition round, with dates listed below. Sigrid will give an exhibition tour of Artexpress and Occurent Affair. The venue is wheelchair-accessible, and seats are available. No bookings are required.

Aafia Ali Shah: To Love the Empty Cup

The human being is an in-between of things. It is a membrane between the ‘external’ and ‘internal’ governed by opposing laws of logic and un-logic. The language of logic comes naturally to us but does not provide the vocabulary to perceive beyond. The beauty of un-logic, ‘The Unknowable’, can only be glimpsed once attachment to […]