Weekend Escapes

Some of the best gigs I’ve ever been to didn’t happen in Sydney or Melbourne. They happened in pubs with sticky floors in towns I couldn’t find on a map, in woolsheds converted into makeshift venues, and in backyards where someone had strung up fairy lights and pointed a PA speaker at a circle of…

Everyone knows Byron Bay as the festival town. Splendour happens, people flood in, and for a few days it’s the centre of the Australian music universe. But here’s the thing — Byron is genuinely incredible when the stages are packed up and everyone goes home. I’ve been coming back to this part of the coast…