BELLO WINTER MUSIC, a weekend music festival (Thur Jul 6–9 2017) has announced the perfect line-up to warm your musical hearts this winter. 

Following a similar format to its much loved summer sister festival, The Mullum Music Festival, Bello Winter Music will take place throughout the many delightful (and cozy!) venues of Bellingen, including the Memorial Hall, Diggers Tavern, Federal Hotel, No 5 Church St, Little Red Kitchen, Bellingen Golf Club, St Margaret’s Church Hall, will spill out into the streets and cafes for a family-friendly, affordable weekend of music, celebration and community.

As well as the music, Bello Winter Music will be alive with street theatre, workshops, free events and walking tours. Mullum Music Festival’s hugely popular psychedelic Magic Bus will be making a trip down especially for the inaugural event to ferry festival-goers around the town. 
"Bellingen has a similar counter-culture to Mullumbimby; it's just back from the coastal tourist destinations and it’s a naturally beautiful area.” says Glenn Wright, director of Bello Winter and Mullum Music Festival. “Just like Mullumbimby, Bellingen has a diverse community, a long history of environmentalism and a vibrant local music scene. A third of the Bello line-up is made up of local musicians from Bellingen and the Coffs Coast area. Both festivals are dedicated to programming new and emerging artists - local, national and international - and I’m sure like Mullum, Bello will become ‘one to watch’ for exciting new acts.”

“Creating a partner winter festival in Bellingen rather than expanding Mullum Music Festival means another community can reap the benefits of a small scale, community run festival. The Bellingen community is deeply involved in every aspect of the festival. It has been inspiring working with them to create a unique, authentic celebration of their town.”

Situated roughly half way between Brisbane and Sydney and 30 minutes from Coffs Harbour, Bellingen sits in a spectacular countryside on the banks of the Bellinger River. Small cottages line the river, and a host of bed and breakfast guesthouses can be found close to the town as well as eco huts and farmstay accommodation options. Camping is also available at the nearby Bellingen Showgrounds for the duration of the festival, and bookings can be made through the festival office.

Bello Winter Music is the perfect excuse to get away for a weekend and shake off the winter blues.

Young dudes from Byron Bay

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Josh McDonald is a singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. He has been writing songs and performing them with his band Royal Parade for nearly 10 years. Josh appeared on The Voice Australia (season 3) He was on Team Ricky and made it to the top 30. Josh and his band are currently working on new original material and looking for management. 

To contact Josh please email: mrmcdonaldwork@hotmail.com

Bringing together an exceptionally compelling voice, powerfully memorable melodies and a true knack for crafting contemporary pop music, Australian singer/songwriter John Lingard is poised to make an indelible mark on the international music scene, starting with the release of a new EP in 2020. 

This as-yet-untitled project exemplifies the full flourishing of Lingard’s talent and experience, as he crafts music that has meaning and depth, yet which still possesses an uncanny pop sensibility both musically and rhythmically. It is a demonstration of John's commitment to his art, and his potential for success, as well as a vibrant new take on pop songwriting. 

The songs for the EP were created throughout much of 2018, and saw Lingard make two productive and inspiring trips to Nashville, where he met some important collaborators who helped bring his musical visions to fruition: songwriter/producer Ben Kramer (aka Old Sea Brigade) and producer Owen Lewis. They hit it off on his first foray to Music City USA in the summer of 2018, which generated the song Howling, and Lingard decided to go back to work on what would become the new EP in December.

Other Projects: 
Skryre (twilight/nighttime psytrance) - www.soundcloud.com/skryre
Happy High Hertz (high bpm psychedelic) https://soundcloud.com/happyhighhertz

FOR BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT: fergus.mcdermott.bookings@gmail.com 
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- ૐ TWIZTED LOTUS RECORDS ૐ-

A high energy psytrance act that combines influences from traditional styles of full-on psytrance as well as the chunky sounds of Northern NSW into a contemporary, danceable, and (of course) psychedelic brand of party rocking trance. 

Upcoming Gigs 2017:

Chunk Paradise - 19-21st May - Coffs Harbour (NSW)

Ethereal Valley - 16-18th June - Sunshine Coast (QLD)

PSYDEN feat. Organic Distortion & Midicinal Noize - 14th July (Platinum Nightclub, Broadbeach)

We Love Rave 5th August Gold Coast (NSW/QLD)

Wild Mantra - 25-27th August - Sunshine Coast (QLD)

Progressive rock band from Pennsylvania. 

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